Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, Andrew, the class was about story telling and photography, not bandwidth. Oddly enough, though, I have standard DSL and I have no problem what ever with the site in question. And the link I provided was the where the images are posted at MIT, not where they will eventually be available for general viewing. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Nemeth Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 4:43 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] RE: bd's students work > http://web.mit.edu/yamima/www/ I won't comment on the aesthetics of this site (definitely _not_ my cup 'o' tea!), but BD please - please - take the time to impress upon your students the importance of keeping their online image filesizes small. I know your class are all on (free) T3 broadband connections, but the URL above deploys JPEG images which are barely 600 pix wide, and yet each weigh in at approx 400 KB. They should all be 40-80 KB. Remind your students that when they get out into the real world, bandwidth is neither infinite or free. The larger their image filesizes, the more they (or their clients) will have to pay in monthly server traffic fees. Fortunately the latest versions of photoshop (CS or v7) come with a pretty good "save for web" JPEG compression features. Teach your students to make use of this! Regds, Andrew Nemeth <http://nemeng.com/leica/> [ Leica FAQ ] _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information