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Hi Eddie:
I'm coming into this question late and you probably
have more than enough answers by now (hopefully all pointing to the same thing)
but anyway:
Don't set the *resolution* of your images for the
web! The resolution of the standard monitor display is the best any viewer can
see, so any resolution you set will be modified, probably at several levels.
What you want to do (and I found this out from very good advice from
someone) is set the final *size* of your image in pixels. PC monitors are set
for 72 pixels/inch, so if your image is sized to 720 pixels wide, it will
display on viewers' screens as 10 inches wide, a very comfortable size for most.
I usually set mine for 700, 750, or 800 pixels wide depending on the
height.
I finish up my images in PS at high resolution and
save as psd or tif for archival purposes. Then, for the webpage, I change
the size to the 700 to 800 pixels width mentioned above and ignore all the
other size variables on the PS Image / Size dialog. Then I select save as
jpeg and look at the estimate that PS provides at the bottom saying what the
download time will be at 28K. I then reduce the jpeg quality slider until the
download time is below 20 or 25 sec. Then hit OK and you will have a jpeg
that will display on the great majority of monitors at 9 or 10 inches wide and
will look quite reasonable.
Bert
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