What size to save Jpeg's after processing

[Edward77]

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What would be the recommended size to save most of my pictures. If I want to have them to show on my iPad, Print for framing etc etc?

 

Thanks for your help in advance.

 

So far I have just been saving them to upload to the forum.

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[k-hawinkler]

What do you start out with and keep?

 

RAW?

JPG?

[nggalai]

As sort-of a side note:

 

If you use iTunes or iCloud Photostream to get your images on the iPad, iTunes/iCloud will resize them automatically for iPad usage when syncing. i.e. you can leave the iPad out of your considerations.

 

Beside this, it depends a lot on what you use to begin with and what your workflow looks like. More information would be helpful.

 

Cheers,

-Sascha

[k-hawinkler]

Additionally, if you occasionally email a jpg than 6.5MB seems to be the upper limit that one can display on iOS 5, IIRC.

[jaapv]

That is a rather loosely formulated question to answer. For web use, emailing etc. small sizes are fine and Photoshop , both full and elements offer the Option “save for the Web and Devices to help you. I am sure other editing software does as well. Forget about resolution, it is irrelevant and go solely by pixel numbers. Something around 1000 pixels wide is about the practical maximum and a medium JPG quality plenty good enough. Your file will be well under 1 Mb.

 

For this forum the maximum size is 960 pixels.

 

Do not forget to convert to sRGB, that is essential.

 

As for printing, that is a more complicated story. See the thread at the top of the forum.

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/digital-post-processing-forum/115989-digital-printing-pixels-resolution-resampling.html

[tobey bilek]

You may think of it this way. Raw is the negative which you can adjust as necessary.

 

PSD is what you do in photoshop that you cannot do in ACR ( less and less as things improve). The file is still full size and considered a master.

 

JPG is the final iteration and is made from the PSD. A different JPG is made for each required finished size, each is made directly from the master PSD. And each is sharpened for output depending on final use. Output sharpening is done at final size.

 

My filing structure is set to separate the different stages. There is an event folder starting with date, sub folder for raw images from that event., a different subfolder for psd, and a final with jpegs. Make a master folder, then DUPLICATE it for each event before loading images into it. Retitle it. That way you need not keep recreating the file structure . process your raw into psd, then save in psd sub folder. Resize psd into jpeg and save in finished folder.

 

As you file your JPEGS, tile them so you are able to identify size ,

ie img 123 100-4x6.jpg. This means image 123 100 ppi 4x6 size.

 

Always make a jpeg directly from the PSD or tiff . Once you make a JPEG, it is a finished product, done complete. Never resize JPEGs or resharpen or you risk gettings artifacts.