Changing resolution

Lenah

Hi,

I am new to photography and am having some difficulty understanding how to make an edit in Photoshop:

I need to set the {resolution to be medium or high with a minimum of 1000 pixels on the shorter side of the image and a maximum of 4,000.}

When open the image that I need to edit in Photoshop, I go to image size where it says that the dimensions are 4752x3168 and it is fit to original size. I also set it to 300 ppi for good print quality during the week.

Can anyone tell me exactly the steps I should follow to meet the requirement highlighted between the brackets above?

I know it's probably really easy but when I googled it and read different sets of instructions, I just got confused!

Thanks!

Kenny Logins

It's fine as it is - the short size is 3186 (between 1000 and 4000).

You don't need to do anything.

Lenah

I see what it means now, thank you! For some reason I interpreted as "width must be between 1000 to 4000". :P

CabanSail

Do not do this on the Original Image (assuming it's a Jpeg) but only on a copy.

I think that what they are looking for is an image which is above 1000 on the short side but under 4000 on the long side.

At 4752 x 3168 it's slightly too large for the specification.

I do not have PS here on this machine, but re-sizing is very easy. From memory it's under Adjustments>Image Size.

There will be two numbers for the two dimensions (Height & Width) which should be linked together (default state). If you want the max resolution then simply change the number 4752 to 4000. The other number will change automatically to maintain aspect ratio.

When you save this new image as a Jpeg you will then get an option for quality (Compression) Probably a setting of 9 here would be fine.

The DPI is irrelevant at this stage.

Kenny Logins

Oh yes, I think you're right! It's not very clear though. The Examiner photo comps use this spec. maybe somebody can confirm?

Lenah

CabanSail wrote: »

Do not do this on the Original Image (assuming it's a Jpeg) but only on a copy.

I think that what they are looking for is an image which is above 1000 on the short side but under 4000 on the long side.

At 4752 x 3168 it's slightly too large for the specification.

I do not have PS here on this machine, but re-sizing is very easy. From memory it's under Adjustments>Image Size.

There will be two numbers for the two dimensions (Height & Width) which should be linked together (default state). If you want the max resolution then simply change the number 4752 to 4000. The other number will change automatically to maintain aspect ratio.

When you save this new image as a Jpeg you will then get an option for quality (Compression) Probably a setting of 9 here would be fine.

The DPI is irrelevant at this stage.

Thanks for your help!

I read it the spec as that, however Kenny made a good point too

Kenny Logins

Sorry about that.