image quality

[richard harris]

hi, i am new to frontpage and need some help with image quality.

i have created an image of two parts, the first is a coloured box and the
second is a jpeg image (telephonist) on top of the coloured box. i have
grouped together in publisher and saved as one image as a gif.

if i put just the coloured box into the web page the quality is the same as
when i created the image, however if i put the combined image into the web
page the quality is very poor.

if i put the image of the telephonist in the page on its own it is fine, it
just seems to be when i create an image of more than one part.

can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong and if there is a better programme
than publisher for creating these images.

id really appreciate your help


thanks

richard

 

[Ronx]

I never use Publisher to create or edit images - Publisher is great at
what it is designed for (printed documents) but not good at anything
else.

Use a real image editor, such as PhotoShop, Paint Shop Pro, or even
Paint.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.

http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

 

[Paul C]

Hi Richard
You would be better using an image editor rather than publisher. photoshop
is regarded as the industry standard but it can be expensive. There are a
number free ones.
here is one, do a web search to find more http://www.irfanview.com/

As a general rule when saving images use jpeg for photographs and gif for
things like logos.
Here is more info
http://info.eps.surrey.ac.uk/FAQ/standards.html

Good look
Paul M

 

[richard harris]

Hi Paul & Ronx

thanks for your help, i was getting pretty frustrated.

ill try your suggesstions

regards

richard