[xyz]

I have noticed that some images look better on certain monitors. I use alot of computers at school and at home. And some images look good on most monitors like dhabih's pics how does he do that. How can you be sure that them images look good on most monitors. ANd they load fast tooo..
damn how does he do it or how do you do it?

xyz

[Tinusch]

The only real difference in monitors that would drastically affect the way your pic looks on it would be brightness. My brother's monitor, for example, is unusually dark, so a lot of the detail in my pics are lost on it. The only real protection against that would be to not make your pics too dark and not make them too light. Although I find that restrictions like that prevent me from creating the atmosphere I want in my pics...

As far as fast-loading, well, that's dependent on image size and modem speed. The smaller the size of the image, the less space it will take up, and in turn, the faster it will load. Also, if the image is a JPEG, then when you save it in Photoshop you can choose the image quality. The higher the quality, the more space the pic will take up, and therefore, the slower it will load. SO it's all about making sure your pic isn't too big and setting the proper image quality.

[Begby]

Well it could also possibly be that the color depth is set to something else on the different systems you are using. If someone doesn't optimize a picture to use the color safe web pallette then the pic will sometimes look crappy on a PC that is is to 256 colors. But the same pic will look great on a system running with 16bit colors.

To make pictures load fast and to force them to use a specific pallette you need a program such as Adobe Image Ready that allows you to optimize the pic and force/drop specific colors. I suggest saving stuff in the highest quality possible in Photoshop (leave it a .PSD) then open it in Image Ready.