This may not be totally photography-related, but it is indirectly related...so here goes.
This isn't a big deal and I've messed it up a bunch of times, but when you are posting pictures you've taken on the web, you should change the picture to 72 pixels per inch. That is all that computer monitors pick up anyhow, so the file is too big if it is anything over 72 ppi. If you are printing a picture, you need 300 ppi. That gives you the best print quality.
If you leave your pic at 300 ppi and post it on your blog, it is a huge file that may take people a long time to bring up on their screen. Then they get frustrated and go outside to play basketball...
In PS Elements or PS CS2 or 3, you click on Image --> Image Size. Then type in 72 in the "resolution" box. If you want the picture to be a different size (as in dimension...) then change the inches from whatever it is to whatever you want (just make sure the box that says "constrain proportions" is checked. Then just change the width OR height and the other one will change proportionally.
Again, this isn't a big deal, but it'll save computer space somewhere which probably stops global warming (which is still a debatable topic for some people I guess) and will eventually bring the supply and demand of crude oil back into balance, thus lowering prices at the pump.
I think.
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How do I take pictures in my house so that they aren't so yellowy?
i think i'm just too lazy to create two files... one to print and one for the web. that's what i'd have to do right? good suggestion though. the only thing i've been diligent in restricting to 72 rather than 300 is my blog headers. maybe i'll try to be better though. maybe isn't a promise ;)
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