Downsize your photo's please!

Beth54 · Guru

Downsize your photo's please!

Sheba · Guru

I use Prish Resizer. [Freebie, and very simple.] I forget to do it sometimes lately though. Will have to get on the ball. They recommend resizing to 640.

I just go into where-ever the pics are, right click on one, and a drop box comes down. Click on Prish Resizer, and you get another box with different sizes. Click on the relevant size, and it will go into a Re-sized file. From there, you up-load it to the site.

Cheers,

Sheba.

-- Edited by Sheba on Thursday 4th of April 2013 08:14:25 PM

Roving-Dutchy · Guru

Please down size photo's before uploading, a photo that is too large takes a long time to upload, also creates a photo on the web page that must be scrolled to see the photo it also affects all other posts on that thread.

An easy way if you use Picasa is to select your photo's then export them to Pictures as you do this you are given the option of resizing, they then appear in Picasa Exports folder you can then select the ones you want to upload, this is also usfull if posting on Gumtree and many other sites, if you don't downsize you photo's for Gumtree you will find you cannot post your photo's as there is a limit to the number of bytes you are allocated for your For Sale advert

This is just one of the ways you can resize photo's

Cheers

David

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Thanks RD - I always downsize before posting a pic, as I find it annoying to have a photo take up so much room, it affects the following posts in that you have to scroll across to see all that is written after the posted photo!

Olley46 · Guru

Roving-Dutchy wrote:

Please down size photo's before uploading, a photo that is too large takes a long time to upload, also creates a photo on the web page that must be scrolled to see the photo it also affects all other posts on that thread.
An easy way if you use Picasa is to select your photo's then export them to Pictures as you do this you are given the option of resizing, they then appear in Picasa Exports folder you can then select the ones you want to upload, this is also usfull if posting on Gumtree and many other sites, if you don't downsize you photo's for Gumtree you will find you cannot post your photo's as there is a limit to the number of bytes you are allocated for your For Sale advert
This is just one of the ways you can resize photo's
Cheers
David

My photos were big like you are saying, I haven't done anything different and now they come out small,there must be boogies in the iPad.

Lance C

Gerty Dancer · Guru

I apologise for my big photos... I'm having great trouble posting photos lately. I always used to do it as an attachment so they are small unless you really want to look at them. Cant do it any more, if they aren't "inserted" then nothing shows at all. The "submit" button doesn't do anything, if its been auto-saved to drafts, I can re-open it and then submit... have no idea why.

barina · Guru

I use a free program called Faststone Photo Resizer...... and it resizes and renames a lot at once

biggles · Senior Member

.. and I use it too ..

yeoeleven · Guru

Beth54 wrote:
I always have trouble too, but I didn't know I could downsize them from Picasa to My Pictures. What size is recommended?
Obviously I haven't read the how-to in Picasa. Typical.

-- Edited by Beth54 on Thursday 4th of April 2013 05:14:04 PM

I usually post my pictures 800 X 600 pixels for landscape, if they come from the blog I use the picture image at the top of the post but from the laptop I resize them with Paint and upload from "Attach Files"

John

Happywanderer · The Master

I downsize my photos in My Pictures, never had a problem. As with John I use the Paint method.

Santa · Guru

I save pics I want to post to http://my.imageshack.us/registration/index.php

then direct link to them, saves loading the GN server up with junk, works well for me.

-- Edited by Santa on Friday 5th of April 2013 11:32:45 AM

-- Edited by Santa on Friday 5th of April 2013 11:35:55 AM

BohemianGypsy · Guru

Gerty you shouldn't have to apologise for your pics being too big. These things happen and we should all accept it.

People posting with their pics too big doesn't worry me even if I have to scroll across. It doesn't take long and I just read it then move on. I wouldn't even think of complaining about it though.

Michelle

-- Edited by BohemianGypsy on Friday 5th of April 2013 12:15:36 PM

spida · Guru

Windows Office 10 - double click to open picture, go to 'edit' then resize - predefined will give you several options - then save as.... too easy:)

Happywanderer · The Master

This subject has been brought up regularly on this forum and still there are so many that ruin a good thread by huge photos spreading for miles. When I see one now I back out of the thread as can't be bothered with all the scrolling.
How many times do they have to be told.

Beth54 · Guru

I just resized a photo in My Pictures by right clicking on the photo, then edit, then resizeed it to 640 as Sheba suggested. All much easier than http://www.picresize.com/ which I was using.

I clicked on attach file, then insert, and it was there in the box in an instant. Great!

Then I clicked on submit and nothing. Not even the wheel was turning. I even tried to click reply again which I'd found worked the other day. Nope, lost it all.

So my problem isn't now the resizing, it's getting the damned thing to submit. grrr

Beth54 · Guru

Happywanderer wrote:
This subject has been brought up regularly on this forum and still there are so many that ruin a good thread by huge photos spreading for miles. When I see one now I back out of the thread as can't be bothered with all the scrolling.
How many times do they have to be told.

I don't know how they can even get them to upload when they're that big! I can't! I agree though, it's too hard to see them properly at that huge size.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

barina wrote:
I use a free program called Faststone Photo Resizer...... and it resizes and renames a lot at once

I have been using this for years, its the best free one out there

http://www.faststone.org/download.htm

I wish I knew how to use a spellchecker

-- Edited by _wombat_ on Friday 5th of April 2013 05:42:56 PM

Duh · Guru

I just go to "My Pictures" where the picture is stored, right click on it and click on "Open With" then choose "Paint", when that opens choose resize up on the left, change the top figure from 100 to 35 (backspace on 100) this changes the size in both little boxes, then click on the "save" symbol up the top left of the screen and it is done and ready for uploading at any time.

Once that is done on a pic, if you want to see the size in my pictures, just hover over the pic and it will show the new size.

In the case of GN, open a post field, type in your words, click in the box underneath "Attach Files(s), click on "Browse" in File Upload, which takes you to My Documents, choose Pictures, find the pic you want, highlight it, then open and it will put a link in the the File Upload field, browse for more if you wish and add them to the following lines, then go to the bottom of the GN File Upload field, click on "Upload Files" button, then when the uploads have loaded (field goes from grey to dark) then click on Submit Post on bottom right side.

Beth54 · Guru

Duh wrote:
I just go to "My Pictures" where the picture is stored, right click on it and click on "Open With" then choose "Paint", when that opens choose resize up on the left, change the top figure from 100 to 35 (backspace on 100) this changes the size in both little boxes, then click on the "save" symbol up the top leftÂ of the screen and it is done and ready for uploading at any time.
Once that is done on a pic, if you want to see the size in my pictures, just hover over the pic and it will show the new size.
In the case of GN, open a post field, type in your words, click in the box underneath "Attach Files(s), Â click on "Browse" in File Upload, which takes you to My Documents, choose Pictures, find the pic you want, highlight it, then open andÂ it will put a linkÂ in the the File Upload field, browse for more if you wish and add them to the following lines, then go to the bottom of the GN File Upload field, click on "Upload Files" button, then when theÂ uploads have loaded (field goes from grey to dark) then click on Submit Post on bottom right side.Â Â

Â I'm only getting the attach files box now Vic, not the browse and file upload as it used be. I don't think it makes any difference, because I can still get the photo into the 'post box', it just won't submit.

Duh · Guru

Not sure what the problem is with yours Beth, report it to Cindy, she may have a fix, mine is coming up ok! confuse

Clare46 · Senior Member

Happywanderer wrote:
This subject has been brought up regularly on this forum and still there are so many that ruin a good thread by huge photos spreading for miles. When I see one now I back out of the thread as can't be bothered with all the scrolling.
How many times do they have to be told.

Me to

Santa · Guru

BohemianGypsy wrote:
Gerty you shouldn't have to apologise for your pics being too big. These things happen and we should all accept it.
People posting with their pics too big doesn't worry me even if I have to scroll across. It doesn't take long and I just read it then move on. I wouldn't even think of complaining about it though.
Michelle

-- Edited by BohemianGypsy on Friday 5th of April 2013 12:15:36 PM

Very sensible Michelle, on a scale of 1 to 10 big images don't even move the meter for me.

I would also suggest people be cut a little slack on this site when posting images and links, odd things seem to happen at times for no obvious reason. confuse