CMS - Resizing Photos

Why do we need to do this?

Before you upload photos to the website, you should make sure that they are optimised for the Internet.

Most cameras these days take photos at 5 megapixels and beyond. This is far too big for the web, and may impact the speed at which your page loads.

How do I resize photos?

I recommend that you use a free program from Google called Picasa to batch process resizing many photos at once, and in nearly no time at all. It makes a backup of your original photos (so you won't lose them), and places your web-ready photos in a new folder. To download and install Picasa, follow these steps:

1. Download Picasa
2. Click "Run" and wait for it to download
3. Install the program
4. Open Picasa, and wait for it to search your computer for images

Now that you have Picasa installed, to resize your images/photos follow these steps:

1. Select all the photos that you would like to use on the website
2. Go to "File" and then click "Export Photos to Folder..." (see image below)
   
   
    
3. Set the location and folder for exported files (I have chosen to make a new folder on the Desktop called "For Web")
4. Set image size options: A good size is 300 pixels.
5. Set image quality to Normal
6. Click "OK" and wait for the process to finish

 Once that's finished, you now have photos ready to upload to the website. Make sure you "Browse" to the folder you just created when you upload.