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Posted by David Segall on 03/21/06 16:49
"Greg N." <yodel_dodel@yahoo.com> wrote:
>David Segall wrote:
>
>> Has anybody thought of some trick that is generally acceptable? I use
>> repeat-x but this often results in a confusing image.
>
>This is not an HTML problem, but an image design problem.
You are right but I try to post to the group that will provide a
useful reply. I apologise for not putting [OT] in the heading.
>
>There are three approaches you could use:
>
>1. create a background image for the image (this may need some kind of
>layering technique) that extends the image gracefully to the right.
>
>Examples:
>the image on top of the page http://hothaus.de/greg-tour-2004
>There is a background image there that extends the right edge of that
>image ad infinitum.
>
>2. edit the image such that its right edge blends seamlessly with its
>left edge. This requires a suitable image plus some photoshop (and the
>like) experience.
>
>Examples:
>An image of ship loading cranes halfway down the page:
>http://hothaus.de/greg-tour-2005/ua1.htm
>Image of a power plant, 60% down the page:
>http://hothaus.de/greg-tour-2004/roman3.htm
>panorama of venice, 50% down the page:
>http://hothaus.de/greg-tour-2004/venice.htm
>
>3. Use a *very* wide image with less significant content in the right
>third. Such an image can be created in photoshop by copying the
>rightmost 20% of an image, scaling it horizontally to some excessive
>width and pasting it back to the right of the original image. Again,
>this requires a suitable image to begin with.
>
>Example:
>http://hothaus.de/greg-tour-2005/img/0603/i2793.jpg
Thank you for your very helpful, beautifully illustrated, reply. You
and Nik Coughlin have demonstrated that my choice of group was spot on
:).
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