margaretbonson

This sounds really stupid, but I do not know how to use the crop tool to resize. 

So I checked my website, and this is what I found

Suggested Image Sizes

For Online Presentation Only - Images should be around 1,100 pixels by 850 pixels up to 1,550 pixels by 960 pixels.

If you are mainly interested in using Zenfolio for online presentation of your photographs, you should upload digital files resized to 1,100 pixels in width by 850 pixels in height. This is the default image size for online viewing. 

SOO... the pictures below show what I THINK is the correct way for web output. Let me know if I made a mistake anywhere. This is although, without sharpening.

I haven't, and now I am. I've only taken the RAW class, and do not have knowledge of working in photoshop yet. What should I do about sharpening?

Hi Damien,

I searched and couldn't find a step by step guide .....

How do I prepare images for the web? Specifically for my webpage (online portfolio) and facebook. I've been researching but I still feel as if I'm piecing it all together from various research, and am searching for a complete step by step guide! Help please!

-Margaret

Makes sense. Are they pretty equal in file size?

Is there a reason to save BOTH the PSD & RAW file?

Of course you want to save the PSD (your final product) and want to be able to go back and change in PS if needed...

And then I see saving the RAW photo as well... what if you want to start over from square one... but I don't know, just seems like there should be a way to choose to just save one or the other!

Right. Use DONE!

Right, I guess I meant starting over was still a possibility once you save in PSD. 

I mean, it would really suck to do a ton of editing in PS on your PSD file and then notice something you forgot in ACR (based on the article you just posted) .. I better understand now. You can go back to ACR but once you do you basically lose everything you did in PS.

Finally, the archiving

Once I’ve completed a job, I archive the original Raw file (plus the accompanying XMP file), and the edited PSD master file.

doesn't this go against what you just commented? You save both the original raw file and the edited PSD master file... so you can go back? Sorry, I'm confused.

Oh, so editing a DNG requires re-saving the ENTIRE file, whereas editing a RAW file requires saving only tiny bits of data (XMP) ?

Re-reading, and this may be answered later buuut.... 

So once you go from ACR to PS and save as a PSD file, can you go back into ACR and fix anything?

http://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/02/to-dng-or-not-to-dng.html

Read this article, very helpful. Just trying to get this straight...

Well, let’s say that on Tuesday I downloaded one hundred new raw files to my computer.  Tuesday’s backup would take a little while, right?  Because 100 raw files is a lot of data to transfer.  Tuesday’s backup would take some time, regardless of whether the files were DNG or not.

On Wednesday, I edited those raw files.  How long would Wednesday’s backup take?  If the raw files were DNG, the backup would take the same (long) amount of time that it took on Tuesday.  But since I keep regular raw files, and therefore have separate XMP files, the backup is lightning fast, because the only things that need to be copied over are the 100 tiny XMP files.  The raw files themselves haven’t changed.

...so, when you edit a DNG technically it saves another copy? Am I understanding this correctly? Whereas if you save as RAW and you edit - it is saving another copy but in a smaller size?