vigilante
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I like to keep just one PSD master of a shot, but the shot is usually exported with different sizes and qualities, perhaps even different crops, and with or without a watermark.
I'm not sure if all this can be done using a single PSD, but I'm hoping it can.
One of our online stores has changed the max size of images they allow from 800px to 1000px. This means that for my online shots, the largest size I can do is 1000x1000 anyway. This size always works just fine for online marketing, Facebook, Twitter, etc, so it is used 85% of the time.
My normal workflow has been to edit the original, then get it sized and cropped, and save the PSD at the 1000px mark.
I know this is bad, because I'd like a full size shot too, but they are just not needed for anything (unless they are needed!). The only time I need a larger shot than 1000px is if it's going to print or sent to a magazine editor, or used in flyers/brochures etc.
My question is this, I know I can always just use the "save for web" screen to change the size of the image, but I've always always been told that this is NOT the best way to resize your image with the highest quality in Photoshop.
Instead, I use the image properties to size the image using specific rendering for best reduction, etc.
It feels very awkward for me to spend time reducing the image and making any adjustments needed for quality, then export, then do a bunch of UNDOs to get back to my full size image. At the same time, I don't want to save multiple PSDs for every size/quality/type.
In the event I do need a higher quality shot, I usually just pull up the original capture. The problem is, naturally, I have to redo a lot of post processing.
I've thought about doing it where I do all my full size post processing, then just save an export TIF or something of a full size image before I resize the PSD. Problem is, maybe there WILL be occasion to want to edit the full size again in PS, I don't know!
So I'm curious, do you guys store mutliple PSDs? One PSD and export sizes through "save for web"? Save TIF snapshots at each size? I'm not sure the best way. My goals are reducing total number of files, I don't like having a dozen files all representing the same image. I want as few as possible. And also total file size. Space is limited, I don't want to store 15MB snapshots I may never use, but I do want to get such a shot if it's ever needed.
thx
I'm not sure if all this can be done using a single PSD, but I'm hoping it can.
One of our online stores has changed the max size of images they allow from 800px to 1000px. This means that for my online shots, the largest size I can do is 1000x1000 anyway. This size always works just fine for online marketing, Facebook, Twitter, etc, so it is used 85% of the time.
My normal workflow has been to edit the original, then get it sized and cropped, and save the PSD at the 1000px mark.
I know this is bad, because I'd like a full size shot too, but they are just not needed for anything (unless they are needed!). The only time I need a larger shot than 1000px is if it's going to print or sent to a magazine editor, or used in flyers/brochures etc.
My question is this, I know I can always just use the "save for web" screen to change the size of the image, but I've always always been told that this is NOT the best way to resize your image with the highest quality in Photoshop.
Instead, I use the image properties to size the image using specific rendering for best reduction, etc.
It feels very awkward for me to spend time reducing the image and making any adjustments needed for quality, then export, then do a bunch of UNDOs to get back to my full size image. At the same time, I don't want to save multiple PSDs for every size/quality/type.
In the event I do need a higher quality shot, I usually just pull up the original capture. The problem is, naturally, I have to redo a lot of post processing.
I've thought about doing it where I do all my full size post processing, then just save an export TIF or something of a full size image before I resize the PSD. Problem is, maybe there WILL be occasion to want to edit the full size again in PS, I don't know!
So I'm curious, do you guys store mutliple PSDs? One PSD and export sizes through "save for web"? Save TIF snapshots at each size? I'm not sure the best way. My goals are reducing total number of files, I don't like having a dozen files all representing the same image. I want as few as possible. And also total file size. Space is limited, I don't want to store 15MB snapshots I may never use, but I do want to get such a shot if it's ever needed.
thx