Video available to show resizing photos for display in the forum

[barnack]

I need help in how to resize photos for display in the forum. Thanks for any assistance

[andybarton]

What software are you using?

[andybarton]

Here's a quick and dirty run through, using Photoshop CS3


Here's the image I want to upload.


Picture 8.jpg

It's too large for the forum software, so I need to reduce it in size

Picture 13.jpg

The box shows the current size of the image, in pixels

Picture 14.jpg

I want to change it to 800 max height (or 960 wide if it's landscape)

Picture 15.jpg

So, this shrinks down the image to the right size (note that Photoshop retains the zoom when the image is reduced in dimension - it will be larger than this when displayed)

Picture 16.jpg


Next we want to Save As and in the right location on your Hard Drive) Note also that the image has already been assigned the sRGB profile so that it displays properly on non colour managed browsers, such as Internet Explorer

Picture 17.jpg

I will save this one in my "2008 jpgs" folder, and give it an appropriate name

Picture 18.jpg

The next box shows the size in kb of the file, for a given jpg quality. Knock back the quality slider until the kb size is as close to, but not over, 240kb

Picture 19.jpg

Job done.

You can now upload the finished article to your post. Like this.

Heswall REd Boat.jpg

Hope this helps.

[andybarton]

I have created a video of this procedure.

www.andybarton.com/resize.mov

If this is helpful, I will also do one to show how to embed more than one image in a post.

[azzo]

This Mod goes through great lengths for this Forum.

Andy,

Thank you.

[Falstaff]

Originally Posted by azzo

This Mod goes through great lengths for this Forum.

Andy,

Thank you.

I agree.
Falstaff

[cocker]

I use Russell Browns services 1.9.4 with photoshop. A brilliantly useful piece of free software. The Russell Brown Show

[DTD]

Indeed the mod does – and I owe Cocker a drink for pointing me towards that script which has just saved me a lot of work. Ta.

[BrianP]

Originally Posted by andybarton

I have created a video of this procedure.

www.andybarton.com/resize.mov

If this is helpful, I will also do one to show how to embed more than one image in a post.

Hello Andy
very usefull info Andy. Thank you.
BrianP

[andybarton]

I am glad that this helped someone.

This video has been downloaded 75 times, and you are the first to say "Thank you"

[philipotto]

Andy,
Great work! A useful video, and elegantly presented.

I am partial to the Save for Web option in place of Save As. With save for web, I can enter in the desired file size, and hit the forum max of 241.1kb on the nose.
I only wish that when the save for web command is included in an action, that it saved the output size, i.e. 241.1kb; currently it saves the quality setting used to achieve that size of the photo that you were working with when you created the action. This means that subsequent photos run through the action are either greater or lesser than 241.1kb.

[RPS]

Originally Posted by andybarton

I have created a video of this procedure.

www.andybarton.com/resize.mov

This link no longer seems to work ... has the video been moved?

[andybarton]

Yes, I'm afraid that I was exceeding my webhosting space

I will redo the video and upload again, now that I have more space

[stunsworth]

Why not post it to YouTube?

[andybarton]

I don't want a YouTube account