Babble v1 146

babble-digest Monday, January 19 1998 Volume 01 : Number 146

In this issue:
www.toyota.com
Re: www.toyota.com
Custom Palettes In PS4
Re: Custom Palettes In PS4
Re: Custom Palettes In PS4, wasting time
RE: TECH: Best JPEG compression?

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 09:38:59 +0800
From: Chris McLay <chris@eycon.com.au>
Subject: www.toyota.com

Hi there,

First up, I have had nothing to do with this site, I just came across it
and was very impressed...

Check it out. It has a nice balance of features, good design, good copy and
good ideas.

It impressed me anyway...

Chris

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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 22:04:44 -0500
From: Ryan Ferguson <signacct@signweb.com>
Subject: Re: www.toyota.com

At 09:38 AM 1/19/98 +0800, you wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>First up, I have had nothing to do with this site, I just came across it
>and was very impressed...

Mmm... Toyota.com. I go there to drool over the Supra Turbo every now and
again.

Suuuuuuupppppraaaaa.

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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:57:51 EST
From: TheGilster <TheGilster@aol.com>
Subject: Custom Palettes In PS4

Dear babblers,
I am looking for information on how to create a custom pallette in PS4 so
that I may refer to it without having to waste time.

Thanks,
Gil Kruger
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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 98 22:32:25 -0500
From: Matthew Snow <snow@maine.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Custom Palettes In PS4

>Dear babblers,
> I am looking for information on how to create a custom pallette in
>PS4 so that I may refer to it without having to waste time.
Have you tried looking at the manual? Or done a search on the subject? Or
asked a friend?
Or tried using the menus that are located in the program?
Sorry if I sound harsh dude, but if wasting time is a concern to you,
imagine how the rest of us feel.
Matt

snow design
portland, maine.
207.774.5452
snow@maine.rr.com

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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 23:29:00 EST
From: TheGilster <TheGilster@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Custom Palettes In PS4, wasting time

Matt wrote

>>Have you tried looking at the manual? Or done a search on the subject? Or
>>asked a friend?
>>Or tried using the menus that are located in the program?
>>Sorry if I sound harsh dude, but if wasting time is a concern to you,
>>imagine how the rest of us feel.
Matt, excuse me. If I was wasting your time.....
1)You didn't have to read the message, did you?
2) If time were so precious to you, you didn't have to waste even more time
replying with such a nasty response.

Come on,
Maybe that message seems like a waste of time to you, but thanks to the
wonders of computers you have the right to choose not to read it, especially a
letter with such an exact subject. So please, don't complain to me about your
time, as I don't have much myself.

BTW- I read the manuals and searched the help....but i couldn't get an answer
so i sent a message to this list so I could get help.....

Thanks for your precious time,
Gil Kruger
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 01:53:11 -0800
From: Christopher <chris@christopher.org>
Subject: RE: TECH: Best JPEG compression?

On Sunday, January 18, 1998 7:51 AM, Caleb Fuller wrote:
> Has anybody tested different JPEG compression (Mac) software?
> I am comparing the JPEGs used on the Landrover.com site with a physically
> similar sized image I am trying to use, and when compressed to get a
similar
> file size (20-30K), my image quality is absolutely #$%^ compared to what
> Adjacency achieved.

This aspect of Adj is one of the few golden nuggets in their book, Creating
Killer Interactive Web Sites (not recommended, btw). Across one of the
pages dealing with some other aspect of web design I could have sworn I
read where Adj has their own custom JPEG compression software. I haven't
been able to find the passage since that fateful reading session, but they
did give one method of nifty JPEG compression techniques:

- feather certain sections of your image which don't need to be detailed
as much as, say, the main object.
- then export as a JPEG....for PCs use, Ulead's software; for macs,
whatever BoxTop calls their app. (Sorry! Can't recall it.)

A cool JPEG compression tool I bought and love is Emblaze's Web Charger.
You select certain area's of your image you want to avoid the dreaded
artifacts common with JPEG compression, but retain that area's detail in
the image. The unselected areas can be compressed at a level adjusted by
sliding scale. Typically, I save at least 2 to 3k per image with Web
Charger - and I have been seen savings of up to 10k out of an image that
was previously 15k (Cha-ching!).
Some side affects: I would use the app more if the program read PhotoShop
files and alpha channels... then I could do some serious batch processing.
Also, it would be really handy if it was a PhotoShop filter instead of a
standalone app.

Hope this helps,
Christopher Schmitt
new media designer
http://www.christopher.org/

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