Best JPEG settings for NPN

Hello All,

I am new here, and was wondering what the best JPEG settings are, for saving a file, to upload to NPN.

I find, that after I upload, my photos appear softer than what I see in photoshop.

Any help, would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you. :)

Hi Stephen, and welcome to NPN!

This article is a great place to get started with posting. It's specific to Photoshop Elements, but the same steps can be taken with any editor. The main things to remember are :

-- Downsize the image, and then sharpen for the screen (images will always lose some sharpness when changing sizes/resampling)
-- Always convert to sRGB
-- Save as JPG at the highest quality level you can while keeping within the file size, and save the image with the color profile included

For sharpening of images, using PS Smart Sharpen can work well. And here's a good selection of different approaches :

http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/sharpening-photos-for-the-web/

Try NPN member Andreas Resch's sharpening for web - it downsizes and sharpens at the same time: here's his article on it then save for web and devices at right level (to accommodate necessary files size)