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Nicole -> Screenshots (12/21/2004 20:19:58)

I use screenshots to display samples of my work for my portfolio and when i'm asked to create some prototypes for clients. I'm using Paint Shop Pro 8 and am wondering if these screenshops are okay as they are (a little blurred) or should i be making them sharper? Is this easy to do in Paint Shop Pro?

Here is one page of samples as an example.

www.nixdesign.com.au/housingsamplepages.htm

Nicole




Giomanach -> RE: Screenshots (12/21/2004 22:07:15)

You've taken the blurryness a bit far...

Try something like: http://ukposse.co.uk/misc/Image1.jpg

OK...so I cheated..I used PSP9 @ compression 20




dpf -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 7:56:07)

Nicole: What I would suggest with these is to ignore the basic advice about how far to compress relative to optimizing for a normal web site - i would strive for as clear as possible and not worry about load times. just MHO




Giomanach -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 7:57:33)

But Dan, to show you are a professional, you need to be able to produce graphiics, that are of high quailty, and small file size...




dpf -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 7:58:42)

on my screen, your "full size" is just as blurry as hers




Giomanach -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 8:13:53)

I'm using a TFT monitor, and it's fine, a clear, crisp image.

Ain't got it shrunk have you?




d a v e -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 10:14:11)

you might find for some of the sites that a gif (with some dithering) might be clearer for not so much more filesize.

i'm more with dpf on this one - the client wants to see an example in all it's glory - clicking on the thumbnail means they want to look and they could reasonably expect a wait while the pic downloads (of course what really sucks is that IE doesn't support progressive jpegs - not that i've noticed).

try the gif option - you might get away with it unless there are lots of gradients, otherwise go for a hogher qulaity jpeg and don't worry *so much* about the filesize




Nicole -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 14:48:24)

Thanks for the feedback guys.

I am concerned that they looked a little blurry or i wouldn't have asked, so i'll add that to my ever increasing list of things to do over the holidays.

For the record, Giomanach's screenshot was clear on my screen until it resized to fit the window. This is one thing i was trying to avoid as this would obviously happen on clients screens too. I thought my problem was that i was reducing the images to 725px wide so they'd fit on 800 x 600 and up like the ones in my real portfolio

Nicole




bobby -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 15:15:07)

Have you tried using Sharpen to see if it makes the downsized images appear a little bit clearer?

I used to do the same thing, but I'd create a 150 px wide thumbnail, and using Sharpen was the only way to get those to look decent...

[8|]




Nicole -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 15:22:29)

I had tried that but it didn't seem to work, but i've just tried it again on one thumbnail and full-sixed image and it seemed to do the trick, thanks Bobby

Nicole




dpf -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 16:53:25)

quote:

until it resized to fit the window.
you might consider using a simple javascript to open a non-resizable new window the exact size of your image. If you want, I can grab one for you.




Nicole -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 17:08:53)

Hi Dan,

I know what you mean and would be interested to learn how to fix the size of a new window.

But for the purposes of this example i don't think i'll use it, as it's a page just to show prospective clients images of how their site could look. I'm not sure they'd appreciate new windows opening everywhere with each click, like most people i'm sure they'd be frustrated by that.

Thanks

Nicole




dpf -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 17:10:01)

quote:

I'm not sure they'd appreciate new windows opening everywhere with each click, like most people i'm sure they'd be frustrated by that
I can appreciate that! Whenever I do that, I put a button on each to "close this window"
<edit> and as an example, have you ever clicked on any of the ads on outfront? when you do, they do not open a new window - persoanlly I would prefer that they do but I know many dont agree. for me, surfing, a new window that I INITIATE isnt upsetting - its the "popups" I hate.




dpf -> RE: Screenshots (12/22/2004 17:18:57)

here is a little lesson in opening windows (and writing to them with javascript)
save this code as firstwin.html
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Page1</TITLE>

</HEAD>
<script type="text/javascript">


 </script>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF">

<h1>First Window</ h1>
<h2> this is an example of opening a new window and writing the content - thus the window.open("" etc.  If you 

wanted to open it with an html page, simply put "mypage.html"<h2>
 <form>
 <input type="button" value="Open a New Window" onClick='javascript:newWin=window.open("","mywin","width=400

,height=500,location=1,status=1,resizable=1")
 newWin.document.open();
 newWin.document.write("<html>\n<head>\n<title>My JavaScript Test</title>\n</head>\n");

newWin.document.write("<body>\n\t<h1>Welcome to the child page</h1>");
newWin.document.write("\n<form>\n<input type=\"button\" name=\"closebutton\" value=\"Close This Window\" 

onClick=\"self.close()\">\n</form>");
newWin.document.write("\n<form>\n<input type=\"button\" name=\"closebutton\" value=\"Change Parent Window\" 

onClick=opener.document.location=\"page2.html\">\n</form>")';


>
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>

then save this as page2.html
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Page 2</TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"  >
<h1>Page 2</h2>
<form><input type="button" value="Change Parent" name="changeparent" onClick='javascript:window.open("firstwin.html","mywin");'>
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>

then open first one in your prowser




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