ABC Great Rivers Region: Ministry Technologies

Which to use? JPG or GIF

Rules-of-thumb:

GIF:

Graphic of inanimate object(s) with minimum number of colors and no transitions. If for web: reduce the numbers of the colors in the palate to the minimum will reduce the size (think loading time) of the graphic.

Desiring a transparent background so as to not compete with the background of the screen or picture you are creating. In edit mode, choose transparency.

Will be using this graphic as part of an animation. GIF (and now JPG2 and PNG will do this, also).

JPG/JPEG

Graphics/Images of persons, landscapes, etc. where transitions of colors need to be smooth and not "blotchy"

Graphics/Images have many, many colors demanding smooth transitions of colors.

Image Prep
Technologies
Contacts

Prepare the Pics!

Printing Issues

Saving JPEG Files

Options of Saving Images Fit for Printing

Blogging

Browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer)

Listed below are some areas of experience with which we may be able to help you as your question pertains to use of these technologies in ministry.

Dwight Stinnett
   Executive Minister
    Projection & PowerPoint
    PowerPoint Composition

Roland Sundberg
Executive Administrator
Database Questions

Cheryl Henson
   Area I
   Ministerial Recruitment
   Ministerial Cont. Ed.
      PowerPoint Compositions
      E-mail Newsletters
      Web Page

John Grisham
   Area II
   Stewardship
      E-mail as Communication
      PowerPoint Composition

Richard Ricks
   (Tech Team Leader)
   Area III
   Multimedia & Projection
   Web Technologies

Randy McNeely
   Area IV
   Bivocational Ministry
   Costa Rica Partnership
     Using PowerPoint for Display
        during events

Muriel Johnson
   Area V
   Church Planting
    Using Video Chat
      VOIP (Telephone over       Internet)
      E-mail as Communication       Tool