Google Apps Hacks

88 GOOGLE APPS HACKS

If in doubt about which image type to choose, try going for PNG rst and check whether the image

le size is acceptable; if the image ends up below 40 KB, for instance, this will do ne for most

purposes. If the PNG ends up being too large, try to save as JPEG instead and compare le sizes.

Some of Google’s presentation themes use background images, like the Grass or Rustic themes. Although

these images aren’t dramatically big, if you want to ne-tune your presentation for best performance, you can

also use a theme that doesn’t use a background image.

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There are different ways to resize an image, and to reduce its colors (useful for the PNG and GIF

formats). Note that the terminology for these varies from one image editor to the next, but the

underlying approaches are similar.

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offered to resize it, or to resample it. Resampling returns smoother results, as it “merges” the colors

of adjacent pixels. It may only be offered in your photo editor if the image you are working on uses

more than 256 colors; convert your image to a high-color format rst if that’s not the case. After

resampling, you can decrease the amount of colors again before saving.

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retouching ...