Is this right?

[blurryday]

Hi

I want to enter a picture for a contest. The requirements are: jpeg format, 250K or lower file size, 400x300 pixel size max.

Ok, this is what I have done, but not sure if it's right or good enough. I already have the image cropped at 8x10 and made a duplicate. I selected "Save for Web". The original dimensions for this picture are: 2861 Width x 2289 Height (at 100%). Following the requirements above, I changed the Width to 400 (apply constraints IS checked). I click Apply and the Height is automatically changed to 320.....ok, am I already out of the ballgame because it's not 300????

Next I moved the quality slider to the right and I can see the file size begin to increase. I get to 100 on the Quality slider, but my image is maxed out at 138.7K. I guess I was expecting it to be closer to 250K, thinking it would be a higher resolution. Is 138K going to be good enough after I save and send this image by email to its final destination???? I don't want the quality and resolution to be so poor they throw it out!

One more question...If I send it thru Elements email, will the program RE-SIZE it again?

Thanks to anyone who can help me...please!

Ruth

[Daviskw]

Hi Ruth

Your picture is a 10 x 8 ratio... The contest is asking for a 4 x 3 ratio.

You need to set a 4 by 3 ratio then crop your picture. You will need to loose some of your picture if the size must be exactly 400 by 300. Either loose part of the picture or add to it in some way.

The size is correct for 400 by 300... that means you have something like 286 ppi resolution.

Butch

[jo]

Hi

I want to enter a picture for a contest. The requirements are: jpeg format, 250K or lower file size, 400x300 pixel size max.

Ok, this is what I have done, but not sure if it's right or good enough. I already have the image cropped at 8x10 and made a duplicate. I selected "Save for Web". The original dimensions for this picture are: 2861 Width x 2289 Height (at 100%). Following the requirements above, I changed the Width to 400 (apply constraints IS checked). I click Apply and the Height is automatically changed to 320.....ok, am I already out of the ballgame because it's not 300????

Ruth
Try save for web again and set the height to 300. You're doing the rest just fine, but you might get rejected for 320...

[blurryday]

Thanks for the reply. I went back in to Editor and changed the Aspect Ratio to 4in by 3in. Then, Save for Web. I put 400 as the W and 300 came in as the H. Moving the Quality Slider, at 100 the file size is now 136.4 K. Is that going to be good enough, and have I met the requirements? Can I send it thru Elements?

Ruth

[Grant]

Ruth

Image quality and size of file are not a one to one mathematical formula. For example if you have two images of the same size and one is of a single small flower against a white wall and the other is a massive array of complex flowers in a garden then the first one will compress a lot more that the second one at the same percentage of compression. Give it a try and you will see what I mean.

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[JonE]

Hi

I want to enter a picture for a contest. The requirements are: jpeg format, 250K or lower file size, 400x300 pixel size max. * * * I changed the Width to 400 (apply constraints IS checked). I click Apply and the Height is automatically changed to 320.....ok, am I already out of the ballgame because it's not 300????

Ruth

Note the requirements are 400 x 300 >MAX<. If entering 400 gets the other dimension to 320, try entering 375 and that should bring your other measurement down to 300. (400 / 320 = 1.25; 1.25 x 300 = 375). So in otherwords to keep your existing photo proportions, your dimensions would be 375 x 300. You do not have to have 400 on the long side since you said the requirement is 400 x 300 MAX - I'm going only by what you said -- if the rules actually require 400x300 then you have to crop something out as suggested to get your proportions to exactly 4x3 (not measurement, proportion) before setting the size.