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Preparing Pictures For Your Website

Getting photos into focus, the right shape, and the right size

 

 

 

There are many ways to prepare pictures for websites.  Unfortunately, far too many fail to prepare them at all.  That results in fuzzy pictures, a sloppy look to your layout with pictures of different sizes and shapes, and most importantly of all, slow loading time.

 

No matter how attractive your website is, no one will wait around for 15 minutes to see it, except your mother and your best friend!

 

Most internet users are still on dial-up.  So you want to make sure that your pages load quickly in dial-up.  You can test your pages here:  http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/ .  Just enter the full web page address and press the "Submit Query" button.  You will get a lot of information.  Scroll down to "Download Times" and review the time listed for 56 K.  Optimally, that should be under 8 seconds.  Fifteen seconds may be acceptable.  You should consider 30 seconds the absolute maximum and only allow that for high graphics pages that people really want to see - like your For Sale page.

 

Here's how I prepare pictures for web sites:

        

        

Microsoft Office Picture

  1. I bring up the picture in Microsoft Office Picture.  Although there are many other programs that you could use, I had this one already and found that it is easiest to use for removing red eye and for cropping the photo to the correct shape.
     

  2. I select "edit picture" and then "crop." 
     

  3. I select 8 x 10 in the aspect ratio.  It is possible to select other ratios; just be consistent.
     

  4. A box will pop up and I adjust it around the action in the photo, cropping out undesirable backgrounds, centering the action in the photo, and/or eliminating dead space.
     

  5. Save the photo.  (Remember, you can do this step in other photo software as well.)



    IrfanView
     

  6. You can download a free copy of Irfanview at www.irfanview.com.  The sites lists many ways to download, just pick a location near you.  They are all the same.
     

  7. Open your photo in Irfanview. 
     

  8. Choose "Image" and "Sharpen."  I sharpen almost all pictures at least once.
     

  9. If the photo is fairly sharp and not too much larger than the target size, then I will use "Image" and "Resize/resample" to resize the photo.  You can find out from your website what size the photo should be.  You only need insert the width or height - the program will calculate the other for you if "Preserve Aspect Ratio" is checked.
     

  10. If the photo is very large or very fuzzy, then I will bring the size down a little, sharpen again, bring it down, sharpen it, etc.  If you find that you over-sharpened (the photo will become grainy), just Control Z to undo the last step (or few steps).  Then bring the size down more rapidly and sharpen fewer times.  This step just requires a bit of trial and error.  Experience will teach you to make better estimates over time.
     

  11. Save the photo in your photo gallery for your website.  The program should be set to .JPG.  Put the quality at 70% on the slider.  I change the name, adding a dash and the size of the photo across.  That way, I preserve the original photo in case I need a different (especially larger) size in the future.   And I will know which is the optimized photo to upload to the internet.  I don't want to load up my internet space with large photos that aren't even on my website.

    By the way, it is important to lower the quality to 70%.  For most pictures, that doesn't change the quality to the naked eye.  But it can lower the file size by half or more.

Your photo is now ready to be placed into your web page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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