Re: AOL .art files

Hi!

EVERYONE has said the same thing at one time or another... AOL does this 
simply to save server space by compressing the files, so if you compress 
them yourself, then AOL won't have a huge effect on them. As a rule, I 
compress photos to .jpg's (Ulead has a wonderful program that helps control 
the mode and compression quality.) Everything else should be a .gif - 200 
colors or less if you can manage. Unfortunately, you must comply with AOL's 
way of formatting for faster load time, etc., since they have such a MASSIVE 
audience, you don't want to shut them out... that's just the way it is!

HTH,
Denise


>From: "Rich D. Matheson" <marvin(at)inreach.com>
>To: hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
>Subject: AOL .art files
>Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 23:06:36 -0800
>
>	ACK!  Does anyone know a surefire way of defeating the problems inherent
>with AOL's .art files?  My company has made a site which looks pretty darn
>good by most standards, but on AOL it looks as if it were designed by my
>four year-old.  Is there any way to design a graphic so that it will
>actually appear the way it should on AOL?  We have to assume that some of
>our client's clients will be using AOL, and our client simply can't accept
>graphics that look so shoddy.  Any advice you can offer would be most
>appreciated.  By the way, we're using Photoshop 5.5 for our graphic design,
>if that matters.  Thanks in advance!
>
>
>
>Rich Matheson                   Expanding Solutions
>Web Designer                            marvin(at)inreach.com
>

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