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01/21/2005 06:18:05 PM · #1 |
Hey I just sold one of my photos, nut I need to send the jpg to an online printer. The printer wants a 300dpi A3 jpg, which when I push it through 'Save As' in PS CS comes out at 10.4 Mb.
I can't email that size file.
Does anyone have any ideas of how to get this file size reduced ?
Falc
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01/21/2005 06:25:06 PM · #2 |
Given that the image size is set, the only way to decrease the file size is to compress it. Is a human going to handle the file at the other end? If so, zipping it may do the trick. Zipping a jpeg file will normally only result in a small reduction, but it may be enough.
What's your file size limit for e-mail?
Message edited by author 2005-01-21 18:28:18.
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01/21/2005 06:35:05 PM · #3 |
Thanks Kirbic, yes its a human recipient so I just tried the zip, it got it down to 10.3Mb :-(
I think the restriction is at the other end. I get an undeliverable message from his email system.
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01/21/2005 06:37:50 PM · #4 |
want gmail? PM me. This goes for everyone else, as I have 6 invites.
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01/21/2005 06:40:09 PM · #5 |
If you can post it to a web page, then the printer can download it. I don't know how full your DPC portfolio is, but it was just increased. If you've got the room, upload it, call the printer to download - when it's done, take it out of your portfolio.
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01/21/2005 06:58:49 PM · #6 |
If you have proprietary compression software (e.g. StuffIt or WinZIP) you may be able to segment the file, breaking it into 1-2mb chunks. There's usually a self-extracting feature you can apply so the recipient doesn't have to have the program.
Posting to the internet and having them fetch it via FTP download is better though ... |
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01/21/2005 07:01:57 PM · #7 |
Hahahah ...
Maybe, if the recipient has Photoshop, you can copy each of the channels to their own grayscale file, and the recipient can then paste them back into a new RGB file. Just make sure they paste the right one into the right channel!
You might also try saving the final file in TIFF format with LZW compresstion enabled -- sometimes that can be smaller than the JPEG equivalent, and is lossless compression.
Message edited by author 2005-01-21 19:02:19. |
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01/21/2005 07:02:51 PM · #8 |
Does the printer have an FTP server? if they do that is one of the better ways of transferring large files. I have to do this all the time for one of my clients since their email system chokes on anything larger then 2 MB.
If they do have an ftp site you can use a program like CuteFTP to do the uploading.
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01/21/2005 07:07:23 PM · #9 |
Thanks guys.
I put it up on a pbase gallery and passkey protected it. He should be able to get it from there.
Thanks for all the help
Falc
another £30 towards that 70-200 f2.8 IS ;-)
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01/21/2005 08:24:29 PM · #10 |
| You didn't say what email program you were using. If it is Outlook or Outlook Express you can go into your settings and break down any message over a certain size. so if you can send 1 MB messages you can have it broken down to 900 kb max and then it will send that email out as 11 emails. When it gets to the destination it will go into their inbox as one email and ten others will go to deleted items. In other words it puts the mail and attachments back to original size as though you sent it once complete. They just can't open any of the 11 until the final email gets delivered or they don't complete properly. I know it's long and drawn out, but I couldn't explain it any easier. |
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01/21/2005 09:01:33 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Pioneer:
You didn't say what email program you were using. If it is Outlook or Outlook Express you can go into your settings and break down any message over a certain size. so if you can send 1 MB messages you can have it broken down to 900 kb max and then it will send that email out as 11 emails. When it gets to the destination it will go into their inbox as one email and ten others will go to deleted items. In other words it puts the mail and attachments back to original size as though you sent it once complete. They just can't open any of the 11 until the final email gets delivered or they don't complete properly. I know it's long and drawn out, but I couldn't explain it any easier. |
Neat...where do i find that on the menu? (running outlook 2000)
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01/21/2005 09:28:51 PM · #12 |
To set outlook to break apart messages you go to tool, options, accounts then choose the account you are wanting to send from, then click on the advanced tab. There you can choose the max size to send a email. I can send a 8 mb so I don't use that any more, but it does work well as long as you tell the other person not to open it until they have all come through. They will end up with one in their inbox and the rest will be automatically deleted. Good luck |
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