Question about re sizing images

BayAreaHydro · 7th of May 2012 (Mon)

I tried to post some jpeg images of youth basketball I took. I tried to resize them to 150kb which is the max file size allowed for jpeg. Long story short they look like a blurry mess. I have seen nothing but awesome images and quality on here. What am I doing wrong?

GeoffSobering · 7th of May 2012 (Mon)

What were the dimensions (i.e. pixels horizontal and vertical) of the photo?
150kb will usually give good-looking images at about 900x600 or smaller.

Cheers,

Geoff S.

BayAreaHydro · 7th of May 2012 (Mon)

The original dimensions were 5184 x 3456. I had to bring it down to 225x 225 and dropped the resolution to 72. But they are not looking good at all. Resizing done in photoshop.

Jon · 7th of May 2012 (Mon)

The Forum FAQ has a sticky (linked in my sig.) on Image Posting FAQ, like yours.

Two things you should be doing rather than playing with resolution (which doesn't affect anything unless you're using a fancy printer or printing service) are stripping the EXIF data (Save for Web) and using more compression on the JPEGs.

BayAreaHydro · 9th of May 2012 (Wed)

Thanks Jon.

tupper · 9th of May 2012 (Wed)

You can always host better quality photos on various photo sharing websites and then just embed the URL.
Flickr.com is a good starting point

HughR · 9th of May 2012 (Wed)

As Jon says, just use "Save for web and devices" in photoshop, choose a larger dimension of about 1,000, and a quality level of "high" not "maximum". Also, for reductions, bicubic sharper generally yields the best results.

gonzogolf · 9th of May 2012 (Wed)

Quote:

Originally Posted by tupper

You can always host better quality photos on various photo sharing websites and then just embed the URL.
Flickr.com is a good starting point

This!! Use flickr so you only have to worry about the pixel dimension and not the file size. Best of all, its free.

BayAreaHydro · 9th of May 2012 (Wed)

Thanks guys. I have been doing it the wrong way this whole time. Not anymore.

magoosmc · 10th of May 2012 (Thu)

I follow the suggested steps in resizing an image for posting in the forum and when the images appear in the post the quality is quite bad compared to the original. I see so many images in the forum that are razor sharp - what am i doing wrong? I start with a photo in photoshop and using the crop tool I crop to 8 x 10 @300 ppi. Image size at this point may be close to 20mb. Then "Save for web" and change the size to 1024 or less, bicubic sharpener is checked. Next I go to the "quality" slider and move it until the image size drops below 150k. It seems that by the time I get to the "150k or less" size the quality is so low that the posted image appears to be out of focus and/or blurry. Any suggestions?

gonzogolf · 10th of May 2012 (Thu)

Quote:

Originally Posted by magoosmc

I follow the suggested steps in resizing an image for posting in the forum and when the images appear in the post the quality is quite bad compared to the original. I see so many images in the forum that are razor sharp - what am i doing wrong? I start with a photo in photoshop and using the crop tool I crop to 8 x 10 @300 ppi. Image size at this point may be close to 20mb. Then "Save for web" and change the size to 1024 or less, bicubic sharpener is checked. Next I go to the "quality" slider and move it until the image size drops below 150k. It seems that by the time I get to the "150k or less" size the quality is so low that the posted image appears to be out of focus and/or blurry. Any suggestions?

Yes. Dont attach your images. Host them at a site like flickr, as suggested earlier in this thread. By doing that you can keep your quality up, while only resizing for pixel limits.

Scatterbrained · 10th of May 2012 (Thu)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonzogolf

Yes. Dont attach your images. Host them at a site like flickr, as suggested earlier in this thread. By doing that you can keep your quality up, while only resizing for pixel limits.

Not to mention saving yourself the extra work of resizing just to attach to the forum. I just upload the full size to flickr via Lightroom and then grab a link for the image size I need.

7th of May 2012 (Mon)	#1
BayAreaHydro Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: City of crosses Posts: 73	Question about re sizing images I tried to post some jpeg images of youth basketball I took. I tried to resize them to 150kb which is the max file size allowed for jpeg. Long story short they look like a blurry mess. I have seen nothing but awesome images and quality on here. What am I doing wrong? __________________ I take pictures, I lift heavy things put them down and repeat.

7th of May 2012 (Mon)	#2
GeoffSobering Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 501 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Question about re sizing images What were the dimensions (i.e. pixels horizontal and vertical) of the photo? 150kb will usually give good-looking images at about 900x600 or smaller. Cheers, Geoff S. __________________ http://moving-target-photos.com/

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BayAreaHydro Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: City of crosses Posts: 73	Re: Question about re sizing images The original dimensions were 5184 x 3456. I had to bring it down to 225x 225 and dropped the resolution to 72. But they are not looking good at all. Resizing done in photoshop. __________________ I take pictures, I lift heavy things put them down and repeat.

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Jon Moderator Cocker Spaniel Mod Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kensington, MD USA Posts: 65,111	Re: Question about re sizing images The Forum FAQ has a sticky (linked in my sig.) on Image Posting FAQ, like yours. Two things you should be doing rather than playing with resolution (which doesn't affect anything unless you're using a fancy printer or printing service) are stripping the EXIF data (Save for Web) and using more compression on the JPEGs. __________________ Jon ---------- EOS, Powershot and Domke - it doesn't get any better than this! T90 and stuff \| F-1n, New F-1, FTb and more stuff out on loan Cocker Spaniels Maryland and Virginia activities *DC Cherry Blossoms* Image Posting Rules and Image Posting FAQ Report SPAM, Don't Answer It! (link) PERSONAL MESSAGING REGARDING SELLING OR BUYING ITEMS WITH MEMBERS WHO HAVE NO POSTS IN FORUMS AND/OR WHO YOU DO NOT KNOW FROM FORUMS IS HEREBY DECLARED STRICTLY STUPID AND YOU WILL GET BURNED.

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BayAreaHydro Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: City of crosses Posts: 73	Re: Question about re sizing images Thanks Jon. __________________ I take pictures, I lift heavy things put them down and repeat.

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HughR Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 996	Re: Question about re sizing images As Jon says, just use "Save for web and devices" in photoshop, choose a larger dimension of about 1,000, and a quality level of "high" not "maximum". Also, for reductions, bicubic sharper generally yields the best results. __________________ Hugh Canon 60D, Original Digital Rebel (2003) EFS 15-85mm IS USM, EF 70-300mm IS USM, Tokina 11-16mm Speedlite 430EX, Speedlite 430EX II, Qbox 16 pro, Lastolite EZbox 24x24, Lumiquest Softbox III

10th of May 2012 (Thu)	#10
magoosmc Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Keuka Lake NY Posts: 426 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Question about re sizing images I follow the suggested steps in resizing an image for posting in the forum and when the images appear in the post the quality is quite bad compared to the original. I see so many images in the forum that are razor sharp - what am i doing wrong? I start with a photo in photoshop and using the crop tool I crop to 8 x 10 @300 ppi. Image size at this point may be close to 20mb. Then "Save for web" and change the size to 1024 or less, bicubic sharpener is checked. Next I go to the "quality" slider and move it until the image size drops below 150k. It seems that by the time I get to the "150k or less" size the quality is so low that the posted image appears to be out of focus and/or blurry. Any suggestions?

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