I have stock photos that I would like to use on a flash site. The photos are just 72 dpi and in a small browser format like 7 X 5 they look in focus and clear. However, if I expand a browser to full size on a 17 inch monitor the photos start looking pixelated and rasterized. How can I improve the resolution of the photos so when the browser is enlarged the photos will scale up without losing their clarity. Is there something I can do in photoshop or flash? Is there a way to take 72 dpi photos and making them high resolution?
I would appreciate any ideas or thoughts.
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Another possibility is that you enlarge the images to the desired size using 'image size' in Photoshop. Be sure to select bicubic. This way you get good results when enlarging.
You do not have to change the dpi. After that just put the image into an HTML table like mentioned above so the size will be independent from the browser's size.
Jester03
I think Jester03 has the good idea. First enlarge the picture (max) possible as per your requirement in Photoshop or etc, so that the quality is retained with maximum area. Then only, import the image using flash itself (do not copy n paste) Now the flash library will have the larger picture in high resolution.
As the picture does not loose quality in shrinking, this might turn out to be the result you've been expecting.
Good luck!
deepeshp
Sorry for the mistake above, hit the tab by accident. First, in your Flash movie, go to File -> Publish Settings -> Flash and make sure the JPG slider is at 100. Next hit the html tab and under Dimensions select pixels and set a pixel size. If you do it this way, and publish through the Flash software, the flash movie on the website will be locked at those dimensions regardless of monitor resolution, preventing JPG distortion.
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by: weedPosted on 2003-04-04 at 17:26:53ID: 8273655
Since youre using flash, and the flash images are going to be resized with the browser, there's nothing you can do about it. If the images were left inserted into an HTML table you wouldnt have a problem because the images would remain the same size. You could try restricting the size of the flash movie to a certain dimension but that may not be feasable.