what size do you upload lo's to the gallery?

[ColleenSwerb]

No problem Susan
I've pretty much only seen the unsharp mask used to get things a touch sharper. If you read a lot of photography stuff, they refer to "defogging" or they defog a picture. That's the same as running the unsharp mask.

 

[lltheo]

Woot!! Thanks for the action, Meghan!!!

I'm going to sound a bit out of the loop here, but how do you install that action in PSE? I've installed lots of actions for my photos before, but I always put them in the photo effects folder. I can't decide which folder this action needs to go into??

If anyone has a clue, could you hook a sister up??

Thanks, ladies!

 

[Giseli Freitas]

Girls, I'm here to thank you! This unsharp mask thing totally works great!
I'm changing my way to save LO's for web starting today. In fact, I'll apply the filter in all my "for web" LO's I have in my machine. Just b/c it works great and I'll love to see the change in my pages LOL

I use PSP (12) and there's a unsharp mask filter too. I didn't use this until today and what difference it makes! More clear / less pixelated.
I just change the LO to 72 dpi and automatically the size changes to 576x576 and I save. But now I'll apply the unsharp mask filter. SO easy to do!!
You're all so smart! Thanks!


xoxo

 

[Linz]

600x600. always. even with a zillion layers. low quality sucks, but that's the size my CTs ask for when making ads or using them for store previews.

i've always ran the unsharp mask on my photos (among other photo-editing processes), but not the entire layout. *shrug* i'm happy with them and that's what counts, right?

 

[Sue Setiadji]

I havent read all through this post but wanted to make a mention that a little boost in saturation prevents the colours from dulling on web saves also.

Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation and move the Saturation (middle slider) up (to the right) just a smidge - somewhere between +5 and +9 is about all you need
Feel free to experiment - everyone has there own taste!

 

[MelissaL88]

Cool, Sue! Thanks for that little tip!

The action I have saves the files at 512 - why? I dunno. It's just what it does. I need to update it to 600 so I can be like all the other cool kids around here LOL!