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First of all, I know almost nothing about Photoshop; I’m working with the 30-day download because I’m trying to make a postcard for vistaprint.com and they recommend Photoshop. I’ve downloaded their template, which is 1.33 MB, and the picture I’m trying to put into it is 2.60 MB. Yet, when I put them together, the result is 17.1 MB — and that’s with me deleting one of their layers! I’m obviously doing something VERY wrong. I need to get the file under 8 MB for vista to accept it. Can someone help me?
Here is the process I’m following, which intuitively seems okay to me … First, I am opening both files. I am selecting all, then copying the file that I want to put into the template. Then, I go to the template and paste my pictures into a layer that was already there called "Your Design". That’s all I do. Then I close the template file, using "Save As" so I can rename it. I keep the maximize compatibility on. When I check the size of the new file, it’s 17.5 MB!
What did I do wrong? Why is the new file so much bigger than the two files put together? Even with "maximize compatibility" turned off, it’s 9.10 and I need to get it, at 300 dpi, to less than 8 MB.
Can someone please help me???
Thanks in advance!
Cindy
Here is the process I’m following, which intuitively seems okay to me … First, I am opening both files. I am selecting all, then copying the file that I want to put into the template. Then, I go to the template and paste my pictures into a layer that was already there called "Your Design". That’s all I do. Then I close the template file, using "Save As" so I can rename it. I keep the maximize compatibility on. When I check the size of the new file, it’s 17.5 MB!
What did I do wrong? Why is the new file so much bigger than the two files put together? Even with "maximize compatibility" turned off, it’s 9.10 and I need to get it, at 300 dpi, to less than 8 MB.
Can someone please help me???
Thanks in advance!
Cindy
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