Optimizing Images

by James Ditmore

This activity is for optimizing pictures taken with a Digital Camera and learning how to optimize those pictures for putting them onto a web page with minimal storage and download time.  Three Digital Photos were taken with an Olympus C-4000 Digital Camera.  I optimized the Photos with Adobe Photoshop using the save for web option.  I got the Physical size, File Size & Resolution from Adobe Photoshop.  I got the Connection Speed and Type with Adobe ImageReady.

Water Valley LadyCats Bi-District Volleyball

Photograph #1	Original Photograph	Optimized Photograph
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Physical Size:	31.778inches X 23.778inches	4.167inches X 3.111inches
File Size:	723KB	7.511KB
Resolution:	2288 X 1712 Pixels	300 X 224 Pixels
Color Depth:	Millions of colors (jpg)	Millions of colors (jpg)
Visual Clarity:	Great	Poor
Connection Speed & Type:	295 Seconds @ 28.8Kbps	4 Seconds @ 28.8Kbps
	151 Seconds @ 56.6Kbps	2 Seconds @ 56.6Kbps
	6 Seconds @ T1	1 Second @ T1

My Corvette

Photograph #2	Original Photograph	Optimized Photograph
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Physical Size:	31.778inches X 23.778inches	4.167inches X 3.111inches
File Size:	730KB	4.888KB
Resolution:	2288 X 1712 Pixels	300 X  224 Pixels
Color Depth:	Millions of colors (jpg)	Millions of colors (jpg)
Visual Clarity:	Great	Poor
Connection Speed & Type:	299 Seconds @ 28.8Kbps	4 Seconds @ 28.8Kbps
	153 Seconds @ 56.6Kbps	3 Seconds @ 56.6Kbps
	6 Seconds @ T1	1 Second @ T1

Our Family of Sports Cars

Photograph #3	Original Photograph	Optimized Photograph
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Physical Size:	31.778inches X 23.778inches	4.167inches X 3.111inches
File Size:	709KB	3.98KB
Resolution:	2288 X 1712 Pixels	300 X  224 Pixels
Color Depth:	Millions of colors (jpg)	Millions of colors (jpg)
Visual Clarity:	Great	Poor
Connection Speed & Type:	289 Seconds @ 28.8Kbps	2 Seconds @ 28.8Kbps
	148 Seconds @ 56.6Kbps	2 Seconds @ 56.6Kbps
	6 Seconds @ T1	1 Second @ T1