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I have a question about fast loading vs quality when optimizing images.
I frequently use the image optimizer tool (thanks LadyEye for that hook-up), but in this particualr instance I am unsure.
I have a gob of pages which are all going to be jpg images. These are pages which are basically snapshot images of partial pages from a catalog I was given to use,which is in PDF format.
I don't necessarily want to use the pdf format (it is long, and bulky, and I don't really like it so much).
This catalog is not going to be used for online purchases, though the business owner wants the pricing to be there for information purposes.
What is giving me heartburn at the moment is the load times of the pages due to the image size.
When I optimize it down to reduce the load time there is such a degradation of image quality that I think it looks hard to read; or at the very least, it becomes less *****, maybe too blurry.
Could someone look at these two pages and give me opinions about the readablilty of the *****er one vs the less ***** one?
I am especially interested to know if the load time is seriously affected by the resolution change.... or if the load time is way too much for either of them..
There will be nearly 90 of these pages, and I sure don't want to get them all done and find out I made the wrong choice...
(BTW I will be putting the site up for review as soon as I get this phase completed..)
Okay here they are:
This one has the optimized image:
http://www.pondandgardennursery.com/books.html
and
This one has the not optimized (heavier) image
http://www.pondandgardennursery.com/books1.html
Thank you so much..
I frequently use the image optimizer tool (thanks LadyEye for that hook-up), but in this particualr instance I am unsure.
I have a gob of pages which are all going to be jpg images. These are pages which are basically snapshot images of partial pages from a catalog I was given to use,which is in PDF format.
I don't necessarily want to use the pdf format (it is long, and bulky, and I don't really like it so much).
This catalog is not going to be used for online purchases, though the business owner wants the pricing to be there for information purposes.
What is giving me heartburn at the moment is the load times of the pages due to the image size.
When I optimize it down to reduce the load time there is such a degradation of image quality that I think it looks hard to read; or at the very least, it becomes less *****, maybe too blurry.
Could someone look at these two pages and give me opinions about the readablilty of the *****er one vs the less ***** one?
I am especially interested to know if the load time is seriously affected by the resolution change.... or if the load time is way too much for either of them..
There will be nearly 90 of these pages, and I sure don't want to get them all done and find out I made the wrong choice...
(BTW I will be putting the site up for review as soon as I get this phase completed..)
Okay here they are:
This one has the optimized image:
http://www.pondandgardennursery.com/books.html
and
This one has the not optimized (heavier) image
http://www.pondandgardennursery.com/books1.html
Thank you so much..
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