### 4.4. 이미지 압축하기

그림 3.15. JPEG으로 저장하기 예제 이미지

If you have images that take up a large space on disk, you can reduce that space even without changing the image dimensions. One of the best image compressions is achieved by using the JPG format, but even if the image is already in this format, you can usually still make it take up less space, as the JPG format has an adaptive compression scheme that allows saving in varying levels of compression. The trade-off is that the less space an image takes, the more detail from the original image you lose. You should also be aware that repeated saving in the JPG format causes more and more image degradation.

Images are loaded and saved as .XCF files. Your JPG image has been loaded as XCF. GIMP offers you to File → Overwrite image-name.jpg or File → Export As to open the “Export Image” dialog.

그림 3.16. “이미지 내보내기” 대화상자

The dialog opens with the file name already selected in the Name field, with the default extension. Delete the existing extension and type “.jpg” instead. GIMP will determine the file type from the extension. Click Export. This opens the Export Image as JPEG dialog that contains the Quality control.

The Export Image as JPEG dialog uses default values that reduce size in memory while retaining good visual quality; this is the safest and quickest thing to do.

그림 3.17. 적절한 수준의 JPEG 압축의 예제

Quality: 90 (default); Size: 33.7 KiloBytes

Quality: 75; Size: 20.1 KiloBytes

Reduce the image Quality to make the image even smaller. Reduced quality degrades the image, so be certain to check “Show preview in image window” to visually gauge the degradation. A Quality setting of 10 produces a very poor quality image that uses very little disk space. A quality of 75 produces a reasonable image using much less disk space, which will, in turn, load much faster on a web page. Although the image is somewhat degraded, it is acceptable for the intended purpose.

다음은 압축 정도에 따른 이미지의 화질 상태 비교입니다:

그림 3.18. 높은 수준의 JPEG 압축의 예제

화질: 10; 파일 크기: 3.4 KiloBytes

화질: 40; 파일 크기: 9.3 KiloBytes

그림 3.19. 적절한 수준의 JPEG 압축의 예제

화질: 70; 파일 크기: 15.2 KiloBytes

화질: 100; 파일 크기: 20,971 Bytes

4.3. 이미지의 크기 바꾸기 (인쇄용) |  | 4.5. 이미지 잘라내기

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