Photo restoration

[chrishoggy]

After a few years under my belt and the encouragement/help of another forum and Richardthesane :wink: , I have decided to take up photo restoration full time. Not up and running yet, but would like any opinions on my work from the users on here.
Samples Here (http://www.chrishoggy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/photo.htm) Hoping to get some more samples on in the next few days :D

Many thanks

[Scottes]

They look pretty good, from what I can see at the low rez.

But **please** get rid of the blink text on the web page. It really makes that paragraph unreadable.

[Wazza]

Seems you have a well earned talent of correcting those worn images!
Sure you'll do well, and as Scottes said, maybe just tidy the appearance of the page up. Such as those blue links to email and back.. Blue thin text, half disappears into a bright red background.

Being graphically minded, why not even a couple of low file size photoshop titles. Just a title block, with some stand out 3d text, or a few images, faded into it.

Good luck, with the new full time role. :)

[chrishoggy]

The webpage is still in the draft stage, trying to get as many opinions as possible on the site as well as the pics. Going to be trying a few different mixes of graphics and text to try and get a good looking site. More comments the better, as I will then be able to get a good balance of opinions. I'm working on starting full time in around 6 months, so plenty of time for changes :D .

[redbutt]

The webpage is still in the draft stage, trying to get as many opinions as possible on the site as well as the pics.

This is totally of the subject of photography, but it is a critique, so here goes...

Go get a book or take a basic HTML class. You are using FrontPage now, and that is not good. MS FrontPage produces bulky, bad code. <font> and <blink> are depreciated a and should not be used anymore. Ex:

You have :

<p align="center"><b><blink><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><em>As you can
see from the examples below, a damaged photo can be</em></font></blink></b></p>

This should be written as:

<div align="center" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:16px">
<em>As you can see from the examples below, a damaged photo can be</em>
</div>

Also, really look into CSS. It will make life SOOOOOOOO much easier for you when you want to change the look of the page. Also, don't use the built in page transitions. They only work in IE and actually slow your pages down.

BTW...in case you are wondering...I'm a web applications software engineer for Yahoo!

[Wazza]

Those are some good tips redbutt.

I'm using just basic Frontpage myself, but my site is mostly for just sharing my pics with friends, and I'm not going to go out and buy a whole new software, unless I had some company.

My netcode is probably much worse. Especially when I start making new random text box layers all over the place. I know it's easy to fix, or make different, but does the job currently.

I'll keep that in mind, so if I ever am presenting to the world, and have time to try something else, I'll give it a go. :)

Sure that's great tips for Chris as well, for learning/trying new things.

[chrishoggy]

Thanks for the advice on the site :D it's appreciated.
Used frontpage as it was there ready for me to upload. A few people have advised different software to try out, so things will get better. Looking into doing some flash/swf before & after slides like this Here (http://www.rayfresh.com/retouche/)
using flash MX.

[PhotosGuy]

...and I'm not going to go out and buy a whole new software, unless I had some company.

Generally, I like your site, except that blinking text is usually a signal for me to leave. I would like to have the option to see enlarged pics though.

Take a look at Jalbum for some examples that use CSS. There might be somethings there that you can use (http://jalbum.net/) It will generate thumbnails, build your webpages and link to either the original files or resized copies, then upload to the host server for you. Just point it to the directory where your files are located and choose an output directory. Very easy to use. And it's free. Lots of different page designs, too.

For myself, I think that most efficient navigation is through the use of panes. This allows a thumb overview & 1-click to get to each pic that I, emphasis on "I", want to see. Try the "Vertical" skin with the Black.css "Style" for a clean album that doesn't get between your work & the viewer for a site that is just to show your pics. (Probably not for the type of site you want, but the other styles will allow text with the pictures)

You can also order the images without worrying about the file names or dates. Press the edit button in the image ordering section. You will then see a text editor pop up with each image on its own row. Just rearrange the images and save, then generate an album again. Only downside is that you'll have to do that for each folder if you have a multi folder web.

Again, I'm not suggesting that you change your site, just that JAlbum will show you some other CSS options. And, they have a forum that will help you with modifications.