Two Concerns: 1)on CF Card and photo resizing

[carolskie007]

Hi!

Being new in digital photography, I have some concerns that needs yout utmost assistance.

First, on my CF card (Ridata 1GB); after I have burned my photos to CD, I then reformat my CF card in my 350D. When I checked the availabe space (of CF card) it turned out to be just 980MB and 32KB is used. Then I verified it in my PC (using a card reader/writer) there are 2 empty folders, I deleted both which resulted to 0byte used and still 980MB free space. Where has the 20MB gone to?

Secondly, I use photoshop 7 in post processing and resizing images for Web uploading. As per TE requirement, image should be 200KB at max. and 800pixel max. length. So, I play the pixel width that will conform with the max. file size, but when I upload it for posting, the image turned out to be smaller as if I failed to maximized the allowed size. Is there any technique as to how I should resize my photo for TE uploading.

I'll appreciate very much whatever help anyone could extend to my "digi predicament".

many thanks :o)

[Keitht]

Some space on the card is required to store information about the images. This space is set aside before images are created and that is why the available size isn't the maximum size.
For resizing this is the method I use although I'm sure other people use different methods.
1. Resize the image so that the long edge is 800 pixels.
2. Sharpen the image if necessary
3. Save for Web. This option allows fine control of the resizing to get as close to 200kb as possible. Note that this option does strip out the EXIF information from the file.

[carolskie007]

Thanks a lot for the enlightenment Keitht :o) resizing is easier now.