| DIGITAL IMAGE PREPARATION FOR SHOW & TELL Show & Tell is a very important part of our Photo-Nat meetings. This gives members the opportunity to share their work with others, request feedback if desired and provide members with hints, ideas, and insights. It's a great way to share and learn. In the past, we simply brought in our slides and the projectionist displayed our work on the big white screen. However, with digital age being dropped on us at an alarming rate, we now have the ability to show our images digitally using computer technology and digital projection. To keep things running smoothly, we are providing a guideline that will help us all show our images in a compatible format with our current digital projection equipment. The example below uses Photoshop as an application. You will find that most applications use similar methods and the end product will be the same. Basically, the image pixel dimension should be about 1280 X 853 with a DPI (Dots per inch) of 72 and saved in a JPEG (JPG) format. | |
| Resizing images in Photoshop by Brad Denoon When it comes to doing a presentation at Photo-Nat…size matters. The following information will guide you in the basic steps required to resize your images so that they will be displayed for all to enjoy in a timelier manner | |
| Step 1. Open your image:
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Step 2. Select “Image” and scroll
to “Image Size”
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Step 3. The information that comes up has everything to do with your images size on the monitor, physical size of the finished document and Dots Per Inch (DPI) for printing.
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Step 4: Change the DPI (Dots per inch) to 72, this will alter your images dimensions and make the file size smaller in the end. Make sure you change the pixel dimensions to 1280 X 853, (Or there about). This size is the largest image size that will still give you decent speed for the presentation.
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| Step 5: Click “OK” then select
“File” then “Save As”
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Step 6: Name your file and select
JPEG (JPG), as your file format.
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| Step 7: The following dialogue will
appear when you hit “Save”. Moving the slider back one notch from 12 to 11
will make your image smaller without harming the resolution on the screen.
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Step 8: Repeat these steps for all
of your images save them on a CD and you will have a fast and sharp looking
presentation at Photo-Nat that will keep the pace of the evening moving
along!
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Last Update 2008-03-03