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    File Size for a banner??

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    1 minute ago, Damien Symonds said:

    Well, this makes one decision easy, at least.  All the starting over in the world won't make this a better photo if you don't have a raw file to start over with.

    You'll need to honestly apologise to the client and tell them the photo isn't of sufficient quality for a banner :(

    Ok. That super sucks. But I really thank you for trying, and for showing me the right way to do this. Thank you.

    File Size for a banner??

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    Just now, Damien Symonds said:

    This practice is based on the assumption that Graphic Designers, unlike regular members of the public, know how to handle photos for themselves.  They can accurately crop and resize them for their exact needs.  As it happens, this is largely a false assumption - most graphic designers are complete incompetent nincompoops; however there's a fundamental professional courtesy that requires us to pretend they are competent.

    Members of the public are, of course, also incompetent nincompoops in matters of digital photo files, but they generally don't pretend to be anything else, and certainly don't try to run graphic design businesses in spite of their incompetence.  So no professional courtesy is required - we can wisely provide files that provide the most safety for their needs.

    HAHA! 

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    WOW. EYE OPENING!! THANK YOU!!!!

    1 minute ago, Damien Symonds said:

    For ALL photos:  Never crop or resize during editing.  (Or sharpen - you must NEVER sharpening during your editing workflow, ever.)

    Then, for MOST photos (which are going to members of the public): Crop to 11:15 shape with no resolution when saving the digital files.

    But, for a FEW photos (which are likely to be used by a graphic designer, like this one is) make the resolution 300ppi, but don't crop or resize in any way.

    (To change the PPI without resizing, use the Image Size function, and make sure the "Resample Image" checkbox is not checked.)

     

    File Size for a banner??

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    Ok, ok, so let me make sure I know where I blew it. This is my workflow:  I do the shoot in Raw format, upload it to my laptop, put it through Lightroom with a preset, upload them in Photoshop and then resize them to usually 16x20, 300 res. I don’t crop them, but I want clients to be able to print them out to at least a 16x20, and also use them online. So, I blew it by resizing them?

    File Size for a banner??

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    2 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

    Oh God no.  You must NEVER do that.  Never sacrifice a single precious pixel that your camera captured.

    https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/09/cropping-tutorial.html

    https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/02/trash-those-jpegs.html

    omgosh..Not even change it to 300 resolution? But what if they want to print it and I only give them digitals..

    4 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

    Oh God no.  You must NEVER do that.  Never sacrifice a single precious pixel that your camera captured.

    https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/09/cropping-tutorial.html

    https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/02/trash-those-jpegs.html

    reading now...

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