Applying optimization settings

You use the Settings panel in the Save For Web dialog box to set optimization options. If you're working in 2-Up or 4-Up mode, you can repopulate the views to automatically generate lower-quality versions of the image based on the selected settings.

To apply optimization settings:

1. Select a view in the Save For Web dialog box. If your artwork contains multiple slices, select one or more slices to which you want to apply the optimization settings. For more information about working with slices, see Working with slices during optimization.
2. Do one of the following:
• Choose a named optimization setting from the Settings pop-up menu. (See Using named optimization settings.)
• Choose a file format from the file format pop-up menu and set additional optimization options.

If you've used the Import Photoshop Layers to Floating Boxes command to import and preserve the layers in a Photoshop file, you can do a Save All by pressing the Ctrl (Windows) or Control (Mac OS) key while clicking Save. Save All applies the same optimization settings selected for the initial layer to all subsequent layers in the imported Photoshop file. (See Working with Photoshop layered files.)

To apply optimization settings based on file size:

1. Choose Optimize to File Size from the Settings panel menu. (Click the triangle  to the right of the Settings pop-up menu to view the Settings panel menu.)
2. Specify a Start With option:
• Current Settings to use current optimization settings.
• Auto Select GIF/JPEG to automatically generate a GIF or JPEG file.
3. Enter a value for file size, and click OK.

To repopulate optimization settings:

1. Apply optimization settings to a view in the 2-Up or 4-Up mode.
2. Choose Repopulate Views from the Settings panel menu.

The selected view and the original view are not altered during repopulation. For this reason, the Repopulate Views option works with 2-Up view only if the original version of the image is not displayed.

To reset optimization settings:

Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click Reset.