Resizing Images for Competition

How to Resize Images for Web and Email (Elements, Photoshop at the top, Lightroom at the bottom.)

Change the dimensions to 1920px wide by 1080 px tall; file size is not restricted.

1.   If you have just finished editing your image, save it as an uncompressed file (TIFF, DNG, etc.) in case you want to edit it further or print it in the future.

     Never open and make adjustments to the small file you are creating. If you want to make changes, open the edited, uncompressed file you saved, make the changes, and resize again.

2.  In Adobe software, look under the “file” menu tab for "save for web and devices". You might find it somewhere else in other software, but it is so easy to use you should look for it.

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3.  A window pops up. Look for where it says "Image Size", showing the original size.

This is where you will enter the pixel dimensions you want to downsize to.

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4.  For “new size”, type in the desired pixel dimension* and click "apply". 

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6.  Click “save” at lower right in PS Elements, upper right in PS CS and locate the folder

where you want to save it and click OK. At this time you enter the file name with

your name, GPC, then the title. Add a _T at the end if it is for Traditional, _AR for Altered Reality challenge, _M for Monochrome and _C if it is for challenge.

Resize in Lightroom:

• From Library module, select image(s) to resize.

• Click export button in lower left corner. You will now be in the export dialog box. Work down the box.

• First, choose export location and find the folder you want to save it in.

• File naming is next and where you enter your name, GPC and the title of the photo. You can set up some pre-sets for naming that makes this task easier. (Instructions below for saving pre-sets.

• Image sizing: Check resize to fit. Choose width & height from drop down menu. Enter the 1920 pixels in the box for width. If the vertical dimension is more than 1080 pixels, type that number in the box.

• File settings: Choose jpg. Color space sRGB.

• Output sharpening: check sharpen for screen and leave amount at standard unless the results indicate otherwise or don't check if you applied output sharpening previously in another program.

• Click the "add" button on the lower left of the box to save the settings you just entered and give them a name and they will appear in the column to the left under "user pre-sets". Now you can click on that name and all your settings will appear on the right each time you need them. This is very handy as there are many forms of exports you will want to use.

Create custom preset for file renaming:

• Check "rename to:" in file renaming area. click up/down arrow on right. Select edit. 

• You're now in filename template editor box. The window will show the new name template as you create it. "Sequence" may have autofilled in this window at the top of the box. If not, Select "sequence" from below and a format from drop down menu on right.

• Click "insert" button. Click to place curser immediately after "sequence(01)" in the top window and type your name followed by an underscore, your club initials and another underscore. Then drop to the metadata area and select title and click the insert button. "title" in blue should appear after the last underscore

• Click up/down arrows to right of "Preset" at top of box and choose "save current settings as preset" and give it a name. You now have a preset that will appear in the drop down menu accessed by clicking the up/down arrow to right of the "rename to:" box. This will automatically rename your image(s) for a club or 4Cs EID submission.

• One last thing. Go to the meta data area (library mode, right side) in Lightroom and add a title in the "title" window for each image you are exporting or you won't have one included in your filename.