UKCA CAMERA CLUB

QUARTERLY COMPETITION
An easy way to resize your images in Adobe Photoshop

1.Open image in
Photoshop

2. Select the
CROPtool

NOTE: the crop tool

icon has moved to the
top task bar.

3. Click on the box

next to the crop tool
icon.

This will normally say

RATIO

4. In the menu which

now appears select
W x H x Resolution
5. Type in your
required width,
height and resolution
into these three
boxes.

NOTE:
For landscapes this
should be 1400px
wide x 1050px deep
@ 72dpi resolution.
For portraits it should
be 1050px wide by
1400px deep also @
72dpi resolution.

6. Next select
W x H x Resolution
again and click on
New Crop Preset.

A dialogue box will

appear showing the
sizes and resolution
you have chosen.

7. Choose a name
for your preset - say
UKCA Landscape -
key this in and click
the OK button.
The name of your
preset will now
appear next to your
chosen sizes and
also in the drop down
menu. (You can re-
peat this to also cre-
ate a Portrait crop)

A crop box of the cor-

rect proportions will
now appear on your
image.

8. Right click on the

image and select
CROP in the menu.

NOTE:
You can double check
that your image is the
correct size and
resolution by opening
the IMAGE dialogue
and selecting Image
Size
9. Go to the FILE
menu and select
SAVEAS.

Select where you

want to store the
image, rename it and
select JPEG in the
Save as Type box
then click SAVE.

10. In the JPEG

Options dialogue
box adjust image
size under Image
Options using the
slider to ensure your
image is no more
than 0.5MB (500K).
NOTE:
For projection purposes, the longest side of your image should not exceed 1400
pixels.

However by selecting 1400px x 1050px (landscape) or 1050 x 1400 (portrait) there

will be a certain amount of cropping as shown below.

Cropped
1400 px area

1050px
Cropped
area

If you do not want to crop

your image you can adjust
the amount of cropping by
changing the height
(landscape) or width
(portrait) until the crop box
Full Frame -
fits either your desired No cropping
final crop or, if you want
the image to remain at full
frame, to the corners of
your image.

In this example, the height

is reduced to 940px but
the width remains at
1400px giving a full frame
image.
 1050 px
Cropped
area

1400px
Cropped
area

In this Portrait
example, the original
image can benefit 1000 px
from some cropping
at the top but not at
the bottom where the
standard portrait crop
Cropped
of 1050 x 1400px area
would take out not
only some of the sky
but also the bottom of
the fishermans legs.
1400px

By reducing the width

of the crop to 1000px
some of the sky is
taken out but the
fishermens legs dont
get amputated and
the image height
remains at 1400px!