#Resize photos with canon image garden update#
#Resize photos with canon image garden full#

You never know what size monitor people are going to use to view your image, or even the ratio of width to height.ДЄ compromise solution for flickr is to limit the size of your image to 1000 pixels wide, for images which are horizontal in format. Elsewhere in the house thereвЂ™s a laptop with 1200 * 800 and a notebook computer with 1024 * 600. IвЂ™m writing this on a computer which has a monitor with a resolution of 1600 * 900. So how big should an image be for web display ? Unfortunately thatвЂ™s not an easy question to answer, because screen sizes vary. When I send an image to my own printer, or send it out to a commercial printer, I output a version sized for that purpose, matched to the paper size in use.

When I upload an image to the web, I output a version that is sized for that purpose. The approach that I take is that full-size images stay with me unless there is a very good reason to let them out of my possession. That said, if someone does steal your image then they can do more with a large image than they can with a small one вЂ“ so limiting the size of the image has some part to play in discouraging image theft. I tend not to worry too much because I reckon the people who steal images were never likely to buy them anyway, so IвЂ™m not losing any income. Some people worry more about it than others. The subject of image theft from the web could occupy many thousands of words, but IвЂ™ll try to keep it brief.

Incidentally if you donвЂ™t have a flickr вЂњproвЂќ account, flickr will limit the size of your displayed image to around 1000 pixels вЂ“ but you will still have spent longer uploading the larger file. ItвЂ™s always going to be quicker to upload a smaller file than it is to upload a bigger one. If you do see someone pushing their face right up against your exhibited print, theyвЂ™re probably another photographer вЂ¦ You could print that 12 megapixel file at 240 dpi and produce an A3 print that looks good at вЂњnormal viewing distanceвЂќ вЂ“ which means the viewer will be 3 foot or more from the print. Nor does it mean you canвЂ™t produce a reasonable size print to an acceptable quality.

#Resize photos with canon image garden full#

That doesnвЂ™t mean that those cameras donвЂ™t produce images which are perfectly acceptable when viewed onscreen at a suitable resolution, or printed to a suitable size it just means they werenвЂ™t designed to produce files which stand up to вЂњpixel-peepingвЂќ, by which I mean close-up examination full size. Since the computer screen is much smaller than this, the viewer has to scroll around to see the detail вЂ“ and what they might well see is mushy-looking grass, tree branches with purple fringing, and noise in the shadows. When a viewer chooses to view, say, a 12 megapixel file in вЂњoriginal sizeвЂќ then they will see a file around 4000 * 3000 pixels. But for most digital compacts, for 35mm film, and for the lower-end ranges of APS-C format DSLRs, it does seem to be an issue.

If youвЂ™re rich enough to own a full-frame digital SLR, or wise enough to use medium-format film, you probably donвЂ™t need to worry.

HereвЂ™s a few reasons: Perceived image qualityДЇor many cameras, and IвЂ™m going to stick my neck out here and say most of the cameras commonly in use, the photos they produce donвЂ™t actually look too good when you look at them full size, ie the actual pixel view.

#Resize photos with canon image garden update#

So why would you want to resize your photos for the web вЂ“ why not update the biggest file you have and let people see the image in all itsвЂ™ glory by selecting the flickr вЂњview all sizesвЂќ option ? If youвЂ™re already in the habit of reducing the size of your photos before uploading them to flickr, then you might want to skip this one. This is a basic technique post about resizing your images for web display, for example on flickr.