Guides to Photoshop file size
What takes up space in a PSD, what each way of shrinking one costs, and how to keep files small. Written from what we learned taking hundreds of Photoshop files apart.
- Every way to shrink a PSDEach way to make a Photoshop file smaller, what it costs you and how much it saves.
- Why PSD files get bigWhat takes up the space inside a Photoshop file, and how to tell which cause is making yours big.
- Maximize CompatibilityWhat the setting stores, how much space it takes, which apps need it, and how to remove it from files you already saved.
- Sending a large PSDAttachment limits for email and the services artists use, and how to shrink a PSD before you send it.
- PSB files and the 2 GB limitPSD vs PSB, why big files save slowly, what Disable Compression costs, and how to shrink finished PSBs.