Large background web design help

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by dasikins, Aug 2, 2011.

  1. #1
    I have read every article there is on constructing a web site with a large background.  However, there are SO many out there I am still perplexed.  
    For example, how do designers incorporate a large image that looks so clean.  I know how to code it but, these images have got to be close to 1 mb!  
    So my questions are simply:

    1) For large resolutions images sizes can not be reduced below 100kb, but yet so many people have them.  How is that?  
        
    2) What would you suggest as the maximum file size could be for a photography web site?  I mean so many out there up load with ease and have super high res images.

    Thanks so much!
     
    dasikins, Aug 2, 2011 IP
  2. eleetgeek

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    I don't know about them. But, this is how I do:
    Get the huge image.
    Photoshop.
    Colorize and Bright accordingly to look 'Fresh'
    Shift+Ctrl+Alt+S
    Preset: PNG 28-bit
    Preview: Monitor color
    Quality: Bicubic Sharper
    Save
     
    eleetgeek, Aug 2, 2011 IP