

Check that the “linked” option is enabled, the Width and Height options will be joined together by a line and a chain icon.In the top bar, go to Image > Image Size….

We will start with the original photograph or the largest copy available, manipulate the size of the image to within the maximum allowed dimensions, and save the new re-sized competition-ready image. In each case however, the process is essentially the same. Additional rules state the image must be below 2Mb in file size, but in almost all cases the dimensions above will create a file size below that limit, so we won’t be covering that is this topic.Īlthough there are many ways to achieve the desired results in each of the programs we are looking at, we are only going to cover one simple method for each application.

So for this tutorial we will be working to those dimensions. In this tutorial we are going to show you how to achieve this using Adobe Photoshop, GIMP 2, and Adobe Lightroom.įor competition, typically the size requested is a maximum of 1600px wide by 1200px high this is the case for North Fylde’s internal competitions, but also most of the external competitions as well. During the season we have multiple DPI competitions (digital projected image), for which the entry requirements ask for your images to be resized appropriately.
