How to Create Homepage Images

Step 4 Proper Saving/Exporting

In order to keep the image size down and easily organize the homepage images, we are asking you to stick to the following saving procedure.

For GIMP:
^{Go to Save As
Change the file extension to JPEG
Copy the Instructables ID from the Instructable in the URL
Get the category that the Instructable was saved in (if there is more than one, just pick one)
The file name should be "InstructablesID_Category.Jpg" In this case, EP27Y4OF52STO8E_Life.jpg
Click Save, then Export
GIMP will then prompt you for the quality. Set the quality to 40, then click on save}

For Adobe Photoshop:
^{Go to Save For Web
Set the Quality to 40
Copy the Instructables ID from the Instructable in the URL
Get the category that the Instructable was saved in (if there is more than one, just pick one)
The file name should be "InstructablesID_Category.Jpg" In this case, EP27Y4OF52STO8E_Life.jpg
Make sure the file extension is .jpg
Click Save}