Floating floor over basement concrete. (Artifact Recording)

The previous pictures and this one mostly just show all the supplies I bought gearing up for the work.

OK, Now the actual work... :lol:

More work...

And more...

And still going...

Tracking Room 2

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damn, I've gotta find my magnifying glass... did you took pix with ya phone or sumpf'n ? Anyways, always good to see progress like this.

No, I loaded Photoshop on my machine last night, and it doesn't seem to resize too well. (At least that I can figure yet anyway). I guess I'll have to redo all those pix again for a 3rd time and load 'em up again. :cry:

Keep the pics coming!!!!!!!!!!

Aaron, I vote you change the (default) width size when you re size photos and maybe pre crop pic to specific exciting area of pic. 8) Depending on my mood and photo I'll go from 500 to 700 pix wide. Marc

I haven't really used photoshop, so it's new to me. V.8 CS. I just resized down to 10% to try and get them in the 40-60kb range. Otherwise the files are too big.

Resise then use "save for web" in the file menu

Ah, now my photoshop experience comes in handy to share :) There's a batch process called "Web Photo Gallery" in PS, use that. It'll save tons of manual resizing. Make sure your pix are angled right. Then it's a piece of cake. here we go: - Put all your original photo's in one folder. (example: d:\photos\original) - Make another folder for the resized ones (example d:\photos\resized) - in PS FILES / Automate / Web Photo Gallery (see screenshot) - Choose any preset ya like, I prefer "simple" (don't matter in the end) - Source: use folder (and BROWSE to original photo folder) [in the example D:\photos\original] - Select Destination [in example D:\photos\resized] - Options "large images". resize custom to 700 pix. medium Q (5) (other options don't matter, we'll use only large pix) - Press OK. Now all images will be resized to max 700x700 and put in destination folder under another folder called "images" Just upload those and yer done. voila!

orangenumerik wrote:

Resise then use "save for web" in the file menu

No, just "save as" and select "jpg" for example. The "save for web" function is to save SLICED images to 72dpi websize pix. (okay, it works but save-as is quicker. gheh)

Ro, Thanks for the tip, but there's a problem. You're using windows, I'm using Mac OSX. Under the automate option it just gives me the options of Batch, PDF Presentation and Create Droplet. I tried the batch, but it doesn't give the option to resize. Any other suggestions?

Any other suggestions?

Hmm, I've been using Photo-shop on Windows for since 1998 and do not remember a version that does not at least have the save for web option, which decreases quality of picture or DPI. Nor do I remember one that does not have the web gallery batch thing. Since I really want to see bigger pics of your work I'll attempt another explanation :D I have CS version 8.0 for Windows and I'll refer to that, Mac has to be similar. 1. Optional Image>Adjustments>Auto Level, Auto Contrast and/or Auto Color. Only if pic looks to dark or off color. 2. Optional Use "Rectanganglular Marque Tool" to select an area to "Crop" picture too. Then Image>Crop to do the crop. This is like zooming in and deleting areas of the pic which are useless. 3. Image>Image Size Pick the width in pixels (reset drop down boxes to pixels if not already selected) For the forum I'll go from 500 to 700. 4. Important part 2 ways to do this: a. File>Save For Web Play with drop down box beside word Preset. I leave mine on JPEG Medium. Notice at the lower portion of this window you can see the file size the jpeg will become, selecting different Presets will change the file size (decreasing quality, but not the pixel size... kind of... only thing you would not want to print a photo from the decreases quality version of the pic) Mine even shows download time @ 28.8 Kbps. There should be tabs above the pic... I work with the tab optimized cause that's the one I want to see, which is the one I am about to save. b. Forget dealing with all of a. method... File>Save As... remember to change file name to not overwrite over original pic, hit Save then a 2nd save window (should) appear... choose Quality as Medium. Note the new file size shows on this 2nd save windows as does in the "Save for Web" Method. And I'll add in: c. A Mac version of what Ro explained. I'll bet ya there's a way, just slightly different words right in front of you to batch all pics at once. 8) Hope that helps, Marc

guitardad72 wrote:

Any other suggestions?

Hmm, I've been using Photo-shop on Windows for since 1998 and do not remember a version that does not at least have the save for web option, which decreases quality of picture or DPI. Nor do I remember one that does not have the web gallery batch thing. I have CS version 8.0 for Windows and I'll refer to that, Mac has to be similar.

Marc, CS (Creative Suite) is Photoshop version 8.0. All those functions are there, trust me (it's been there atleast since version 7.0) I just switched to CS2 (v9) by the way, but the little tutorial I wrote about batching was done on CS (v8) (at my work)

1. Optional Image>Adjustments>Auto Level, Auto Contrast and/or Auto Color. Only if pic looks to dark or off color.

Jup, very nice feature.

2. Optional Use "Rectanganglular Marque Tool" to select an area to "Crop" picture too. Then Image>Crop to do the crop. This is like zooming in and deleting areas of the pic which are useless.

Huh? no man, just use the CROP tool ;)

3. Image>Image Size Pick the width in pixels (reset drop down boxes to pixels if not already selected) For the forum I'll go from 500 to 700.

I prefer the 4:3 ratio 640x480 or 600x450 (landscape) / 480x650 or 450x600 (portrait)

a. File>Save For Web Play with drop down box beside word Preset. I leave mine on JPEG Medium. Notice at the lower portion of this window you can see the file size the jpeg will become, selecting different Presets will change the file size (decreasing quality, but not the pixel size... kind of... only thing you would not want to print a photo from the decreases quality version of the pic) Mine even shows download time @ 28.8 Kbps. There should be tabs above the pic... I work with the tab optimized cause that's the one I want to see, which is the one I am about to save.

Really, forget that one. It's for slicing pictures and exporting them to web-based images including table layouts etc. just use:

b. Forget dealing with all of a. method... File>Save As... remember to change file name to not overwrite over original pic, hit Save then a 2nd save window (should) appear... choose Quality as Medium. Note the new file size shows on this 2nd save windows as does in the "Save for Web" Method.

Don't forget to select "jpeg", "png", "gif" or anything. PNG and JPG are best for photo's. Also you HAVE TO resize image prior to saving. Not only the Dimensions (X/Y) but also the resolution is important. 72 DPI is standaard monitor resolution. So change resolution to 72, the dimension will also change. THEN change width (when landscape) or height (when portrait) to 640 for example. As Marc mentioned, those are NOT really print worthy (low resolution). You'll want to print with a resolution of at least 150DPI (dots per inch).

c. A Mac version of what Ro explained. I'll bet ya there's a way, just slightly different words right in front of you to batch all pics at once. 8)

I'm sure there must be... I'll check it out for ya. (hmm, this all might be a sticky....)

Ro, Yup there is always at least what... 5 ways to do the same task in software now a days AND once you think you've found the quickest way, someone will point out a better one :shock: Marc

Or, you could use GoDaddy.com for great, cheap Web hosting, turn on their free Coppermine Photo Gallery, and let it do all your scaling for you! 8) I have mine set to do intermediate scaling at 700 pixels. Take a look at my photo gallery to see how I'm using it. My Web hosting account costs about $3 per month, paid 3 years in advance. I highly recommend GoDaddy for hosting personal crap. --Keith :mrgreen:

Sharward, That's indeed a good idea. There are tons of FREE services for that outthere.. I use http://www.imageshack.us/ for example. BUT I resize myself. I know... I'm being a geek at that point. :oops: And indeed, Marc, there's more than 1 way to get to Rome :)

I prefer to stay away from the freebie image sharing sites, simply because one can't depend on them long term. I know I can rely on GoDaddy for years to come. --Keith :mrgreen:

Maybe I'll get this photoshop thing figured out this weekend if I'm not too busy on the studio... The plan for this weekend...finish both layers of drywall and possibly, the layer of plywood in the 2nd tracking room.