lwhitlow

I have a friend who asked me to take photos of some of her paintings. She is wanting to start a website.
I took the photos in raw. She said she needs the image between 1 & 3 mb, with 7 megapixel resolution and 300 dpi. She wants them as jpgs, too.
I cropped the photos in LR. Then sent to PS and went to image, image size and attempted to change the width to make the image size as close to 3 as possible. Then I changed the resolution to 300. I sent it back to LR to export it as a jpg. Then the numbers were changed? How can I get the settings she needs for her webpage? Thank you for your help.

pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs

I did a search with my browser using google. I just typed: -google ugly hedgehog how to change file size in Lightroom- Then this very informative post came up.

https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-514721-1.html

lwhitlow

Thank you so much.

pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs

No problem. This search method works well for those nagging questions that you need a quick answer to. Plus it keeps the trolls from harassing you.
Stay safe, be happy. 🙂

lwhitlow

Thanks again😊

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

You’ve already been given a good thread on the subject (and I am no LR guru), but in the event you have further questions, here’s a step-by-step

1) forget the dpi (or ppi)
2) open file/export
3) pick sRGB and JPEG
4) choose a save to location
5) in the resize box, choose resize to megapixels and set to 7.0
6) choose limit size and set to 3000 KB

That will provide a 7MP JPEG under 3MB in sRGB (ignore the dpi or ppi)

lwhitlow

Thank you for your help.

abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Definitely the way to go. I would add sharpen for screen and might customize the file name so the user knows which is which.

BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

Others mentioned methods to resize the photos. My issue is with what she thinks she needs for a website.
300 dpi is for printing photos, which is normally NOT wanted on a web site.

Next, on a website you normally want a specific size photo in pixels, not mb. When you display pictures on a web page, the code normally tells the browser what size the picture is, say 800x600. If you tell the browser to display a 300x500 picture in 800x600 display, it will, and the picture will be distorted (and pixelated). You don't HAVE to tell the browser what size the picture is, then, the browser will display the picture in whatever size it happens to be, and that can be bad if you have say a 6000 x 4000 picture as it will not often be what you are after, as that is way to big in both size and MB.

Also, the browser will correctly display a resized picture IF the ratio's are the same. So, if her code specifies a 600x400 picture, and you give it a 6000x4000 picture to display, the browsers will do the math, and give you a proper proportioned picture. This is generally considered bad form as you should do the math instead of the browser.The browser will not correctly resize any pictures if the ratio of the picture, and ratio of the code given to the browser are different.

For example you could have two places on the web page displaying the same pictures in different sizes. You could use the same picture in both places if the ratio of the two were the same. Say a 600x800 larger one, and a 60x80 thumbnail. Normally, while this works, it's best to have two different size pictures rather than have millions of "browsers doing the math".

Hope I didn't confuse the issue, but as her photographer, I would want to know specifically what sizes she wants and why, because her parameters are not common to web design, and I don't *think* she knows what she wants.

lwhitlow

Thank you 😊

lwhitlow

Thank you 😊