Use Photoshop and Zoomify to display high-res images
Sometimes you might want to display high-resolution images on a website but doing it through regular means can potentially give your audience free high-resolution images. Here, I’ve used the Zoomify export tool in Photoshop CS3 and above to display the image in an interactive Flash container which allows the user to zoom in and out as well as pan around the image very easily.
This image is of my home in sunny Kendal in the north of England. Use the controls at the bottom to zoom in and out.
It’s very easy to use Zoomify. Just open your image (preferably as large as possible) in Photoshop, go to the File menu and choose Export and then Zoomify. A new window will open displaying the Zoomify export settings. These settings are fairly self-explanatory but I’ve put a screen shot below to show the settings I used. Basically you just need to enter the dimensions in pixels that you want the image to be displayed and the quality level you would like.
Now you just need to click OK and your browser will pop open with your image inside the Flash piece. Couldn’t be easier!
Thanks for reading.