HDR monster file post production Byte Count reduction: I took some HDR photos of St. John's Cathedral here in Spokane, and processed them into a magnificent photo. Now that I have...

Digiphot2

I took some HDR photos of St. John's Cathedral here in Spokane, and processed them into a magnificent photo.

Now that I have processed them with Corel Paint Shop Pro X2, I can't send the final 3.5MB monster photo to anybody over the internet. Did I do something wrong, or are all HDR shots, useless untransferable Gynormous files and the whole HDR methodology is for home use, Printing only and unable to be sent over the internet? If not, how do I reduce the huge multi overlaid HDR photos into a Final single layer processed photo?

wrr Loc: SEK

3.5 isn't all that big, I send files that size and bigger through gmail all the time without problems. You should be able to reduce that file size in your image editor when you save the pic.

btw: lets see the pic in question, many on here are HDR pros...

Digiphot2

What I meant to type was "23.2 MB (24,428,149 bytes)"! I realize that 3.5's can be sent, but after I overlapped four or five shots the total after all is said and done was 23MB! A beautiful but non transferable over the internet! Now what am I possibly doing wrong, or am I right? The freaking photo is unmanagable over the internet?

wrr Loc: SEK

That's a dog of a different feather for sure. Have you tried re-sizing the finished photo? Don't know what the pixel size is you are dealing with but I suspect it is very large. Which means that to view in full size one would need a 6 foot monitor or whatever. Resize it down to say 1000 px and save with a different file name and see how big it is then.

Digiphot2

Do the math...4 or 5 3.5 or 4.0 shots are close to the 20+MB size when overlapped as HDR is so famous for. I would have to resize the now processed HDR shot photo down to a 3 x 5 max for it to be usable on the internet! Then when it finally got to the computer of the recipient, to blow it up would make for some catastrophic pixelation!

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Digiphot2 wrote:

Do the math...4 or 5 3.5 or 4.0 shots are close to the 20+MB size when overlapped as HDR is so famous for. I would have to resize the now processed HDR shot photo down to a 3 x 5 max for it to be usable on the internet! Then when it finally got to the computer of the recipient, to blow it up would make for some catastrophic pixelation!

Re-size to less than 10Mb (max size for UHH), rename, then post on this thread. I do not think that pixelation will be a problem.

Digiphot2

OK! Now that I have to do this for proof that I am mistaken, how is it done, and where in Corel will I have to go to re-size the photo? Sorry I am 61 years old and grew up with black and white TV, and operator assisted phone calls. Me no speaky Nintendo! Ha Ha! By the way...My first phone number was "Aberdeen 3153-J!" A Party Line!

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

I don't mess with the resizing options in any of my photo editing programs (Lightroom, Photoshop, Paintshop Pro X4, Photo-Paint X5). Instead, I use a simple, and free, program that works within Windows Explorer. Here's the one I use:

http://imageresizer.codeplex.com/releases/view/74953

Simply right click on a picture and choose the size you want and whether or not you want a resized copy or the original resized.

If you need help, feel free to call me any time (I'm available 24/7) and I'll walk you through the process.

arphot Loc: Massachusetts

russelray wrote:

I don't mess with the resizing options in any of m... (show quote)

Thanks for that link Russel. I will check this one out.
To the OP . . . If you want to send a larger image to someone I suggest another method: use a free service on the internet like Dropbox. Upload the file and send the recipient a link if it important for them to have the original.

Digiphot2

Thanks for the tip! But here is my problem...I still want to make 16 x 22 size enlargements, as well as reducing the Byte count so as to send it over the internet! I just don't want 3 x 5 looking HDR shots! Why can't they make a program that takes out the bad and leaves only the image in a single layer mode? Do you understand? I can make a print that is beautiful, so why can't they make a program that just recognizes the image and does away with all the extra layer baggage that HDR overlays? Clear as mud? Or am I making sense?

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Use the "Save As" option when you resize. That way you will have the original big file AND a smaller file of the same image, add an "S" or something to the filename so you will know it is a smaller version of the image. Have your cake and eat it too sort of thing.

Digiphot2

I don't understand all the rules and bylaws of this site, and so I am not sure that I can ask you for your phone number, or even give you my email address! Help! If I do something wrong will they send out the Forum Police to beat the Bu-Jeebers out of me?

Digiphot2

Thanks! Will this allow the recipient to view the picture without pixelation? You know what I mean??? They will get the picture and when they open it it is the size of a postage stamp, but when they window in, it turns into crap in two heartbeats, or when it doubles in size. Understand??

I am just not a technogeek! I am a Disabled Veteran, having suffered a massive bleed inside my head, that makes some processes on the computer highly difficult for me to achieve. I still can't do simple layers processes!...See where this is going?

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

Digiphot2 wrote:

I don't understand all the rules and bylaws of this site, and so I am not sure that I can ask you for your phone number, or even give you my email address! Help! If I do something wrong will they send out the Forum Police to beat the Bu-Jeebers out of me?

I think there's a way to get it from the profile, but if not, I'm at 619-341-0173 (San Diego, California). Now I might get in trouble for publishing my phone number. LOL

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

Digiphot2 wrote:

Thanks! Will this allow the recipient to view the picture without pixelation? You know what I mean??? They will get the picture and when they open it it is the size of a postage stamp, but when they window in, it turns into crap in two heartbeats, or when it doubles in size. Understand??

Easy. Don't make it postage-stamp size. All of the photos I post on the Internet are somewhere between 550 and 640 pixels wide. That size pretty much takes up the whole computer screen.