Well, this is probably going to just confuse things more but after my last reply I tried to make a simple image in Paint and bring it in...couldn't see that either. Not sure if it's RGB or what.
Here's what I did next:
Blew away the entire site (except my single page version locked up tight in a separate folder)
Recreated the site by starting with a web site, then dwt, then htm and bringing in my content via clipboard from the native file opened in Notepad (essentially starting at square one)
Re-exported my pics from Corel using RGB (didn't see different versions but I'm sure they are there)
...and Voila! There it is working like a champ! You guys rock! Thanks for your help. Sooo...will the Forum let me mark both as an answer since it was probably a combination?
I'm no Corel expert but I was exporting in CMYK previously - do browsers not support that because it's more of a "print" thing and RGB is more of a "computer" thing..? I hope I can still kick out all the cool colors in Corel Draw.
Incidentally (and I should probably post this as a separate question) but I'm guessing there's an Expression competitor to Corel that I should have purchased instead...?
EWNewbie
First, congratulations on getting your site working! As for the CMYK versus RGB color models, you have touched upon the cause of the issue when you mention that CMYK is a "print thing" and RGB is a "computer thing."
You see, it's about the physics. CMYK is a subtractive, or relective, color model. That is, light that impinges upon a surface is absorbed, in all of its frequencies, except that which represents its color. An object that you perceive as green has absorbed every other frequency of light from that which illuminated it except the frequency of green light, which is reflected back to you for the cones in your retina to perceive as green.
Conversely, RGB is an additive, or transmissive, color model. The phospors on the back side of your monitor screen, or the elements which make up the pixels of an LCD, are excited by electrons which cause the emission of light of given frequencies. There is no reflection, and thus no absorption, which occurs in the process. The frequencies of the light emitted combine in an additive fashion to produce the range of colors that you perceive.
This is a
very simplified explanation of the principles involved, and only scratches the surface of the physiological aspects of color perception, but perhaps it helps to give you an idea of why CMYK is appropriate for print, where color is the result of reflected light, and RGB is appropriate for computer monitors, where color is the result of transmitted light.
Oh, and don't worry about using Corel instead of another product. Although I most often work in Photoshop, I often fire up Corel for the capabilities that it has that PS doesn't, such as the superior clone tool and the image spray for which PS doesn't even have an analog. Just be sure to output in standard RGB jpeg, png, or gif and you should be OK.
cheers,
scott
