I had a client send me photos from their smartphone the other day, to use in a slideshow on their website. Problem was, the slideshow is wide and not very tall, while the images were narrow and really tall. We had to crop the photos and several of them really didn’t work at all when […]
Cool Effects For Your Website Photos
Online image editors like PicMonkey or Canva make it easy to spice up the photos you use on your website. Take this image of a door bolt from my collection of free downloadable photos (yes, indeed, take it!): I like the angle of the shot and the narrow depth of field. And the colours are nice too, […]
Which File Type Should You Use For Images?
Use GIF only for animations Use PNG when you need: a transparent background, to keep photos high resolution and fast loading is not an issue, simple graphics with few colours such as logos Use JPG for most photos and for graphics with complex colours (like gradients) If you need a lot of technical details about which […]