Cynthia Beth Rubin

Simplifying Images in Photoshop

Simple Flat Images work well on the Web as GIFs because they load quickly.

1. Open an Image in Adobe Photoshop

• Immediately Give it a New Name
  
• Go to FILE, down to SAVE AS
  
• Save it as a .psd (leave the suffix in the title: bark.psd)
  

Give your image a nice easy SHORT name, without fancy symbols and NO slashes (/)

2. Try Filters that Simplify (such as Cutout under Artistic)

Caution: Filters can produce trite results quickly - use them wisely!

Examples of Artistic Filters

original	artistic filter with web color palette

original	artistic filter with adaptive color palette

3. Experiment with Transforming your Image in other way

• Posterize your Image:
  • Under EDIT go down to Posterize
  • Put in a small number of levels (4)
  • Hit "OK"
  • Edit the Colors
    
    
• Threshold your Image:
  • Under EDIT go down to Threshold
• The Levels Dialogue Boz will appear
• Move the arrows around until you have a Black and White Line Drawing that makes sense for your image.