Making A PSD File Smaller?

[soulja]

is there a way of making a psd file smaller? instead of alterin the image size to much?

[doddsy]

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Originally Posted by soulja

is there a way of making a psd file smaller? instead of alterin the image size to much?

can't you save it as a jpeg and "save for web" then reduce the quality as required to reduce the file size?

[elmers]

... or if you need a smaller file without any loss in quality either zip or rar it to perserve the layers, or make a png file that will flatten the layers but give you smaller size than psd with original pixel perfect quality.

[OuTpaTienT]

Make as many parts of the file as you can with vectors. Shape layers and clipping paths are extremely small. We're talking a few K instead of multiple MB.

Get rid of any unneeded layers.

Combine as many layers as you can.

[soulja]

ya i did the clipping and i also found out why my psds were so big when i was trying to follow the image size in PS.. its the maximize the psd saving option.. when taken off, the size goes half the size than before.. is that a real need for that?..

[OuTpaTienT]

If you ever plan on sharing the file with someone that uses an older (non-CS) version of Photoshop then you should leave "maximize compatibility" on. Otherwise go ahead an turn it off and it will save ya a lot of space.