Very important– if you intend to enter your picture as a DPI you must add the border before you re-size the image
Re-sizing Your Image.
For the L&CPU Annual Digital competition all images will be jpg and projected in landscape format, using sRGB colour space with a maximum size of 1400 pixels wide and 1050 pixels high. Whatever the shape of the image you must “constrain proportions” but fit it within these limits. For example, a square image would be made 1050 x 1050 pixels, a “letterbox” or panorama might be 1400 wide by 600 high, an image in “portrait” format would be 1050 pixels high. After resizing, if your image is less than either of these dimensions the background must be filled in with a colour. It will then appear on screen much like a mounted print and be shown to best advantage. Note new changes for L&CPU. Your canvas size MUST be 1400 pixels wide by 1050 pixels high. If your picture is smaller than either of these sizes then the canvas size must be increased and any unused space filled in black or dark grey. Adobe Photoshop ** In Photoshop open your image. Save a copy of the high resolution image (you may want to make a print later!) then go to Image> image size.** From the Image Size dialog box ensure the “Constrain Proportions box” and “Resample Image” boxes are ticked. Next change the Pixel Dimensions in either the width or height (not both) so that both numbers are within the limits (note that when one value is changed the other is recalculated). The resolution in pixels/inch or pixels/cm is unimportant. Click ok Now go to Image>Canvas Size, In the Canvas Size dialog box change the measurements to “pixels” instead of cm or inches and type in 1400 for width, and 1050 for height. Make sure that the “Relative” box is unticked so that the sizes can be entered in each dimension separately. Then, go to the drop down menu Canvas extension colour, and choose Black. (This generally considered to show your digital images to their best advantage, but you can choose your own colour) Click OK. To ensure that your image is sRGB colour space, in Photoshop go to Edit,> Convert to profile. The convert to Profile dialog box will show your source colour space (ie your current colour space) and Destination Space. From the Destination Colour space drop down menu choose sRGB and click OK. Now name and the save file in jpg at the maximum image quality of 12. Save the image with the title as the filename. Your club competition secretary will have to add the club information later. Adobe Elements Go to Image> Resize>Image Size. Ensure the “constrain proportions box” and “resample image” boxes are ticked. Next change the pixel dimensions for landscape shaped images, change the width to 1400 (the height will automatically be reset) for portrait shaped images change the height to 1050 pixels (the width will automatically be reset) (There is no need to set the resolution as this has been determined by setting the Pixel Dimensions to 1400 x 1050) Now go to Image>Resize>Canvas Size, change the measurements to “pixels” instead of cm or inches, and type in 1400 for width, and 1050 for height. ( See Photoshop instructions for canvas size.) In the Canvas Size dialog box, go to the drop down menu Canvas extension colour, and choose Black. (this generally considered to show your digital images to their best advantage, but you can choose your own colour) Click OK To ensure that your image is sRGB colour space, in Elements go to Image,> Convert colour profile. Accept, apply sRGB Now name and the save file in jpg at the maximum image quality of 12. Save the image with the title as the filename. *******Your club competition secretary will have to add the club information later.******* |