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RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

Willosmama — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:37:36 GMT

okay- sounds like an afternoon of playing and trying to make it work is in order!!

thanks so very much!!!

RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

Lizzie — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:24:40 GMT

[quote][b]Willosmama (7/26/2008)[/b][hr]Hey Tricia~
do you happen to know if this can make the pictures themselves smaller for print? Like if I want it to be smaller than a standard 4x6, say 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 or any smaller size????[/quote]

Sure! What I do when I want to make a photo smaller to print out (I do this all the time for scrapbook pages) is I make a window in Photoshop the size I want my picture and then I bring in my photo as a layer and scale it down to fit the window. Just make sure your window is at least 300 dpi in addition to the width/height you want your photo to be so it prints out at the right resolution. In Photoshop I do the Edit > Transform > Scale command to resize my pict. Tip: Hold down the Shift key while you're grabbing one of the anchors and resizing so your pict doesn't warp...the Shift key keeps the size proportional.

Another way to do this is to use the Image > Canvas size option. This just adjusts the canvas size (so width and height) and NOT the resolution size so once again, check your image size and make sure it says 300dpi. It may look huge on your screen but when you print it out it won't be.

I hope that makes sense. You might have to play with it in Photoshop for it to make complete sense.

RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

Willosmama — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:41:40 GMT

Hey Tricia~
do you happen to know if this can make the pictures themselves smaller for print? Like if I want it to be smaller than a standard 4x6, say 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 or any smaller size????

RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

stephanie.hargis — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:56:11 GMT

Well I still don't see my pics so I am just going to email them to you! Thanks ladies! :D

RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

Lizzie — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:13:13 GMT

[quote][b]stephanie.hargis (7/16/2008)[/b][hr]For some reason, when I upload my photos, they still don't show up in the gallery. Is there a reason for that? I know that they are only 60 kb. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks![/quote]

Our Sketchbook requires us to "republish" the Sketchbook page in order for uploads to appear. We tried to change this recently but it didn't work. :P So we have to go and republish a few times a day before your uploads show up.

Soo...if you don't see your uploads right away check back in a bit! If you don't see them within 24 hours than it's possible they didn't upload. You can always email them to us and we can do it for you if you think there's a problem!

RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

stephanie.hargis — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:39:55 GMT

For some reason, when I upload my photos, they still don't show up in the gallery. Is there a reason for that? I know that they are only 60 kb. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks!

RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

Lizzie — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:47:23 GMT

[quote][b]Willosmama (2/23/2008)[/b][hr]I may have to bite the bullet and get the photoshop....
I can't seem to find anything in my program that reduces the size.
Thanks for the play by play though!!:)[/quote]

It might be called something else in the program you are using.

That being said, I really would highly suggest getting Photoshop Elements. It's not very expensive and it really is the best...you will be glad you did, especially if you're maintaining a blog or taking a lot of photos of your samples. It will be one of your most-used tools!

RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

Willosmama — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:48:53 GMT

I may have to bite the bullet and get the photoshop....
I can't seem to find anything in my program that reduces the size.
Thanks for the play by play though!!:)

RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

Lizzie — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:57:02 GMT

[quote][b]Rose Ann (2/2/2008)[/b][hr]Thanks for posting this, Tricia! Maybe I'll be able to upload something now. (I tried before, but my files were too big).[/quote]

We have also upped the file size limit for the Sketchbook, I think it may have been too low. So definately try again!! :)

RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

Rose Ann — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:35:04 GMT

Thanks for posting this, Tricia! Maybe I'll be able to upload something now. (I tried before, but my files were too big).

RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

Lizzie — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:48:00 GMT

[quote][b]Zee (1/31/2008)[/b][hr]Thanks for taking the time to share this info Lizzie, i will give it a try (although I thought that this is what I had done) maybe it was the dpi that needed to change.

Thanks again - Zee :heart:[/quote]

It worked Zee! I bet it was the dpi....that setting can be confusing.

RE: Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

Zee — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:55:19 GMT

Thanks for taking the time to share this info Lizzie, i will give it a try (although I thought that this is what I had done) maybe it was the dpi that needed to change.

Thanks again - Zee :heart:

Tutorial: How to adjust the size of your photos for upload

Lizzie — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:36:16 GMT

Hi everyone,

Adjusting photo sizes is a question I get asked about a lot, so I thought I'd walk you through the steps right here!

Note: This is how you resize a photo in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Other programs are very similar however and these tips should be helpful for just about any photo imaging program you have.

Note: Most digital cameras take photos that are much bigger than needed for uploading to the web. You should always resize any photo intended to be viewed online. If you are going to print your photo, then you will need it to be a much larger file...I will include instructions on how to do both!

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Resizing digital photos for the web (our sketchbook, blogs, online galleries, forums, etc.)

Bring your photo into your application (Photoshop.) You can do this many ways. The way I prefer to do it is by using the Open command and then browsing for my memory card.
Go to Image > Image Size to bring up the adjust image size window
There are two size measurements that you need to check in the adjust image size window, document size and also dpi. Document size, or Pixel size, are the same thing. Pixels refer to how many "dots" make up a picture. This is a term a lot of graphic designers use, but you may be more familiar with document size. When choosing either Pixel size or document size, I suggest keeping your picts 400 pixels wide or less, *or* no more than 5.5 inches wide.
The other size you need to look at is dpi, or dots per inch. For the web, dots per inch only need to be 72 dpi. A lot of digital cameras bring in your photos at 72 dpi automatically, but make sure to check this setting.
When you start adjusting the document/pixel size and the dpi, sometimes they counteract each other. To make sure the dpi stays the same as you are adjusting the document/pixel size, make sure that all the Scale Size/ Resample Image / Constrain Proportion boxes are checked. This will keep everything in proportion.
When I resize a photo for the web, I almost always make it 400 pixels wide (or about 5.5 inches wide) and 72 dpi. I've seen people go from 300-500 pixels wide.
Saving your document for the web: Once you have adjusted the size of your photo, you will need to save it as jpg. I recommend choosing Save > Save for Web & Devices for this. It will bring up a window that lets you choose to make your photo a .jpg, and then you can use a slider that adjusts the image quality and file size. If you are trying to cut down on filesize, this is a great way to do this because you can use the slider to see how low you can go before you loose image quality. I almost always keep my slider at 60, and I check the "optimized" checkbox. You can see the size of your photo in the bottom left-hand corner (and you'll see it go up or down depending on where you have your slider.)

Resizing digital photos for print (photos you will be making prints of for scrapbooking, etc.)

When saving your photos for printing, you should still resize them (as most digital cameras take photos way larger than they need to be.) The biggest difference between saving for the web and for print is dpi (dots per inch.) When you view a photo on the web, the number of dots per inch doesn't need to be very high in order to see detail...in fact, your monitors won't allow for anything higher than 72dpi. Print is different. To achieve a good quality photo in print, you should make your photo at least 300dpi.
Follow the directions above, but when you have the adjust size window open, make your image 300dpi instead of 72dpi. This is where using the document size rather than pixel size may come in handy as well. If you want a typical 4x6 photo, you can adjust for that size here. You can also use the Image > Canvas Size tool to crop in or adjust the size/shape of your photo.

I hope this helps!