Changing photo dimensions after the fact
Mar 9, 2013 11:35:58 #
bgcokeonut
Loc: St Petersburg, Fl
I have a Nikon S8200 and love it. I shoot my pics with the dim: 4608x3456. I get excellent results and I know I use up the SD card quicker that way, it's worth it. My question is: can I change the dim to say '600x450' without compromising the pic? I have done so with a few for experiments and they look ok. My plan is to always do this afterwards. It makes for easier uploading to email, movie maker and such. Anyone know enough about this?
One other quickie: I read about changing the white balance for certain filming. I cannot do this with this Nikon. Is this totally out of the question or is there a workaround?
Thanks for the help and input. Bg
One other quickie: I read about changing the white balance for certain filming. I cannot do this with this Nikon. Is this totally out of the question or is there a workaround?
Thanks for the help and input. Bg
Mar 9, 2013 13:12:53 #
You can reduce the resolution to 600x450 quite easily but it will significantly effect the quality of the image. 600x450 is okay for an email but you won't be able to print it.
Mar 9, 2013 13:20:40 #
Mar 9, 2013 13:46:50 #
It is recommended that you always save the original file and not save over it. Perhaps copying to a second folder would accomplish that with your originals in the a separate folder.
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Mar 9, 2013 22:00:38 #
bgcokeonut wrote:
Thank you. I will do that.
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Mar 9, 2013 22:02:23 #
Frank T wrote:
You can reduce the resolution to 600x450 quite easily but it will significantly effect the quality of the image. 600x450 is okay for an email but you won't be able to print it.
What Frank said^^ I put higher res photos than this on Facebook and they look good until they come out blurry when printed at 4in. x 6in. (I was sitting around awhile back when I got a text from a friends asking about her memory card. Yeah I still had it because I was putting photos on it for her and hadn't gotten back to her yet. "Ok, cause I couldn't find it and I printed some of those pictures and they came out blurry," was the response I got. "You printed them off Facebook didn't you?" I asked. Yep she had and they were blurry. So I had to explain why that was and that I would get her the photos she wanted and she would be able to print them without them being blurry. At least I know the measures I'm taking to try and keep them from being stolen and printed works. That and I have to reduce them to a size Facebook can handle anyway.)
Mar 9, 2013 23:13:49 #
Wabbit
Loc: Arizona Desert
Tea8 wrote:
quote=Frank T You can reduce the resolution to 60... (show quote)
Hey Doc ..... huh! ..... guessin again ehheh doc .....
Mar 9, 2013 23:46:01 #
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Thank you. I will do that.
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Okay. Sorry 'bout that.
Mar 10, 2013 07:31:48 #
sueyeisert
Loc: New Jersey
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Mar 10, 2013 09:49:24 #
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Thanks
I was wondering how that worked!
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Mar 10, 2013 10:16:52 #
bgcokeonut wrote:
I have a Nikon S8200 and love it. I shoot my pics ... (show quote)
Hi!
You will certainly effect the quality of the photo, especially if you later decide to blow it up considerably. What I do is shoot the largest image. When I want to email it to someone, (I use PC), all that's necessary is to 'Right-Click' on the image, select "make my image smaller', and send it. That way you still retain the option of using the largest image size, and still sending a smaller one to your email friends. Best of both worlds. I don't know if there is such an option on a Mac, but I suspect we'll soon here from a "Macster" soon about it. Good Luck.
Mar 10, 2013 10:24:08 #
Mar 10, 2013 10:57:19 #
You should always shoot using the maximum number of pixels don't reduce this. You need all you got if you happen to make a fairly large print. You cannot notice (usually) much different where you're looking because you camera sensor has several times more pixels than your display - HD displays are about as good as you can get at 2 MP. There area some computer displays to 3.5 MP. But your prints will show the difference. You also need max pixels in case you crop - sometimes there is a good "Sub-picture" you can bring out. You should edit every photo using any computer editor - one comes free on the computer such as Photo Gallery or iPhoto. This will let you crop the photo to help its composition, and you can change its aspect ratio - keep in mind ready-made frame sizes (ratios) at the hobby store to save money framing. You need to begin a picture wall with your best framed work.
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