Resize Digital Photos of your Artwork

 

To send digital images of our paintings as show entries,

We need to adjust pixels and resolution.

 

Consult your upcoming show's prospectus

regarding digital preparation requirements.

 

For example:
San Diego Watercolor Society requires:
1200 pixels on the longest side x 300 dpi / dots per inch 

 

Generally, take several photos to try to present squared-up sides

and best possible color before attempting matting and framing!

With this Coronavirus Hiatus at every gallery, we can skip matting and framing!

 

Do crop your image to the same reveal as the mat you hope to use, someday.

And please straighten the horizon in a landscape and the verticals on buildings!

 

Apple Mac users:

 

Procedure:

Open Photo / iPhoto

Select the photo (click on it)

Click and drag it to your Desktop

(your original photo remains safely within Photo / iPhoto)

 

Click and open that photo on your Mac’s Desktop

 

 – it opens using your Mac’s built in Preview program.

 

Now, within Preview,

go to the pull down menu - TOOLS

 

Select adjust size.

1.

Width & Height pixels can be set to desired requirement

by changing the longer dimension

(ex: 1024 or 1200, or ?).

The shorter dimension resizes proportionately, automatically. Easy.

 

2.

Resolution = dpi / dots per inch

72 dpi

or reset to 300 dpi, as needed.

 

3. SAVE

From Preview’s pull down menu - FILE,  

save as,

follow label format of the show you enter 

_______, to Desktop,

Now, it can be dragged from Desktop into an email, as an attachment, as needed.

Also, it can be dragged back into Photo / iPhoto to be saved in this reduced .jpg format as if it is a new photo.

 

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National Watercolor Society /  NWS

suggests this

FREE resizing tool:

 www.photosize.com  

a website for editing and resizing your image.

(Be sure to use the HELP link if something is not clear to you.)

 

I still do it all from my MacBook Pro laptop

but it is nice to know that IF I need to do this chore on one of my smart devices,

a website-assisted option is out there.

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For Windows users:
I consulted with Bruce Burr ( bruceburr.com )

an ace photographer and active member of Foothills Art Association in La Mesa, CA
- for tips to help PC/Windows folk do the resizing on their standard equipment.

Open the image in Windows Photos by double clicking on the thumbnail.

On the far right, notice three dots - Click on them.

A dropdown menu opens.  

Choose Resize.

 

Four re-Size Options appear.

  SMALL (for profile pics and thumbnails) 

  MEDIUM (for Emails and messages)

  LARGE (for viewing)

OR

    Define Custom Size Click!
    Input the longest length &

    click on Save Resized Copy

    Choose to save to desktop or a folder of your choice.

   (There seems to be NO option to reset dpi / dots per inch in Windows)

Voula!

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