picture compression queries - several

[The Kat]

1. The pictures were compressed to 96dpi; looking at the image files, it
looks like Pub or ??? dropped them to 72+//- dpi without my taking further
action. Should I run the pictures through compression (again?) myself or let
them be?

2. Do I run the entire PUB file through compression or just the photos?

3. Will they have to be reinstalled or will publisher find and insert them
from their original location on my computer.

4. The home page has two large pictures on it. I would like to bring that
page up with b/w photos that the the color pix overwrite. I found
instructions on that ... somewhere... Any tips?

5. To do #4, I need place holders. I have NO idea what the pixel sizes are,
were the pix sit on the page, or how to find the answer to either. I know the
pixel size has changed from the 96dpi file that I inserted into the file. Do
I just open the img file in my photo editor? Any help appreciated. And I just
put the b/w photos in the place holders to await their extreme makeover?

Thank you,

The Kat

 

[The Kat]

My compression was done in Paint Shop when I dropped the image size and set
them all to 96 dpi. It's just the first page that has me worried. We'll see
how it goes when we get it loaded, which is what I'm going to try after I fix
the key words and descriptions. How long can that take? (Don't answer.) If
you hear a bone-chilling scream echo through the night, you'll know I hit a
snag.

The Kat

 

[DavidF]

1 through 3. If you ran the graphics compression feature in Pub 2003, you
have the option of doing it for one image are all images in the publication.
What this does is effectively resamples and resizes any oversized, higher
resolution images to "optimize" them for the web. If you have done this
once, then you don't need to do it again. Don't get too caught up in
studying the images that are output when you Publish to the Web, because as
you know Publisher is going to generate different copies of the images in
different formats, and you don't have much control over that. If you want
more control over what image is displayed on the internet, your only
recourse is to import those images into the page, not insert/embed them. But
as I said before, I wouldn't worry about this right now. You can always go
back and do it later if the quality and loading time of your images are not
satisfactory.

4 and 5: you would use a javascript side show, or some such to import the
images, and use the insert html code fragment tool to insert the code
snippet. There are a zillion free code snippets available on the internet
for this...just google and try different ones until you get the effect you
want. As per having no idea of the size of the images, etc, then that is
where the third party image editing and importing images into your page
comes into play.

DavidF