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BritLink 5 Webinar Part 3
Resizing Images
Welcome!“BritLink 5 –Part 3”
Hosted by: William Bourne, Britannia System Trainer
• Please MUTE your telephone to prevent background noise.• If you have connection issues, please follow the instructions
outlined in your webinar instructions.• Please submit your suggestions for NEW training topics and
comments regarding today’s presentation to: [email protected]
• Due to the high number of participants today, our session will not be an “interactive” discussion…please submit specific questions regarding today’s topic to:
• [email protected] and I will be sure to respond!
September 2007
BritLink 5
Resizing ImagesAdding pictures to custom items
Adding a logo
By William Bourne
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BritLink 5 is a Great Marketing Tool!• Create Specials• Create Coupons• Customize the look• Order Taker• HP Supplies Finder and HP Purchase
Edge• Customer Reports
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BUT
It does not have Photo Editing Capabilities.
It can’t chew your food
It can’t tuck you in at night and read a story
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Photo-Editing Software
Adobe Photoshop CS3 - $650
The Premium version is $1400
Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 - $99
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 - $60
Microsoft Digital Image Suite - $80
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Free Photo Editing Software
Picasa – http://picasa.google.com
GIMP – http://gimp.org
IrfanView – http://www.irfanview2008.com
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Almost Free?
Microsoft “Photo Editor” that comes with
Microsoft Office Professional.
“Paint” that comes with Windows
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JPG vs. GIF
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JPEG and GIF are the two graphic formats
supported in BritLink 5 for the addition of pictures and graphics to your site.
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JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
Photographs and Complex Graphics
Supports 16 Million colors
Uses a “Lossy” Compression Technique
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GIFGraphics Interchange Format
Simple Graphics
Supports only 256 colors
Uses “Lossless” Compression Technique
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HOWEVER
Pictures can be saved as .jpg or .gif
Graphic images can be both .jpg or .gif
Make sure the file extension .jpg or.gif
are saved with small letters.
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GIF Files – How can I get some?
www.gifanimation.com
www.gif.com
www.gifworks.com
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JPEG or Pictures, how do I get some?
Your Wholesaler’s web sites!Your own digital camera.Public Domain photos from Web.From emails.www.freefoto.comwww.bigfoto.comwww.brothersoft.com/downloads/jpeg-files.html
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“Lossy” vs.”Lossless” Compression
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“Lossless”
• “Lossless” Data Compression uses the same exact data when compressing or decompressing data.
• Important for bank records, text & data files.• These files can get big.• GIF Files
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“Lossy”
• Used to compress Picture, Audio, Visual Files• In compressing and decompressing data, the
data may be different than the original.• Smaller compressed files.• JPEG Files
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PIXEL
Picture Element
Pix short for “Picture”
Is a single point in a graphic image
In a color screen has 3-4 color elements
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Display Pixel Size
• 19” Monitor – 1280x1024
• 17” Monitor – 1024x768
• 15” Monitor – 800x600
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Suggested Maximum Picture Sizes in Pixels For Use in BritLink 5
• Custom Picture Thumbnail – 100x100
• Center Pane Picture – 600x400
• Left or Right pane – 150 x 600
• Logos – 125 x 30 (Depending on Theme)
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Using Microsoft Photo Editor
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It is better to downsize a picture rather
than make a small picture larger.
The less you change in size the better the
Quality of the image will be!
2007 Regional Meetings
Hands-On Training – Fort Worth, TX – December 4-5
Information coming soon!
East Coast Regional Users Meeting– Baltimore – October 11-12
Britannia is pleased to announce our final Regional Users Meetings for 2007! Make your reservations now!
For more information email us: [email protected]
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Thank You!!
Conclusion
• New Training Topics? Comments?Please email: [email protected]
• Questions about today’s presentation?Please email: [email protected]
• Thank you!!
