Preparing Images and Photos for the Web

Here are some guidelines for making your images download quickly and display correctly.

Preparing Images

To prepare images for presentation on the Web, follow these steps:

1. Begin a new file. If it’s a photo or original artwork, use 300 dpi as the resolution. If you are creating something simple, set the resolution to 72 dpi.
2. Use the drawing, text, shape and other tools provided in the graphics program to create your image. Can you explain more what the Drawing tool would do?

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How to Take Pictures for Online Use

Whenever you can, take photographs with a digital still camera, as opposed to a digital video camera or a regular camera. You will be able to turn the image into a Web-ready format more quickly and you’ll get a better quality picture than if you used a digital video camera or took screenshots from a digital video. or a camera phone?

Don’t despair if you don’t have a digital camera. With good-quality prints and a scanner, you can still create photos for the Web – just be prepared to spend some time getting prints made and then scanning them into your computer. more...