the image is too much compressed and looks like low quality work…
The same problem is sometimes when publishing a text as a graphic item, as it can be seen in same site the text box next to the image has compression scars around letters…
…is there anything that could be done?
In the “document set up” the .jpg compression is set to 100 %
That’s kind of scary. The result of this is often an image that is
larger than the original, yet no better quality.
Realize that setting the document setup preferences only changes
things you draw after you change that setting. Each existing image on
the page(s) has its own preference, accessible through the Output tab
of the Inspector. Click once on an image, click on the right-most tab
on the Inspector, and fiddle away with the settings. Try 24-bit PNG
for a whopping file size and the most quality that you will ever get.
Try adjusting the “quality” picker on JPEG to 85% or so, 90% at the
most.
If you want text to remain clear when it’s over an image, try this
trick. Make sure that the images are in the same layer (group them if
you’re using layers, don’t worry if you’re not – they will be). Then
set them to not combine. Set the text image to output in GIF format,
and the photo to output in JPEG. Make sure that the text is as small
as possible – crop the box it’s in down as tightly to the text as you
can get it without forcing an overset. Now when you publish, Freeway
will “chop” the text out of the underlying JPEG, slicing it up to make
room and re-assembling everything tightly-butting. The text will be
sharp, there may be some slight banding in the full-color image
beneath the text, but the trade-off is well worth it.
Walter
On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Topey wrote:
In the “document set up” the .jpg compression is set to 100 %
Sometime around 9/6/09 (at 12:23 -0400) Topey said:
the image is too much compressed and looks like low quality work…
You’re trying to compress crisp line-art graphics (that text) as
JPEG. The trouble is, the JPEG process is never very good at that
job. That part should be GIF. (Actually, it would be even better as
HTML, but that’s another can of worms…)
By the time you get to around 90% or so there’s not going to be much
appreciable difference in visual quality for a web graphic. But have
you actually applied this setting to your specific graphic? I think
all you’ve done is set the new default for images you bring in from
now. (And this is way too high; your pages will be too large for no
appreciable benefit.)
Basically, never, ever publish graphic text as a JPEG unless you
really can’t avoid it. Uncheck the Combine Graphics checkbox in the
Inspector and try setting the text either as a GIF or as PNG set to
millions of colours. And check the compression settings for the JPEG;
I suspect it isn’t 100%.