This is great that this topic came up on the list. And the suggestions
from Dale and Denny have been super.
I want to add another comment here. Trying to scan at any resolution
greater than 300 will slow the scanner to a crawl.
If you can take a digital picture of the photo you want to post, that will
result in a much better quality picture. I use a Nikon 7x Coolpix
camera and forget scanning pictures
at all costs if possible. I set the camera to its highest resolution,
make sure it is in museum mode with the flash turned off,
and take a photo of the original picture. You will have true color
for one thing.
Then download it to your computer and resize it for the web with photo
editing software.
I use Corel Paint Shop Pro and _resize the pixels_ and not the print
size because it is going on the web.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Kathy Gies
CC- Lorain, Putnam, VanWert, Carroll and Williams counties.
On 9/10/2011 9:24 AM, Denny Shirer wrote:
Cynthia,
I wanted to jump in on this earlier but you got some good suggestions.
The most important thing is to make sure the image has enough resolution
when it is either scanned or shot. Many scanner programs default to a
low resolution which may be fine for graphics and text but images of
people and places suffer. Remember you can always reduce an image and
retain some resolution but you cannot do the reverse. An image shot or
scanned at low resolution may look fine when it is at it's original size
but blowing it up will only make it grainier. I always scan at 300dpi
and save at a size that is compatible with an average browser window
which was suggested to be 800x600 or you can always force the screen
size in the HTML code to be whatever width or height you want as long as
the image is not smaller than that value to begin with. Higher
resolution usually means a larger file and slower load time depending on
your connection speed but the values I suggest should not be a problem.
You may also play with different file formats. Not all are created
equal. GIF and JPG have been around forever and have their uses but most
modern browsers can use the PNG format and that has advantages over the
other two. Like GIFs they can reproduce a transparent background color
but they also load much faster than the other two. If you want to keep
your site compatible with very very old browsers, use GIF or JPG but PNG
is a much better format, especially for graphics. So much so that I have
stopped using thumbnail images on my commercial site and just reduce the
original image. It's a lot less maintenance.
Good luck!
Denny Shirer - drdx(a)neo.rr.com - Canton, OH
Shirer Family Genealogy -
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysong
Muskingum County, OHGenWeb -
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On 9/9/2011 11:48 PM, Cynthia Turk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think I got it, and I have learned some things, too. The city
> hall is still a bit strange, but I can live with it. Thanks for all your
> help!!!
> Genially,
> Cynthia
>
> On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:32:42 -0400 Dale Grimm<dale(a)kbanet.com> writes:
>
>> My e-mail program must have played tricks on me.
>>
>> Here's the correct message.
>>
>>
>> When you click on the image, it looks great. Your thumbnails need
>> resized, too.
>>
>> Take the first one. You have
>>
>> <a href="pics/FrontCourtHouseSueB.jpg"><img
>>
src="pics/FrontCourtHouseSueB.jpg"align="middle"height="95"alt="Built
>> 1921"></a></td>
>>
>> If you resize it again to a 95px height and name it
>> FrontCourtHouseSueB-thumb.jpg and use this code
>>
>> <a href="pics/FrontCourtHouseSueB.jpg"><img
>>
>>
>
src="pics/FrontCourtHouseSueB-thumb.jpg"align="middle"height="95"alt="Bui
> lt
>
>> 1921"></a></td>
>>
>>
>> As you have it now, the browser is still resizing the thumbnail pics
>> on
>> the front page.
>>
>>
>> Dale
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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