Preparing images for the CWCC Gallery
02 Sep 08Preparing images for the CWCC Gallery (600 pixels, 96 dpi and less than 100K filesize).
Thanks to Roger Bryan for providing this information
Using Photoshop CS (PS Elements is very similar)
To re-size image for use on the CWCC website
Open image to be re-sized in Photoshop.
Click on 'Image', 'image size'. The following dialog box will open
Ensure resample image box is ticked.
Set resolution to 96
Set pixel length of the image's longest side to 600 pixels
Ensure you have selected Bicubic in the Option box.
Click 'OK'
This will resize the actual size of the image, but not the file size.
To reduce the file size
Select 'File', 'Save For Web' **(see below for PS Elements differences)
Reduce 'Quality' value (use slider, or enter a new value) (B) until JPEG size (A) is just below 100k.
The amount of reduction required will vary with the image content
Click 'Save' and save file to your selected folder.
Note
If you have a long file name at this point, you may have to reduce size of the file name to allow it to be saved.
It is good practice to save the image with a different name to that of the original file so that you will know which image is the re-sized web file, it will also prevent you from overwriting the original file!
e.g.
Original image: image-name.jpeg or image-name.tiff
Web image: image-name_web.jpeg
The preferred filename format for the gallery is BloggsJ_image-title.jpg (this makes life a bit easier for the website administrator!)
** PS Elements will have two windows after clicking 'Save for Web'. Beneath the window on the right you will see the final file size. To reduce this to 100K go to the 'Quality' setting (approx 3/4 up the screen on the right) and reduce the amount (using the slider) until the file is no more than 100K. Then click on 'OK' to save the image.
Again, it is good practice to save the image with a different name to that of the original file so that you will know which image is the re-sized web file.
Finally, when you close the original image, you will be asked whether you wish to save the image before closing......choose NO, otherwise your original image will be saved at 600 pixels...which is not much use for printing anymore!
Updated: 02/09/08 (Final 'save' warning added)
Please feedback any problems, comments or suggestions regarding the above procedure to Paul
Thanks to Roger Bryan for providing this information
Using Photoshop CS (PS Elements is very similar)
To re-size image for use on the CWCC website
Open image to be re-sized in Photoshop.
Click on 'Image', 'image size'. The following dialog box will open
Ensure resample image box is ticked.
Set resolution to 96
Set pixel length of the image's longest side to 600 pixels
Ensure you have selected Bicubic in the Option box.
Click 'OK'
This will resize the actual size of the image, but not the file size.
To reduce the file size
Select 'File', 'Save For Web' **(see below for PS Elements differences)
Reduce 'Quality' value (use slider, or enter a new value) (B) until JPEG size (A) is just below 100k.
The amount of reduction required will vary with the image content
Click 'Save' and save file to your selected folder.
Note
If you have a long file name at this point, you may have to reduce size of the file name to allow it to be saved.
It is good practice to save the image with a different name to that of the original file so that you will know which image is the re-sized web file, it will also prevent you from overwriting the original file!
e.g.
Original image: image-name.jpeg or image-name.tiff
Web image: image-name_web.jpeg
The preferred filename format for the gallery is BloggsJ_image-title.jpg (this makes life a bit easier for the website administrator!)
** PS Elements will have two windows after clicking 'Save for Web'. Beneath the window on the right you will see the final file size. To reduce this to 100K go to the 'Quality' setting (approx 3/4 up the screen on the right) and reduce the amount (using the slider) until the file is no more than 100K. Then click on 'OK' to save the image.
Again, it is good practice to save the image with a different name to that of the original file so that you will know which image is the re-sized web file.
Finally, when you close the original image, you will be asked whether you wish to save the image before closing......choose NO, otherwise your original image will be saved at 600 pixels...which is not much use for printing anymore!
Updated: 02/09/08 (Final 'save' warning added)
Please feedback any problems, comments or suggestions regarding the above procedure to Paul
