amyb. Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Hi, I'm entering a photo contest, first time for this particular contest. They require submitted photo is jpeg, long edge is 1920px and a maximum size of 2mb. My image size is: 69.0M, 4256 x 2832 px, 240 res. In an attempt to decrease the size, I went to photoshop Image, Image size and typed in 1920 for width (length is given to me as I have the locked feature on). This takes the size of the file down to 14.0M, 1920 x 1278 px and res stays at 240. Still too big to submit. I tried changing the resolution to 72, the file size is now 1.26M but the width is 576 x 383. I've actually tried lots of numbers to see how close to 2M I can make it while keeping the width as long as possible, but I feel lost/angry/confused at how this all works because I'm not getting it where it needs to be. Is there a way in PS to resize my image to make it meet the submission requirements? Do I need to find a software that will do this for me? Any help or insight would be much appreciated as this is an image I am very proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 1 hour ago, amyb. said: In an attempt to decrease the size, I went to photoshop Image, Image size and typed in 1920 for width (length is given to me as I have the locked feature on). This takes the size of the file down to 14.0M, 1920 x 1278 px and res stays at 240. Still too big to submit. Yep, this is exactly right. Now save it as a jpeg. Jpeg files are compressed, remember? It will easily come in under 2mb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyb. Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 I've saved it as a jpg, quality at 7, Baseline ("Standard") is selected. File is still too big; 1920 x 1278 px, 7M. Got it to cut down in half. Am I SOL here or can I get it smaller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Where are you looking at the file size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyb. Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 I saved a copy of it with the width as 1920 and the quality at 7. I then opened (in PS) Image, Image Size and saw that it's still 7M. Should I be looking elsewhere? (Also should have added when I saved the copy, I saved it as a jpeg.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 No, stop looking at it in Photoshop!!!! Just look at the file size on your hard drive. Wherever it's saved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyb. Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 Oh happy day, it's at 1.3mb. Thank you, thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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