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6 Photo Editing Tips for Website Image Optimization

Most of the times too many images make the website to load slowly, thus visitors get irritate. The easy solution of this problem is to optimize the images of that website. There are some tips available to optimize the website images to make the page load or upload much quicker.

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6 Photo Editing Tips for Website Image Optimization

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  1. 6PhotoEditing Tips forWebsiteImageOptimization Thesimplefactisthatphotoscontributeamajorpartofthecontentonawebpage,asyouwouldnotspendmuchtimeatawebsitethatofferedlittlemorethantext.Unfortunately,theincredibleimpactthatimagescontributetowebsitetrafficisoftendiscounted.Manypeoplecomplainthattoomanyimagesmakethepageloadslowly.However,whattheydon’trealizeisthatbysimplyoptimizingtheimages,youcanfitmoreimagesintoasmallerarea,aswellasmakeyourpageloadoruploadmuchquicker.Itisnotamattertojustresizetheimage,butyouactuallydoawebsiteimage optimizationforthebesteffect. Althoughtherearecountlesswaystocreateamazingphotoswithacamera,imageoptimizationtechniqueforawebsitecanbeabitofachallenge.Withsomanydifferentoptionsavailable,photo-editingtipscanbeatremendousbenefitforbeginningsandprofessionalphotographersalike,aidingtheminshootingfromtheperfectperspectives.Withenoughpractice,onecandefinitelycreateanoutstandingportfoliotoshowcasetoclients;bothinprintmediaaswellasonlineformat.ItisaknownfactthatmanyE-Commercesitesrequirethattheimagerymeetsabasicstandardof500-1500pixels.Thereforetheimagequalityisextremelyimportant,tostayaheadofthegame.Manywebsiteownersfindtheserequirementsdifficulttomeet,whilestilltryingtodevelopahighqualityimage. DuetothefactthatmillionsofsellersuseeCommercesiteslikeAmazon,andEbay,theproductimagesthatoneusesabsolutelyneedtoliterallyjumpoffthepage.Iftheimagesonyourwebpagearenotoptimizedproperly,youmayactuallylosethousandsofwebvisitorsandpotentialcustomerswhovisityourwebsite,butleavejustasquickly.WhenputtingimagesupontheWeb,itiscriticallyimportantthattheimages“pop”outatyouandholdyourattention,soyoustayonthewebpagelonger.Atthesametime,youneedtoemployimageresizingtipsandimageoptimizationtomakesurethatthepageloadsandreloadsquickly.Thereisnothingmoreannoying,thanawebpagethattakesforevertoload.Mostpeoplegettiredofwaitingandmoveontosomethingelse,orsomeoneelse’swebpage.ForanyonewhohasaneCommercesiteorusesimagesontheirwebsite,youabsolutelyneedtoknowhowtodowebsiteimageoptimization.Iamgoingtoshowitusingthebellowimage.

  2. Thefollowingare6usefulimageoptimizationtips: 1)First,YoushouldstraightentheimageinPhotoshop Youcanalsoadjustimagesthatweretakenwhenthecamerawascrookedortilted,orifthephotowasmisalignedwhenscannedinwiththeMeasuretoolfromPhotoshop.Sothefirstthingyouwoulddoisselectthetoolyouwishtouse,thenclickontheimageandrotateitasyouneedtostraightenitout,thenclickOK.Yourimageisnowstraightandcanvasbehinditwillincreaseinsizetofillthespaceneeded.

  3. IfyouchoosetousetheCroptool,youwillfindthatthisisactuallyquicker,asyouhavetocroptheimagesandtrimaroundtheedgesatanyrate,beforeyouarefinished.Thiswillalsodoboththecroppingandstraighteningallatthesametime.IfyouchoosetousetheCroptool,youwillfindthatthisisactuallyquicker,asyouhavetocroptheimagesandtrimaroundtheedgesatanyrate,beforeyouarefinished.Thiswillalsodoboththecroppingandstraighteningallatthesametime. 2)Croppingtheextraunusedarea YoucanusethePhotoshopsoftwaretocrop the extra unwanted areasfromyouroriginalimage.Itisseldomthatyouwillfindanimagethatdoesnotneedsometypeofeditingorretouching. Oneexamplewouldbeiftheimagehadtoomuchareainoneormoreareasattheedgesofthephoto.Youwouldwanttocroptheentireunwantedareastoputtheimageinproportion.Soyouwouldgotothetoolbox,selectthecroptoolandthenchoosetheareaofthephotoyouwishtocrop.Theareawillbehighlightedwhenyoureleasethemousebutton.Tocroptheselectedarea,clickenteronyourkeyboard.Youmayalsousethemarqueetooltoselecttheareayouwishtocropaswell. Soafterremovingtheextraunwantedareaformtheimage,youwouldremovethebackgroundwithalltheunwantedelementsandcreateareflectionshadoworadropshadowintheimage. 3)Now,youneedtochangethebackgroundofimagebypentool. Oneofthemostcommonlyusedtechniquesforwebsiteimageoptimization,istochangethebackgroundorremoveitfromtheimage,bysimplyclippingpath.Anyobjectsorbackgroundthatyoudonotwishtohaveinthephotocaneasilyberemovedbyusingimageeditingsoftware.Mostlikely,yourimagehasotherunwantedobjectsthatyouwantremovedaswell.

  4. Youwillbesurprisedathowsimpleitistouseahanddrawnclippingpath,andusingthePen tooltochangeorremovethebackgroundfromtheactualimage. Next,afteryouhaveremovedtheunwantedbackgroundmaterialfromtheimage,itisreadytogoupontheweb.ThoughotherPhotoshop toolsthatyoumayfindusefulforremovingbackgroundaretheMagicWandTool,theMagneticLassoTool,andtheQuickSelectionToolalthoughmanypeoplehavefoundthatthePenToolisextremelysimpletousewhenexecutingtheclippingpath,andithasbecomeexceedinglypopularinrecentyears. 4)CreatingReflectionShadoworaDropShadow TheDropShadowisagoodimageoptimizationtechniquetousewhenyouwishtoimproveaphotoforwebuse.Forexample,theuseofshadinggivestheimageincredibledepth.Whenyouaddphotoshadingtoaflat,uninterestingimage,itliterallybringsittolife.Photographyisinfluencedtremendouslybyfilters,lightandshading.Yourimagesaremadeupofacombinationofshading,lightinganddarkareas.Yourimagesaremadeupofvaryingdegreesoflightanddark,whichcreatecontrastthatmakestheimagestandout. Animagemayhavelittleshadingandinsufficientcontrast,whichoccurswhenthereisnotenoughlightorthecameraisofpoorquality.Otherfactorsthatmaycauselittletonoshadingorlimitedcontrastcanbesomethingassimpleasdirtonyourlens.Adirtylenshasoftenbeenthecauseofpoorqualityphotos,butfortunately,isaflawthatiseasilycorrected.Youcanalsoalterorimproveupontheappearanceofyourphotobyaddingspecialshadingeffectstotheimage.Thiscouldincludeareflection

  5. ataparticularangle,anaturalshadow,orwhatisknownasadrop shadow.YouwoulduseaFeathertoolontheimagetoaddmonochromaticshadingtoaparticulararea,orspecificshape.Maybeyouwouldchoosetoaddtheshadinginsideofaspecificarealikecircularorellipticalforinstance.Nextyouwouldenhancethelengthofthestroke,thebalanceandincreasethesharpness.Animagethatdisplaysthecorrectamountofshadingisbothattractiveandeyecatching.Theresultisabeautiful,welldesignedimage,thatyoucanbeproudtodisplay. 5)Resizingtheimageforwebuse Althoughcroppingtheimagedoesreducethedimensions,itisnotexactlythesameasresizingtheimage.Althoughyourcameratakeshighresolutionphotos,yougenerallywantto“down-size“theimages.Thisisbecausemanywebsiteswon’ttakelargeimagesandalsoifyoumaketheimagessmaller,itimprovestheirappearance.Forexample,ifyouneed600x600pixelsforthewebsite,andthesizeisactually1200x1200pixels,thenyoucanresizetheimagesinPhotoshop. FirstyouwouldopentheimageinPhotoshop,thenyouneedtoreducethesizeoftheimagetolowertheresolution.Inordertodothis,youwouldwanttogotoImage- >ImageSizeandthentypeinthetargetpixelsizeinthewidthinputwiththewordpixelschosennexttoit.Whenyoutypeinthewidth,youwillnoticethattheheight beginstoadjusttoalowernumber.Nowtheimageissmallerinsizethanbefore.Youwillalsonoticethatthenoisemaybegoneaswell.Thenextstepistosharpen theimagefurther,whichisthelaststepbeforemovingittotheweb.Thelastandfinalstepistomovetheimagetotheweb.

  6. Thesecrettoresizingphotosistomakesurethatyouonlyresizetheimageonce,asdoingitseveraltimesmaycausetheimagetobecomeblurry.YoualsoneedtoinsurethattheimageissetinRGBcolormodepriortodoinganything.Thesecrettoresizingphotosistomakesurethatyouonlyresizetheimageonce,asdoingitseveraltimesmaycausetheimagetobecomeblurry.YoualsoneedtoinsurethattheimageissetinRGBcolormodepriortodoinganything. 6)Savingtheimagesin“SaveforWeb&Device”format Theotheradvantagetosavingtheimagein“SaveforWeb&Device”formatdecreasesthesizeofthefile,therebymakingiteasierforthewebpagetoload.Firstyouwouldsaveyourimageinstandardformat,(Photoshophasa“SaveforWeb&Device”featurealreadybuiltinforconvenience).Thisoptimizesthedimensionsofyourimage,makingitfitperfectlyontothewebpage,withanenhancedappearance,foraclear,sharppicture.Again,reducingthesizewillmakethepageloadmuchfaster.Sowhenyouarereadytomoveyourimagetothewebsite,justopenyourPhotoshopprogram,clickon“SaveforWeb&Device”fromthefilemenuandyousimplymoveyourwebsitereadyimagetotheweb.

  7. Showingthefinalimagebellow. Themaindifferencebetweenuserexperienceandhighqualityworkissometimesaproblem,unlessyouhaveexperienceandknowwhatyouaredoing.Ifyouhavealotofimagesonyourwebsite,itisimportantthattheyareallhighquality.Yourimagesshouldbesharp,havegoodcolor,luminescenceandexcellentcontrastandyour

  8. photosshouldspeakforthemselves,youwantthepicturesonyourwebsitetoenhanceyourproductsforthehighestnumberofsalesandreturnvisitsfromyourcustomers.Sothecolors,texturesandtonesofyourimagesareanimportantpartofyourpresentation.photosshouldspeakforthemselves,youwantthepicturesonyourwebsitetoenhanceyourproductsforthehighestnumberofsalesandreturnvisitsfromyourcustomers.Sothecolors,texturesandtonesofyourimagesareanimportantpartofyourpresentation. Regardlessofwhenorwherethephotowastaken,ifyouplantouseitforyourwebpage,thenyouknowthatitshouldbeyourverybestshot.Althoughwebsiteoptimizationhasimprovedagreatdealoverthelastfewyears,itisstillvitallyimportantthattheimageslookassharp,andcrystalclearasyoupossiblycan.Youmayspendconsiderabletimeonthecontentofyourwebpage,buttheimagesandphotosarejustasimportant.Youneedtomakesurethatyourimagesareofthehighestqualityaswelltomakeafavorableimpressiononyourcustomersandvisitors. Ifyoufollowthesehelpfultips,youcanbefairlysuretohaveawebpagetobeproudofineveryway. Articlepublishedonhttp://www.clippingpathspecialist.com/tutorial/6-photo-editing-tips-for-website-image-optimization/ About the author:RokaiyaYeasminMunni GraphicDesigner,SEOSpecialistandDeputyManager(MarketingDivision) AtOutsourceExpertsLtd,whichisthemothercompanyofhttp://www.clippingpathspecialist.com

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