Adobe photoshop elements User Manual

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS
User Guide
Standard Windows Color to view the image
with color adjusted to simulate a standard 
Windows monitor. 
Standard Macintosh Color to view the image 
with color adjusted to simulate a standard 
Macintosh monitor. 
Photoshop Compensation to view the image 
with color adjusted as it appears in a Photoshop 
Elements document window, which is different 
from the Save For Web dialog box. No color profile 
information is applied to the display in Save
For Web.
Note: These options adjust color display only. 
No changes are made to pixels in the image. 
Choosing a file format for 
optimization
The file format you choose for an optimized image 
is determined by the color, tonal, and graphic 
characteristics of the original image. In general, 
continuous-tone images, such as photographs, 
should be compressed as JPEG files. Illustrations 
with flat color or sharp edges and crisp detail, 
such as type, should be compressed as GIF or 
PNG-8 files.
PNG-24 file format is suitable for continuous-tone 
images. However, PNG-24 files are often much 
larger than JPEG files of the same image. PNG-24 
format is recommended only when working with a 
continuous-tone image that includes multilevel 
transparency. (Multilevel transparency is 
supported by the PNG-24 format but the JPEG 
format does not support any transparency. See 
“Making transparent and matted images” on 
page 233.)
A photograph suitable for compression as a JPEG or PNG-24 
image, and artwork suitable for compression as a GIF or 
PNG-8 image
Choose a format that contains sufficient pixel 
depth to display the color information in the 
image. PNG-8 and GIF files support 8-bit color, 
which means that they can display up to 256 color 
values. JPEG and PNG-24 files support 24-bit 
color, which means that they can display roughly 
16 million color values. Depending on the format, 
you can specify image quality, background trans-
parency or matting, color display, and 
downloading method. 
The appearance of an image on the Web also 
depends on the computer platform, color display 
system, operating system, and browser used to 
display the image. Preview images in different 
browsers on different platforms to see how the 
images will appear on the Web.