How do i decrease the size of my picture without affecting the resolution?

Question

The picture is in adobe photoshop album starter edition 3.0

Answer 1

all you have to do is use your computers picture viewer and then click image resize. and it will do it for you. then you save as to replace the original picture.

Answer 2

You know don't you, that you spent some pretty heavy money to buy a high resolution camera and now reducing your cameras resolution really is counter to the goal of buying a dSLR. Usually if you need to reduce the file size of an image for posting on a website or emailing friends is done on a case by case basis and after resizing, the new file is saved as a different file name so that you do not overwrite the original. Professional photographer usually shoot in RAW, use an on-board card reader to copy all the image files to the computer (much faster than using the USB cord that comes with the computer) and then use a program like Lightroom to process all the RAW files in to either JEPG (here is where you can reduce all the files in a batch), TIFF, PSD or DNG files and save them to a unique file folder, usually named for the subject and date of the shooting session. The really exceptional thing about RAW files is that they are never themselves changed and later when photo programs become more sophisticated, you can go back and reprocess those old RAW files to render even better JPEG, TIFF, PSD or DNG files Rethink your goal here. You spent over $600 for a camera and are asking how to make it produce image files that are no better than those created by a $150 P&S camera.

Answer 3

If you are simply trying to email the image without choking the email then use the save for web feature. If you are having trouble viewing the whole image on your screen you need to reduce the magnification. You should have a "fit to screen" button. If you are wanting to print the file as a certain size image then resize or crop the image with your resolution set to at least 300 (300 dpi is standard for printing while 72dpi is all your computer monitor will register). Just be sure to never save over your original file. Always save the new size file as a copy so you have your original if you need it later.

I hope this helps - if not, give us a little more information on what you are trying to achieve and I'm sure someone can point you in the right direction.

~Liz

Answer 4

By size do you mean the actual size of the file (2.56mb), or physical size of the image (2000pxl x 3000 pxl)?

You can decrease the file size by saving it as a higher compression .jpg file. You will need photoshop or some similar program to do that though as the .jpg quality is usually not an option on the free editing software that comes with a camera.

Answer 5

You cannot as resolution is measured by number of colored dots (pixels) that make up a picture... A higher resolution monitor should be used to view picture in a smaller size as viewed by an individual.

Answer 6

Unfortunately you can't. The smaller an image, the lower the resolution will be when you view it larger. You can save a copy of it in a smaller file and keep the larger one in a separate file. This is what I do for my studio images I use on-line.

Answer 7

Turn off resampling.

When you resize the picture to smaller dimensions, you will then see the number of pixels per inch increase, thereby maintaining the same resolution as the original photo

Answer 8

You can't, but you can use interpolation to increase your file size. You'll need photoshop or similiar. It's not perfect but it'll help a little.