1. COS 125
Day 5

2. Agenda Assignment 1 Corrected Assignment 2 Posted
Due Feb 9:35 AM
Today we will look at creating images
Examples

3. Paint Shop Pro File >New Set image size Set depth Set background
transparent

4. Paint Shop Pro Resizing Images Image >> resize
Don’t make larger!
Lose detail
If image is twice as big
File is 4 times larger
4 time slower
Better to use image resizing in XHTML

5. Creating Transparent GIFS
Save image as GIF
Colors>> Set palette transparency
Set dialog as shown
Select color
Save

6. Paint Shop Pro Reduce Color Depth Show images Progressively
Colors>>decrease color depth
Make image file smaller
Show images Progressively
Save as
options

7. Playing with photos Compressing Images
Image>>blur>>Gaussian blur
Save as jpeg
Select options
Set compression as desired

8. Creating animated Gifs
Create frames
Slight change between each image
Save as series of images
Image1.gif, image2.gif etc
File>>run animation shop
File>>animation wizard
Add images in order

9. Gee Whiz Tip of the Day Creating “Tile”able images for backgrounds
Images must blend on top edge to bottom edge
Images must blend left edge to right
Gradient effects
Use long narrow stripes
Textures
Create squares (100x100)
Cut into four (50X50)
Swap corners
Blend middle