So I tried 3500 pixels but when the photo is posted to my blog, there is absolutely no difference in size than there was when I let Blogger size the photo. I am using PSE7 and when I resize to 350 the photo is about the size of a spec of dust. I read your advice in the “sharpen” tutorial about resizing to 350 pixels, but I can’t seem to make that work. I want them to be large so my readers can see all the details. I would like to learn how to resize my images for posting on my blog. I got my camera manual (Canon PowerShot SD500 Elph) out and learned how to set the white balance and that has helped some. A friend referred me to your blog when I asked her about improving the clarity of my photos for my blog. Wonderful tutorials and thanks so much for sharing. Oh and! The paper with the sweet vintage deer is from Sassafras Lass - I couldn’t resist it! And, one more little tip - tacks are great for making holes in paper projects! Just because I don’t use them, doesn’t mean you won’t likey! One last thing! While you were in the Filters menu, you may have noticed some other sharpening options too - try playing around with them to see which you prefer. To fix it, just slide the Threshhold more to the right to smooth it out, then play with the Radius. Yuck-o! You know you’ve gone much far when the photo starts to look grainy and there are odd halos + colors around your image. Now for something really tacky - ha! - here’s what happens if you apply too much of the Unsharp Mask: I ended up stopping after sliding the Threshhold over to 79 and the Radius to. Also, try moving the sliders one at a time all the way to the left and to the right to see how it looks. After some practice you’ll get a feel for how they all work together. Use the preview to get a visual on how it will look. I just play with the settings, tweaking them a little at a time. Then I usually slide the Threshold around like so: Where to start? I’ve found several sites that recommend these settings for images that are going to be used on the web: If you have grainy areas, it means that the threshold is too low. Threshold – this controls the smoothness of the image.Radius – this affects the distance between pixels where the sharpening will be applied - make it bigger for larger images (size wise) or smaller.Amount – this controls how strong the effect will be.There are three sliders that you can play with: You’ll get a dialog that looks something like this: In GIMP, it’s Filters -> Enhance -> Unsharp Mask….In Elements 6.0, it’s Enhance -> Unsharp Mask….In Elements 4.0, it’s also Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask….In CS3 go to Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask….This way you’ll be back at the original blurry tack. It’s a little more complicated to use, tho.įirst, undo the Sharpen Filter by doing Edit -> Undo Sharpen. Contrary to what the name says, this one sharpens your image too. If you want finer control over the sharpening, you’ll want to reach for the Unsharp Mask. In GIMP, it’s Filters -> Enhance -> Sharpen, then adjust the slider and click OKĮasy! Most of the time, this is all I do and I’m done!.In Elements 6.0, you can try Enhance -> Auto Shapen.In Elements 4.0, go to Filter -> Sharpen -> Sharpen.In CS3 go to Filter -> Sharpen -> Sharpen.Let’s start off with the Sharpen filter since it’s super duper easy! There are two ways that I mainly use to sharpen images: the Sharpen filter and the Unsharp Mask filter. (See this post for more info about GIMP + a link to download it - it’s free!) I’ll be using CS3. You can use Photoshop Elements, CS3, or GIMP for this, they all work pretty much the same way. Right click on it, save it to your computer, then open it in your photo editing software to play along. Here’s the image that we’ll be working with for the tutorial - a tack, ha ha! I blurred it a little in CS3 so that you can really see the difference before and after the sharpening. Note: if you’re going to add text or a watermark image to your image, do so after sharpening. Sharpen it using either the Sharpen or Unsharp Mask filter!.A size to start with is 350 pixels wide - this works on most blogs. Note that you’ll want to figure out the size so that it looks nice on your blog or wherever you are posting - don’t let the blog software scale it for you. Adjust the levels, crop, and make any other tweaks.Here are the basic steps you’ll go through: This tutorial is mainly for when you want to resize your image for the web and have it still look good. Note that if your photo is too out-of-focus this tutorial won’t help you much - but! - you will want to see next week’s tutorial on tips for focusing your camera. In this tutorial I thought it would be great to give you tips on how to make your images tack sharp - without looking tacky! (Ha ha, couldn’t resist!) Here’s a before and after:
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