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08/29/2003 03:23:23 PM · #1 |
| I had to keep resizing my image - down to about 200x270 or so in order to keep it under 150K. However, I see photos in other challenges that are much more than 150K.. Does DPChallenge resize it back up after I submit it??? |
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08/29/2003 03:28:00 PM · #2 |
The way to keep the size of your photo appropriate for viewing/judging is to play with the amount of jpeg compression and not the number of pixels. Keep as many of the allowed pixels as possible.
200 x 270 is way too small to be able to judge properly.
DPC does not resize once submitted. If you right click any of the images in a challenge and select properties you will see the size of the image.
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08/29/2003 03:28:04 PM · #3 |
Brian, you should be able to get larger photos with some compression while saving. What photo editing program do you use?
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08/29/2003 03:31:55 PM · #4 |
| PS 7. I've never had to worry about getting down to 150K. How would I compress without sizing too small? |
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08/29/2003 03:37:10 PM · #5 |
If you use save for web there's an option you can use to optimize for file size and PS7 will adjust the quality of the jpeg to keep the size of the file below what you enter there. The quality usually ends up between 80 and 90 % depending on the photo.
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08/29/2003 03:40:13 PM · #6 |
Solid. Thanks.
I also noticed if I save it as a quality of 10 or 11 as opposed to 12, it lowers it enough without degrading the image too much. |
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08/29/2003 04:03:21 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Ten13:
I also noticed if I save it as a quality of 10 or 11 as opposed to 12, it lowers it enough without degrading the image too much. |
The "Save for Web" method will probably do you better justice than the 1-12 quality scale using "Save As." With Save for Web you can choose a setting that will put you very, very close to the 150K limit. |
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08/29/2003 05:32:22 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by alansfreed:
Originally posted by Ten13:
I also noticed if I save it as a quality of 10 or 11 as opposed to 12, it lowers it enough without degrading the image too much. |
The "Save for Web" method will probably do you better justice than the 1-12 quality scale using "Save As." With Save for Web you can choose a setting that will put you very, very close to the 150K limit. |
The "Save For Web" option will discard EXIF, while the "Save A Copy" will retain it. I also can do this in PS 5.0, which doesn't have the "Save For Web" feature built-in anyway.
I edit my final image to a TIFF file, then try "Save A Copy" with progressively loweer settings until I get under 150k. I rarely have to try more than twice; you learn to estimate how efficiently any given image will compress. |
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08/29/2003 06:30:10 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
The "Save For Web" option will discard EXIF, while the "Save A Copy" will retain it. |
That's another reason I like "Save for Web." The EXIF data is only going to take up more space (granted, not a lot) that could be used for enhanced image quality. |
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