Formula for "Save for Web"?

[Morne]

Hi all

Is there some kind of formula I can apply to this?
I remember CGTalk had a thing where they said 1600px wide, you can "save for web" and optomise to file size 500kb. My images always came out pretty good.

I'm however going larger now for the whole "retina" deal etc so was just wondering if my images are at "X"px resolution wide, to what size can I safely "save for web", get a good small file size and good quality image?

[glorybound]

Photoshop CC moved their 'save for web', but it's still there, only it's now called a legacy tool under export. I go 1920 x 1080 and I use the 'save for web', which is recommended by Squarespace.

[Morne]

I'm leaning towards optimising 2200px wide to 700kb

[glorybound]

I'm leaning towards optimising 2200px wide to 700kb

I would test your website speed. Google will frown upon it if it loads too slow. Maybe, a thumbnail first and then a high resolution light box on click.

[Morne]

Leigh over at CGTalk reckons it's not something to worry about too much. Internet speeds is not what it was 5 years ago. I tend to agree with her, although I would still do some optimizing for the sake of speed tests etc...

[glorybound]

Google cares and they use it to rank your site. http://www.searchenginejournal.com/s...d-2014/111924/

Leigh over at CGTalk reckons it's not something to worry about too much. Internet speeds is not what it was 5 years ago. I tend to agree with her, although I would still do some optimizing for the sake of speed tests etc...

[Morne]

Ahhh good to know. Thanks for the link Bobby

[glorybound]

My pleasure. Currently I rank #1 for two of my key phrases; I pay attention to these things.

• Architectural renderings
• Exterior renderings

I run tools to check for things like this. If my site gets to heavy and loads slow, I'll get a red flag; and I am talking milliseconds.

[AJ Jefferies]

If you're using a service like Squarespace then it is creating it's own compressed and resized versions of your images behind the scenes anyway. Therefore it's best to give it the highest quality file to start off with. Does that make sense?

Currently I rank #1 for two of my key phrases; I pay attention to these things.

Bear in mind that google ranking doesn't mean you'll always turn up on the first page. Search results are skewed by user's previous search terms and site visits. Doing a rank search puts bobby-parker.com at number 6 for "Architectural renderings" but when I search for the term in google.com your site doesn't turn up until the 4th page.

[glorybound]

I monitor Google rankings in the US, so it is probably different in the UK. I don't search to find my rankings, I use a service, which tells me the rankings of my key phrases. Anyway, I guess the point is, size does matter

[rusteberg]

I monitor Google rankings in the US, so it is probably different in the UK. I don't search to find my rankings, I use a service, which tells me the rankings of my key phrases. Anyway, I guess the point is, size does matter

Only if your key demographic is people from all parts of life who know nothing about the process of procuring computer generated imagery who happen to hear that it is nominally referred to as "Architectural Renderings", or "Exterior Renderings". In that case you open up a whole can of worms because the time you spend on SEO can easily quash any and all attempts at establishing long term relationships because selling CGI isn't like selling blinds, windows, front doors, or underwear on the internet..... (Insert Emoticon Here)

[alexyork]

I was going to say... if you're using Squarespace (as I am too), then when you upload anything it will be converted and re-compressed internally, rendering any work you spent on filesizes etc. moot. The important things to look out for are a good resolution and for it to look as you want it to look at 100% in terms of sharpness. Other than that, I would save everything to Q9 or Q10 jpeg and be done with it.

[glorybound]

I only speak from experience. I was having long load times and I emailed Squarespace. They told me to optimize my images at 1920 x 1080.

I was going to say... if you're using Squarespace (as I am too), then when you upload anything it will be converted and re-compressed internally, rendering any work you spent on filesizes etc. moot. The important things to look out for are a good resolution and for it to look as you want it to look at 100% in terms of sharpness. Other than that, I would save everything to Q9 or Q10 jpeg and be done with it.

[glorybound]

I am not sure what that means.

Only if your key demographic is people from all parts of life who know nothing about the process of procuring computer generated imagery who happen to hear that it is nominally referred to as "Architectural Renderings", or "Exterior Renderings". In that case you open up a whole can of worms because the time you spend on SEO can easily quash any and all attempts at establishing long term relationships because selling CGI isn't like selling blinds, windows, front doors, or underwear on the internet..... (Insert Emoticon Here)

[AJ Jefferies]

He's saying that the kind of people who google 'architectural renderings' are (99.99% of the time) not going to be the kind of people you can have a good professional relationship with.

It's like advertising in the Yellow Pages, the people who look in there for CGI artists are, by default, not going to be good to work with.