I have photoshop elements and even after reading the advice on posting pics.they seem to still be too big.anyone have the same program and know any info on reducing size in photoshop elements???
try the crop tool then “save for web”
To resize the image, go to Image → Image Size. Enter your dimensions there. Constrain Proportions to keep the dimensions proportional.
I found that when I “save for web” and then choose “4 up” save as jpeg and choose the lower res option, usually bottom right.
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I have photoshop elements and even after reading the advice on posting pics.they seem to still be too big.anyone have the same program and know any info on reducing size in photoshop elements???
I cheat - I use Irfanview ( www.irfanview.com - it’s a freebie) for such quick and dirty resizes and such. Also lets you futz with the JPG compression, use less/lower if your image goes oversize for the Swaylocks pic posting limits. For non-windows machines, there’s others. See www.tucows.com for those.
Hope that’s of use
doc…
i have “Powertools” for Windows XP…it adds some handy little features to the user interface, including a picture resizing tool that is accessed from the pop-up menu when you right-click on an image file. i knock it down to 640x480 and a 3mb picture becomes a 20kb picture…perfect for uploading to Swaylocks. also, it resizes a copy of the image (if you so choose), so as not to change the detail on the original pic on your hard drive.
yea ive found , that about 520 pixels across seems to be just the right size for a page …
you should have a resize image feature …
regards
BERT
gawd, I was having a brain cloud about what the other image futzing software was:
from www.xnview.com
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XnView (1.74/1.50) exists for Windows, MacOS X, Linux x86, Linux ppc, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD x86, NetBSD x86, Solaris sparc, Solaris x86, Irix mips, HP-UX, AIX !
Yeah, one version or another runs on just about anything, give or take older mac os. I have used it, it’s not bad, just that I am used to IrfanView. Several languages supported as well. I have and use Photoshop, Corel’s suite and so on, but for quick stuff and conversions Xnview and IrfanView are the cookies.
Image sizes… yeah, they have to be under a certain size with regard to file size ( 80-something KB, if I recall right) , though if you have real wide or really tall images they will lap over the sides of the screen for those not running huge screen resolution. Like Bert sez, 520 pixels wide ( or less) is good, as are images considerably smaller than 80KB… less is better for Mike’s bandwidth and server space. Also, changing the JPG compression or using a different format can help. For instance…
The image as a GIF file ( original format) - this is best for line art, sketches, etc. Image size, a teensy 3.79KB
Saved the same image as a JPG using IrfanView, no compression. File size is 23.1KB
And here it is as a JPG with 50% compression and really no quality loss at all.
Lots more in http://www.swaylocks.com/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=177828;page=1;mh=-1;;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC
hope that’s of use
doc…
under the file menu there is a “save for web” option.
I sue that, select gif, and resize all in one step.
I can keep adjusting the size (keeping the width/height ration) until I get a size (both physical and file size) and then hit the saze/OK button and it is ready to post.
I am going to have to agree with soulstice on this one. If you have Windows XP than I suggest that you install Power Toys Image Resizer. All you need to do is highlight the images you want to resize right click–>Resize Pictures. Choose the size and that’s it. No need to bring the images in a photo editing program
Howzit soulstice, Have you ever tried it on tiff formatted imges. I save my images as a tiff because Jpeg images will deteriate the more you use them. Aloha,Kokua
kokua is right… always save your images in an uncompressed file format (such as tiff) if you plan on making any changes to them. Once you have the image how you want it, then you can save it using a compressed file format (jpg for photos, gif/png for line art and images with large blocks of solid color). Never edit the compressed version (otherwise the compression algorithm will compress what’s already been compressed and it gets ugly quick w/ out saving you much in terms of file size). If you want to make a change, make it from the uncompressed version.
Your image size problem is probably due to the dpi that you saved the image at. Width and height are only part of the equation. If you have a 3"x5" image saved at 300 dpi and you view it in a browser, the browser will automatically render it at 72 dpi (the standard screen resolution). To compensate, the image will now be roughly 12.5"x21" (3"x5" times 300/72). When you use the ‘save for web’ option in an image editor, all it’s doing is limiting the color depth and resampling your image to 72 dpi.
Thats a nice pic there Mick! Did you take it? there is lots of cool photography in threads like ‘Share the Stoke’ and 'Photos…keep ‘em comming’ if you are interested.
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Howzit soulstice, Have you ever tried it on tiff formatted imges. I save my images as a tiff because Jpeg images will deteriate the more you use them. Aloha,Kokua
just tried it…works fine on TIFF. i like this method the best because there’s no programs to open…just right click on the file, select “resize picutres” from the popup menu, choose your size, and click “OK”. easy.