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Trade Tricks: Be Kind And Resize

  
     
 

E-mailing photos the nice way

By Maura C. Lanahan

  
     
  It has happened to all of us. You click on an e-mail to open it and the waiting begins. The little spinning e-mail icon goes around and around. Your patience is running thin. Well, Uncle Pete didn’t really mean to e-mail you a 10-megabyte file; he just didn’t realize the necessity of resizing.

If you or someone you know is confused about e-mail etiquette, don’t stress over it. Preparing pictures to e-mail for the first time can be confusing, but we have some easy tips to help you understand how to send your pictures to avoid freezing computers and frustrating your friends and family.		  
     
   
     
  Resizing
If you’re only sending one or two images, changing the width, height and resolution to a smaller size will make it easier for your recipient to download the images. A recommended size is 4x6 (vertical) or 6x4 inches (horizontal) at 72 pixels per inch (ppi).

Open the image in Photoshop and go to:

1. Image > Image Size.

2. Check the box “Resample Image”.

3. In the dialog box, change the height to either 4x6 or 6x4 and the resolution to 72 ppi.

4. Click OK.

Save your image in a separate file for e-mail attachments so when you’re browsing your files it will be easy to identify it (and future images).

Contact Sheets
If you have several images to share, create a contact sheet. Doing this allows you to send multiple images, at a lower resolution, in one or two small files.

First, place the images in a dedicated folder. In photoshop, go to:
1. File > Automate > Contact Sheet.

2. Click the Browse button to choose the folder that contains your images.

3. In the window, select how many images you’d like to appear on the page (two up, three across, etc.) and the size and resolution of your contact sheet (a size of 8x10 at 72 ppi is recommended).

4. Check the box “Use File Name As Caption” and change the font and font size to your liking.

5. Click OK.

Photoshop will start accessing your image files and create a contact sheet. When it’s finished, save the contact sheet in a separate file for e-mail attachments. 		 
     










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