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Image Resizing
Pixlr |
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Pixlr
(a flash based, web application –
click here to
use)
If you have a reasonably
fast internet connection (and have Adobe’s Flash installed, which most of
you do), this free web application will remind you a lot of Photoshop. It
does layers (except for adjustment layers), layer masks, has history and a
lot of similar features (plus the layout is reminiscent of) Photoshop.
Once you have done your editing
and making sure you have saved (making sure you give/gave the file a new name so
you do not over-right the original file), it’s time to resize. On the menu bar,
go to “Image”> “Image Size…” and when the dialog pop-up window appears, type in
“768” in either the width or height box (depending on which is the long
dimension). Make sure “Constrain Proportions” is checked. Click OK.
Now that it is resized, we need
to save it with compression/quality as a jpeg. Go to (on the menu bar): “File”>
“Save”.
 Decide where you’re going to save it to (recommend “My Computer”, but Flickr and Facebook, plus a few other places, are options). Give the image a new
name (check the rules for the competition you are entering for the proper file
name convention), choose “JPEG (Good for most photos)” and move the slider left
and right to select the quality/compression setting. Watch the numbers just
above the “OK” button, this shows you’re the size of the file. For OCPA
competitions, you want it as close to 350 kb sweet spot as you can get it
without going over (every image will require a different amount of
quality/compression).
When you click “OK” (assuming you
selected “My Computer” as your save to choice), a “Save As” dialog box will
appear. Click the “Browse Folders” down arrow button in the lower left of the
dialog box and it will open into the typical Windows browser. Browse/navigate to
where you want to save your image to and then click “Save”. It should now be
saved to your location, so you can go ahead and close out Pixlr (or work on
other images).
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Copyright © 2011 Oregon
Coast Photographers' Association, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Version: 1.0
Revised: March 25, 2011
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