HOW TO RESIZE YOUR IMAGES FOR COMPETITION 1400 X 1050 Jpeg @ 350kbs
OPEN THE CHOSEN IMAGE IN YOUR PHOTO IMAGING PROGRAMME eg CS - ELEMENTS etc AND CLICK ON IMAGE - RESIZE - IMAGE SIZE - IN THE DIALOGUE BOX THAT APPEARS TICK THE CONSTRAIN PROPORTIONS AND THE RE SAMPLE IMAGE BOX AND CHOOSE BICUBIC AS WELL ...
AT THE TOP ARE THE SIZE BOX'S... FROM THE DROP DOWN MENUE CHOOSE PIXELS AND IN THE HEIGHT BOX ENTER 1050 THE WIDTH BOX WILL HAVE CHANGED AS WELL AND MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 1400 IF IT IS CHANGE IT TO 1400 AND THE HEIGHT WILL CHANGE AUTOMATICLY AND BE LESS THAN 1050 WHICH IS FINE AND CLICK OK
NOW CLICK ON FILE - SAVE AS - AND YOUR OPTIONS APPEAR.... TICK SAVE AS A COPY AND IN THE FORMAT MENUE CHOOSE Jpeg - NOW CLICK ON SAVE AND YOUR Jpeg OPTIONS APPEAR...
AT THE BOTTOM YOU WILL SEE THE FILE SIZE DETAILS... WATCH THIS AS YOU USE THE QUALITY SLIDER ABOVE IT AS IT WILL CHANGE AS YOU MOVE IT TO MAXIMISE THE IMAGE QUALITY.... THE IMAGE SIZE SHOULD NOT BE MORE THAN 350Kbs
CLICK OK WHEN YOU ARE SURE YOUR IMAGE IS THE RIGHT SIZE.... NOW CLICK ON IMAGE - RE SIZE - IMAGE SIZE - TO SEE THAT YOUR IMAGE IS NO MORE THAN 1400PX WIDE OR 1050PX HIGH ....
IF YOUR IMAGE IS LESS YOU MAY WANT TO PUT IT ON A BLACK BACKGROUND TO ENSURE IT IS PROJECTED CORRECTLY... IF YOU DO and I would recommend this THEN MAKE SURE YOUR BACKGROUND COLOUR IS SET TO BLACK IN YOUR TOOL BOX MENUE AND THEN...
GO TO IMAGE - RESIZE - CANVAS SIZE - IN THE HEIGHT BOX ENTER 1050 AND IN THE WIDTH BOX 1400 MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TICKED PIXELS FROM THE DROP DOWN MENUE AND IN THE ANCHOR BOX CLICK ON THE CENTRE BOX AND THEN CLICK OK.... YOU SHOULD NOW HAVE A BLACK BACKGROUND TO YOUR IMAGE - THE ENTIRE IMAGE SHOULD NOW BE 1400 X 1050 NOW GO TO SAVE - SAVE AS - AND SAVE THE IMAGE AS BEFORE.....
THIS SHOULD NOW BE A SUITABLY RE SIZED IMAGE FOR OUR COMPETITIONS... IT CAN NOW BE PUT ONTO A DISC AS REQUIRED............
AT THE TOP ARE THE SIZE BOX'S... FROM THE DROP DOWN MENUE CHOOSE PIXELS AND IN THE HEIGHT BOX ENTER 1050 THE WIDTH BOX WILL HAVE CHANGED AS WELL AND MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 1400 IF IT IS CHANGE IT TO 1400 AND THE HEIGHT WILL CHANGE AUTOMATICLY AND BE LESS THAN 1050 WHICH IS FINE AND CLICK OK
NOW CLICK ON FILE - SAVE AS - AND YOUR OPTIONS APPEAR.... TICK SAVE AS A COPY AND IN THE FORMAT MENUE CHOOSE Jpeg - NOW CLICK ON SAVE AND YOUR Jpeg OPTIONS APPEAR...
AT THE BOTTOM YOU WILL SEE THE FILE SIZE DETAILS... WATCH THIS AS YOU USE THE QUALITY SLIDER ABOVE IT AS IT WILL CHANGE AS YOU MOVE IT TO MAXIMISE THE IMAGE QUALITY.... THE IMAGE SIZE SHOULD NOT BE MORE THAN 350Kbs
CLICK OK WHEN YOU ARE SURE YOUR IMAGE IS THE RIGHT SIZE.... NOW CLICK ON IMAGE - RE SIZE - IMAGE SIZE - TO SEE THAT YOUR IMAGE IS NO MORE THAN 1400PX WIDE OR 1050PX HIGH ....
IF YOUR IMAGE IS LESS YOU MAY WANT TO PUT IT ON A BLACK BACKGROUND TO ENSURE IT IS PROJECTED CORRECTLY... IF YOU DO and I would recommend this THEN MAKE SURE YOUR BACKGROUND COLOUR IS SET TO BLACK IN YOUR TOOL BOX MENUE AND THEN...
GO TO IMAGE - RESIZE - CANVAS SIZE - IN THE HEIGHT BOX ENTER 1050 AND IN THE WIDTH BOX 1400 MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TICKED PIXELS FROM THE DROP DOWN MENUE AND IN THE ANCHOR BOX CLICK ON THE CENTRE BOX AND THEN CLICK OK.... YOU SHOULD NOW HAVE A BLACK BACKGROUND TO YOUR IMAGE - THE ENTIRE IMAGE SHOULD NOW BE 1400 X 1050 NOW GO TO SAVE - SAVE AS - AND SAVE THE IMAGE AS BEFORE.....
THIS SHOULD NOW BE A SUITABLY RE SIZED IMAGE FOR OUR COMPETITIONS... IT CAN NOW BE PUT ONTO A DISC AS REQUIRED............