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  • Photoshop JPEG Settings

    Photoshop JPEG Settings

    I have written several posts in the past relating to digital photos, and more specifically JPEG files. I have talked about the differences between JPEG and RAW files. In one post I also compare JPEG and GIF files, and provided examples to illustrate when to use a particular file type. The JPEG and GIF post also listed the settings I used to get the resulting image in Photoshop.

    When you save an image you are provided with many options to optimize your image for size and appearance. In this post I will describe each of the features associated with JPEG files to hopefully help you make a better decision.

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  • Photoshop GIF Settings

    I have recently wrote a post titled Photoshop JPEG Settings where I described the various settings for a JPEG image in Photoshop. The settings were available via the Save for Web option in the File menu.

    In this post I will discuss the settings that you can change when saving an image as a GIF. There are more options available for a GIF file, mainly because of the limited colours (256) that can be saved in a GIF image file.

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  • One Year Later: Lessons Learned

    Technically Easy is my first attempt at blogging. I had designed web sites in the past, but never took up the task of blogging, especially on a regular basis. I have learned many lessons over the past year, and now know what it takes to make a better blog.

    I have written posts in the past about what not to do with regards to web sites, but this post will share my experiences of what I have learned over the past year as well as provide a few resolutions that I will try to achieve in the future..

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  • Make Your Site Load Photos as Fast as it Should

    Make Your Site Load Photos as Fast as it Should

    Many people that have taken on the task of putting up a website do not realize that visitors are not always very patient, especially when it comes to page loading. If the site is running slowly, people who come across it are likely to become frustrated and leave, with rare revisits in the future. If you want your photography to be exposed to as many individuals as possible, it is important to put in the work to make sure everything loads as fast as you can manage. But how can this be achieved? What does a designer need to do have a fast loading photography website? The below tips should be consulted.

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  • +1 Social Signal And Unique PageViews – The Correlation

    +1 Social Signal And Unique PageViews – The Correlation

    Blogging is an important tool to attract more visitors at a site. Blogs are read and spread among interested readers. Keywords and sharing, together, make the blog successful. Social networks are becoming essential part of internet marketing campaigns, because they divert traffic toward the business sites. One question that might be striking many minds is “How much traffic can be attracted through likes or tweets or +1s (the latest from Google +).

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  • How to Protect a Domain Name

    How to Protect a Domain Name

    The most obvious way is to keep it…but let’s not simplify the situation too much. In most cases your domain is something you rent. You pay a fee and the domain name becomes yours, but then after a while, this agreement to allow you to have that domain name expires, a bit like renting a house.

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  • Marketing Tips for Photographers

    Marketing Tips for Photographers

    There are many different marketing tips for photographers that you can employ to help spread your work through the Internet. Many popular, and not so popular photographers, have started web sites that showcase their talent. Most of the websites are setup in a gallery format that organizes their photos into different categories that show small versions of their works. Others may even sell some of their photographs directly through their website.

    Here are some great tips for marketing any photography business.

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  • 7 Awesome Open Source E-Commerce Platforms

    7 Awesome Open Source E-Commerce Platforms

    Starting an online store has never been so easy with the number of free, comprehensive and feature rich e-commerce platforms out there. Many can be installed on low-cost shared hosting and run just fine. Of course there is always the option of using a hosted solution like Shopify or CafePress but this post focuses on the open-source software choices that give you maximum control and flexibility.

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