Image size for the website

[Gue Jam Fowsid]

Hi,

I just recently aquired a new digital camera and was just wondering about the requirements for the site.

The dimension/pixels for the few shots I have taken so far are 3872 x 2592. This is the large setting on my camera. There also seems to be the medium and small which are 2896 x 1944 and 1936 x 1296 respectively.

These are still too large for the site as I believe the max is 1280 x 1024, or less than 500kb.

The quality of the image can be changed such as JPEG basic, normal or fine. Also the RAW setting. Maybe these will reduce the size.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by Gue Jam Fowsid

Hi,

I just recently aquired a new digital camera and was just wondering about the requirements for the site.

The dimension/pixels for the few shots I have taken so far are 3872 x 2592. This is the large setting on my camera. There also seems to be the medium and small which are 2896 x 1944 and 1936 x 1296 respectively.

These are still too large for the site as I believe the max is 1280 x 1024, or less than 500kb.

The quality of the image can be changed such as JPEG basic, normal or fine. Also the RAW setting. Maybe these will reduce the size.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

I take my images.
Put them in Picasa
Select the image
Go to export
Resize to 1024 pixels - image quality Normal

Hey presto - just right for the site

[Gue Jam Fowsid]

Thanks for replying Boddie. Whats Picasa? The whole managing your pics on a pc is new to me after using film for quite awhile.

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Gue Jam Fowsid

Hi,

I just recently aquired a new digital camera and was just wondering about the requirements for the site.

The dimension/pixels for the few shots I have taken so far are 3872 x 2592. This is the large setting on my camera. There also seems to be the medium and small which are 2896 x 1944 and 1936 x 1296 respectively.

These are still too large for the site as I believe the max is 1280 x 1024, or less than 500kb.

The quality of the image can be changed such as JPEG basic, normal or fine. Also the RAW setting. Maybe these will reduce the size.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

i'd be inclined to set it to jpeg fine which is the large best quality setting , then resize it for the site using gimp , pse or picasa or similar. If you take nbig shots in camera then resize you have them big if you need them , take small shots in camera and if you need them big you will be stuffled

[Gue Jam Fowsid]

Originally Posted by eeyore

i'd be inclined to set it to jpeg fine which is the large best quality setting , then resize it for the site using gimp , pse or picasa or similar. If you take nbig shots in camera then resize you have them big if you need them , take small shots in camera and if you need them big you will be stuffled

So is JPEG fine bigger than JPEG basic (as well as being higher a quality image)??

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Gue Jam Fowsid

So is JPEG fine bigger than JPEG basic (as well as being higher a quality image)??

The finer the image, the larger the file size. RAW is the largest of all, followed by TIFF. Jpeg is far smaller.
What software are you using to edit you pictures?

[Boddie]

Yep take them in the largest possible format then use Picasa to resize

Picasa is a free program which catalogues your images and you can make edits to them - cropping, contrast, sharpening etc as well as resizing

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by glsammy

The finer the image, the larger the file size. RAW is the largest of all, followed by TIFF. Jpeg is far smaller.
What software are you using to edit you pictures?

technically the tiff is bigger but forget that as it will take ages to buffer , also gjf may not have a raw capable camera - like i said set the biggest jpeg

[Gue Jam Fowsid]

Originally Posted by glsammy

The finer the image, the larger the file size. RAW is the largest of all, followed by TIFF. Jpeg is far smaller.
What software are you using to edit you pictures?

Well I have photoshop CS2, but haven't used it much yet. I also have Nikon's Picture Project software which I have used to manage the few shots so far. Nothing too deep at the moment.

[Gue Jam Fowsid]

Originally Posted by eeyore

technically the tiff is bigger but forget that as it will take ages to buffer , also gjf may not have a raw capable camera - like i said set the biggest jpeg

So as well as setting it to JPEG fine for image quality, should I also select large for the image size?

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by Gue Jam Fowsid

So as well as setting it to JPEG fine for image quality, should I also select large for the image size?

Yes, this is correct

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by eeyore

technically the tiff is bigger but forget that as it will take ages to buffer , also gjf may not have a raw capable camera - like i said set the biggest jpeg

Of course it is, I don't know what I was thinking about! Tiff with my images is 3 times larger than RAW..I know that, so why I put it was smaller is beyond me!

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by glsammy

Of course it is, I don't know what I was thinking about! Tiff with my images is 3 times larger than RAW..I know that, so why I put it was smaller is beyond me!

Drink?

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Gue Jam Fowsid

So as well as setting it to JPEG fine for image quality, should I also select large for the image size?

What you should do is take the image at the highest possible quality and size, then open it in CS2, make any adjustments and then re-size the image. Simply go to Image, Image size. there you can put the largest pixel size at say 880, (the optimum size for WAB) the other size will take care of its self.
Then click on save as, and select jpeg. a window will open offering you the chance to set the quality. Select around 8, and then click OK.
Your image will now be perfect for WAB.
Doing it this way, you've still got your original image untouched, with a seperate copy ready for the internet.

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Boddie

Drink?

No chance. Drugs though is very likely! This isn't as bad as it sounds, it's my prescribed drugs, they make me light headed and relaxed. The only problem is they relax my mind as well!

[Gue Jam Fowsid]

Thanks for all your kind help guys. I haven't heard of TIFF, and don't think my camera supports that. Is this quality only available on top dog cameras?

[Boddie]

What model do you have?

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Gue Jam Fowsid

Thanks for all your kind help guys. I haven't heard of TIFF, and don't think my camera supports that. Is this quality only available on top dog cameras?

Don't worry about TIFFs I wish I'd never mentioned them. TIFFs are a perfect copy of the image, with no compression applied, hence the file size is so large. For Internet use TIFFs would be hopelessly large. jpegs are just fine.

[Gue Jam Fowsid]

Originally Posted by Boddie

What model do you have?

A Nikon D80. My preciousssss.

[DaiTheDragon]

I have noticed that some people new to digital photography are unsure how to resize,save or crop their images for WAB so I have put a tutorial together on my workflow if I was shooting in JPEG. The tutorial is only for Photoshop CS2 but if anyone wanted the same tutorial using a different image editor let me know. Any questions contact me.

http://www.dawney.co.uk/misc/workflow01.html

Dai

[Gue Jam Fowsid]

Thanks Dai. Most appreciated.