Will adding jpg files to my web page slow it down?

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I've added six 2-3kb jpg photo image files to the top of my web page. I haven't published it yet, but I was wondering how this might effect the speed at which my web page opens. Would this amount of files be considered enough to greatly affect the speed at which my web page opens? Also, are thier tricks to compress images or somehow reduce the possibility of a slow opening web pages? Thank you.
 
A total of 15kb of images should be fine.

Images can be compressed, but at a loss of quality.


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ChrisJ said:
I've added six 2-3kb jpg photo image files to the top of my web page. I
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haven't published it yet, but I was wondering how this might effect the speed at
which my web page opens. Would this amount of files be considered enough to
greatly affect the speed at which my web page opens? Also, are thier tricks to
compress images or somehow reduce the possibility of a slow opening web pages?
Thank you.
 
In design view, look at the window in the lower right corner and it will tell you how long, approx., it will take to load. You can always make thumbnails that will load faster and your viewer can then click on them to expand them. The easiest way I find to do this is insert a photo gallery -- insert/picture/new photo gallery -- it will take care of it for you. To see what effect a specific picture (or photo gallery) will have on loading. Look at the load time, delete the picture and see how much time was saved. You can "undo" to get the picture back.
 
Steve, I respectfully disagree. When you expand a pic file you loose qualtiy not when you compress it. Sorry :(
 
Depends upon the compression method.
If you compress by reducing color depth, or by resizing instead of resampling,
quality will be reduced.
Also it depends upon the filter used, the image editing program and the quality
setting when saving the compressed image.

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jjprescott said:
Steve, I respectfully disagree. When you expand a pic file you loose qualtiy
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not when you compress it. Sorry :(
 
....and I respectfully disagree with you. The more you compress an image,
the more quality it loses. Compressing and resizing are not necessarily the
same thing.
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jjprescott said:
Steve, I respectfully disagree. When you expand a pic file you loose
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qualtiy not when you compress it. Sorry :(
 
Steve was talking about the JPG compression algorithm. Each time you save a
JPG file using a compression value to reduce file size, you will lose image
quality. That is why JPG is referred to as a lossy format. For more
detail:
http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2002/JPG_GIF_PNG.asp

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jjprescott said:
Steve, I respectfully disagree. When you expand a pic file you loose
Click to expand...
qualtiy not when you compress it. Sorry :(
 
and, as you continue to make changes and save it continues to degrade (jpg). that's why compressing and saving to jpg should be the last thing you do to web-bound image.




| Steve was talking about the JPG compression algorithm. Each time you save a
| JPG file using a compression value to reduce file size, you will lose image
| quality. That is why JPG is referred to as a lossy format. For more
| detail:
| http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2002/JPG_GIF_PNG.asp
|
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| Jack Brewster - Microsoft FrontPage MVP
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| | > Steve, I respectfully disagree. When you expand a pic file you loose
| qualtiy not when you compress it. Sorry :(
|
|
 
Thank you all for all your suggestions. How can I resample an image? How can I compress an image?
 
In an image editor such as PhotoShop, etc. Or, you can download a free
Irfanview at:
http://download.com.com/3000-2192-10288818.html?tag=lst-0-1
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ChrisJ said:
Thank you all for all your suggestions. How can I resample an image? How
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can I compress an image?
 
ChrisJ wrote:
: Thank you all for all your suggestions. How can I
: resample an image? How can I compress an image?

Chris,
With only 6k of images on the page, I wouldn't worry
about it too much. Even on a dialup connection it would
only add a second and a half to the loading time. You can
see what happens with the page loading time when you insert
the image(s)
 
I find that when I have a fuzzy picture, compressing the
image more or less loses quality. But resizing it smaller
often makes it clearer (better quality).
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....and I respectfully disagree with you. The more you compress an image,
the more quality it loses. Compressing and resizing are not necessarily the
same thing.
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Steve, I respectfully disagree. When you expand a pic
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file you loose
qualtiy not when you compress it. Sorry :(


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