Now I’ve move them together so that they look like one image.

I’ve added a drop shadow with a 7 pt offset, 4 pt blur, and 45 degree angle to give a bit of depth

This is a photo of a CD cover reduced from 1000 px square to about 250 px. Next to it is a black rectangle shape.

I’ve given the photo a 1 pt Stroke/Line  and the shape a .75 Stroke line using the “Graphic” inspector.

Now I’ve added a reflection. Every time you add a feature to an image like a border, drop shadow and a reflection the file size increases. Lots of small parts add up to a lot. As I increase the size of the page files the download time on the internet gets longer and longer......

This is the trick. I take a screenshot of the finished graphic, crop it and export it as a JPEG image. I delete the original and replace it with this.

Now my file size has dropped drastically and my Optimizing software will reduce it further.

Hint:

I used Keynote, EasyCrop and EasyFrame to product the original 1000 px square image and text.

Yes - I know you could do this in Photoshop but I can do it all in the time it takes to launch that 300 pound Gorilla!