Imaging Tips: Resizing for Web or Digitial Competition
TIPS:
1) With image open in Photoshop, at the top of your screen, go to “image”. Click to open the drop down box, slide down to “resize”. Slide over and click on ” image size”.
2) A box opens. At the bottom of the drop down box there are 3 check boxes, “scale styles, constrain proportions and resample image”. Make sure all 3 are checked. Then look where it says “resolution”. If that number is 300, change it to 72. Then look at the upper portion of the drop down box, under Pixel Dimensions, to see what the dimensions are. If your image is horizontal make sure the width is 1024 or lower. If you have a vertical image, make sure the number is 768 or lower. To change those numbers highlight the number with your mouse then type in the desired number.
3) If your image resolution is 72 when you open the size box, change the pixel dimensions to 1024 for a horizontal image or 768 for the vertical image.
4) Notice that the original inch size of the image does not change. If you see a change in the inch size…something was done wrong. Do not save when you close the image. Reopen and try again.
5) IMPORTANT: DO NOT ‘SAVE’!! Use SAVE AS to a different folder! If you just save, you will be over writing your original photo! Make a separate folder (QVPC for instance) and save all submissions in this folder!!!
