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04/01/2013 12:29:09 AM · #1 |
I thought I had resizing worked out. When saving in PS after resizing, I just knock down the quality from 12 to 11 to 10 (if needed) to get it under 300.
However, I noticed tonight just before uploading an image that even though PS said the file size about be 296, it showed up as 330 or so on my hard drive. So I fiddled with a little - and the only thing that helped was reducing the resolution, which then made it smaller... and smaller...
In the end, I accidentally opened it with Preview (on a Mac) because I had less than 5 minutes left to upload and was in a hurry. When I looked at the file size, it was 148. Oh geez... I can definitely tell a different in the image quality although my husband says that it's minimal. Ugh.
And so, in order to avoid this problem again, any tips? I saw the tutorial someone linked on another thread, but I think in the future, I'll crop it how I want but avoid resizing until I'm saving it. That will give me some wiggle room before the quality begins being compromised.
Any advice on resizing would be appreciated, but the question remains: do you go by what PS says the file size is, or what your hard drive is telling you? I was getting low 200s on PS and still over 300 on my hard drive.
Thanks for any advice. :) |
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04/01/2013 12:44:13 AM · #2 |
| This is what I do when resizing... take the image to 800 pxl on the high side, then hit file, save for web. in PS... Then take the size down in that to where it's showing slightly under 300... 295 ish with writing... and you should be fine... I have tried to refigure image size with out the save for web feature and it was a mess... Good luck |
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04/01/2013 12:45:00 AM · #3 |
File>save for web and other devices>click flyout upper right>optimize for 300 kb>save
That's what we do.
"Resolution" is meaningless; that term's only useful in thje context of actually printing images. All that matters to you is thjat your final entry is 800 pixels on its longest side and is no larger than 300 Kb. |
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04/01/2013 12:46:57 AM · #4 |
| Thank you both. I've never used 'save for web'. Guess I will now. |
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04/01/2013 04:28:56 AM · #5 |
| When PS tells you the image size is < 300 Kb, just try uploading it to DPC (no matter what your hard drives tells you). When it is > 300 Kb it won't upload and you know for sure it's too big. Saving for web in PS is a great tool to help you to get the right size. |
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04/01/2013 08:42:07 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Kroburg:
When PS tells you the image size is < 300 Kb, just try uploading it to DPC (no matter what your hard drives tells you). When it is > 300 Kb it won't upload and you know for sure it's too big. Saving for web in PS is a great tool to help you to get the right size. |
Thank you for this info. It did upload when my hard drive said it was 335 or so. I wasn't sure, so I deleted it and that's when the resizing circus began... and Preview got a hold of it. I think the image quality suffered, but oh well. Now I know, huh?
Thanks again, everyone, for the info. :) |
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04/01/2013 09:14:11 AM · #7 |
This may muddy the water. But, it is important information to know:
I just ran a test to see if it was still true. And, it is. I uploaded to a challenge an image which was 854 kb file size and 1012x720 pixels dimensions. The site's resizer converted it to 272kb file size and 800x569 pixels dimension. There was no message about "too big" file size or "too large" image dimensions. The uploaded image was simply downsized, by the site's resizer engine, to meet the challenge requirements.
This feature has been in existence for several months. It may not be a bad thing, although one is delegating image resizing to the site's resizer. It may or not be an optimal image presentation. There is no final sharpening, for example.
Used to be an image too big or too large was rejected. I'm not confused or upset. I simply prefer to upload a challenge entry exactly the way I see it on my computer screen at <300 kb and 800 kb or less on the longest dimension. Which is what I do! |
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