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major web site update

updated wed 19 mar 03

 

Jennifer F Boyer on sat 15 mar 03


Hi all,
So here we are, sulking that we aren't at NCECA, but spring is
coming to VT so all is well...

I've updated my web site in a major way. Check it out below.

Any graphics wizzes out there: HOW do you save a GIF for the web
that doesn't look jaggy? My new banner on the site is yuck. I'm
using Photshop to make the banner and saving the psd as a Gif.
I'm sure it's something to do with rasterizing or antialiasing,
or dithering...but I've tried to find what's wrong in 4
different manuals and am drawing a blank. If you're willing to
do one on one email help with me there might be a mug in it for
you!

Any help MOST appreciated.
Jennifer, arm so tired from too much trackball time, is this
do-it-myself thing getting out of hand!?

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Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
Thistle Hill Pottery Montpelier VT USA
http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/

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Elizabeth Herod on sat 15 mar 03


Jennifer--

My husband and I looked at the web pages with our cubes, and we don=B9t see
any jaggies.

If you=B9re talking about Thistle Hill Pottery as your banner, it looks great=
.

We printed it on a laser printer and it looks fine.

At what resolution do you have your screen set?

Beth

Tony Ferguson on sat 15 mar 03


Jennifer,

You need to check the dpi size. Also, what quality are you saving it on?
The other problem with gifs is every time they are opened they loose
quality. So always work from your original after you know exactly what you
want to do in what steps. Feel free to send me the image and I will look
at.

Thank you.

Tony Ferguson
On Lake Superior, where the sky meets the Lake

Stoneware, Porcelain, Raku and more
by Coleman, Ferguson, Winchester...
www.aquariusartgallery.com
218-727-6339
315 N. Lake Ave
Apt 312
Duluth, MN 55806


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer F Boyer"
To:
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 8:57 AM
Subject: Major Web Site Update


> Hi all,
> So here we are, sulking that we aren't at NCECA, but spring is
> coming to VT so all is well...
>
> I've updated my web site in a major way. Check it out below.
>
> Any graphics wizzes out there: HOW do you save a GIF for the web
> that doesn't look jaggy? My new banner on the site is yuck. I'm
> using Photshop to make the banner and saving the psd as a Gif.
> I'm sure it's something to do with rasterizing or antialiasing,
> or dithering...but I've tried to find what's wrong in 4
> different manuals and am drawing a blank. If you're willing to
> do one on one email help with me there might be a mug in it for
> you!
>
> Any help MOST appreciated.
> Jennifer, arm so tired from too much trackball time, is this
> do-it-myself thing getting out of hand!?
>
> --
> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
> Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
> Thistle Hill Pottery Montpelier VT USA
> http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/
>
> Never pass on an email warning without checking out these sites
> for web hoaxes and junk:
> http://urbanlegends.about.com/
> http://snopes.com
> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>
>
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Jennifer F Boyer on sat 15 mar 03


Thanks Tony,
This nice lady May gave me the answer to my problem and the site
is all fixed. In my Pagemill software on each page there is an
option for an object to "scale to fit". This option box was
checked on the pages that had the over sized fuzzy banners. All
pages use the same banner image, so when I made sure all pages
had that "scale to fit" button UNchecked, things got back to normal.

May's web site is:
http://www.mexicanceramic.com

Very nice

Tony Ferguson wrote:
> Jennifer,
>
> You need to check the dpi size. Also, what quality are you saving it on?
> The other problem with gifs is every time they are opened they loose
> quality. So always work from your original after you know exactly what you
> want to do in what steps. Feel free to send me the image and I will look
> at.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Tony Ferguson
> On Lake Superior, where the sky meets the Lake
>
> Stoneware, Porcelain, Raku and more
> by Coleman, Ferguson, Winchester...
> www.aquariusartgallery.com
> 218-727-6339
> 315 N. Lake Ave
> Apt 312
> Duluth, MN 55806
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jennifer F Boyer"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 8:57 AM
> Subject: Major Web Site Update
>
>
>
>>Hi all,
>>So here we are, sulking that we aren't at NCECA, but spring is
>>coming to VT so all is well...
>>
>>I've updated my web site in a major way. Check it out below.
>>
>>Any graphics wizzes out there: HOW do you save a GIF for the web
>>that doesn't look jaggy? My new banner on the site is yuck. I'm
>>using Photshop to make the banner and saving the psd as a Gif.
>>I'm sure it's something to do with rasterizing or antialiasing,
>>or dithering...but I've tried to find what's wrong in 4
>>different manuals and am drawing a blank. If you're willing to
>>do one on one email help with me there might be a mug in it for
>>you!
>>
>>Any help MOST appreciated.
>>Jennifer, arm so tired from too much trackball time, is this
>>do-it-myself thing getting out of hand!?
>>
>>--
>>~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>>Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
>>Thistle Hill Pottery Montpelier VT USA
>>http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/
>>
>>Never pass on an email warning without checking out these sites
>>for web hoaxes and junk:
>>http://urbanlegends.about.com/
>>http://snopes.com
>>~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>>
>>
>
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>
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>>
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>
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>
>>
>
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>
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>
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>


--
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
Thistle Hill Pottery Montpelier VT USA
http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/

Never pass on an email warning without checking out these sites
for web hoaxes and junk:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/
http://snopes.com
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Fraser Forsythe on sat 15 mar 03


Hi Jennifer.

I haven't seen the image but I would suspect that you
tried to enlarge the image.

If you open an image in any format and then try to
resize to larger dimensions your image will distort.

The procedure is to open an image (in photoshop) and
then click on Actual Pixals. This will show you the
actual size of your image. In most cases it's a lot
larger than you would want. Then go to resize and
adjust down, never up.

If you already follow this procedure than please
ignore above. ;)

Fraser


--- Jennifer F Boyer wrote: >
Hi all,
> So here we are, sulking that we aren't at NCECA, but
> spring is
> coming to VT so all is well...
>
> I've updated my web site in a major way. Check it
> out below.
>
> Any graphics wizzes out there: HOW do you save a GIF
> for the web
> that doesn't look jaggy? My new banner on the site
> is yuck. I'm
> using Photshop to make the banner and saving the psd
> as a Gif.
> I'm sure it's something to do with rasterizing or
> antialiasing,
> or dithering...but I've tried to find what's wrong
> in 4
> different manuals and am drawing a blank. If you're
> willing to
> do one on one email help with me there might be a
> mug in it for
> you!
>
> Any help MOST appreciated.
> Jennifer, arm so tired from too much trackball time,
> is this
> do-it-myself thing getting out of hand!?
>
> --
> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
> Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
> Thistle Hill Pottery Montpelier VT USA
> http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/
>
> Never pass on an email warning without checking out
> these sites
> for web hoaxes and junk:
> http://urbanlegends.about.com/
> http://snopes.com
> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>
>
______________________________________________________________________________
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change
> your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be
> reached at melpots@pclink.com.

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Jennifer F Boyer on sun 16 mar 03


It's all fixed: no more jaggies. I got some great advice from a
Clayarter and fixed my problem about 4 hours after I first
reported it. Talk about instant gratification!
Jennifer

Elizabeth Herod wrote:
> Jennifer--
>
> My husband and I looked at the web pages with our cubes, and we don?t
> see any jaggies.
>

--
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
Thistle Hill Pottery Montpelier VT USA
http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/

Never pass on an email warning without checking out these sites
for web hoaxes and junk:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/
http://snopes.com
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Jennifer F Boyer on mon 17 mar 03


I just went back and saved all the images for web in Photoshop.
Is it better?
Jennifer

Belinda Willis wrote:
> Hey, Jennifer,
>
> I don't have a DSL hookup on my computer. When I looked at your site, I
> found the photos to take a fairly long time to load using the fastest modum
> available. Did you use PhotoShop's "Save for the Web" option when saving
> your jpgs and gifs? Its under File. Set it for the lowest quality, which
> is what the internet uses anyway, and it will automatically compress your
> photos so they load in mere seconds.
>
> I saw your dinnerware sets and they're lovely. Didn't look at the other
> pages tho cause it took so long to load 'em. Impatient people like me
> shouldn't have dinosaur computers.
>
> Belinda
>


--
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
Thistle Hill Pottery Montpelier VT USA
http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/

Never pass on an email warning without checking out these sites
for web hoaxes and junk:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/
http://snopes.com
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Belinda Willis on mon 17 mar 03


Hey, Jennifer,

I don't have a DSL hookup on my computer. When I looked at your site, I
found the photos to take a fairly long time to load using the fastest modum
available. Did you use PhotoShop's "Save for the Web" option when saving
your jpgs and gifs? Its under File. Set it for the lowest quality, which
is what the internet uses anyway, and it will automatically compress your
photos so they load in mere seconds.

I saw your dinnerware sets and they're lovely. Didn't look at the other
pages tho cause it took so long to load 'em. Impatient people like me
shouldn't have dinosaur computers.

Belinda

John Rodgers on mon 17 mar 03


Jennifer, I have learned that the standard for WEB presentation for
pictures is 800pixels wide and 600 pixels high with resolution at 72.
This will give a full screen image, and the low resolution will speed
the loading of JPG files. I have found that sometimes you can't get a
full 800x600 with the resolution set so low so there is compromise
needed. If a smaller image is ok, the 72 resolution is good. And it is
good for showing on screen. YOu don't really need more than that for
reasonable calrity and detail. Can't use that for printing on paper
however. But we are talking WEB here. In Photoshop goi to the menu bar
across the top of the page and select IMAGE. The controls for these
parameters are there. they are easy to follow.

Good luck. Hope this helps.

John Rodgers
Birmingham, AL
Jennifer F Boyer wrote:

> I just went back and saved all the images for web in Photoshop.
> Is it better?
> Jennifer
>
> Belinda Willis wrote:
>
>> Hey, Jennifer,
>>
>> I don't have a DSL hookup on my computer. When I looked at your site, I
>> found the photos to take a fairly long time to load using the fastest
>> modum
>> available. Did you use PhotoShop's "Save for the Web" option when saving
>> your jpgs and gifs? Its under File. Set it for the lowest quality,
>> which
>> is what the internet uses anyway, and it will automatically compress
>> your
>> photos so they load in mere seconds.
>>
>> I saw your dinnerware sets and they're lovely. Didn't look at the other
>> pages tho cause it took so long to load 'em. Impatient people like me
>> shouldn't have dinosaur computers.
>>
>> Belinda
>>
>
>
> --
> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
> Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
> Thistle Hill Pottery Montpelier VT USA
> http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/
>
> Never pass on an email warning without checking out these sites
> for web hoaxes and junk:
> http://urbanlegends.about.com/
> http://snopes.com
> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
> melpots@pclink.com.
>

Belinda Willis on tue 18 mar 03


Hey Jennifer,

How is it that you can can post a response to my email before my email even
gets posted on the list??? Not only that, you had the time to re-work your
website and post a response before my response got posted. I scratch my
head in bewilderment.

Anyway, YES! Your photos load SOOO much faster. I just surfed your entire
site. Smart to have 3 basic glaze combinations. Variety yet simplicity.

You have much to be proud of.

Belinda