help with photo distortion - DPChallenge Forums

04/01/2005 06:40:57 PM · #1

i have a photo that i took for the challenge and it looked fine until i resized it. now the color looks distorted when i submitted it. any tips?

04/01/2005 06:44:16 PM · #2

Does the photo have a solid gradient in it? Where is goes from one color to another gradually? If so - that is a tuff one to get around

04/01/2005 06:46:10 PM · #3

no it is a solid color with an object of a different color

Originally posted by ebertdj:

Does the photo have a solid gradient in it? Where is goes from one color to another gradually? If so - that is a tuff one to get around

Message edited by author 2005-04-01 18:46:44.

04/01/2005 06:51:30 PM · #4

hmmmmm ... How are you resizing the photo - with PS? What is the DPI? What quality are you saving it as? How big is the file?

04/01/2005 06:59:20 PM · #5

584 X 549, 44k for size, and i have no idea what dpi or what the quality is..i'm new

Originally posted by ebertdj:

hmmmmm ... How are you resizing the photo - with PS? What is the DPI? What quality are you saving it as? How big is the file?

04/01/2005 07:06:44 PM · #6

That might be the problem right there - 44k is not very much - either it tells me that there is a lot of solid color or it is saved in to low of quality and will cause distortions ... Can you save it at a 640 size and a higher quality?

04/01/2005 07:11:03 PM · #7

what quality are you referring to?

04/01/2005 07:14:21 PM · #8

When you save a JPG you should have the option of saving the photo at different qualities - the lower the quality the lower the file size - the lower it is saved at it has to loose some of the file information - which will cauze these types of problems .... How are you saving the file? What program?

04/01/2005 07:20:17 PM · #9

the quality is medium and i changed it to high and it still looks like $&$%^

Message edited by author 2005-04-01 19:25:01.

04/01/2005 07:25:16 PM · #10

Try it at maximum - and make sure it is under 150K

04/01/2005 07:27:49 PM · #11

still looks like crap

04/01/2005 07:29:29 PM · #12

I gotta run shortly - look for my IM in your email

04/01/2005 07:30:08 PM · #13

k thanks