Is there a way to proportion pics?

Chiro75

Chiro75

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After seeing Gwinnydapooh's post on one of Gunner's locked threads I realized I was the culprit for making the formatting so annoying and requiring that we scroll back and forth from side to side to read the post. Anyway, is there a way with HTML code to change the proportions of the picture when I post it so that it doesn't happen again?

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http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/frames.html
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Sheath Makers Referral Directory
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Madpoet (Mel Sorg, Jr.) Tribute page:
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Chiro,
Try using FrontPage Express or the Edit program that comes with Netscape. Just insert the picture in to a new document, right click and size it, then cut and paste the html code, from the html view, to your post. Just make sure that your URL Refernces are correct. You can use this method to generate any html code allowed on the forums.
 
Chiro,
I just came from your nosing around your GeoCities site. I think you would benifit most from croping your pictures prior to uploading them. In this way you will be able cut your load times. When you manipulate an image size with html the image will be displayed as a smaller image but the load time is still the same. If you crop a picture you have the ability to present more detail in the same amount of space with less load time.

Oh.... James..... as for knife content......
BE VERY CAREFULL..... KNIVES R SHARP.
 
The downside to the method above is that the picture appears smaller, but is actually the same size. This prevents the page from scrolling sideways, but makes everyone download a larger file than necessary.

To do both, you can open the file in any image editing program (perhaps the program used to scan the pict), and change the size of the image.
 
Guys, the problem is that I do not have an IBM at home, so all the webpage work I do is at school, in libraries, etc. That means that I can't manipulate pictures after taking them and prior to putting them into my webpage.
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Someday...

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My Knife & Sheath Pages:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/frames.html
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Sheath Makers Referral Directory
agocs_s@dd.palmer.edu
Madpoet (Mel Sorg, Jr.) Tribute page:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/1298/madpoet/main.html
 


I think the latest version of ACDSee allows you to change the properties of jpg and the such.

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KSwinamer

Atheism....A non-prophet organization
 
Chiro
You don't have to spend a lot of money on software. Search the freeware /shareware sites. Jpeg optimizer is a good one I also ran into a good photo program recently that was a brand name download, free on a commercial software site. I didn't download it because I have other programs that do the same thing. I'll try to see if I can locate it again and mail you the url
 
Chiro,

There's a freeware program called IrfanView that I've been using for a few years with excellent results. It handles all known graphic file types including animation and movies. It allows you to view, resize, crop and otherwise modify your pictures in about 50 ways (including special effects). The great part about it is it's a very small program, about a 480kb download, and extremely easy to use.

Here's the Link to it.

Blackdog
 
I am not that great at HTML yet I am maintaning my own page. This is some of the string to the pic on the frontpage:
IMG SRC="943.jpg" WIDTH=269 HEIGHT=591 BORDER=1>

As you can see the size is set there...how it would work here I have no clue

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[This message has been edited by ansoknive (edited 04-05-2000).]
 
You can either use a program to actually resize the picture or just put a size in the image link.

If you have a jpeg or gif file, you'll need to use something other than M$ Paint. That will only do BMPs. Adobe Photoshop is the best graphics manipulation program, but it's really expensive. You can find cheaper + easier programs elsewhere.

To make the picture a certain size in the image link, ansoknive is right. The capital letters are not necessary and the border part is usually not there or set to 0. The problem with using a width and height is that you have to do some calculations to get it scaled down. If I were posting a big picture, i'd probably make the picture on the main page pretty small, like around 150 or so wide, and make it a link to the picture so when you click on it, you'll get the full view with all the details.

That's just me. If you want more details, e-mail me.

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"If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
Such a funny quote, true or not.
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Be vewy vewy caweful........ Spark will go high and to the right if you start practicing your HTML skills on the forums.
Just a friendly warning...........
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Chiro,

Trying to think of something for you but not clear on a couple of things. I assume that your digital camera saves images on a floppy and you take the floppy to school to upload to your web site. What format does the camera save the pictures in... jpg, gif etc. And if it saves them to jpg or whatever that you load to your website at school what keeps you from cropping them on your software you have on your mac at home? Maybe if had more info could help.

Mutant
kevin005@email.com
 
Duh, nevermind. You're not at home when you post! It sunk in that you just want to shrink a pic so it won't butcher the screen when you post. ...Got it.

Mutant
kevin005@email.com

<html>
<img src="http://matrix.crosswinds.net/~kevin005/germburn.gif" width="384" height="370">

<img src="http://matrix.crosswinds.net/~kevin005/germburn.gif" width="192" height="185">

</html>



[This message has been edited by Mutant (edited 04-05-2000).]
 
You have photoshop on your Mac, if I read your post above correct. If so, it's not a problem. Go to the Image menu and select Image Size. In the dialog box that comes up, select the height or width of the image you are editing, and shrink the size to whatever you want (I recommend 100 pixels wide max for thumbnails, 200 pixels wide max for product images, and 600 pixels wide for detail shots). Pictures you show in the forums shouldn't be larger than 200 pixels wide - link them to the larger picture if you want to show a larger view.

Anyhow, if you have the Constrain Proportions box checked, when you change the height of the image, the width will change automatically (and vice versa). This is so that the image resizes without stretching / shrinking.

Now that the image is shrunken, go to Filters, and select Sharpen to remove some of the blurring, then save your image. Remember to use a .jpg extension for the web ready image.

Spark

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disregard this

[This message has been edited by Mutant (edited 04-05-2000).]
 
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