Kinkos calendar

[k-9cachers]

I decided to use Kinkos to make my calendar this year. I am going to upload my photos and just have the plain photo (no scrapping). However, my photos are about 21 mb!! How do I make them smaller without losing the resolution when printing? I've changed the size to 11 x 7.50 (a little bigger than the actual calendar, but they will be okay when cropped). Resolution is currently at 300, but it doesn't change it that much when I drop it to 200. I need it to be 2.2 mb to upload to kinkos. My pixel dimensions are 3383 x 2250. If I make them smaller, it reduces the document size way too much.
I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but I can't figure it out
Thanks!

[Amanda]

make it a 200ppi jpg :)

[k-9cachers]

Making it a 200 pixels per inch only drops it to 9.68M - I still need to get to 2.2

[Amanda]

JPG? You can adjust your compression down some too.

[k-9cachers]

Yes, they are saved as jpg. Here are the settings I show for example:
Pixel Dimensions 11.0 M
width 2400 pixels
height 1596 pixels

Document size
width 12 inches
height 7.98 inches
resolution 200

How do I adjust the compression down? I'm using PS CS

[Amanda]

When you save as a jpg there is a slider to adjust :)

[k-9cachers]

Well, I understand part of it. I guess I was supposed to be doing save for web, which I wasn't doing. So, when I do that, I can adjust jpg to medium and change the quality. It then gets me to 1.191 which is under the 2.2 that I've been trying to do.
The one thing I don't understand is, after I do this, if I go to image size, it shows 72 resolution, and the size is like 17x 23 and the pixel dimesions are 11 M. But then if I go to insert it into an email, it shows the size as 1.191.
Why does it show 2 different sizes?
Thanks for all your help Amanda!!

[Amanda]

I don't use the save for web feature - so I can't help ya there! As long as you still have the same amount of pixels then you should be fine!

[k-9cachers]

Do you use PS CS? I'm not sure where using CS you can adjust the slider when saving (except for save for web). I'm just a little concerned that they will print at 72 resolution and not 200

[Amanda]

Yes, I use CS. You've got your PSD right? File>save as>choose a JPG, save, then a box will pop up where you can adjust the compression 1-12. It will show you the file size at that compression down at the bottom.

[k-9cachers]

Finally figured out what you mean!! Guess i'm a bit dense tonight. I did try sliding that to low, but when I go back and check the image size, it is still at 11 M.

[k-9cachers]

Maybe I got it!! I keep looking at the pixel dimensions and see 11 M. I should look at the file size on the screen where I can change the quality. Is that showing me the size that I will be uploading? I'm assuming that is totally different that Pixel Dimension?

[Amanda]

yep!

[k-9cachers]

Maybe I got it!! I keep looking at the pixel dimensions and see 11 M. I should look at the file size on the screen where I can change the quality. Is that showing me the size that I will be uploading? I'm assuming that is totally different than Pixel Dimension? I think I am confusing pixel dimesion with file size

[Margie]

yes! and be sure to look in explorer at the actual file size. it can be a little different than the slider pop up box shows you. but it will be close. :)

[k-9cachers]

:) Thanks for all your help and patience!! I really appreciate it:)