Resizing Photos in Aperture

<p>Say you want to upload a photo to here. You're told resize it.<br>

I could find no way of doing so in Aperture and ended up using iPhoto, exporting to the desktop using "medium size, medium quality", then uploading. The quality of my iPhoto pics isn't very good, so I wasn't very happy with this.<br>

I also don't understand why if you crop a photo, it remains the same size...it should get smaller, logically...<br>

I obviously don't understand what resizing means, let alone how to do it in Aperture. Can someone explain this slowly in simple English?<br>

Thanks...</p>

<p>You might look into Irfanview, or ACDSee. These are both primarily image viewer programs, with some extras. Irfanview is free I think, and ACDSee is shareware, around $100 or a little less. Both, and other similar I'm sure, give you fairly straight forward, and flexible, resizing options. Not quite the quality of Photoshop with "Bicubic Sharpen" option, but close enough for quick/dirty downsamples.</p>

<p>In this context, re-sizing a picture (smaller) involves removing pixels to make the image smaller. There are good and no-so-good algorithms for doing this. Most photo programs have this capability. When you re-size, the application will generally display the size of the image in pixels and allow you to change it.</p>

<p>I might suggest buying a book and learning how Aperture works. You can easily set up an export preference that will export you image and constrain the pixel dimensions to 700 pixels... the size requirement for this website. Strictly downsizing the pixels of an image isn't going to effect the quality of said pixels. And finally, that is part of the point to use Aperture: it is a workflow solution. </p>

<p>So there is *some* way to do this in Aperture but it's not obvious.<br>

Or get another program...I'll keep that in mind, but better to figure out aperture's secret path.<br>

If you remove pixels, you're losing information, but I guess if the display is small that doesn't matter?</p>

 

<p>I don't use Aperture, but Lightroom should be similar. You don't resize in the app, when you want a JPEG of a certain size, you export with a specified size -- making a copy that incorporates all of your edits (including cropping) -- to another location.</p>

<p>I do post-processing in Aperture, then export to another folder where I will open the image in Photo Shop Elements to resize. </p>

<p>Open the photo you'd like to export. click file --> export version<br>

A box opens, you can either select an export preset of jpeg 640 x 640 pixels which should meet constraints if you aren't too picky about width and height.<br>

*or*<br>

you can select "edit" at the bottom of the present list and set your exact dimensions in the box that appears, to "fit within(pixels)" and then do 700 on the wide or long end.. You can also enter a custom file name to better help you find your pnet export photo later. you can also make this settings a "preset" for exports.<br>

Then simply export to a designated folder (I normally keep a folder on my desktop expressly for exports/uploads of this purpose. i.e. quick and easy small exports that I can delete later) and upload to pnet.<br>

hope this helps<br>

Laura</p>

 

<p>O_M_G... I swear I looked for this several hours yesterday...<br>

Didn't see it. Not till I followed your instructions...<br>

Thank you!<br>

Wow, this is embarrassing...LOL!!</p>

<p>I switched to using Aperture after I felt limited by iPhoto. It is intuitive, but, I think you will benefit using the manual that you can find online: http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/ or like me, download a pdf version (download form the Internet or find it on your installation DVD), print double-sided, bind it and you have a reference book. The thing is I read it just once and with using Aperture, the most important stuff sticks in your head.<br>

You question was answered, a quick way to access this option is by right-clicking an image or selection of images. I like the extra options as you can use watermarks, different resize/quality, etc.<br>

Your other question refers to size when cropping. The image does change size. In aperture, it depends on how you chose to view your images. Once you crop it, the image fills the screen. Try pressing "P" or "L" - that way you will see the image at 100% without scaling to fit your window.<br>

There are very few menus, try all of those from "View" menu and you will see how the image is displayed.<br>

Have fun!</p>

 

<p>That's good advice, to read the manual. I tend to look things up only when I need them, and then you often can't find the answer. </p>

<p>I have read the various questions around resizing images in iPhoto and Aperture with interest. I have had identical needs and find it startling and frustrating that you cannot do it in iPhoto. I assumed Aperture was the answer and was about to order it when it became clear it effectively does not resize images either. A real let-down. In fact I think Apple should be more clear about this omission and also that Aperture, apart from some very rudimentary tools, is more of an image organiser than an image editor. But, it has forced me to deal with Adobe again (I am a long time user of PS but can't stomach dealing with the arrogant set-up at Adobe) and order PS Elements which has similar tools to PS for resizing. I hope this helps others who may have had similar needs!</p>