A little of color might also help If you want to compress a JPEG in Photoshop, there are several ways that work well. You can add a curve filter or simply use a more advanced Image Adjustment Layer that has a little of “saturation” to it. (See How to Create a Free Image Adjustment Layer for more information) How to Save the Size of a JPEG File — Gizmo do You can take a closer look at the JPG files on Gizmo do Here are a few tips for dealing with your JPG files, and what the “right” resolution is : 1) Use a very low resolution and set to “none” 2) Use an Image Adjustment Layer that has a low amount of saturation (e.g., adjust the white balance in LAW until the yellow and green areas are neutral) 3) Use Curves 4) Use a Curved layer to control the contrast of the image, like a black and white inverted version of the image You can also take a look at How to make a JPG less than 1 MB, which shows some solutions. How can I compress a GIF or PNG file? GIF or PNG are small images stored in a file that looks like this: This file is a GIF, so the file size of a GIF is only 128 by 88 pixels or about 10 KB. This is an incredibly compressed GIF that took less than 2 seconds. You can compress GIFs and PNGs in Photoshop. If you want to compress a JPEG or PNG in Photoshop the best solution will involve an Image Adjustment Layer. An Image Adjustment Layer is a special layer that is built to reduce the size of your images. It is possible to remove the sharp edges from a JPG using an Image Reduce Layer in Photoshop. An Image Reduce Layer is a special layer that can shrink images while giving them a slightly less-sharp look. It uses algorithms to optimize the pixel values the image uses. The downside of image reducing in Adobe Photoshop is that it adds a “soft glow” to the image that is sometimes distracting. Here is some additional information on making the most of a compression image: Image Reduce Layers A number of Image Reduce Layers (IRL) exist in Photoshop.