I shoot raw and keep them at full resolution and then render out the correct size i need. The downside to changing the resolution is that you will lose detail and you will never get it back. so the first step is to play with the various resolutions and see which ones look best to you. This is a good discussion on this very concept. I would suggest you take a peek at it. http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/30243/what-quality-to-choose-when-converting-to-jpg On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Mike Ballon wrote: > You're image size really depends on how much size you want to save I > guess, although also if you're willing to have some non-visible pixel lose > you could convert them as well. You can start playing around with 2048x1536 > or similar just keep in mind your aspect ratio. > > Here's the for loop I use for creating thumbnails, use as needed: > > for i in `find "$LOCDIR" -iname "*hqw*"` > do > echo "$i" > TN=`echo "$i" | sed 's/hqw/tn/'` > echo "creating thumbmail for "$i" ..." > /usr/bin/convert -resize 200x200 "$i" -background none -gravity center > "$TN" > done > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 1:53 PM, wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I have about 9GB of photos. These images are 2560 X 1920 and are roughly >> 2mb each. I assume I could get away with a much smaller image. >> >> What size should I reduce these to? >> >> During my research most suggest using ImageMagick from the command line. >> Is this the best practice? >> >> I'm sure I will want to use some type of script since I do not want to do >> this one by one. >> >> Thanks in advance for your help!! >> >> Keith >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen