Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
servers that run other operating systems, then you know how important this is. Your best bet
is to play it safe and turn on all three checkboxes; you never know when you may need to
send a photo to your nephew who uses Unix.
Figure 8-17. These settings tell Elements to watch out for any characters that would violate the
naming conventions of the operating systems you select. This is handy if, say, your website is hosted
on a Unix server and you want to be sure your filenames don't create problems for it. The checkbox
for your own operating system is always turned on, and you can choose to be compatible with
either (or neither) of the other two.
Changing Image Size and File Type
The Image Size and File Type sections of the Process Multiple Files dialog box let you resize
photos and change their file formats, respectively. The Image Size settings work best when
you're trying to reduce file sizes (say you've got a folder of images that you've converted for
web use but found are still too large).
NOTE
Before you make any big changes to a group of files, it's important to understand how
changes to an image's resolution and file size affect its appearance. See
Changing the Size
of an Image
for a refresher.
To apply image-size changes, turn on the Resize Images checkbox, and then adjust the
Width, Height, and Resolution settings, all of which work the same way as those described
on
Resizing for Printing
.
You'll get better results with Process Multiple Files if you make
sure all the images you run it on in one batch have the same orientation. In other words, use
