Moon Lippy

Optimizing and Organizing Photos (again)

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This time, unlike my previous blogging experiences, I want to make sure that every image that I post are close to perfect.. Not just what the readers see but also what’s underneath it.

Hence, I’ve been doing a lot of back-and-forth work with my blog photos… There’s watermarking, resizing, filtering, adjusting photos.. I’ve done this again and again before my “launch”.

When I went live, my #1 fan and reader (and critic) told me that some of my photos are ugly (because of quality), now I’m about to do the following. (I wish I had done this way way before).

Organizing

  1. Create a folder for the blog post. Make sure that the folder name is prefixed with the date. This can be local or in the cloud, if storage is a problem.
  2. Create a subfolder of #1, with title “Pre-processed”. This will house all Original Photos from the posts (yes, you have to search them again from your machine).
  3. Create a subfolder of #1, with title “Processed”. This will house all processed photos (cropped, adjusted, filtered, watermarked, etc).
  4. Create a subfolder called “Optimized”. This will house images that are optimized for web.

Processing – Resizing, Exporting without Losing Quality

Refine the Original Photo in these 5 steps (in order)

  1. Crop the photo according to preference.
  2. Apply filters / Make adjustments to the original photo.
  3. Apply watermark
  4. Export the photo… with specifications below.
    1. Use a descriptive name for the photo (do not use the camera’s default naming)
    2. Save the photo to the “Processed” folder
    3. Resize according to the blog theme’s width. Mine is 720
    4. Use a High Setting on the export
  5. Using jpeg mini, optimize the photo and save to the “Optimized” folder.

Editing the Blog Post(s)

Okey now this is another tedious part.

  1. Go back to the blog post
  2. Repeat these steps for every photo in the post
    1. Edit
    2. Replace
    3. “Delete Permanently” the current photo (to save space)
    4. Upload the replacement photo from the Optimized folder.
    5. Make sure that the title of the photo is consistent with the photo file name.

Now that I’ve laid out my plan, it’s time for execution! Wish me luck.