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It takes exactly as much time as loading a picture on a regular site... you guys are unbelievable... you see Flash and you just refuse it... sometimes I feel like you guys are just purely against progress.... it feels like the CD against LP discussion 20 years ago...

A picture is a picture.... it takes the same time to load on a regular HTML site and on a Flash site... it takes less than 10 second from the time you click the link to my site to when you can see some pictures. As I said to someone else. If the viewer doesn't have 10 seconds of time, then I really don't want them on my site anyways....
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Francesco Gallarotti
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photo portfolio: http://www.greenteaphoto.com
photo gallery: http://www.gallarotti.net/px
blog: http://www.gallarotti.net
 
Thanks, that will be the next step...

This site is the refreshened version of something I had on a different site. The content is pretty much the same... I have worked on the design part mostly in phase I. Phase II requires me diving in those folders and start removing pictures... It's not gonna be pretty!

One question for you: do you think I should be VERY selective also in the recent work galleries? Any idea of what should I keep in mind while doing this? Thanks!

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Francesco Gallarotti
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photo portfolio: http://www.greenteaphoto.com
photo gallery: http://www.gallarotti.net/px
blog: http://www.gallarotti.net
 
By the way, I just re-read my post and found it harsh...

I don't mean that if you don't like my site you can't post a comment... but PLEASE do not complain about speed.... Any regular HTML site with thumbnails and large pictures will have to upload both of them and therefore use the EXACT same time.... it's the Internet, it works that way. At least my site preloads the images so that you can quickly switch through them... Besides speed any other comment is greatly appreciated. I really want to make the site better, but don't ask me to go back to HTML... it would be like going to a cubist painter and telling them "I don't like it... I can't understand what is your painting about... takes too much time to understand...".... I like flash and I am sticking with it. Thanks

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Francesco Gallarotti
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photo portfolio: http://www.greenteaphoto.com
photo gallery: http://www.gallarotti.net/px
blog: http://www.gallarotti.net
 
I like it. It doesn't seem that slow to me here on the other side of the world. Also it is good that progress is seen while the thumbnails are being loaded. This forum is not necessarily the best place to place such a request - not many buyers here :-(

May I ask did you do all the Flash programming yourself in Flash 8 or did you use a development tool? I have to make the transition to a more modern look myself...

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Ian
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And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?'
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I dont think that it would be particularly constructive to get too specific about what "I" think is good or bad. That would just be "my" opinion. If you spend some time looking at great photos by the photographers you admire, you should aim for that standard of work. The more selective you are, the more impressive your site will look. You definitely have enough good shots to make an impressive site you just need to be harder on yourself and take the plunge. If you have 20 or 30 great shots, you will get a better response than if you have 100 so-so ones.

The great thing about web graphics is you can crop to the essential quality element of a shot, the interesting part, the aestheticly pleasing bit or the impactful bit. You have allready done this with great effect with the thumbnails, highlighting just certain aspects of the image under the thumbnail. I'm sure you have enough pixels to play with that you could do the same thing (to a lesser degree) with the actual images. By cropping a little more and chucking out the so-so stuff you could have a more impressive site

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Do you do websites for other people?

Gabe
Francesco said:
Thanks, that will be the next step...
This site is the refreshened version of something I had on a
different site. The content is pretty much the same... I have
worked on the design part mostly in phase I. Phase II requires me
diving in those folders and start removing pictures... It's not
gonna be pretty!

One question for you: do you think I should be VERY selective also
in the recent work galleries? Any idea of what should I keep in
mind while doing this? Thanks!

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Francesco Gallarotti
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photo portfolio: http://www.greenteaphoto.com
photo gallery: http://www.gallarotti.net/px
blog: http://www.gallarotti.net
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Gabe
http://www.perspectiveye.com
 
I had the same problem. It kept putting my stuff in the latest folder.

I think PS puts stuff where you put the file that you used when you made the action.

It's supposed to do it where you tell it to but it never really worked for me either and I tried a bunch of time.

I think you have to play with that save as command but still, it's too damn finicky and a pain to get to do it right.

George
 
Ian S said:
I like it. It doesn't seem that slow to me here on the other side
of the world. Also it is good that progress is seen while the
thumbnails are being loaded. This forum is not necessarily the
best place to place such a request - not many buyers here :-(
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Yep, dpreview crowd doesn't seem to enjoy flash...
Ian S said:
May I ask did you do all the Flash programming yourself in Flash 8
or did you use a development tool? I have to make the transition
to a more modern look myself...
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I did it by myself. started from the design, which was vaguely inspired at a template i have seen once on a site that I cannot find anymore. then tried to put it together with some help from several actionscript forums. Took me about 2 weeks to do it (working only few hours per night of course).
It was an interesting experience.

Thanks for taking the time to comment :)

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Francesco Gallarotti
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photo portfolio: http://www.greenteaphoto.com
photo gallery: http://www.gallarotti.net/px
blog: http://www.gallarotti.net
 
Francesco said:
One question for you: do you think I should be VERY selective also
in the recent work galleries? Any idea of what should I keep in
mind while doing this? Thanks!
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One thing that would be cool (that I haven't seen done) is to have a star-rating system under each photo (as Netflix, or Adobe Bridge uses) to rate each photo quickly on a scale from 1 - 5 stars (5 being best) and then have on your server a process to keep track of all ratings and average them out (for your own purposes). That way, over time, you'd get a feel for the general consensus of which are the favorite and which the least favorite images.

Dan
 
Buchan Grant said:
I dont think that it would be particularly constructive to get too
specific about what "I" think is good or bad. That would just be
"my" opinion. If you spend some time looking at great photos by the
photographers you admire, you should aim for that standard of work.
The more selective you are, the more impressive your site will
look. You definitely have enough good shots to make an impressive
site you just need to be harder on yourself and take the plunge. If
you have 20 or 30 great shots, you will get a better response than
if you have 100 so-so ones.

The great thing about web graphics is you can crop to the essential
quality element of a shot, the interesting part, the aestheticly
pleasing bit or the impactful bit. You have allready done this with
great effect with the thumbnails, highlighting just certain aspects
of the image under the thumbnail. I'm sure you have enough pixels
to play with that you could do the same thing (to a lesser degree)
with the actual images. By cropping a little more and chucking out
the so-so stuff you could have a more impressive site
Click to expand...
The above is great advice from Buchan Grant. Less is more.

Im in the middle of editing my new Vietnam gallery and editing down ones own photos is harder than that act of taking the photos in the first place.

Julian
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My latest 5D gallery, Bali, bikinis, bikes, beaches, babies.
 
I am really surprised....

Sorry to hear about ur bad experience on my site... it's always disappointing to hear that some one has a totally different experience than I have... for me is pretty fast... less than 10 secs from homepage to seeing the first picture in an album (after clicking on the menu)
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Francesco Gallarotti
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photo portfolio: http://www.greenteaphoto.com
photo gallery: http://www.gallarotti.net/px
blog: http://www.gallarotti.net
 
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