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mrenaud · 2005-05-19, 04:25 PM

I decided to start over making my thumbs as suggested. and ofcourse I'm running into problems...

You guys are saying thumbs should be around 5k. Mine are still coming out at around 17k or so.

Here is what I am doing:

1> Open full size image in photoshop
2> Select fixed aspect ratio of 100x150
3> Select the part of the image I want
4> Crop it.
5> Then select image, resize it to 100x150. (But it won't let me put 100x150 unless I uncheck constrain proportions and I don't know if thats what I should be doing or not?)
6> Then I save it as thumbwhatever.jpg.
Options then come up I choose baseline optimized with medium quality 5.

And then checking the thumb file size its never less that 15 k.

Obviously I'm missing a step or doing something wrong.

Lemmy · 2005-05-19, 04:49 PM

How to make a thumbnail in Photoshop and make it look good the easy way:

1. DON'T USE THE RECTANGULAR MARQUEE TOOL!
2. Use the cropping tool
3. Set the exact pixel dimension you want for width & height. Make sure resolution is set to 72 px/inch.
4. Crop the picture. Voila! No need to resize, PS takes care of it all.
5. Sharpen if needed.
6. Save for web (alt + shift + ctrl + s). Tweak the quality slider until you have a good balance between size and quality, something around 50% should be good.

mrenaud · 2005-05-19, 06:08 PM

THanks lemmy,

one question though,

When setting "exact pixel dimension you want for width & height"

how do I choose pixels? The default seems to be in inches

Lemmy · 2005-05-19, 06:27 PM

Just type in "px" in the boxes instead of "in" or whatever it says.

mrenaud · 2005-05-19, 08:51 PM

Ok I think I have the thumbs right! Hopefully...take a look now and let me know what you think.

http://www.adultpornos.net/freesite1/warning.html

Lemmy · 2005-05-20, 06:35 AM

If you just add my recip it would be perfect.

mrenaud · 2005-05-20, 02:08 PM

You got it Lemmy!
Thanks for the help

2005-05-19, 04:25 PM	#1
mrenaud If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 240	Having problems getting thumbs in the 5K range I decided to start over making my thumbs as suggested. and ofcourse I'm running into problems... You guys are saying thumbs should be around 5k. Mine are still coming out at around 17k or so. Here is what I am doing: 1> Open full size image in photoshop 2> Select fixed aspect ratio of 100x150 3> Select the part of the image I want 4> Crop it. 5> Then select image, resize it to 100x150. (But it won't let me put 100x150 unless I uncheck constrain proportions and I don't know if thats what I should be doing or not?) 6> Then I save it as thumbwhatever.jpg. Options then come up I choose baseline optimized with medium quality 5. And then checking the thumb file size its never less that 15 k. Obviously I'm missing a step or doing something wrong. __________________ Lets trade A-B-C links Lots of blogs ready to trade pr2 -pr3...pm me now!

2005-05-19, 04:49 PM	#2
Lemmy You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Next door to a kid with a moped. Posts: 1,492	How to make a thumbnail in Photoshop and make it look good the easy way: 1. DON'T USE THE RECTANGULAR MARQUEE TOOL! 2. Use the cropping tool 3. Set the exact pixel dimension you want for width & height. Make sure resolution is set to 72 px/inch. 4. Crop the picture. Voila! No need to resize, PS takes care of it all. 5. Sharpen if needed. 6. Save for web (alt + shift + ctrl + s). Tweak the quality slider until you have a good balance between size and quality, something around 50% should be good. __________________ BUY MY PORNSITES!

2005-05-19, 06:08 PM	#3
mrenaud If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 240	THanks lemmy, one question though, When setting "exact pixel dimension you want for width & height" how do I choose pixels? The default seems to be in inches __________________ Lets trade A-B-C links Lots of blogs ready to trade pr2 -pr3...pm me now!

2005-05-19, 06:27 PM	#4
Lemmy You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Next door to a kid with a moped. Posts: 1,492	Just type in "px" in the boxes instead of "in" or whatever it says. __________________ BUY MY PORNSITES!

2005-05-19, 08:51 PM	#5
mrenaud If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 240	Ok I think I have the thumbs right! Hopefully...take a look now and let me know what you think. http://www.adultpornos.net/freesite1/warning.html __________________ Lets trade A-B-C links Lots of blogs ready to trade pr2 -pr3...pm me now!

2005-05-20, 06:35 AM	#6
Lemmy You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Next door to a kid with a moped. Posts: 1,492	If you just add my recip it would be perfect. __________________ BUY MY PORNSITES!

2005-05-20, 02:08 PM	#7
mrenaud If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 240	You got it Lemmy! Thanks for the help __________________ Lets trade A-B-C links Lots of blogs ready to trade pr2 -pr3...pm me now!