poor picture quality

[PeterL]

I have a picture in JPG format that I want to insert into a website. Its
a large file, 574KB, and when I display it on my computer's screen it
has good resolution with clear definition.

But, when I load it into a website, it degrades in quality a lot. Is
that because its been cramped down in size to fit? Or is there something
in MSPub that resizes the pic?

I notice that when I right click on the pic from the website and then
save it, its only about 7KB. How come it loses all that resolution?

How can I fix this?

Thanks

Win98SE
MSPub2000

 

[DavidF]

Hey PeterL,

There are several possible answers. Here are a couple...

If you have inserted the image into a picture frame that is smaller, or
larger than the original dimensions of the image, then yes, Publisher is
resizing your image, and probably degrading your image quality. In this
case, perhaps resize, resample and optimize your image in a third party
image editing program, to about the dimensions of the picture frame, and
probably 96 dpi, before you insert it.

Check to see if you have any elements overlapping the image, which could be
converting the JPG to a GIF which might also degrade the quality. Perhaps
Save As A Web Page to a folder on your computer, and study the images in the
HTML output to see if the image has been converted to a GIF.

You might get the most optimal quality by importing the image directly into
your page from a folder on your site, using the insert HTML code fragment
feature, and thus bypassing the Publisher coding engine. Once again it would
be better if you optimized the image in an image editing program before you
post it on your website. Here is an article by David Bartosik about linking
your images:
http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=84

DavidF