website photo query
Paul Burdett
I've put together a website for my wife which displays photos of her craft
items. I take the photos and edit in Photoshop CS3. The photos are 72dpi
when opened in Photoshop. I'm not sure if this is right, but I've been
cropping each photo as needed and saving as 300dpi, and then resampling down
to the max allowed by the website host...which is 450dpi on the longest
side. This results in thumbnails on the website which can be clicked on to
get a larger version. I'm thinking that I don't need to resample to 300dpi?
Is this correct? The file size of each thumbnail is around 40kb or so. Any
advice appreciated.
Cheers,
Paul
The website is www.littleextras.net
Paul Burdett
dpi.
"Paul Burdett" <pbur...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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david johnson
camera. depending on the res will depends on how many pixesl you have.
Take your photo. throw it into ps as is, then scale it down so you can
see it all, to allow for you to crop it to lose any stuff you dont
need, or indeed to allow yo to take out background etc.
then make a second 450 x 450 image and inport your newly edited photo
into it, making it fit, then use save to web option
James McNangle
>On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:12:52 +1000, "Paul Burdett"
><pbur...@optusnet.com.au> scribbled:
>
>>The photos are 72dpi when opened in Photoshop
>
>And they're the same on your monitor, my monitor and everyone else's.
Sorry, but rubbish! If you really want to know what the dpi of your monitor is
-- and I very much doubt if you do -- measure the screen dimensions, then divide
the total numbers of pixels by the dimensions. For my two screens the results
are 88dpi for one, and 96dpi for the other, in the horizontal direction. The
values are probably different in the vertical direction.
I don't know why Photoshop has its fixation with dpi, but the only time this
term has any meaning whatsoever is when you print a photo. Even then I generally
specify the dimensions of the printed image, and ignore the dpi altogether.
For anything to do with web pages the only significant quantities are the
dimensions of the image, in pixels (as Paul realised after he posted his
original message).
And, in answer to Paul's intended original question, the correct procedure is to
crop and/or optimise the image as required, save a copy in the original size (in
case you want to print it, or use it for some other purpose later), then
resample to the permitted size, and save, using the 'save for web' option. It is
not necessary to specify dpi at any stage in this process.
James McNangle
Paul Burdett
Paul
"Sir F. A. Rien" <jaS...@gbr.online.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul Burdett" <pbur...@optusnet.com.au> found these unused words:
> For the web, the 'dpi' is unimportant !
>
> Crop, adjust, and SAVE AS [master].
> {Don't save over the original!]
>
> Resize to the thumbnail and SAVE AS [thumb].
>
> For me, I use a name with "_w" added for the full size WEB image and a
> "_t"
> for the thumbnail.
>
> This way they are 'stored' together and I can find them for uploading or
> later work.
>
> Example:
> cali-01_w.jpg 600x400 display page
> cali-01_t.jpg 188x125 thumbnail in the opening page.
>
CB
> Thank you to all for your feedback...much appreciated.
>
> Paul
I was once told by a dude who worked with AOL and pioneered the 'gif' format
that monitors can't read beyond 75 dpi so take raw image hit ctrl > i >i,
change the dpi. Notice the dimensions change. Change the values to what you
want as long as they're not bigger than from where you started and
'constrain proportions' is checked, obviously.
Paul Burdett
Paul
"CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
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CB
> That was 'true' eons ago when monitor technology was in its infancy.
The eye cannot recognize anything past 75dpi. Creating a high res image may
be good for print but to look at on a monitor is over kill
>
> Current monitors can easily go to 1600 x 1200, that being [on a 19" -
> displayable at 18"] some 110 dpi.
>
> As far as bothering to change the dpi setting, why?
>
> Monitors read PIXELS not dpi !!!
>
> I can set an image to 1 dpi and to 10,000 dpi image, put them up side by
> side on the web and they will be exactly the same - unless I've resampled!
>
>
> "CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> found these unused words:
John Stafford
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wrote:
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> "Sir F. A. Rien" <jaS...@gbr.online.com> wrote in message
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>> That was 'true' eons ago when monitor technology was in its infancy.
>
> The eye cannot recognize anything past 75dpi.
Yes it can.
CB
> John Stafford <jsta...@winona.edu> found these unused words:
>
> "CB" the 'ex-spurt' has been proliferting those old tales and his/her/its
> mind's made up - facts don't matter to him/her/it.
You're getting sleeepy...sleeeeeeeeeeeepppppppppyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...
CB
> "CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> found these unused words:
>
>>
Being "hip" is to project impressions of coolness I do not to that, I
reflect the image of cool, as one with being cool.
Can yuh dig it?