Different border size for save for web action

[Shar Bigham]

Hi, I have been using your save for web actions for awhile (thank you) and now I want to make my border higher at the bottom to place my watermark center of bottom border and I am not sure how to do that.

I am also having trouble working out my total image size. I opened up a resized photo and edited the border to how I want it and the pixels are 2188 x 1599 including border. Most of my images are in landscape.

Many thanks

[Damien Symonds]

8 minutes ago, Shar Bigham said:

I am also having trouble working out my total image size. I opened up a resized photo and edited the border to how I want it and the pixels are 2188 x 1599 including border. Most of my images are in landscape.

Gosh, are you sure about those dimensions? That's VERY big for a web-sized image.

[Damien Symonds]

11 minutes ago, Shar Bigham said:

Hi, I have been using your save for web actions for awhile (thank you) and now I want to make my border higher at the bottom to place my watermark center of bottom border

I beg you to reconsider this.  It's the direct opposite of the real purpose of watermarking - that is, to prevent image theft.  If you have your watermark in the border, it's not stopping ANYONE stealing your photos and cropping off the border.

[Shar Bigham]

I hear you but if someone wants to steel an image, they will, so I want to use my watermark as advertising. I think watermarks are ugly on an image and distract but I guess I should look at making mine more attractive however in saying that I will never put it anywhere other than a corner of a photo so it can still be cropped off.

[Shar Bigham]

37 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Gosh, are you sure about those dimensions? That's VERY big for a web-sized image.

Hmmm pretty sure. Is there a typical size for landscape photos for web?

[Damien Symonds]

Where are you posting them?

[Shar Bigham]

6 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Where are you posting them?

On my website and Facebook plus Instagram 

[Damien Symonds]

Ok, well I know Facebook's maximum size is smaller than that.  Not sure about Instagram.

May I have a link to your website?

[Shar Bigham]

www.sharbigham.com 

I have had a feeling my photos are slowing down my website

Edited September 15, 2016 by Shar Bigham

[Damien Symonds]

Yeah, I'd say so too.

Take a screenshot or two of the images on your website, paste the screenshot into PS, then measure their size.  I reckon they're only around 1000px.  Which means your files are four times bigger than they need to be.

[Shar Bigham]

11 hours ago, Damien Symonds said:

Yeah, I'd say so too.

Take a screenshot or two of the images on your website, paste the screenshot into PS, then measure their size.  I reckon they're only around 1000px.  Which means your files are four times bigger than they need to be.

Hi Damien, my screenshot gave me  1050 x 720px

[Damien Symonds]

Great!!!  That will make your website load a LOT faster.

[Shar Bigham]

3 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Great!!!  That will make your website load a LOT faster.

So they are the right size for the web or do I need to make them four times smaller? Im a bit slow at the best of times :-)

[Damien Symonds]

If you make your web images 1050px, instead of your outrageous 2188, your website will run faster.

[Shar Bigham]

1 minute ago, Damien Symonds said:

If you make your web images 1050px, instead of your outrageous 2188, your website will run faster.

So even though my images are showing as 2188 in photoshop, they are downsizing to 1050px on my website automatically for viewing?

[Damien Symonds]

That's right.  But that's slowing everyone down.

[Shar Bigham]

Your example for photosize in the actions for web, is that based on a square photo? I am trying to work out overall image size of my 1050x722px image which includes 70px border.  Im getting 910px based on 1050px but because its a landscape image, do I work out the height too or just longest side?

[Shar Bigham]

10 minutes ago, Shar Bigham said:

Your example for photosize in the actions for web, is that based on a square photo? I am trying to work out overall image size of my 1050x722px image which includes 70px border.  Im getting 910px based on 1050px but because its a landscape image, do I work out the height too or just longest side?

OK I kept reading and its longest size right. Because I have an action already set up, can I just reset the image size and leave everything else as is?

[Damien Symonds]

I doubt it.  It'll probably mess with your logo size and position.

[Shar Bigham]

1 minute ago, Damien Symonds said:

I doubt it.  It'll probably mess with your logo size and position.

I was afraid you would say that. I hope my brain engages at some point today. Ive set up the action once fairly easily but today its a struggle. Thanks for your help, there is a beer coming your way.

[Damien Symonds]

13 hours ago, Shar Bigham said:

I hear you but if someone wants to steel an image, they will, so I want to use my watermark as advertising. I think watermarks are ugly on an image and distract but I guess I should look at making mine more attractive however in saying that I will never put it anywhere other than a corner of a photo so it can still be cropped off.

What?

[Shar Bigham]

Wow resizing correctly for my website has made a huge improvement to the photos! I didn't realise they looked so bad! Still changing them over so can't wait for the site to run faster.

since resizing smaller to 1050px they now look shit on Facebook though. They are OK on the wall but when you click on one its pixelated. 

[Damien Symonds]

Yes, 1050 isn't a Facebook size.  For the very best results, use 960px PNG files, or 2048 JPEG files, for Facebook.