How do I add a .tif picture to a web page?

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When I cut and paste, or select a piture from a file, and put it into a web
page, all I get is a small box with a red "X". How can I get the actual
picture to appear on the webpage?
 
You must first import the image to a location inside your web, and then insert it in the
page.

That said, unless there is some reason you must use a .tif image, you might consider using
an image editor and converting it to a .gif or .jpg. The file size for tifs is normally
huge in comparison to other image types.


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..tif files are not supported by browsers
- convert the .tif to .jpg

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| When I cut and paste, or select a piture from a file, and put it into a web
| page, all I get is a small box with a red "X". How can I get the actual
| picture to appear on the webpage?
 
You can't. It's not only larger than the state of Montana, but it's also
not supported by the web browsers. You need to save it as GIF or JPG (or
PNG).
 
Use a grapgics editor to convert it to a format that will display in a
browser, curently that is .gif or .jpg.
Some browsers will also display .png images. No browsers that I am
aware of will display a tiff image.
 
Emphasize the word normally-

I have a 46kb tiff (8.5x11, 400dpi, b&w) that becomes 115k
as a png, 180k as a gif, and 904k as a jpg.

Unfortunately tiffs are not supported by most browsers.
Best thing to do is to try converting to the common formats
and see what has the best quality vs size value

Mike


: You must first import the image to a location inside your
web, and then insert it in the
: page.
:
: That said, unless there is some reason you must use a .tif
image, you might consider using
: an image editor and converting it to a .gif or .jpg. The
file size for tifs is normally
: huge in comparison to other image types.
:
:
: --
: Steve Easton
: Microsoft MVP FrontPage
: 95isalive
: This site is best viewed..................
: ..............................with a computer
:
message
: : > When I cut and paste, or select a piture from a file,
and put it into a web
: > page, all I get is a small box with a red "X". How can I
get the actual
: > picture to appear on the webpage?
:
:
 
http://mikem.ecinet.net/projects/imagecomp.htm

They are all there. Conversion was done in Paint.
Photoshop didn't yield much better results, and sometimes
worse.I believe the key maybe the fact that the original is
1 bit, and the rest are all color formats. The tiff is also
type-iv compression, and I am not the greatest on optimizing
the images

Mike


: I'd love to see this file - can you show me?
:
: --
: Murray
: ============
:
message
: : > Emphasize the word normally-
: >
: > I have a 46kb tiff (8.5x11, 400dpi, b&w) that becomes
115k
: > as a png, 180k as a gif, and 904k as a jpg.
: >
: > Unfortunately tiffs are not supported by most browsers.
: > Best thing to do is to try converting to the common
formats
: > and see what has the best quality vs size value
: >
: > Mike
: >
: >
: > : > : You must first import the image to a location inside
your
: > web, and then insert it in the
: > : page.
: > :
: > : That said, unless there is some reason you must use a
..tif
: > image, you might consider using
: > : an image editor and converting it to a .gif or .jpg.
The
: > file size for tifs is normally
: > : huge in comparison to other image types.
: > :
: > :
: > : --
: > : Steve Easton
: > : Microsoft MVP FrontPage
: > : 95isalive
: > : This site is best viewed..................
: > : ..............................with a computer
: > :
: > : "Dan Heist" <Dan (e-mail address removed)>
wrote in
: > message
: > :
: > : > When I cut and paste, or select a piture from a
file,
: > and put it into a web
: > : > page, all I get is a small box with a red "X". How
can I
: > get the actual
: > : > picture to appear on the webpage?
: > :
: > :
: >
: >
:
:
 
At 400 DPI that image comes into photoshop at 3400 px by 4400 px. Do you
need it to be that large?

Is this for display on the web, or for people to download and print?

(if you allow me to change to a web resolution of 72 dpi and an image
340x440, I can get a 10K GIF image)
 
Yes, the image needs to be that sized so detail is not lost
at high magnification. We actually convert these on the fly
to 17k png files @ 768*1109 for that frame

At 340x440, the image is a 6k png & a 9k tif

The whole point should be that you need to try different
formats to see what gives the best quality at the desired
size.

And as a note, resolution doesn't really matter on the web-
it is the overall dimesions that are displayed




: At 400 DPI that image comes into photoshop at 3400 px by
4400 px. Do you
: need it to be that large?
:
: Is this for display on the web, or for people to download
and print?
:
: (if you allow me to change to a web resolution of 72 dpi
and an image
: 340x440, I can get a 10K GIF image)
:
: --
: Murray
: ============
:
message
: : > http://mikem.ecinet.net/projects/imagecomp.htm
: >
: > They are all there. Conversion was done in Paint.
: > Photoshop didn't yield much better results, and
sometimes
: > worse.I believe the key maybe the fact that the original
is
: > 1 bit, and the rest are all color formats. The tiff is
also
: > type-iv compression, and I am not the greatest on
optimizing
: > the images
: >
: > Mike
: >
: >
message
: > : > : I'd love to see this file - can you show me?
: > :
: > : --
: > : Murray
: > : ============
: > :
: > message
: > : : > : > Emphasize the word normally-
: > : >
: > : > I have a 46kb tiff (8.5x11, 400dpi, b&w) that
becomes
: > 115k
: > : > as a png, 180k as a gif, and 904k as a jpg.
: > : >
: > : > Unfortunately tiffs are not supported by most
browsers.
: > : > Best thing to do is to try converting to the common
: > formats
: > : > and see what has the best quality vs size value
: > : >
: > : > Mike
: > : >
: > : >
message
: > : > : > : > : You must first import the image to a location
inside
: > your
: > : > web, and then insert it in the
: > : > : page.
: > : > :
: > : > : That said, unless there is some reason you must
use a
: > .tif
: > : > image, you might consider using
: > : > : an image editor and converting it to a .gif or
..jpg.
: > The
: > : > file size for tifs is normally
: > : > : huge in comparison to other image types.
: > : > :
: > : > :
: > : > : --
: > : > : Steve Easton
: > : > : Microsoft MVP FrontPage
: > : > : 95isalive
: > : > : This site is best viewed..................
: > : > : ..............................with a computer
: > : > :
: > : > : "Dan Heist" <Dan (e-mail address removed)>
: > wrote in
: > : > message
: > : > :
: >
: > : > : > When I cut and paste, or select a piture from a
: > file,
: > : > and put it into a web
: > : > : > page, all I get is a small box with a red "X".
How
: > can I
: > : > get the actual
: > : > : > picture to appear on the webpage?
: > : > :
: > : > :
: > : >
: > : >
: > :
: > :
: >
: >
:
:
 
And as a note, resolution doesn't really matter on the web-
it is the overall dimesions that are displayed

Of course. Resolution on the web is by default the resolution of your
graphics card. In your graphics editor, however, resolution and the
dimensions of the file are directly related. That was my point.

So - is the TIFF file for DISPLAY on the web, or for downloading? If the
latter, just zip it. If the former, then you are outta luck.
 
Murray said:
You can't. It's not only larger than the state of Montana, but it's also
not supported by the web browsers. You need to save it as GIF or JPG (or
PNG).

An 8 bit PNG. I.E. doesn't support PNG Alpha transparency without adding
the Alpha image loader filter. Got my fingers crossed that this is
something that will be changed in the new version of I.E.
 
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