Images for posting for dummies

[Morris Burke]

I need help in all aspects of photography but most of all on how to resize jpegs to the size limit for this board. I have done it in Photoshop but these resized images are terribly pixelated and not suitable for posting. Any guidance woud be gratefully appreciated.

I am using a Canon T2i camera.

[Kerry Perkins]

Morris, here ya go...


Posting limitations are 1024 max horizontal and 800 max vertical. PS will do this for you and size your image within the 250k size limitation. To get the proper pixel dimensions, go to "file -> automate -> fit image". In the box that pops up put in 1024 pixels for the width and 800 pixels for the height and click "OK". These numbers will stay there for subsequent images unless you change them. Your image is now sized properly as far as dimensions. (Note that this constrains the image to these dimensions, so whichever way it is oriented you will be fine.) You will have to zoom the window to get it to display larger on your screen. Now, when you go to "file -> save for web and devices", you will get the interface for doing just that. In the upper right corner of that interface there is a little triangle next to what looks like a stack of paper. Click on that and a menu will pop up. In that window select "optimize to file size". In the next popup window you will see a box for "desired file size". Put 245k in that box just for a little margin of error. Click "OK" and that window will close and take you back to the "save for web and devices" interface. Click "save", give your file a name and a destination and you are good to go. You will get a full-sized image for BPN at less than 250k file size and it will be the best quality attainable by PS.

[Morris Burke]

Kerry, Thanks so much for that information.

I am awed by the images posted on this site.