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      CommentAuthorjason (Admin)
    • CommentTimeSep 12th 2009 edited
     
    You just bought a fancy 10mp dSLR camera and are ready to start sharing your images on the web but the first time you upload to Aminus3 you get an error about the size being too large. What the heck ?!

    As we do not currently store full sized images on Aminus3, and because it takes computing resources to resize and process images, we have put a size restriction on image uploads. The details of the size restrictions can be found in the support FAQ in the article What is the File Size Limit for Uploading.

    So the question for many new photographers is, How do I resize my images? There are many different types of programs and websites you can use to resize your images. Some require you to open each image one by one, and some allow you to select a batch of images and resize them all at once.

    For a listing of some of these programs, please look at the FAQ article How do I Resize My Images.

    Another question might be, why should I shrink all my big beautiful images just to post them on your website?
    And the answer is, you don't have to! Instead you will create a resized copy of the image which you can upload.

    In general, one recommended way to organize your photos is as follow
    1) Import all your photos from your camera and store them in a safe place on your hard drive - perhaps in a folder called Original Images
    2) For various output (email, web, slide shows, printing, etc), create a separate folder on your hard drive called Image Export

    When you resize an image for Aminus3 or a website, you can create a copy of the original image and store that in a separate folder on your hard drive. For example, I have a folder called Aminus3 where I store all the images that I upload. This way you always have a full sized original which you can use to create copies for smaller sized output like websites, email, printing etc

    Once you start post processing your images, you may want to store a full sized version of the processed image so that you can print it but also create a smaller sized copy to upload to the web.

    It may sound complicated at first but is a good way to stay organized. Some software is setup to do the organizing for you. For example, Adobe Lightroom allows you to keep your original Image Library in a folder on your hard drive and then allows you to create Export Presets for various output such as Aminus3, email, slide show etc. When you export your photo, it can automatically go to a special folder designated for a particular output medium.

    Hopefully that provides some insight into how to better organize and manage your digital images. Do you have a favorite program that is not listed or a workflow technique you'd like to share? Please reply to this thread and let us know !
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    I really recommend IrfanView as a free Windows picture viewer and with plugins also editing software. Adobe plugins (.8bf) are compatible.
    It´s small and fast. You can resize the images and save them for web in excellent quality.
    The clever "Thumbnail" application is a very comfortable picture organizer - much faster than Adobe Bridge ;)

    [url=http://www.irfanview.com/]http://www.irfanview.com/[url]
    • CommentAuthordenissm
    • CommentTimeSep 15th 2009
     
    Resizing should be last step you do. As JAson adviced, keep original files separated and if you do some workflow with your images,
    i would advice to use trnasfer pictures to separate folder and tiff file format, because with every saving of your jpg, you are losing some quality.

    If you resize your picture from 10Mpx camera for website, i would advice to check sharpness and after resizing i would advice to apply some sharpening . For me it`s good idea to change profile of picture to sRGB if you don`t use it for your workflow.
    And if you ask my workflow in PS :


    i change profile to sRGB,
    fit picture to desired size (800x800 for example) ... fit will calculate shorter size automaticly keeping original ratio
    Sharpening with 100/0.5/0 settings
    saving with quality about 5-8

    With action it`s just one click to do it or you can do it like batch job.

    If sharpening is too much for me, i go step back in history and using History brush to sharpen only desired parts.


    Denis
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      CommentAuthorjason (Admin)
    • CommentTimeSep 16th 2009
     
    Daniela - thanks for reminding me of IrfanView - I added it to the FAQ

    Denis - great tips on your workflow - thanks for sharing

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