October 2, 2009
The first thing you have to do in preparation to add content to your site is to optimize your images. Optimizing is a term used to indicate a change to a photo or a graphic, to reduce it in both visual size and file size, for use in other programs. For use in an Artbiz website I ask clients to resize to no larger than 800px in any one direction and no larger than 100 to 120 kbs.
Photoshop or Photoshop Elements
- Choose “File” > “Save for Web & Devices” (Photoshop)
- Choose “File”>”Save for Web” (Photoshop Elements)
- Use the Save For Web dialog box to preview the effects of different optimization options on a photo you want to share on the web. The process is simple: Open a photo in the Editor and choose File > Save For Web. Then choose a format from the file format menu (GIF, JPEG, PNG-8, or PNG-24) and set options as desired. (The file format menu is directly the Preset menu.) This saves a copy of your file, without overwriting the image.
Resize your images online
This is an online tool provided by shrink pictures
- Browse your computer and select your image/photo to resize
- Select the new size for your picture – use a preset or choose a custom size
- Optionally, add an effect to your image
- Select output image/picture quality Lower quality means a smaller file
- Click “Resize” and wait for the processed images to be displayed
Once complete you will be prompted to download the file. I recommend that you do a “save as” and rename the file with a name that is more relevant that the name provided by the online tool.
Again here is the link: shrink pictures