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babble-digest Sunday, February 8 1998 Volume 01 : Number 189

In this issue:
addendum to gif export in photoshop
Re: measure the screen?
Re: gif export in photoshop
Re: measure the screen?
end of plug-ins for Flash?!?
Putting a signature on a site
Passwords / Web fonts
Re: Putting a signature on a site
devSearch - A Search Engine by Developers, for Developers
color mapping in IE

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Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 04:20:48 -0500
From: Michael Piastro <mpp6@cornell.edu>
Subject: addendum to gif export in photoshop

Sorry about this, but two more things just came to my mind. When I index
to the web palette, i am unable to use the hvs export. Indexing then using
gif89a gives me a 1.38kb file size, while using hvs gives me a 700byte
size. What are the best ways you've found to get quality, web safe, small
gifs in a relatively speedy manner (without using DeBabelizer)? Thanx so
much.
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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 12:38:41 +0000
From: "Magnus lindahl" <barfly9@hem.passagen.se>
Subject: Re: measure the screen?

> Hi,
> I'm wondering if any of you have stumbled over any shareware or
> freeware program that helps you measure the screen in pixels easily.
> What I would like to avoid is the process of making a screendump an
> open it up in Photoshop just to measure it. /acke

Hi, there's a program called screenruler for windows and mac at
http://www.kagi.com/microfox/ that works as a... ruler! :o)
Great when measuring those tinzywinzy pixels...
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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 07:14:37 -0500
From: Dana Adams <dana@studiowerks.com>
Subject: Re: gif export in photoshop

Michael Piastro wrote:
> Is
> there a
> way to index an image accurately in Photoshop without flattening it
> (otherwise i have to flatten -- index -- export -- revert to saved for
> each
> export)? Is there a way to get the gif89a or hvs export to not remap
> colors this way? What am I missing?

The technique I use (not earth shattering, but effective) is to
duplicate the master, rename at the given opportunity and check "merged
layers". This leaves the master alone and creates the desired true-color
image that needs indexing -- anyhow, I next index down to as small an
adaptive&diffuse palette as I can while still maintaining image qaulity.
Next I color correct any of the major original color safe areas by
directly manuipulating the palette. This gives an image that on an
8-bit-color client will dither somewhat, but will look absolutely
fabulous on 16bit color depths & higher -- phew!

Admittedly, this is a lot of work. But I don't have the bread for
something like Debabelizer -- so I use "hand" instead of "power" tools
to get the job done -- quality is the goal...

Any other techniques out there?

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Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 10:42:39 +0000
From: Laura McCabe <mccabe12@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: measure the screen?

Check out Screen Ruler at http://www.kagi.com/microfox/

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Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 15:16:45 -0500
From: Tari Akpodiete <tari@sympatico.ca>
Subject: end of plug-ins for Flash?!?

I was on C|NET reading a review about Flash

http://www.cnet.com/Content/Builder/Graphics/Media/ss03.html

When I came across something interesting which may make Flash more
attractive to those concerned about the fact that it needs a plug-in,
albeit a small one:

"Macromedia's new Aftershock utility, which is available as a
free download ...automatically creates the HTML needed to host
a Flash file. Also, Aftershock includes a new Java version of the
Shockwave Flash player, so users can say good-bye to plug-in hassles."

I'd love to hear what people think about this, and if it is as it seems.
AfterShock is free and works with PCs and Macs:

AfterShock review:
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/JustIn/Items/0,118,285,00.html

AfterShock download
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/download/

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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 17:20:54 EST
From: TheGilster@aol.com
Subject: Putting a signature on a site

Dear List,
I am designing a site for an insurance company and the president (aka my
mom) of the company would like to have a brief note on the core page and have
her signature on it. Is there a danger to putting someones signature on a
website? Also, could anyone send me some links of sites that do have
signatures of CEO's on the web so I can format the letter to that.

Thanks in advance,
Gil Kruger

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Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 15:10:16 PST
From: "Joel Fisher" <designer4hire@hotmail.com>
Subject: Passwords / Web fonts

Could someone please let me know the easiest way to make part
of a site password-protected?

Also, please send your favorite WEB fonts to jfisher@ravenet.com..
I am putting a list together of the best fonts for the web. I am
looking for fonts that display well at small sizes. I am looking
for fonts that can be used as .GIFS and not those best used for HTML
text (font face..etc) Any questions...e-mail me.

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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 19:21:42 -0500
From: Dana Adams <dana@studiowerks.com>
Subject: Re: Putting a signature on a site

Say the following while patting your head and rubbing your tummy...
"The web is not PRINT, the WEB is not print, the web is NOT print."

Security concerns aside - I imagine her signature is on a number of
public & private documents readily accessible to both insiders and
outsiders alike. If someone was going to forge a signature they'd sure
need a better sample than that given at 72/96 dpi.

Why bother? Why must you have a signature? And to show "what???" -
sincerity? that should be communicated in the statement - I mean it's
not like she's Phyllis Diller, or Hillary Clinton...

Get ready for a rant...

A signature is in reality an anachronism. We as a society still need to
sign checks, receipts, and executive orders but the signature really
doesn't do anything - it's there for what *might* happen later, e.g. "I
didn't really sign that, it's a forgery! See the signature doesn't
match" or conversely "I really do get to close that account, see my
signature matches". American express certainly does not examine all
those signatures, they only will after you say "Hey that's not mine!" --
check the back of most peoples bank cards, I'll bet at least one in your
wallet isn't signed. Most of the time we do what we do, and get what we
get by being there -- or in the absence of physically being there, our
information is there.

Think about this for a moment. (tongue firmly planted in cheek) A
letter, signed and presented on the web as a digital version of a
printed letter really says - Hey there! I don't have a clue about this
medium but I'm the one paying the bills so I think we should have this
page with my picture, some words someone else wrote (re: communications
department) and my signature on it so people will know I'm really
sincere...

Don't worry about the signature, worry about the message. If it's her
company's web site it's safe to assume she means what she says and it
really is her message.

TheGilster@aol.com wrote:
>
> Dear List,
> I am designing a site for an insurance company and the president
> (aka my
> mom) of the company would like to have a brief note on the core page
> and have
> her signature on it. Is there a danger to putting someones signature
> on a
> website? Also, could anyone send me some links of sites that do have
> signatures of CEO's on the web so I can format the letter to that.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Gil Kruger

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Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 20:27:43 -0500
From: Tari Akpodiete <tari@sympatico.ca>
Subject: devSearch - A Search Engine by Developers, for Developers

Teresa Martin and Glenn Davis of Project Cool fame have their new
developer's search engine online. And what an engine it is... According
to the WebMonkey article:

"Using devSearch, a user can now search 21 sites
on specific HTML, scripting, design, and other
developer-related questions - including Wired
Digital's Webmonkey, CNET's builder.com, Netscape's
DevEdge, and developer.com. Using either site-targeted
or general searches, a developer can quickly find
information on how to build a Java mouseover button,
for example, or where to find a poll script."

URLs of interest:

Project Cool
http://www.projectcool.com/

devSearch
http://www.devsearch.com/

WebMonkey devSearch article
http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/news/story1.html

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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 22:30:06 -0500
From: "Jonas Tahardi" <jtahardi@vcu.edu>
Subject: color mapping in IE

Hi guys...

I have a problem trying to match a photograph (jpg) to the background
color (#FFCC33).
The page looks perfect in 24 bit and 8 bit both in IE and NS, but at 16 bit,
it looks terrible in IE but normal in NS. I thought both NS and IE use the
same browser safe color (the color-cube), but apparently @ 16 bit they are
mapped slightly off.
Any idea?

second problem... printing problem... how wide your page could be so it will
print properly?
690px seems too large, 640 will print right. Is there any way around so we
can force to print, let's say, 800px?

TIA
- -jo
[I use NS 3.0 - 4.0 and IE 3.0 - 4.0]

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