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The best picture 800 x 600

May 20, 2005 5:43AM PDT

How would I get the best picture on a setting (for Sony cypershot 5.0) for web pages? I use 1.2 then resize the pictures down to 800w x 600h, and have been told they are too small. I resize at 800w x 600H on computer of original picture again with Resolution 50.0. Is resution- really compression? Is there a way to work with pictures more (to see the ''real'' picture before I sent it to a site?)

I am new at this.
thank you.
sincercly,
pat
( I am taking dig. pictures of Headstones for a state project.)

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May 20, 2005 6:38AM PDT

I am not sure I fully understand your question, but my best guess.

I assume you have a 5 megapixel camera and are taking photos at 1280 x 960 pixels (1.2 megapixels).

Then you use software to downsize the photos to 800 x 600.

The "Resolution 50.0" is probably the .jpg compression setting. This is also called a quality setting.

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Here is where you lose me:

"and have been told they are too small"

That tells me they want larger photos......send the 1280 x 960 photos.

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If they mean they want better quality photos, you should set the "Resolution" to 90.

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It sounds as if you have very limited photo software.
Perhaps if you lets us know what software you are using and the model number of the camera you are using.

With the right software you can improve the photos in many ways.

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May 21, 2005 2:28AM PDT

I have a Sony Cyber-Shot- DSC-P92 - 5.0 mega pixel camera and are taking photos at 1280 x 960 pixels (1.2 megapixels).

Yes, I do use software (Photo 7 from Office Depot and Microsoft Picture it 9) to downsize the photos to 800 x 600.

I set the Resolution to 50.0 for the .jpg compression setting. Any higher setting and it will not fit into there web page. The webmaster has been resizing them to 'look better' at 50.0. Any suggestions? I am new to this.

thanks for the reply.
sincercly.
pat

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May 21, 2005 5:26AM PDT

You said something that makes me wonder:

''The Webmaster has been resizing them to look better at 50.0''

I don't know what that means.

Is he resizing them physically or reducing the file size or both?

Can you provide a link so that I can view a sample?

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I found a photo from a Sony P93 and it is 1280 x 960.
It is a fairly complex photo with a street sign and a traffic sign showing.

I used Photoshop Elements 2 to resize the photo to 800 x 600 and then did a Save for Web with the .jpg quality setting at 50.

I did the same thing and did a Save for Web with the .jpg quality setting at 90.

I could see no difference in quality.

The file size was 96k (50%) and 200k (90%)

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I assumed that I could compress it even more:

This time I took the 1280 x 960 photo and did not resize it.
But I did a Save for Web with the .jpg quality setting at 20.

I compared the compressed 1280 x 960 to the non-compressed 1280 x 960.
And saw some difference in overall quality but the street and traffic signs were easy to read in both photos.

The file size of the 1280 x 960 was 115k (20%).

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With the photo at 1280 x 960 (20%), it was easier to view detail than the 800 x 600 photo (50%).
Just because it was bigger.
But the file size is almost the same.

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Conclusion: You can save the 1280 x 960 at .jpg setting of 20 and have a photo that will view better than the 800 x 600 at .jpg setting of 50. Just because it is bigger.

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Now if the Webmaster is making your photos physically smaller than the one you send him, your Webmaster is the problem.

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If your Webmaster wants a physically smaller photo on his webpage and your clients want a physically larger photo to view;
have the Webmaster put a thumbnail photo on the webpage.

When someone clicks on the thumbnail photo, a full size photo will pop-up. You clients can then view the large photo better and also save the large photo to their computer by right clicking on the photo.

There is a sample of this thumbnail presentation on my website. Just click a photo to see a larger photo.
Right click the large photo to save it to your computer.

http://joerandolph.homestead.com/Odd.html

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