This article explains how to use Photoshop's Save for Web tool to optimize images for use on the Web. This information applies to Photoshop 20.0. 10 and later. Commands and menu options may vary between versions.

Graphic designers, web designers, and others who create content for the web also create web-ready images such as photos for websites and banner ads. Before uploading these images, they optimize the images so they can be quickly downloaded and displayed in a web browser.

Here's how to use Photoshop's Save for Web tool to find the right balance between image quality and file size for your images.

Open the image you want to save in Photoshop.