(Loading & Saving, Drag & Drop) IMAGE REDUCTION FOR DRAG/DROP

JPGConvert

This feature is also known as the JPGConvert feature.

There are several reasons why you may want to use this feature.

Need to email smaller sized versions of large photos

Need to email lower quality versions of photos

Need to convert photos of various formats to JPG format..

In order to bring up this feature you need to drag/drop from Photo Jockey to some destination folder or email attachment area. After you do the DROP, you are asked if you want to JPGConvert, select yes. Then a window with reduction options appears.

Select Smaller Image Dimensions:
This option allows you to pick various sizes from 1024x768 down to 320x200. In fact, you can enter a CUSTOM SIZE if you wish. You can also select DON'T LIMIT, if you are not interested in changing the dimensions of the images. (Maybe you only want to change the quality).

Enter Custom Dimension Maximums:
If you had selected "CUSTOM SIZE", then you can pick your own dimensions for the resulting images.

Select Smaller Image Quality:
You can pick from 4 different JPG quality settings, or you can enter a custom quality factor. Keep in mind that the higher the quality, the more disk space or email space is required.

Maximum Quality:
The Quality for PCD, JPG, and RAW images are improved a little when this option is checked.

TIP: This option is only visibly useful for images that are line art patterns. Such as grid lines and moire patterns. Normal photos will NOT experience a visible improvement.
NOTE: This option dramatically increases the time it takes to convert the above graphic types. The time increase can be up to 300% on very large images. Small original photos do not show much of a performance hit.
CONCLUSION: Check it ONLY if you have LARGE JPG files that are line art test patterns AND you want the maximum quality resized image.

Keep Camera Information:
If your images were taken from a digital camera and have Extra Camera Information in them that you want to keep, then check this checkbox.

Show Total Drop Size:
Click this button if you want to know the TOTAL size of the drop. This is most handy for email dropping. That way, you know the size of the email that you are sending. If your buddy can only get 5MB at a time and your drop total is 8MB, then you know you need to reduce the image dimensions more or reduce the quality more, or just send less images :)

Complete Drop:
This completes the DROP and all images will now be in the JPG image format, which everyone can view.

Various Tips & Notes

NOTE: In order to DROP smaller copies of the images, these copies are saved in your TEMP folder until you exit Photo Jockey. At that point they will be deleted. This is because, if you DROPPED some photos into your email program, the email program needs to know where the files are located and they NEED TO EXIST. So, they stay in your TEMP folder until you exit Photo Jockey.

NOTE: If you don't want the Camera Information (shutter speed etc.) saved in the JPG files, then UN-CHECK the check box for that option. This can help reduce the file size by about 1K - 5K on cheap digital camera photos, and sometimes up to 30K on higher-end models.

TIP: Keep in mind that if an image is ALREADY small enough, then it won't be made any smaller.

TIP: ALL IMAGES are converted to JPG. This can be very useful, especially if you drop TIFF files and you would rather have a JPG dropped etc.

TIP: If you are dropping lots of files, please keep in mind that it could take between 1 and 2 seconds per image to convert into the smaller images that will be used for the DROP. So please be patient!!!

TIP: If you only wanted to convert the dropped files to JPG and don't want the image dimensions changed, then click the "DON'T LIMIT" option. Then there won't be any dimension limit set for your dropped images.



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