DW problems

[cactuswatcher]

I'm having a number of minor problems with DW, including the editor acting wonky and DW not liking icons I've made with newer software.  Currently I'm having to create the icon with one program save it, load it into a crude older program and resave.  Obviously it's cutting out something, but what I don't know. I don't think the size of the original files is the problem. Icons made with the crude program directly look very bad.

After a short exchange with Masq I'm thinking of posting some new fiction somewhere.  I tried blogspot last night, but I loathe the text editor there.  More later.

Comments

[mamculuna]

I'm having problems with the icons here, too. That's why I'm using this old one. But I made them all with the same program, so don't know why it doesn't like the others.

I like to use Online Writing Workshop for short fiction, but it's a pay-to-play critiquing group and not all your friends are going to be on it. On the other hand, publishing anywhere online can possibly make some publishers not want something that's been online in some format.

[cactuswatcher]

I used to use a different computer for the internet. It had a nice simple to use photo-editing program on it when I bought it. The icons I made with it still work like the one on this reply. The newer software does make larger files, but not so large it should be any problem. For now it's a nuisance.

[masqthephlsphr]

I'm not sure I'll be doing much of anything around here until the technology and options improve a bit. I hate the default layouts, but I'm sure they're working to add more.

Wait and see, as predicted. Wait and see.

[cactuswatcher]

Yes, I just posted on LJ about some of the tech/interface problems over here.

I like my layout here, but don't like the default at all.

[atpo-onm.livejournal.com]

This may or may not be the problem with your icons, but some programs automatically-- and invisibly-- attach all kinds of non-image stuff to the image file. This data can trip up any number of applications that aren't the one that put it there.

I found this out when way back when I tried to post icons to LJ and got a "file too large" error on files that should have easily fit. I found out that both Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop elements by default attach extra data, which was embiggening the file. I discovered the need to strip this stuff out, and now do so before posting almost any image here at LJ.

(You may know this already, but, just in case...)

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

I knew it was something like that. It is interesting that after importing files some programs routinely strip it all off when saving, and others just leave it as is.