• The photograph has been cropped to an oval to remove the frame and the unwanted background.
• A slight feathering, or fading of the oval edge, has been introduced.
• Dust marks and other blemishes have been removed.
• The physical size of the image has been set to 240 x 365 pixels. About the same size as the original.  The ruler is measuring pixels.
• The dpi (dots per inch) or ppi (pixels per inch) has been set to 72 dpi. Matches the monitor resolution, therefore the file size will be kept at a minimum. (There are about 72 pixels per inch).
• The file is then saved to disk as a JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group) file type to reduce the byte size of the stored file.  Good for storage and loading into a Family Tree Maker database as well as displaying on the web in a browser.  The original file byte size was 59 KB (saved as a Photoshop file), but when saved as a JPEG the file size, reduce to 17 KB.  A good reduction in storage space for the file without reducing the quality of the displayed image unnecessarily.

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