Sizing for forum?

[philghost]

OK! I know that you have to decrease to 72mp and 193-97k, but if I have a picture that is originally 600mp, I am finding it extremely difficult when I reduce to 72mp and then reduce size to 197k, because I end up with a picture about the size of a postage stamp on the forum.

I understand how to reduce, but am confused how some people on here manage to show wonderful photos at a much larger size and still retain the quality?

Am I just stupid or missing something here?

I would appreciate any help on this.

I use Elements 2.

[StagePhotography.co.uk]

I think you are confusing MP (mega pixel)
with DPI... (Dots per inch)...

Not sure if that helps..

[tonymidd]

In Image size set the ppi to 72ppi
In the document size box set the long side to 650 pixels
Then save as a jpeg and select a quality , usually about 5 or 6 that will give you the file size that you want.

[esso]

Always double click the loop (magnifying glass) in photoshop when having made alterations. It shows the image at 100%. Since monitors display at 72ppi, that means you will see it at exactly the size it will appear in the forum.
Also only ever make changes to sharpening at 100% even when outputting at high resolution.

[BarryM]

My method for resizing for web.

take my image once converted in raw, then open in ps as the tiff, take a 700x500 crop of it, do the work i need to, then do a save as, save as jpeg (copy), then when box opens for quality i put it to around a 9 or a 10. Thats it.

[philghost]

Whoops! Now I understand.

Thanks Everyone.

I was confusing the two as you said George.

(creeps back off forum to practise)

[Stemmy]

If you follow these rules you should be able to get your images to around 80k ish - No need for anything bigger - its just wasting my storage space.

72 DPI
700 pixels on the longest side of your image
Save as 6 of 7 quality jpeg.

Bingo !!