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.
1. Open a photo in the Editor and choose File > Save For Web.
2. 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 in the Preset menu.)
3. Click okay and save your image with a new name or in a separate folder.
4. When the screen closes you are taken back to the main screen. IMPORTANT! when you close your image you may be prompted to save changes don’t this action will apply the resizing options from the save for web screen.
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