topic How to make photos <100 KB in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

How to make photos <100 KB

Gto68 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:27:00 GMT

I breed dogs and some sites I place ads in require photos to be less than 100KB. My photos come out 120KB or larger. How do I make my photos 100KB ? Thanks. I resized the photo but that didn't change the KB only the pixels.

Re: How to make photos <100 KB

telstar — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:56:11 GMT

What software and method are you using to resize your pictures ?

Re: How to make photos <100 KB

Stephen — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:25:01 GMT

@Gto68 wrote:
I breed dogs and some sites I place ads in require photos to be less than 100KB. My photos come out 120KB or larger. How do I make my photos 100KB ? Thanks. I resized the photo but that didn't change the KB only the pixels.

Hi Gto68! In order for our Subject Matter Experts to better assist you, it will be helpful to know the exact camera you're using as well. Thank you!

Re: How to make photos <100 KB

WaltA — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:32:20 GMT

Regardlessof what camera model you have, after you copy the image to your PC you could use a software package like FastStone Image Resizer.

That will allow you to re-size the image based on either pixels or KB - your choice

And its free

http://www.faststone.org/

Re: How to make photos <100 KB

cicopo — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:40:08 GMT

My favorite way to do this is with Picasa. [removed unofficial link and replaced with Google's official link] which is also free. After doing whatever editing I need to do I export the photo to a new album, and when you click the EXPORT button you're given several choices in what quality & size (in pixels) you want as the largest width or height. For Quality you get the choices of Maximum, automatic, regular & minimum (or something along those lines) PLUS Custom. If you choose custom you get a slider to set from a very low value to a max value of 85%. Because every file is a bit different in it's original file size which changes when edited & or cropped you'll need to try saving at a few different custom settings to learn what fits your needs, but none of that takes more than a few minutes.

Re: How to make photos <100 KB

BrickR — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 20:11:40 GMT

Knowing what software you're using helps.

You can adjust the size in lightroom when you export. Just adjust the output size and resolution.

In Photoshop you can resize the image and the quality when you "save as".

Re: How to make photos <100 KB

shoot_ric — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 02:35:13 GMT

IrfanView software. You tell it what size you want the file to be and it does the work. There is no guesswork involved.