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ritarun Posts: 678 From: Upstate New York USA Status: offline	Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/16/2004 9:49:40 I have been attempting to make some thumbnails of the home pages of some of the webs that I have done to include in a portfolio page. I have not been real successful in having something that is sharp and clear. Most everything is sort of fuzzy and blurry. Can anyone share tips in how to make clear, sharp, thumbs of a web home page? _____________________________ Success often occurs in private, but failure usually in full view.


d a v e Posts: 4167 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/16/2004 10:14:47 what graphics program are you using/have you got? _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to ritarun)


ritarun Posts: 678 From: Upstate New York USA Status: offline	RE: Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/16/2004 11:19:04 paintshop pro 8 and Photoshop Element 2.0 _____________________________ Success often occurs in private, but failure usually in full view. (in reply to d a v e)


d a v e Posts: 4167 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/16/2004 11:49:01 when you resize try and do it in multiples of 25% and and use unsharp mask (or sharpen in PSP if it hasn't got unsharp mask) and then go to the final size, using unsharp/sharpen after each go. Unless the page has lots of jpegs you will probably find it's better as a gif as well. _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to ritarun)


dpf Posts: 7126 Joined: 11/12/2003 From: India-napolis Status: offline	RE: Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/16/2004 12:32:45 remember that a .jpg is "lossy" and each time you save it, it lose info. so if you have been messing with them, take a new screen capture in psp and resize the psp image before you convert to .jpg or gif. Ive never been able to make a crystal clear one but ive made some ok ones. _____________________________ Dan (in reply to ritarun)


d a v e Posts: 4167 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/16/2004 13:00:38 how small are you making them? have you got an example? _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to dpf)


ritarun Posts: 678 From: Upstate New York USA Status: offline	RE: Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/16/2004 15:41:48 here is the page Here is my working version. Not complete or finished yet. < Message edited by ritarun -- 5/16/2004 15:42:48 > _____________________________ Success often occurs in private, but failure usually in full view. (in reply to d a v e)


d a v e Posts: 4167 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/16/2004 15:54:46 it works better as gif but there's only so much you can do (see example) Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to ritarun)


d a v e Posts: 4167 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/16/2004 15:56:46 it takes a little experimentation with the amount of unsharp mask and the radius i did resize to 25% and used unsharp mask, then resized to 186px wide and bit more unsharp then saved as 256 colour palette gif Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to d a v e)


Giomanach Posts: 6128 Joined: 11/19/2003 From: England Status: offline	RE: Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/17/2004 8:02:28 Hi Rita Take a look at Lori's portfolio (http://www.zenfulcreations.com/client_list.htm) Just take small shots of the page at the top[, showing some graphical style. Remember, I'm still on stand by when you need help with it all Dan _____________________________ (in reply to d a v e)


garry Posts: 858 From: Northern Territory Outback Australia Status: offline	RE: Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/21/2004 19:08:40 Hi Rita Let me just hack into your PC here for a second or two I just had a look at your resize properties in PSP & you need to make sure it is "smart size". I struggled recently myself until I realised the "default" was changed. Also if you are using a .gif image make sure it is converted to 16million colours before any resize, then resave it back as a gif of jpg. Here are a few thumbs for you. What ......only one image per messages....... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Cheers from the Outback Have a look at my Northern Territory backyard at http://www.ourterritory.com "Keep them laughing as you go.......but remember that the last laugh is on you" THe bright side of life, Monty Python, Life of Brian. (in reply to Giomanach)


garry Posts: 858 From: Northern Territory Outback Australia Status: offline	RE: Need tips for making thumbs of webs - 5/21/2004 19:10:51 2nd one Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) _____________________________ Cheers from the Outback Have a look at my Northern Territory backyard at http://www.ourterritory.com "Keep them laughing as you go.......but remember that the last laugh is on you" THe bright side of life, Monty Python, Life of Brian. (in reply to garry)