Getting photo under 20kb limit, how to?

Help Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by leswaller, Aug 14, 2014.

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  1. leswaller

    leswaller Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 Germany

    I'm an amateur photographer, probably shouldn't even say that. I'm having a helluva time getting beer photos down to 20k. I have photoshop and can easily get the 150 x 300 and 72 dpi, but even at low quality I'm only down to 35k. Any more suggestions other than what is on the guideline page for photos?

    I'm in Germany and would love to contribute photos for the beers as I buy and drink them.

    Cheers, 17!
     
    #1 leswaller, Aug 14, 2014
  2. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    I don't understand this stuff to be able to say why this might help, but when I need to get the bytes down a few points to get under 20 I open the photo file with MS Paint, then save it without changing the filename, and then close it. Usually there is a drop in the number of bytes, although it's never a sizeable amount. Maybe it will work for you.
     
    #2 PapaGoose03, Aug 14, 2014
  3. leswaller

    leswaller Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 Germany

    I'm on an iMac, but I did try saving with other programs just to see. Turns out my file is actually 90kb, I even changed it to gray scale and took out the color and I still am nowhere near 20kb. Guess I better ask my daughter, she's better than me at these things.

    Just realized I'm shooting RAW images, which are huge. I'll try setting the image size to a much smaller size tomorrow and see how that turns out. I'll post my results of the test tomorrow.
     
    #3 leswaller, Aug 14, 2014
  4. rudzud

    rudzud Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2010 Massachusetts
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    It's a pain, but I used this website for editing (cropping, size adjustment) sometimes if I specify wanting the picture size no greater than 20kb it works: http://www.picresize.com/

    IF it doesnt work, I save the picture (which will usually be 66-90kb) and load it in this website: http://www.fotor.com/ and simply save under 'high' quality which will fall anywhere from 12-18kb.
     
    #4 rudzud, Aug 15, 2014
  5. leswaller

    leswaller Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 Germany

    @rudzud, thanks i'll try that after work tonight. I'll also try resizing the image size in camera and taking it from a further distance. results to be seen soon, maybe i'll be able to do a comparison.
     
    #5 leswaller, Aug 15, 2014
  6. leswaller

    leswaller Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 Germany

    fotor.com seemed to easily do the trick. Thanks! Now I know how to resize so I can start getting pics of the beers in Europe into the BA database. :-)
     
    #6 leswaller, Aug 15, 2014
  7. rudzud

    rudzud Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2010 Massachusetts
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    I did personally find that using fotor alone (to resize) affected the picture quality more than using the other website, but, to each their own. Your welcome.
     
    #7 rudzud, Aug 15, 2014
  8. Resuin

    Resuin Pooh-Bah (2,921) Jun 18, 2012 Massachusetts
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    If you have photoshop, this is easy - just go to File -> Save for web & devices, and then you can choose the file size by increasing or decreasing the "Quality" setting.
     
    #8 Resuin, Aug 15, 2014
  9. leswaller

    leswaller Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 Germany

    @Resuin, thanks for the tip puts it down to 12kb. Now I see why my daughter said it would take her "like 3 seconds" to get it done after she came home from work. She is a photographer. Well, I'll be filling those empty images as best I can.
     
    #9 leswaller, Aug 16, 2014
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