image quality

[awilson3rd]

Hello,

I am using WD pro 7. Can anyone tell me why there is such a noticeable difference in quality of pop-up images between the originals that I import and those which are displayed when the website is viewed (in all browsers)? I save the image at 100% in PS as a jpg, import it into WD, set the image quality in the image tab to 100% also and then export the website. This occurs on all images and is very noticeable in some, almost a blurry effect (like a low quality jpg).

Any explanations would be appreciated.

Thanks

Andrew

[gwpriester]

I would suggest that you use the Optimize all JPEGs option in Utilities, and set the quality as desired. By default, JPEGs are exported at 75% (25% compression). If your images have large areas of flat color and or text, I would export them as PNG files.

[awilson3rd]

Hello and thanks for the reply.

I have optimized all jpegs with the same problem still occurring. Perhaps it is my process that is to blame? Here is what I am doing. I am importing an image of 600px onto a page, then I am re sizing the image to about 200px but in the image popout option I am setting the popout size to the original of 600px.

Thanks

Andrew

[awilson3rd]

ok, it's not the process. Have tried it other ways without reducing the size of the image. Even optimizing all jpegs at 100% they still seem like they are lower quality, some more noticeable
than others and it is the same with all popout images.

[awilson3rd]

This seems to be a problem with the popout function. When I scale the image to 100% on the page the quality is correct. However, when I click on the image at 100% the popout version is lower quality than the on page version. Viewing both at 100% you can really notice a difference in quality on many images. So, is there any way to change this? Is the script for popouts defaulting to a lower quality setting?

Thanks

Andrew