- NEEDED MATERIALS
-Scanner
-Photo Editing Software (capable of saving as JPEG, JPG and or GIF
file formats)
-Web page construction and publishing software, or FTP (File
transfer protocol software)
-A plan, Story Board, or basic layout
- PIXELS
Images on screen are made up of tiny dots called PIXELS the standard
screen resolution is 72 dots per inch. A typical modern laser
printer is either 300dpi or 600dpi. That is why an image aimed at
printing can be scaled down in end quality for end result of the web
screen. That is also why some images you from the web that you print
don't look so good, they were not intended for high quality printing
but for rapid file transfer..
Keep in mind that screens used by most recipients will generally be
either 800x600 pixels or 600x480 pixel so you must crop and resize accordingly
and proportionally.
As you can see monitor size, as well as resolution will have an
effect on how the image will be finally viewed.
You must look forward and choose the amount of the screen that you
want your graphic to occupy and how long you want the recipient to
wait (remember patient is a virtue).
- FILE SIZE
Here is a table of JPG image files their pixel size, amount of
compression, resulting file size, and appearance on your screen.
- FILE TYPES
Only files saves as one of the following types can be normally
decoded and displayed by modern web browsers and E-Mail programs..
JPG - (Joint Photographers Exchange Group) various levels
of compression,
GIF - (Graphics Interchange Format) transparent
backgrounds and animation
PNG - (Portable Network Graphics) newer format
STEP 1
If you plan to use your images
for printing, scan at either 300dpi or 600dpi and save it as an original
TIF file. Remember color graphics files at 300dpi or 600dpi resolution
can be very large up to 40mb.
If the file is just for the web you should scan at appropriate
resolutions or convert, resize, and rename the original
as guided below.
- Set the final scanning area to just the part of
the image that you want
- Set the resolution to 75dpi
- Set the scale size to the final size that you
want (if your scanning software does the conversions to pixels
at the appropriate resolution that's a plus)
- Save the resulting file in the appropriate
folder as a JPG file at 30-60 times compression.
STEP 2
Their are many HTLM editors my favorite is Microsoft front Page it
has a great interface for allowing you to insert images into web
content.
If you are using a strait HTLM editor insert the code is [<img
src="filename.jpg" ></a>] where you want
the graphic to be, (replace the filename.jpg
with the exact location of the image file where it will be located on
the server).
Many HTLM editors like MS Front Page will update the location of
the graphic file, to the same relative location in your web server's
tree.
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