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Hi All
is there any way to resize pictures once they're in 'Photos'?
I have thousands of site pictures for work that simply don't need to be 3300 pixels wide.
I'm sure it must be possible?
If I could batch re-size (pixel dimension) them by 50% that would be useful.
ta
G
iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
Photos is always protecting the original high resolution image file for a lossless workflow. So it has now command to reduce the resolution in Photos.
If you want to downsize a photo or a batch of photos, use "File > Export" to export them as smaller files. Then delete the versions in Photos and reimport the smaller copies.
Use File > Export > Export ... photos", and then select a smaller size in the Export panel. You may need to reveal the advanced size options by clicking the down arrow to the right of "JPEG".
as Larry said, the embedded capture dates in the EXIF data will be the same, but the export creates new files, so the new files will have a new file creation date.
And make sure you enable the checkmarks to include title, keywords, descriptions and location data to save any metadata you added.
Photos have metadata embedded in the photo in the EXIF and IPTC fields - it they are blank or not there then the file metadata is used
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exif
https://iptc.org/standards/photo-metadata/
LN
Only in not understanding how Photos works - All Photos is sorted by date added with the newest at the bottom so of course the new import is at the bottom as defined - Photos is sorted by photo date and user albums have photo date as one sort option
LN
Thanks Larry,
I use the 'All Photos' to locate stuff so this probably means this way won't work.
Photos does an awful lot of stuff I don't want to do, but not the thing I do.
Where are the options for the user albums?
User albums (you can easily see this by looking at one) allow photos to be sorted by photo date ascending or descending or by photo title
With Photos you can find photos by pretty much any possible method - by date imported, by date the photo was taken, by the location the photo was taken or by the people in the photo and by photo type (Video, sloMo, etc) - and you can also create user albums for any custom need you have
LN
Thanks,
when I re-import will the dates all then be the same though??
G
The photo dates will be the same - the file dates will be updated sinec you will have created new files in this process
LN
Does the photo contain some sort of meta data then?
I assumed it got the date from the file date.........
G
I just tried it with about 200 oldest pics in my "Site Pix" album. They came back into the "Site Pix" in the correct place, but in 'All Photos, they are now the newest. Did I do something wrong?
resize photos in "Photos"
