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Re: Navigation instruments from Paris, Maskelyne
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2004 Jul 21, 14:58 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2004 Jul 21, 14:58 +1000
Hey, that's very clever. There is specialist software that can reduce image file sizes to a minimum. You can go into each channel and reduce that until you no longer like the look of it, and play with it until the right balance is achieved. One application for this is porn over the web, and I have to say I can only admire the image quality that gets packed into a tiny image size. Quoting Brooke Clarke: > Hi Peter: > > Although the screen resolution limits what you can see in one frame, > that does not mean you need to limit photos to a screen size. > > I've found that the best results come from starting with the highest > resolution image you can muster, say 6 mega bytes from my camera, or 25 > mega bytes from the flat bead scanner (which does a very nice job on > many 3 dimensional objects). Then do the cropping, background erasing, > etc. in photoshop (or the OEM free version photoshop elements), then > make one jpg at the highest possible resolution, and another where the > DPI is around 60 to 70 and use the "medium" jpg compression. This last > "small" version might have a linear dimension of a few inches and will > look nice on the computer screen. The small image can be linked to a > larger image so when you click on the thumbnail you then see the larger > image and it's all on screen. But when you mouse over that image the > cursor tip changes to a "+" and when you click in the image it expands. > This allows seeing all the very fine detail. > > For an example go to my product page: > http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/VPA2577.shtml > scroll down to the CLP-PP (Cigarette Lighter to Power Pole cable) and > look at the image. > Then click on the image to get to the next size up on a new page. > Now click on that image to see very fine detail. > This image was made using a scanner and the process described above. I > don't remember the original file size, but would guess maybe 6 mega bytes. > > Have Fun, > > Brooke Clarke, N6GCE > > -- > http://www.PRC68.com > http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/PRC68COM.shtml