Photos for the web
If you ever pulled up a web site and it loaded slow then you know how it can be frustrating. But it can also be frustrating for the web site owner. Not only do they load slow they are placed low on the search engine lists, and this causes a drop in traffic. The top reason they for loading slow is the graphics and images.
One mistake the website owners make when they create the sites they do not resize their images before uploading them to the server. If you own a site or blog the best thing you can do to increase traffic is to reduce you images to the exact size you want them to be on the page.
When creating your site open you digital dark room and resize your images. In PhotoShop the steps are
Image > Image size > this will open your menu box. Select pixels, this is what the internet operates on. Adjust the image to the size you will want. A good rule of thumb to remember is that most monitors are set to 800 X 600 pixels. Although there are some out there bigger than that, you’ll want to keep your images to a reasonable size. A few suggestions for sizing are
• Thumbnails > 125 X ???
• Images inline with text 250 X ???
• Images to be centered on a line by themselves 400 X ???
An image 400 pixels across will pretty much take up half the viewers screen. Also if you are running a blog and use a program with sidebars such as Wordpress then the area for input is usually only 400 pixels across and you will lose your formatting if you go any larger.
Another thing is you want to keep your images that you are going to upload at 72dpi. This will optimize the image for your web site. Remember the web is different than print. For print you want the best you can get for the web you want optimization for page loading. In this day and time you will loose half of your views if they have to wait for an image to load.
References:
Webdevelopersnotes.com
Travelphoto.net
PHOTO of the DAY
Stormy weather on the way way to West Texas.
Camera: Olympus E-500, 14-45mm lens, UV filter
