A tutorial of sorts.
I love learning new things, whether those things are useful or not often is the question, but the other day I learned something pretty valuable and useful. In the latest issue of Digital Photographer is an article on "Quick and Easy Editing Tricks". I took a look through what they had to say and that's when I saw their little tutorial on Resizing for Web or Email.
Holy smokes.
What a difference this has made in the quality of the images I post to the internet. So, just in case I'm not the last person in the world to have figured this out, try this the next time you post a photo to your blog or attach a photo in an email:
"Resize your image to 72 dpi and 500 pixels at the long side. Be sure that Constrain Proportions, Resample Image and Scale Styles are checked. Then in the Resample Image dialog box select "Bicubic Sharper" from the drop-down menu." (These instructions are for CS2 or PSE, but perhaps the steps would be similar in other photo editing programs.)
Your image will be teenie tiny but when uploaded to the old bloggity it looks clear and sharp and much better than they had been looking. Apparently, in the realm of the World Wide Web, bigger is not better. How is it that after all this time I didn't know this?
Before, uploading a full-size image:
After, using The New Way:
The real differences for me are in the time it takes for me to upload photos, and that when you click on the photos the image isn't so huge that you need a screen the size of Colorado to view it.
This old dog is waggin' her tail tonight.
Wow. Thanks for the tip!
Posted by: Elisha | November 30, 2007 at 10:39 AM
Hey T! Thanks for the reminder on this. Mind if I e-mail you some photog. questions?? lmk, thanks!
Posted by: AFerguson | November 30, 2007 at 11:22 AM
I'm one of the ones who had no idea about this so thanks for the tip. I'm making a note of that.
Your little girl is so serious here or perhaps just thoughtful. Still a beautiful picture.
Posted by: Lisa | November 30, 2007 at 01:17 PM
First of all, love the photo! And thanks for the advice on posting pics. I can't wait to try it mysef.
Posted by: Joy U | December 01, 2007 at 01:32 AM
Thanks for the info!
cindy
Posted by: cindy | December 01, 2007 at 07:10 PM
You've definitely taught this old dog a new trick. :p Man, do I have problems with that too! I've copied/pasted your instructions to try next time I upload at SS.
Thanks Tina!
Posted by: melanie | December 05, 2007 at 10:20 PM
thank you thank you thank you for the great tip! just tried it and it worked awesome!
and she is so sweet holding her baby! :)
Posted by: Kelly Noel | December 07, 2007 at 06:22 PM