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- Use a different image format: JPEG, GIF or PNG all give different results and one will generally be smaller than the others
- If you are using JPEG compression, try reducing the quality of the image – significant reductsions reductions in file size can be made for only minor loss in image quality, this is especially true for photographic images
- If you are using a GIF image, try reducing the number of colours in the image
- If you are using a PNG image, which is ideal for logos and other graphics with large areas of flat colour, ensure that compression is switched on.
Generally, it's a case of trial and error to find the best settings.
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