How To Optimize an Image (Reduce byte size)

How To Optimize an Image
(Reduce byte size)

To reduce the byte size of an image, there are several things you must do. Here is a brief list of the steps necessary to reduce an image's byte size.

1. The image must on a published web page.

2. Take the URL of that image to an image reducing tool.

3. Determine the URL of the "reduced" image.

4. Use an uploader to take the new, reduced image to your Scrapbook.

5. Publish the new image on a webpage.

Here is the explanation of how to accomplish the above steps.

Step #1.You must have an image on a published web page.

Obviously, an image must exist somewhere on the internet in order for you to have something to work with. Where it exists does not matter, but let's assume it is an image in your WebTV Scrapbook, and you have published it on a PageBuilder web page. The byte size of the image is huge, and you would like to reduce it. We are not talking about making the height and width smaller, though. We want to keep the physical size of the image, but reduce it's density. That is, we want to reduce the amount of data (bytes) required to display the image, thus reducing the amount of data space that it occupies and allowing you to store more images in your Scrapbook and on your PageBuilder web pages!

You must determine the URL of the image you wish to reduce. If you already know how to do this, you can skip to Step #2. But if you don't know here's how.

Visit the web page which has the image you want to reduce. While viewing the page, press your GO TO key and type WEBSCISSORS into the box. Press the Return key.

When you get to WebScissors, click on Show Last URL in the top, right corner. The URL of the page which hosts the image will be displayed in the box. Click the Show Images button.

All the images from the page will begin to load. When you see your image appear, click the word Details to the right of the image you wish to reduce. The next screen will have the URL of your image. Use your copy and paste skills to copy the complete URL of the image.

Step #2. Take the URL of that image to an image reducing tool.

Go to:

http://ca.geocities.com/mowflat/bench.html

and scroll down to where it says, ~Reduce with Net Mechanic~. In the box below those words, paste the URL of your image into the box. (You may need to press your Edit key to activate your blinking cursor in the box.) [If you just came from viewing the image itself, as opposed to just the webpage on which the image exists, the image URL will already be entered in the boxes!] Then click the button which says, "Reduce Image." (***see credit at bottom of this page***)

The next screen will show you the original image and its size, and about eight more versions of that image, each one reduced slightly more than the one above it. You will notice that image size (in bytes) and percent of savings will be shown to the left of each image. Choose the amount of reduction you like by pressing the Return key while the yellow highlight box is over the image.

The next screen will say, "Your Results" and "How to Save Your Image." Pay no attention to those instructions! Keep reading...

Step #3. Determine the URL of the "reduced" image.

At this moment, while viewing the "Your Results" page, press your GO TO key and type WEBSCISSORS in the box. Press the Return key.

At WebScissors, select "Show Last URL" and then click "Show Images." Scroll down past all the skinny boxes and unneeded images until you see your image appear. Click "Details" and the next screen will show you the URL of your reduced image. Copy the URL of the image. It will be long, and look something like this:

http://r.netmechanic.com/reports/GIFbot/012/mailedD0.jpg23512450044418_10.jpg

Step #4. Use an uploader to take the new, reduced image to your Scrapbook.

You may use my uploader to get your reduced image into your WebTV Scrapbook. The uploader can be found here: uploader.html

Go to the uploader and paste the copied image URL into the box. Press your Return key, or click on Add to Scrapbook.

(There is a chance that you might have to erase a single blank space at the end of the pasted URL by using your Delete key. Failure to erase the blank space will result in a failure to upload the image into your Scrapbook. If a failure occurs, you will get a message saying, "image not found at....")

With a successful upload of the image, you will be automatically transported to your Scrapbook, where you will see the image.

Step #5. Publish the new image on a web page.

Now that the image is safely stored in your Scrapbook, you can add it to any existing PageBuilder web page, or create a new page and add the image there.

*** Special thanks to jromy for creating the great tools page on which the Net Mechanic image reducer link is located! ***

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