Weekly Blog Activity 9/24/09

This weeks readings were full of a lot of information. I learned that you must pay close attention to the colors you use on your website and how important the resolution of your image is. You basically have to trust your color judgements when designing a web page. Also, there is a difference in the resolution when an image is printed on paper and when it is on the web page. There are two basic file formats which are pixel-based and math based. The graphics on the web are bitmaps and the file formats are GIF and JPEG I also learned some things about scanning. Many scanners use the single pass method, where the lens splits the image into three smaller versions. Each version passes through a color filter onto sections of the CCD (charge-coupled array) and combines the data into a single full-color image.

I don' think it is a good idea to not make changes on images before sending them electronically. Some changes that could be made to make the images web ready are:

Monitor resolution: The ppi should be between 72 and 96. This way the image is not distorted when it reaches it's destination.

Cropping: You can choose to cut off any part of the photograph that you don't want to send.

Resizing: After you choose your image, you can make it as small or large as you want. However, you have to make sure the ppi is not too high.

Add text: If you want to add tags to the photos, you can.

Contrast, color, and adjust: You can change the colors in the photo and adjust the resolution. It also give you a chance to fix things that are wrong with the image, such as red eye.