MANY PIXELS OR FEWER PIXELS

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Should I take pictures with a camera with fewer pixels rather than the 7 or 8
pixels now available, so that my web pages won't have a long load time?
 
I'm guessing you meant 7 or 8 mega pixels! :-)

What I do is to shoot pictures at the highest possible settings in case I
want to print them. For a web site however I then take those pictures and
optimize them..saving to a new name. Most digital camera software isn't the
best for doing that. Digital Imaging programs like Photoshop, or PhotoImpact
are much better suited for those purposes.

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Joe

Microsoft MVP FrontPage

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http://www.timeforweb.com/frontpage
 
Joe Rohn said:
I'm guessing you meant 7 or 8 mega pixels! :-)

What I do is to shoot pictures at the highest possible settings in case I
want to print them. For a web site however I then take those pictures and
optimize them..saving to a new name. Most digital camera software isn't the
best for doing that. Digital Imaging programs like Photoshop, or PhotoImpact
are much better suited for those purposes.

--
Joe

Microsoft MVP FrontPage

FrontPage Portal and Users Forums:
http://www.timeforweb.com/frontpage
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Exactly how do I optimize them? I use Photoshop, but am unsure of the
process of "optimizing" the picture.
Thank you.
 
In Photoshop: Save for Web when you save your jpg or gif then you'll see the
optimizationoptions...I'm using an older version of PS but new versions
should be similar



| Exactly how do I optimize them? I use Photoshop, but am unsure of the
| process of "optimizing" the picture.
| Thank you.
|
| "Joe Rohn" wrote:
|
| > I'm guessing you meant 7 or 8 mega pixels! :-)
| >
| > What I do is to shoot pictures at the highest possible settings in case
I
| > want to print them. For a web site however I then take those pictures
and
| > optimize them..saving to a new name. Most digital camera software isn't
the
| > best for doing that. Digital Imaging programs like Photoshop, or
PhotoImpact
| > are much better suited for those purposes.
| >
| > --
| > Joe
| >
| > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| >
| > FrontPage Portal and Users Forums:
| > http://www.timeforweb.com/frontpage
| >
| > | > > Should I take pictures with a camera with fewer pixels rather than the
7
| > > or 8
| > > pixels now available, so that my web pages won't have a long load
time?
| >
| >
| >
 
After you have loaded and sized your picture in Frontpage you can right
click on the picture and choose resample. This works very well.
However, make sure you only do this only once as othewise or you will
start losing detail.
 
This is REALLY bad advice. Graphics operations should never be performed
in FP. It's not truly designed for it and it's certainly not very good
at it. You are not such a helpful person.

Craig
 
Tom:
Yes, I have checked out the Photoshop help files many times, and am always
overwhelmed! I don't want to read the whole history of the world to answer
one simple question.


Tom [Pepper] Willett said:
Dancer:

Have you reviewed the Photoshop help files?
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Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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Dancer said:
Exactly how do I optimize them? I use Photoshop, but am unsure of the
process of "optimizing" the picture.
Thank you.
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I think the physical dimensions of the image need to be brought down first.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull

Hard work is a medication for which
there is no placebo.
 
Agweed.


|I think the physical dimensions of the image need to be brought down first.
|
| --
| HTH,
|
| Kevin Spencer
| Microsoft MVP
| Professional Numbskull
|
| Hard work is a medication for which
| there is no placebo.
|
| | > In Photoshop: Save for Web when you save your jpg or gif then you'll see
| > the
| > optimizationoptions...I'm using an older version of PS but new versions
| > should be similar
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | Exactly how do I optimize them? I use Photoshop, but am unsure of the
| > | process of "optimizing" the picture.
| > | Thank you.
| > |
| > | "Joe Rohn" wrote:
| > |
| > | > I'm guessing you meant 7 or 8 mega pixels! :-)
| > | >
| > | > What I do is to shoot pictures at the highest possible settings in
| > case
| > I
| > | > want to print them. For a web site however I then take those
pictures
| > and
| > | > optimize them..saving to a new name. Most digital camera software
| > isn't
| > the
| > | > best for doing that. Digital Imaging programs like Photoshop, or
| > PhotoImpact
| > | > are much better suited for those purposes.
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Joe
| > | >
| > | > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| > | >
| > | > FrontPage Portal and Users Forums:
| > | > http://www.timeforweb.com/frontpage
| > | >
| > | > | > | > > Should I take pictures with a camera with fewer pixels rather than
| > the
| > 7
| > | > > or 8
| > | > > pixels now available, so that my web pages won't have a long load
| > time?
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
|
|
 
Craig said:
This is REALLY bad advice. Graphics operations should never be performed
in FP. It's not truly designed for it and it's certainly not very good
at it. You are not such a helpful person.

Craig
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While there are better ways to resample,I have used this method on
photographs with no noticeable degradation of imagery. When posting
pictures to the web it is not necessary to get the last iota of quality
from them. Again, do not resample more than once.

The best test is for the poster to try it and see if the quality is OK.
 
It is usually more a question of vastly increased load time than image
quality.

Craig
 
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