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07/07/2010 09:58:18 PM · #1 |
i have some pics im touching up for the next challenge.
when i go to re size the long edge to 800px it seems that my picture gets pixelated. is there anything i can do to avoid this?
i dont really want to blur after the fact it because i got some sharp edges i want to maintain. |
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07/07/2010 10:02:04 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
i have some pics im touching up for the next challenge.
when i go to re size the long edge to 800px it seems that my picture gets pixelated. is there anything i can do to avoid this?
i dont really want to blur after the fact it because i got some sharp edges i want to maintain. |
Your best bet is to follow this tutorial: Prepping photos for DPC
The method of choice for resizing is "Save for Web" where you pick the size based on the longest dimension (set to 800px) then move the slider to get you to less than 300kb.
Good luck |
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07/07/2010 10:31:15 PM · #3 |
| Are you using PhotoShop, or something else? |
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07/08/2010 07:39:05 AM · #4 |
i think i figured out my problem. I am using Lightroom and the target file size was set to 100kb, i set it to 300 and now its smooth.
but now i have a new issue, i was doing this editing on my laptop last night and when i got to work the picture is all dark on my monitor, i guess i need to do some calibration to both :( |
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07/08/2010 08:55:24 AM · #5 |
Good thing you figured that out. There is this one particular anal retentive voter that always leaves long winded comments about JPEG compression.
Laptop monitors, especially inexpensive ones, tend to not have very good screens for photo editing. I have a cheap netbook and I can tell that it does not display all the nuances of color and detail to me. You can do an easy visual calibration that will at least get the brightness and contrast in the ballpark. Under every challenge entry there is a strip of blocks going from pure white to solid black. Adjust your monitor so that you can see a slight difference between all the squares. If the ends look like one long block of the same shade, then it's not quite right yet.
Message edited by author 2010-07-08 08:56:47. |
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07/08/2010 09:12:22 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Laptop monitors, especially inexpensive ones, tend to not have very good screens for photo editing. I have a cheap netbook and I can tell that it does not display all the nuances of color and detail to me. You can do an easy visual calibration that will at least get the brightness and contrast in the ballpark. Under every challenge entry there is a strip of blocks going from pure white to solid black. Adjust your monitor so that you can see a slight difference between all the squares. If the ends look like one long block of the same shade, then it's not quite right yet. |
Where are the blocks? I don't see them. |
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07/08/2010 09:20:51 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by dianapf1:
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Laptop monitors, especially inexpensive ones, tend to not have very good screens for photo editing. I have a cheap netbook and I can tell that it does not display all the nuances of color and detail to me. You can do an easy visual calibration that will at least get the brightness and contrast in the ballpark. Under every challenge entry there is a strip of blocks going from pure white to solid black. Adjust your monitor so that you can see a slight difference between all the squares. If the ends look like one long block of the same shade, then it's not quite right yet. |
Where are the blocks? I don't see them. |
took me a little while to find them too...go to a current challenge that is in voting...scroll down to the near bottom of the page and you will see the blocks under the comment block... |
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07/08/2010 12:21:38 PM · #8 |
thanks, i see the blocks.
unfortunately i only have two pcs at home a laptop and my media center pc and im not really keen on doing photo editing on the 50" screen :)
i think i have an old lcd lying around i could try hooking that up to the the laptop and see how that goes. |
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07/08/2010 03:34:58 PM · #9 |
| Thanks Janine, I found them. :) |
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07/11/2010 08:51:36 PM · #10 |
Hmm what are using for taking that picture?
You better use 8 or 10 mega pixel lens...
That would be great and it wont get pixelated.. |
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