Applying optimization settings


    You use the settings panel in the Save For Web dialog box to set optimization options. If you're working in 2-Up or 4-Up mode, you can repopulate the views to automatically generate lower-quality versions of the image based on the selected settings.

To apply optimization settings:

  1. Select a view in the Save For Web dialog box. If your artwork contains multiple slices, select one or more slices to which you want to apply the optimization settings.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Choose a named optimization setting from the Preset pop-up menu. (See Using preset optimization settings.)
    • Choose a file format from the file format pop-up menu and set additional optimization options.

    TipWhen using the Import > Photoshop Layers command, you can apply an optimization setting to all layers by holding down Ctrl (Windows) or Control (Mac OS) while clicking Save. (See Adding layered Photoshop images.)

To apply optimization settings based on file size:

  1. Choose Optimize to File Size from the Optimize menu. (Click the triangle triangle to the right of the Preset pop-up menu to view the Optimize menu.)
  2. Specify a Start With option:
    • Current Settings to use current optimization settings.
    • Auto Select GIF/JPEG to automatically generate a GIF or JPEG file. (GoLive analyzes the colors in the image and automatically selects GIF or JPEG format.)
  3. To determine which slices are optimized to the specified file size, select a Use option: Current Slice, Each Slice, or Total of All Slices.
  4. Enter a value for file size, and click OK.

To repopulate optimization settings:

  1. Apply optimization settings to a view in the 2-Up or 4-Up mode.
  2. Choose Repopulate Views from the Settings panel menu.
  3. The selected view and the original view are not altered during repopulation. For this reason, the Repopulate Views option works with 2-Up view only if the original version of the image is not displayed.

To reset optimization settings:

    Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click Reset.

    TipThe file size displayed in the Save For Web dialog box may be larger than the size on your local hard disk because GoLive adds Smart Object optimization settings to the target file. To remove this extra information from uploaded target files, select the "Strip GoLive data from media files" option in the Upload/Export panel of the Site preferences.