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Guidelines for preparing digital images for critiques
Please save your prepared images on a cd, a cf card, or a USB jump drive. Do a backup first! Do not put the only copy of your image on a cf card or jump drive. Please limit the number of images for critique to six per session. To do this, either place only six images on your cd, cf card, or jump drive OR use folders on your media, each containing five or six images. Label your folders for separate critique sessions. For example “Critique 1”, “Critique 2”, etc.
Image size and format
In the interest of saving time, we prefer you to resize your images to up to 1200 pixels on the long side and to save them as JPG. Be sure to use the “Save As” option so that you don’t overwrite your original file.
In Photoshop, go to Image>Image Size
In Photoshop Elements, go to Image>Resize>Image Size
Check “Resample” and “Constrain Proportions”
Change the resolution to 96 ppi and the Pixel Dimensions up to 1200 pixels for the LONGEST side. (ppi doesn’t really matter for this purpose, but pixel dimension does)
Color Space If you have Photoshop, it’s easy to convert your images to the sRGB colorspace. This colorspace is more universal for use with different programs and projectors. In Photoshop, go to Edit>Convert
to Profile After resizing your images, use File>Save As to save the image as a JPG. Use a high quality setting.
Photoshop users may create an action to automate this process. If you’re using Photoshop and wish to create an action to resize your images, use the “Fit Image” command rather than “Image Size”. Find “Fit Image” under File>Automate>Fit Image… For instance, to constrain the image size to 1200 pixels on the longest side, simply enter 1200 in both the Width and Height boxes.
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