How much to resize?
You can choose to resize your images down by percentage, or by pixel size. There is one very simple rule of thumb: You must keep your resized images LARGER than your largest display size in your galleries. If your “medium” (default) display size is 520 pixels wide, then you would want to resize your images for display to no smaller than 520. (Actually, slightly larger is preferable). If you have “large” display images set for 800 pixels wide, then keep your resized images larger than that. Once you upload, the processor takes care of the rest of the final resizing for displaying the images on your site. Workflow with resizing prior to upload: You will definitely NOT want to resize and save over your existing full sized files! What do we recommend? Create a separate folder with your resized images. Upload from that folder. Then when you are certain they have been uploaded and displayed properly, you can even consider deleting the “resize folder” from your machine. (After that, you’ll on
