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Export JPG files for web

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Export JPG files for web

- [Narrator] Creating images for the web is a common task that GIMP is used for. So, let's take a look at the process of saving GIMP images in the most common image file format for the web, JPEG. JPEG is a file format best suited to photographic images. It allows you to compress the image data to achieve a small file size, which is important since every web image has to be sent across networks, downloaded and rendered in a browser. So, the smaller an image is, the faster it'll load. But, there is a trade off. In order to reduce the file size, the JPEG format causes images to lose some of their detail. This is why it's called a lossy file format. But the good news is with GIMP, you can control the amount of compression that's applied to your images and then preview the effects of that compression. So, let's see how to do that. I'm going to export our exercise file to JPEG format, by choosing "File", "Export As" and in the dialog box I'll export it to the desktop. I'll keep the original…

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