EDITING PHOTOS FOR WEBSITE IN PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS

This is the process I use to prepare my art work for my web site. It is not intended for professionals, or as a sole source of information for anyone. 

To transfer photos from camera to computer:

-Turn camera mode dial to green rectangle

-Plug in cable to camera and into computer

-Turn camera on

-Use Iphoto to transfer photos

-Camera will transfer photos

-Choose “Import Photos” after the transfer is complete

-Review your photos that you just imported and make note as to which you think are best

-Make a new file on your desktop and name it

-Select the photos you want and drag and drop them to that folder

-Import those photos to Photshop Elements Organizer: Open photoshop elements, Open the organizer, and import your photos from the desk top. Photoshop elements will not work with Iphoto.

-Later, transfer these images to the appropriate file in the X Drive

Open Photoshop Elements

-File/open/select your photo from your new desktop folder/ open

-Choose hand icon/ fit on screen

-Choose crop icon/ move to outside of your image area that you wish to crop/ position crop lines/ choose green check

-If image is askew, you may need to custom rotate it

-Adjust the color, levels, sharpness, etc.

-Image/resize/image size

Pixel dimensions- make longest dimension 550. By choosing “constrain” the smaller dimension will automatically reconfigure.

Don’t worry about Document Size but, choose “inches”

Resolution 72 pixels/inch

Check: scale styles,  Check: constrain proportions,  Check: Resample image,  Bicubic

Select OK

-Hand icon/ fit on screen

-File/ save as/ rename your image with “RV”. If more than one image, you may need to name as “RV 1”, “RV 2”, etc.

-Choose your folder that you recently named on the desktop to store your RV Image into.

-Format/ JPEG

-Include in elements organizer,  -Embed color profile,  Save

-A new window appears  -Matte: none,  -Image options,  Quality 8 High

Format options-  Baseline optimized,  OK

Hit the X to close your image out of photoshop elements (Top left above image)