Help posting Pictures

[WWS]

I just got PSE-4.0 and am going through a learning curve. I have not posted any of my pictures yet and I have seen the forums limitation on picture sizes. My question is what is the best way to resize the photo to an acceptable posting size using PSE-4.0?

[PacAce]

I don't have PSE 4 but hopefully it works just like PSE 2 as far as resizing is concerned. Click on the Image dropdown menu and select Resize > Image Size.... In the Image Size window specify the appropriate Width and Height in the Pixel Dimensions panel. Make sure that Constrain Proportions and Resample Image at the bottom of the window are checked.

[WWS]

Thanks Ill give it a shot.

[Radtech1]

If you want to kill 3 or 4 birds with one stone you should ALWAYS use Elements' "Save For Web" feature when posting pictures. DO NOT use "Save As..."

"Save For Web" gives you the the most delicate control over the final file size, in increments of percent. In other words, you can select any one of 100 levels of compression to get maximum quality and get in just under the 100k limit.

"Save For Web" also strips out all of the extraneous EXIF data that does nothing but take up valuable file space.

It will also has a box to allow you to resize the dimensions (H&W) of your shot. This will allow you to select a % of the original height and width, or a specific number of pixels. Personally, I find that 25% of the original H&W works best for me, because the the program removes exactly 3 out of every 4 pixels, without re-interpolation.

Finally, it will save the resultant image to a different folder (My Documents, in my case) so you don't have to worry about accidentally overwriting the full sized shot with a minified one.

Keep in mind that this is NOT for archiving or printing.

Go to the "Help" in Elements and look up Save For Web to learn more about how to use it.

Rad