Making Images for the Internet
Developing a Web site requires work, especially designing and building the site.
Afterward, updating the site requires minimal work unless you need to keep it fresh
every day (as most commercial sites must do). You may want to redesign the site
periodically to keep up with new technology and trends, but this might only be nec-
essary every 12 months. If you don’t know how to program, you’ll have to learn
how or get someone to do it for you. However, there are software tools that you can
learn to use, such as Microsoft FrontPage, Dreamweaver, and Macromedia Flash that
make Web development easier (see Figure 23.1).338 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TODIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
FIGURE 23.1
One photogra-
pher’s Web site
created using
Macromedia
Flash and
Dreamweaver.Many photographers who don’t want the commitment of learning these programs
and maintaining the site or want a much more high-tech site than they can develop
on their own will join other photographers on a group Web site. This distributes the
cost, enabling them to hire a professional Web programmer to build, maintain, and
update the site. If you plan to build your own site, keep these tips in mind:
■ Most images need to be resized before uploading to a Web site. Most scanned
images have more pixels than a Web page can display, so you usually will
need to reduce an image’s resolution. Along these lines, not all monitors dis-
play the same number of pixels as your monitor; you will need to design
your Web pages to accommodate different monitors.
■ Variations among monitors can also cause visitors to see your images with
the wrong brightness and contrast or with color bias. You cannot control the