Batch & web page editing

KThan,

Yes, you can batch process a series of images into the size you specified, by creating an action that performs the resizing and then calling out that action in the batch dialog. Generally speaking, the picture quality will be the same if you are downsizing the images, but it may worsen if you are enlarging the images. Also, if the source images are JPEGs that you resave again as JPEGs, then you may worsen the picture quality through the 2nd compression. If you need to resave as JPEGs, just make sure the compression is low (JPEG quality is high) to help minimize compression artifacts. Having said that, I’m guessing your needs are oriented toward images for the web, so you may not really notice any significant change in quality. That is, a printed image will show more degration in quality than viewing them on a monitor would.

The images used in a web page are not part of the web page itself, but rather are just linked objects. However, the text is part of the web page. So, the best way to save a simple, single web page is probably to keep all files defining that page in a single directory (HTML files, JPEGs, GIFs, etc.). If you were building a more structured website, you might instead have one folder for HTML files, another for images, etc.

If you edit an image in Photoshop, and use that image in a web page that you created using Word, then nothing you do in Word should affect the quality of the actual image file. However, it is possible that you might specify a different formatting of the image within Word that may cause the image to look worse. For example, if you scaled the displayed image at 200% of its original size, then it may well look worse in Word than the actual image does at true 100% scale in Photoshop.

Photoshop has text entry capabilities, but none of a sort that lend themselves well to creating web pages. Ultimately, any text added in Photoshop to an image will be considered part of the image itself when that image is saved for use elsewhere.

If I understand you correctly, what you may be doing is saving a web page inclusive of all graphics, then editing the page for uploading to replace the original? If so, then you can continue to use Word as you are for editing the textual content of the web page and likewise you can use Photoshop to edit your images. One thing to be aware of if you are in fact uploading the files back to a website to replace the original files, is that the files as saved locally to your system are probably organized differently.

If you save a web page from IE6, it typically saves the web page itself as the file <web page name>.htm with all graphics for that page then saved in a related folder "<web page name>_files". While you can edit the HTML file in Word, the links to the graphics will point to the folder that was created. On the actual website, the graphics are most likely is some other folder or perhaps even at the same level as the HTML file itself. So, if you upload your HTML file to replace the original, you’ll find that the links to all your graphics are quite likely incorrect. Ultimately what all this means is that it is best to establish a local directory structure where you save web page files and graphics that duplicates the same structure used by the website.

Note, Acrobat is not integrated with IE6. At best, you are probably referring to Acrobat Reader (Adobe Reader) which can be used as an embedded viewer of PDF files in IE6. But, the Reader application cannot be used for editing files.

I hope that all makes sense and at least covers most of your questions.

Regards,

Daryl