Don't you hate when your Comic Page is over 500kb?

[robybang]

I just cut mine in half and posted both halves separately. But it was massive height-wise and full color. But "Save for Web" really does help.

[The Bearded Man]

Most of my pages aren't even remotely possible to upload directly on SJ. Even then, I'm the stupid guy who decides to color and animate his stuff. (Not to forget when I use gradients and add color variety.)

[EromCX]

Pay and get rid of it?

[ColeDX]

Plus its hard to lower size without losing so much quality.

What program are you using? If Photoshop - use the "save for web and devices" option instead of regular saving, for better compression options (:

I use Corel Painter Essentials 4. It's actaully pretty good with saving at certain sizes, but it sucks to sacrifice quality to compress lol

[archia]

Plus its hard to lower size without losing so much quality.

What program are you using? If Photoshop - use the "save for web and devices" option instead of regular saving, for better compression options (:

I use Corel Painter Essentials 4. It's actaully pretty good with saving at certain sizes, but it sucks to sacrifice quality to compress lol

I don't know. If I was going through someone's comic, I'd rather be able to read through it quickly with a few image artifacts, than spend time waiting for a better quality picture to load.

[eishiya]

I don't know. If I was going through someone's comic, I'd rather be able to read through it quickly with a few image artifacts, than spend time waiting for a better quality picture to load.

This.

Moreover, most artists overestimate the amount and importance of the details in their art. 99% of the time that I see someone upload a larger image so people can see the details, there's nothing worth looking at there. I'd much rather read a smaller page that loads quickly and fits on my screen (so I can appreciate the overall composition and let it guide me through the page) than a larger page.

[mitchellbravo]

I don't know. If I was going through someone's comic, I'd rather be able to read through it quickly with a few image artifacts, than spend time waiting for a better quality picture to load.

This.

Moreover, most artists overestimate the amount and importance of the details in their art. 99% of the time that I see someone upload a larger image so people can see the details, there's nothing worth looking at there. I'd much rather read a smaller page that loads quickly and fits on my screen (so I can appreciate the overall composition and let it guide me through the page) than a larger page.

Double this, especially part i bolded. My "favorite" is when the image is also huge side to side, making the reader do that awkward scrolling that can't be easily done unless you're reading on a swipable screen or something.

I've quit archives before when the pages took too long to load. I can put up with it for a few pages or so but then it gets really annoying, pulls you out of being able to immerse yourself in the storyline. Not everyone has superfast internet connections.

[ColeDX]

What program are you using? If Photoshop - use the "save for web and devices" option instead of regular saving, for better compression options (:

I use Corel Painter Essentials 4. It's actaully pretty good with saving at certain sizes, but it sucks to sacrifice quality to compress lol

I don't know. If I was going through someone's comic, I'd rather be able to read through it quickly with a few image artifacts, than spend time waiting for a better quality picture to load.

Actaully it depends. I just use about over 500, like for my last post, I uploaded 513 kb, so it shouldn't make much of a difference

[Wulfmune]

thisiswhyidontdocolor.

actually my color files and greyscale files are around the same size.
I used to have to convert to pure B+W bitmap for printing in the old days but nowadays grayscale prints for the same price, just fine.
i don't like working in bitmap. ):