smugmug question

[Mum2J&M]

When you upload your photos to smugmug, do you resize them first? I haven't been and it takes about a year to load them. I also have it set so people can view the original size version if they choose. Should I be resizing them before upload and turning off that option to save space and time? Thanks for your help.

[RTMiller]

If you plan to offer your pictures for sale, it would be best to upload the original file. This will allow people to purchase larger sized prints. If you just upload them for display purposes, resizing them will speed up your process.

I personally turn off the ability for originals to be viewed.

[cdmonkey]

I upload the originals so that I can retrive them at a later date, but I dont allow viewing of the originals. its good to have a backup stored somewhere safe.
I let smugmug handle the resizing for display.

[Dchemist]

I usually resize to 1200x1800 pixels - 4x6" at 300 dpi. If someone wanted to purchase then its set. I also block viewing the original and, depending on the photo, viewing large size images.

[Curtis N]

I usually resize to 1200x1600 pixels - 4x6" at 300 dpi.Actually that would be 1200 x 1800.

And that's what I've been doing if I want a printable file. That resolution will work fine for 5x7 prints as well.

If you're just uploading them for web viewing and/or posting here, then go ahead and resize down to 600 or 800 pixels on the longest side.

Don't be afraid to compress the JPEGs, either. You can reduce file sizes dramatically this way.

Not only will this save a lot of upload time, but it allows you to sharpen the images after resizing, which can make them look a lot better.

[Mum2J&M]

Thanks for all the great info!

[In2Photos]

If I may I have a question related to SmugMug but not the topic itself.

Now that I shoot sports and have the possibility of selling prints, as well as needing the aditional storage, I have been considering switching to SmugMug from Pbase. Can SmuMug users tell me how they like the selling process for SmugMug? It seems very easy for the buyer. How much per print do you get? I have been trying to find out more info from SmugMug's site but have yet to come across it. I usually don't have this problem but a search is turning up nodda. :(

[Mum2J&M]

Hi-jacking my thread Mike? LOL. j/k

[In2Photos]

Hi-jacking my thread Mike? LOL. j/k
If you don't mind. :o :D

[Mum2J&M]

Nah - just pulling your chain. :p

[Dchemist]

Following the hijacker... if you do sign up at SmugMug they have a 50% off the first year promotion for those users from photosite.com which is closing in September. Enter the "photosite" in the coupon code box. Dennis

[Mum2J&M]

Damn... why didn't I know that when I joined?!

[Mum2J&M]

Can someone answer me this then - if I'm uploading photos off the 30D into Photoshop Elements 5.0, how can I make them automatically resize to 1200 x 1800? There's got to be a way to do it, right? I don't want to have to go into each one individually every single time.

[Mark_Cohran]

Can someone answer me this then - if I'm uploading photos off the 30D into Photoshop Elements 5.0, how can I make them automatically resize to 1200 x 1800? There's got to be a way to do it, right? I don't want to have to go into each one individually every single time.


You use an action to resize then to save the photos into a different folder with your desired jpg compression setting. You can then run the action on batches of photos.

Mark

[Curtis N]

I don't know how much automation is possible with Elements.
Canon's DPP will do batch resizing, as well as Adobe Lightroom.

[Mum2J&M]

When you say "DPP," are you referring to on the 30D body itself? I also have CS3 if there are more options there. Thanks.

[Curtis N]

DPP = Digital Photo Professional, the RAW conversion software that comes with Canon DSLRs. DPP will also process JPEG and TIFF files.

[Tandem]

I set my own prices and Smugmug takes a 15% commission off of the difference between my price and the cost of printing the photos. I couldn't do anywhere near the volume I do without Smugmug handling the business end for me.

[In2Photos]

I set my own prices and Smugmug takes a 15% commission off of the difference between my price and the cost of printing the photos. I couldn't do anywhere near the volume I do without Smugmug handling the business end for me.
Great, thanks for the info. I am OK with doing my own prints from Costco right now but when, not if ;) , my volume becomes much more I will probably not want to be running down to pick up all the orders and distribute.

[Mum2J&M]

DPP = Digital Photo Professional, the RAW conversion software that comes with Canon DSLRs. DPP will also process JPEG and TIFF files.

Oh. Thanks. :o

[Mark_Cohran]

I don't know how much automation is possible with Elements.
Canon's DPP will do batch resizing, as well as Adobe Lightroom.

Elements will do actions - you can even save the actions as droplets (on Mac) so that you can just drop a bunch of photos on the droplet icon and it will batch process them.

CS3 definitely has the capability.

Mark