Week 8 - Interactive Portfolios/websites & optimizing effeciantly

Today while reading Building Design Portfolios I was able to find some good examples od interactive websites. Successful design studios redesign their sites very often to maintain a good reputation and stay current also to show your most recent work. A potential employer evaluates web portfolios by first considering the material they see in the site, did it take long to load is it difficult to navigate that also includes how easy and visible it is to turn off the sound of a website. Many designers just skip this step and much rather not add music to their website.

Reading chapter 8 of Designing a Digital Portfolio about printed portfolios it was said that after scanning, shooting, and agonizing over lost details, it can suddenly dawn on you that the best art is the original version - the file forgotten on the disk. However you can never use it exactly as it is. One of the best ways to repurpose published work is to create a PDF. Some tips for creating good PDFs: (Pages 141 & 142)

• Avoid scrolling
• Shoot original files
• Use TIF files
• Optimize JPEGs
• For a fast attachment, merge your PDF's
• Make your PDF a project
• Create a cover page
• Watch your file sizes
• Name your PDF sensibly
• No headshots

Optimizing all image files i order to fit the requirements of transmission.