Banner... (normally relates to the latest review)

[EvilBoris]

It was pok?mon typing when he posted!

[charlesr]

heheh right.

[Colin]

Is that even a game?

[Fader209]

Current banner is looking sweeeeeeeeeet.

Conduit 2 one looked bad though, why use a pixelly picture for it?

[toythatkills]

Is the current banner really blurry or is it my eyes?

[Fader209]

Maybe a teeny bit of blurring noticeable on the BD logo around the edges but that might be my eyes too >.<

[charlesr]

It's the red colour against the grey - when I went to .jpg it must have blurred the edges.
As for the conduit 2 banner, that's the best quality picture I could find on the net related to it. The official site has nothing useful.

[egparadigm]

Charlie, old chap, you should be using PNG for graphics.

[charlesr]

png is x10 bigger for the above pic 350kB vs 35kB. I think people would prefer faster page time, especially on phones. No one complained till now. I'll just have to avoid using intense reds which look pap in .jpg.

[egparadigm]

By using Photoshop's 'Save for Web & Devices' I can get a PNG down to 46kB.

[charlesr]

I'm using an ancient version of photostudio. Got it down to 127kB

[egparadigm]

If that's troublesome perhaps try paint.net or The GIMP, which are presumably updated on a regular basis. Otherwise perhaps something like imgur may do a good job.

[averybluemonkey]

As PNGs are lossless for some images there's only so much compression they can do and will always be larger than JPGs. Given the forum index is already a couple of hundred kB to load smaller sized banners really make a difference to people using mobiles.

[charlesr]

I refuse to use paint.net because it employs dirty tricks on its website to try and make you click on a "download 100%free" advert (I didn't fall for it).

I'll give gimpshop a go.

[Dogg Thang]

Is there a 'spot the Santa' competition? Because, if there is, I totally win.