Jim Lawrence (AccessD)
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Jun 3 12:38:24 CDT 2003
Hi John: It all depends on the speed and quality you are expecting. If the photo is larger than will fit on a computer screen it will load slowly because of the size. There are a few ways to work with this issue. 1. Have the large size file download for viewing...change to a zip file. 2. Force the picture size by setting the size you want the picture to appear within the image tag within the HTML code. This is not recommended because the whole picture is still required to downloaded and then an extensive amount of time is required to render the picture to forced height and width sizes. 3. Reduce the pictures to the appropriate size. This is the best way but it requires a bit of preparation of the image. The dpi should be reduced to 72 because this is the maximum quality of an image of the screen. The colours should be slightly pushed and pictures very slightly off-focused. Check out the source code on the DBA site for examples of how to use and make blowups or access large images from small thumbnails. There are about five different methods used and one will be best for you. Note: all the coding was completed with Dreamweaver, though most of it was manually done and not through the graphic interface. If you need any specifics drop me a note off-line and I can assist. HTH Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Colby Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 6:52 PM To: AccessD Subject: [AccessD] OT: photo size on web site I am trying to work with photos on a web site. I have created a flash photo album with a bunch of thumbnails. When you click on any thumbnail, the photo is loaded into the browser. Because of the resolution of my camera (apparently), the picture is huge, with most of the picture off of the page. Is there any way short of saving the file back out as (perhaps) a 640 x 480 file to cause the photo to load with the whole thing viewable on the screen. I am trying to do this on my web site, to display photos of my son I have taken with my digital camera. It seems that one could use an image object, and load the picture into that image object (control) on a web page. I am using Dreamweaver. You can see what I am talking about by visiting my site and clicking the bottom button - "Meet my son". John W. Colby www.colbyconsulting.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com