Sharp GIFs a Mystery to Me! 3

[pixelperfect]

Image Mavens, help, please!

How do I create clean, sharp, optomized GIFs for use on web sites?

The images are created in Illustrator and moved into Photoshop before saving for web. If there is 10 - 12 pt text, I usually set the type in Photoshop in hopes or better clarity.

What is the combination of actions and options that will result in clean, optimized GIFs?

Any wisdom or tips would be greatly appreaciated.

 

[Manic]

this looks like the old size v quality.

when you do the save for web play with the settings while looking abt a 2 up view (original|optimised)

is there any reason you need to save as gif??

try JPG (better for lots of colours) or PNG



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[pixl8r]

While a far superior format... PNG is not supported by IE (unfortunately).

JPG will still get you fuzzy.

Anti-aliasing of text is usually what is causing the fuzziness. Try modifying or turning off anti-aliasing. (in text tool options)

Hope it helps.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[SPYDERIX]

While a far superior format... PNG is not supported by IE (unfortunately).

Well not quite true. IE supports pngs to a certain degree. Its's as soon as you start using transparency that you run into major problems.

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[pixl8r]

Aggreed but IMHO if you aren't using the alpha transparencey features of the PNG then it is hardly better than using one of the other formats.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[pixelperfect]

Thank you all for your suggestions. I am so happy I found this site.

My html man insists I only supply GIFS. !*#@!.

 

[pixl8r]

Pretty short sighted HTML man

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[Eggles]

>>The images are created in Illustrator and moved into Photoshop before saving for web.<<

So why are you going via Photoshop? Why not save for web directly from within Ilustrator?

If the image was intially created in AI, you will have to rasterise when opening in Photoshop, which is one of the reasons - if you chose a low resolution/small size - that the text is fuzzy.

Vector images such as those from AI are best saved for web as GIFs as they do not usually contain continuous tone colours like photos, which are best saved for web as JPGs.