Photoshop pic to frontpage background

[Guest]

Hi-
I want to take my full page Photoshop .jpeg and make it my frontpage
background. How do I make it the smallest file possible, and when I set the
file as my background, why does it tile? I just want one full background
image, not one split between screens that goes on for 2 and a half pages.
Thanks- Sean

 

[E. T. Culling]

This is really not a good approach because you will have to optimize the
image so much ... for a decent file size ... that it will probably look
awful. But, is you must ... Look in the HELP files for how to not tile your
background image.
Eleanor

 

[Guest]

What would be a better approach? I would really like to have my background
imagery on every page. Any ideas? Thanks so much!

 

[E. T. Culling]

Let's see what you have so far ... I'll be better able to answer your
question. How large is the Photoshop file ... dimensions and file size?
Eleanor

 

[Trevor L.]

This was an ongoing problem with me.

That is, I sought advice from this NG and was told :
1) Keep the picture small (<40KB I think was recommended)
2) optimise..optimise..

It wasn't clear initially what I had to do to achieve this result. For
example what does "optimise" mean

Eventually I acquired the free IrfanView. This has an option to reduce
quality when saving a jpeg file. I kept reducing this until I got a small
enough file. What was a 1.14Mb file is now 17.6 Kb. I think this meets the
requirements and a 56kps modem should take <1 sec to load it

Have a go. Here is the website www.irfanview.com

BTW, to not tile use the style
background {repeat: norepeat}

Another BTW: Follow Eleanor's advice - she knows all about this topic.
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Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

Let's see what you have so far ... I'll be better able to answer your
question. How large is the Photoshop file ... dimensions and file size?
Eleanor

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