Web site critique

Travis Newbury wrote:

Neo Geshel wrote:

The main culprit are the photos themselves. They need to be compressed
more, except I can�t stand the dithering. Damn JPEG. If only Flash
could properly digest PNG. :-(


Import the pngs into a swf then dynamically load the swf(s) in your
slide show flash. When ever we need quality images (or transparency) we
do this.

Hmmm... three identical posts in under 30 seconds... is Thunderbird

stuttering on you? :-)

...Geshel
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Ben Measures wrote:

Neo Geshel wrote:

The main culprit are the photos themselves. They need to be compressed
more, except I can�t stand the dithering. Damn JPEG.

There's something seriously wrong with your application if you're
getting dithering. Dithering is only supposed to be performed when you
reduce the number of colours in the image (don't do this).

If only Flash could properly digest PNG. :-(

Since you're compressing photo-realistic images, you do not want PNG
unless you want lossless compression (perfect quality over filesize).

TTFN,
Sorry, I meant artifacts, not dithering. I hate artifacts. I hate

lowering the image quality just to get an improvement in file size. I
hate dithering, too, but I haven’t created a GIF in almost two years...

...Geshel
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Neo Geshel wrote:

Sorry, I meant artifacts, not dithering. I hate artifacts. I hate
lowering the image quality just to get an improvement in file size. I
hate dithering, too, but I haven’t created a GIF in almost two years...

Sometimes, if I need a JPEG to be a certain filesize but can't stand the
quality, a light blurring before saving works wonders (it's certainly
much better than the alternative). Try it, you may be pleased with the
results.

Hth,
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Ben M.