Stop & Post May 2009

**HayTay** · 25 May 2009, 08:38 PM

Just piddling around with a bit of stained glass for effect. A whole lot of bevels, shadows and fractal plasma fills really starts to slow things down. The six other Xtreme windows I have open for other graphics probably aren't helping either.

Quite a bit of the effect is lost because of the size and lower image quality when posted here. Oh, well.

Enjoy,
HayTay

**steve.ledger** · 25 May 2009, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by HayTay

Quite a bit of the effect is lost because of the size and lower image quality when posted here. Oh, well.

Any particular reason to post a static image as .swf Harry?
You can retain better quality for photographic images using .JPG (higher than 75% quality) and would be faster to view than a 255kb flash file.

**HayTay** · 25 May 2009, 09:03 PM

Steve,

Yes, if you mouse around you'll see it's not a static image. I ran this through XWD and made the button a clickable link back to the original graphic source. I thought I'd be nice. Additionally, there are some other cool stained glass panels available if anyone is interested in playing around with them.

Thanks for asking.

**steve.ledger** · 25 May 2009, 10:08 PM

Yes I saw the hotlink Harry, but thought that (the link) could have been added to your post anyway, the quality of your image seemed more important to you?

**kinetica** · 25 May 2009, 10:10 PM

I thought it was a fun way to add a link to a forum post

(but I didn't realise there was a link until you mentioned it HayTay!)

**HayTay** · 25 May 2009, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by sledger

Yes I saw the hotlink Harry, but thought that (the link) could have been added to your post anyway, the quality of your image seemed more important to you?

Sure, I could have added the link in the text, but I wanted to play a bit with XWD. "How else would I have sorted out the issue with the red line(s)?", Harry sheepishly replied. Maybe Xara will sell another copy or two of Web Designer because of it.

Originally Posted by kinetica

I thought it was a fun way to add a link to a forum post

(but I didn't realise there was a link until you mentioned it HayTay!)

And look at that, Kinetica learned something from it, as well.

Pretty cool, if I do say so, myself. And I do! As you stated, it is fun. But, as Steve mentioned, it does add to the file size while reducing the display quality of the underlying graphic.

Cheers, all,
Harry