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  • dcacochonou07
    Sergeant

    • Mar 2010
    • 22

    Soft edges increase size of image

    Hi,

    I've just realised my webpages are very heavy because I've been using soft edges on them. An image of around 20 kB suddenly leaps up to 120 when I add soft edges. Is there any way this can be stopped?



    Thanks,
    Adrian
  • navaldesign
    General & Forum Moderator

    • Oct 2005
    • 12080

    #2
    Re: Soft edges increase size of image

    Should not affect the images size, or at least not significantly.
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    • dcacochonou07
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      • Mar 2010
      • 22

      #3
      Re: Soft edges increase size of image

      Hi, every image I've used soft edges on has its size multiplied by 5 at least. I'm only using jpg, does it have anything to do with that?

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      • navaldesign
        General & Forum Moderator

        • Oct 2005
        • 12080

        #4
        Re: Soft edges increase size of image

        If you mean images where you applied effects, it is normal that they increase in size (though not by 5!)

        Please clarify what you mean "soft edges". This is usually a term for anti aliased images to get a "soft" rounded corner. Unless you mean something else...
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        • dcacochonou07
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          • Mar 2010
          • 22

          #5
          Re: Soft edges increase size of image

          Sorry, I mean when I have an image up on blue Voda, I right click on it and select "Image effects">"Other">"Soft Edges"

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          • navaldesign
            General & Forum Moderator

            • Oct 2005
            • 12080

            #6
            Re: Soft edges increase size of image

            Yes, this will increase the image size, as it is converted to .png. If. instead, you do this with a .png, you will only have a marginal size change.
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            • dcacochonou07
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              • Mar 2010
              • 22

              #7
              Re: Soft edges increase size of image

              Great thanks a lot for the help,
              Adrian

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              • Collectors-info
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                • Feb 2006
                • 8703

                #8
                Re: Soft edges increase size of image

                With many of the BV effects you will get a five times increase, but not with all effects. This is a case of looking at the page weight when using these effects on your images.
                Doing this is a pain in the backside, but If you have a plain white background, i would make up your image & take a snap shot of the image & convert it back to jpg, you will be able to get it back down to the original size with the effect still in place.
                It was a nice idea to introduce these effect, but not muck good if you have a lot of images on 1 page as it will really slow things down. Quick sample of image weights from 1 image.
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                • dcacochonou07
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                  • Mar 2010
                  • 22

                  #9
                  Re: Soft edges increase size of image

                  Thanks Chris!

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