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Photo Preparation

Do It Yourself or Have Us Do the Work!

Photos add a lot to your website, whether they are photos of your staff, office, product, equipment, or just an attractive picture that expresses the image of your company. It's a snap to download photos to your ESFI.net Do It Yourself website.

To Do It Yourself: 

You'll need a basic photo editing software, and possibly a scanner.
Click on the links below to jump down:

Scanning from snapshots
From a Photo Disk
Tips for Fast Downloads
Saving for a Minimum File Size
Or: We Can Do it For You

 

Scanning from Snapshots:

  1. Scan your photos from a good quality print with the photo editing program of your choice. The Internet is a low-resolution medium. Therefore, you do not need the large file formats that you may be used to for printing.
  2. Save your photos as .jpgs; set your original resolution for 72-100, and size your picture file to no more than 600 pixels in either direction (recommended average picture sizes are in the 150 x 175 to 175 x 225 range). Save your file as a 'baseline standard', and at a low-to-medium image option (your computer will prompt you for this). If you work from a Mac, be sure to add the appropriate file extension (.jpg ) to the file. 

 

From A Photo Disc:

  1. Resize the photos from the disc in the photo editing program of your choice. The Internet is a low-resolution medium. Therefore, you do not need to send the large file formats that you may be used to for printing. 
  2. Save your photos as .jpgs; set your original resolution for 72-100, and size your picture file to no more than 600 pixels in either direction (recommended average picture sizes are in the 150 x 175 to 175 x 225 range). Save your file as a 'baseline standard', and at a low-to-medium image option (your computer will prompt you for this). If you work from a Mac, be sure to add the appropriate file extension (.jpg ) to the file. 

 

Tips for Fast Downloads:

Small picture files are extremely helpful in keeping the download time of your web fast. Sizing your photos at 72-100 pixels at a pixel size of 150 x 175 to 175 x 225 is a good start, but there is more you can do! 

Choosing your photos: 
Photos with a simple subject and a simple color range tend to be a 'smaller' in terms of file weight. As an example, a head shot photo of a person in plain shirt will be a 'smaller' file than if the person has on a flowered or plaid shirt. If you are shooting your own photos, set up shots with simple backgrounds and a minimum of foreground clutter. 

 

Saving your photos to .jpg for a Minimum File Size: 

Many photo editing programs offer a "Save for Web" option. Read the help menu in your program for assistance, and experiment with getting your file size down. A file size of under 6 K is recommenced. 

For Tips and Troubleshooting, see FAQ

OR:

We Can Do It for You

Does all this sound like more than you want to do right now? Send us good quality prints 4" x 6" OK or images from a photos CD and we'll do the rest. 

We prefer photo files saved in a PC format; if you work from a Mac, be sure to add the appropriate file extension (.jpg, for example) to the file so that we can open it. 

Our charge for editing photos is $75 an hour; our speedy technicians can prepare 4-6 photos per hour at this price and load them into your website. 

Send by photo files by email attachment to changes@esfi.net, or send all photos on a floppy disc, ZIP disk or photo CD to our office via snail mail. Include a SASE if your would like the photos returned to you. 

Please Do NOT send transparencies or negatives. If you need to have slides converted to picture files, check with a professional photo lab.

 

Contact us if you have any questions about Photo Preparation

 

 
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