I posted my first avian image several weeks ago, and did not have any issues with preparing the image for posting. I saw a post from someone (I've searched the first 10 pages of the "All Topics" in the forum and can't find it) that said the color in their image looked fine in their editing software, but when it was ready for posting the color was awful. Can anyone either direct me to that forum topic or help me figure out what's going on because the same thing happened to me? I shoot raw, edit in ACR and PS CS4. I followed the posting directions that NPN has in their website for PSE.
STOP THE PRESS: I recall that I did not use the NPN instructions to prepare my first image for posting because I did not have PSE...instead I used Stephen Laskevitch's book Photoshop CS4 Photographer's Handbook. The following are his instructions for a fully manual approach for preparing an image for the web (Photoshop Only).
1. Duplicate the image and save the original.
2. Resize image - choose image>Image Size. Use the NPN guidelines for the maximum number of pixels for long side. Check the box to Resample Image and choose Bicubic Sharper from the menu at the bottom. Laskevitch says to use Bicubic Sharper when downsizing an image. Also have Constrain Proportions and Scale Styles checked.
3. Convert to sRGB - Select Edit>Convert to Profile; Set the Destination space to "sRGB..." and set the Intent to Perceptual. Click OK to convert. Stephen says, Likely your image will appear unchanged. This is a good thing!"
4. Convert to 8-bit by choosing Image>Mode>8 Bits/Channel.
5. Save As JPEG - Choose File>Save As then choose JPEG as the file format. I found that after several tries that the quality setting should be 8 to keep under the 200 KB size.
By following his instructions my image looks beautiful!
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I was having a problem briefly (seems to have been resolved) where the colors in PS were not the same when I would post it. I "solved" the problem by doing "save for web" in PS which got the colors spot on. Hopefully this will help you.
When saving the image for posting, the compression level required to get to 200K will vary depending on the content of the image you are saving. A highly detailed shot, for example, will require more compression than a shot with little detail or big stretches of the same color. It's the way JPEG compression works. To get the best quality possible you should adjust the setting each time, or use the Optimize for File Size command hidden in the upper right hand corner of the "Save for Web" menu item.
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5 repliesSTOP THE PRESS: I recall that I did not use the NPN instructions to prepare my first image for posting because I did not have PSE...instead I used Stephen Laskevitch's book Photoshop CS4 Photographer's Handbook. The following are his instructions for a fully manual approach for preparing an image for the web (Photoshop Only).
1. Duplicate the image and save the original.
2. Resize image - choose image>Image Size. Use the NPN guidelines for the maximum number of pixels for long side. Check the box to Resample Image and choose Bicubic Sharper from the menu at the bottom. Laskevitch says to use Bicubic Sharper when downsizing an image. Also have Constrain Proportions and Scale Styles checked.
3. Convert to sRGB - Select Edit>Convert to Profile; Set the Destination space to "sRGB..." and set the Intent to Perceptual. Click OK to convert. Stephen says, Likely your image will appear unchanged. This is a good thing!"
4. Convert to 8-bit by choosing Image>Mode>8 Bits/Channel.
5. Save As JPEG - Choose File>Save As then choose JPEG as the file format. I found that after several tries that the quality setting should be 8 to keep under the 200 KB size.
By following his instructions my image looks beautiful!
After processing your image, including resizing, but before doing any sharpening, be sure 'convert' the image profile from Adobe RGB to sRGB.
To insert a 'smiley', simply click on the one you want. It will insert at the end of the last line of text.
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I was having a problem briefly (seems to have been resolved) where the colors in PS were not the same when I would post it. I "solved" the problem by doing "save for web" in PS which got the colors spot on. Hopefully this will help you.
- Luke
When saving the image for posting, the compression level required to get to 200K will vary depending on the content of the image you are saving. A highly detailed shot, for example, will require more compression than a shot with little detail or big stretches of the same color. It's the way JPEG compression works. To get the best quality possible you should adjust the setting each time, or use the Optimize for File Size command hidden in the upper right hand corner of the "Save for Web" menu item.