Hi List, I have been given a jpeg image from a family bible which is rather large for a web page. I have been using my usual ways of reducing it's byte size but it's still too large. I've reduced it's dimensions and tried jpeg optimization. I have PSPX The file started out at 546kb and, by simply cutting down the dimensions it is now 172kb. Then I used PSP's jpeg optimizer set at 20% and the file ended up as just 7kb smaller at 165kb. Any larger compression and the image isn't really readable. I don't want to reduce the dimensions any further as I want the print on the newspaper cutting to be readable. Any suggestions? The image is here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/test/betts-03-1.jpg My "best" version is here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/test/betts-03-2.jpg Kind regards, Rosemary Northumberland UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On 11/1/2010 7:56 AM, Rosemary Probert wrote: > Any suggestions? > > The image is here: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/test/betts-03-1.jpg Split the image into two. Part 1 is the handwritten part. Part 2 is the newspaper part, rotated so it is straight. Convert both the greyscale. Why does the handwriting give one date of death and the article another? Ian Singer -- ========================================================================= See my homepage at http://www.iansinger.com hosted on http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10623894 All genealogy is stored in TMG from http://www.whollygenes.com Charts and searching using TNG from http://www.tngsitebuilding.com I am near Toronto Canada, can I tell where you are from your reply? =========================================================================