Save for web in NX

[André BARELIER]

Hello,

Would you please tell me what rate you use when you save a reduced picture for web in NX ?

Currently, I use PS and the "save for web" function, wich works fine. But maybe it's possible to avoid this step and save directly from NX, for web ?
Thanks
André

 

[fenerb]

I am not home to tall you exactly but under the top menu item Edit go all the way down to Fit Photo where you can specify 600x800 or whatever size you like for the web. If you're using Nef files then you can save as jpeg for the web. If I need any last minute Sharpenning that's where I use the unsharpen mask function.
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Nikon MBD80

 

[JasonOdell]

After you use the "fit photo" command, I would suggest the following:

1) Light USM sharpening
2) Color Profile step to convert to sRGB

I have a custom "Save for web" action that I use with NX that does this.

-Jason

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Author, 'The Photographer's Guide to Capture NX 2.0'
http://www.luminescentphoto.com/nx2guide.html

Visit my website at: http://www.luminescentphoto.com

 

[André BARELIER]

Thanks,
That was not precisely my question.

For web, I usually resize the picture to 1150*850, and then save it in jpeg format.

But I have to use a compression ratio (it's called "quality" in NX, if I remember correctly).

For example, if I want to publish a picture here at dpreview, I found that 60 is a good compromise between size and quality. Do you agree ?
André

 

[JasonOdell]

That is one area where Photoshop's "Save for web" option is tough to beat.

The size of a JPEG will be a combination of the image dimensions, compression level, and image complexity. I wish there were one simple answer for you.

-Jason

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Author, 'The Photographer's Guide to Capture NX 2.0'
http://www.luminescentphoto.com/nx2guide.html

Visit my website at: http://www.luminescentphoto.com

 

[André BARELIER]

Thanks Jason.
Any french version of your guide soon ?
Cheers
André

 

[Karld70]

Don’t you find that using compression lowers the quality of the image?

I only changed the default once over the summer while away and fairly remote. Had to use dial up, so I wanted to send some updated pictures to my web page for friends to view.

As soon as I got home I replaced them because I found the pictures to be low quality.

Perhaps I compressed to much?

Thanks,
That was not precisely my question.
For web, I usually resize the picture to 1150*850, and then save it
in jpeg format.
But I have to use a compression ratio (it's called "quality" in NX,
if I remember correctly).
For example, if I want to publish a picture here at dpreview, I found
that 60 is a good compromise between size and quality. Do you agree ?
André

 

[fenerb]

If you save your images 800x600 and save as Jpeg, Excellent Quality you won't lose any quality.

These examples were shot at Raw and converted to 600x800 jpeg and saved as Excellent. The sharpness is straight from the cameras +3 setting. I hope these examples help.





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http://www.pbase.com/levent
Nikon D90
Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8
Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8
Nikon SB600
Nikon MBD80

 

[Karld70]

Yea, but your shots are using “Excellent Quality”. That what I’m saying I always use (other then the one time I noted when I had dialup). I was asking why someone would want to use a lower quality; after all, the files are already small when they are sized for the web even at excellent.