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Expert: - 4/20/2005


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 Hi,

How are you?
I have a question about preparing pictures for web using Photoshop 6.0. I know what the differences are between optimized and progressive jpeg but I am confuzed that Photoshop 6.0 lets me choose those two options simultaneously. What does it mean if I choose both? Is it going to be one or the other then, or maybe a combination of two. What does it mean in terms of pageload speed and ability of different browsers to recognize it? What option would you choose for websites (considering that some viewers have slow connection)?
 Thank you ver much.

 Eric


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Hi Eric,

This is driving me crazy! For some reason my entire answer won't post to the All Experts site. It keeps getting cut off.

So I stuck it on a Web page and posted it on one of my sites, and you can read the whole thing here:
http://little-works.com/all_experts/answer.html

Sorry about that. (The All Experts site drives me nuts sometimes!).

Lisa  

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I've used Photoshop since the release of version 2. I taught college commercial art and graphic design for 10 years, and within that realm, taught Photoshop at every level, and with each successive product upgrade. My experience with Photoshop is thus extensive and well-rounded, from photo retouching to color adjustment to incorporating Photoshop and ImageReady into Web design. I am primarily a Mac user (since 1985), but am also PC-savvy.

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I've been a graphic designer for 22 years, was a national magazine art director, a designer for the Department of Defense, a college art instructor, and have my own freelance Web and graphic design business, LittleWorks (www.little-works.com). I've also worked for several printing companies, in both prepress and art.

Awards and Honors
PICA award (Printing Industry of the Carolinas Award for the design of a media kit that accompanied a magazine I was art directing at the time)

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