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Title: Re-sizing Photos Post by: Neil-yaj396 on October 30, 2016, 09:33:56 AM What programme/apps are people using? I've just realised that anything not taken on my old Blackberry won't fit on the Forum.
On the same topic should we up our photo sizes? I know that the LMC Forum will take much bigger photos, but I'm guessing there is a cost implication? Title: Re: Re-sizing Photos Post by: rossocorsa on October 30, 2016, 09:39:45 AM I always link to an external site rather than use the forum gallery I find it's easier and presumably doesn't impact on forum costs that way(???)
Title: Re: Re-sizing Photos Post by: peteracs on October 30, 2016, 09:45:20 AM Hi Neil
I use all Apple kit now and iPhoto has resizing as an option when you export them, so no extra app required. Peter Title: Re: Re-sizing Photos Post by: mangocrazy on October 30, 2016, 11:12:23 AM If you're running Microsoft Windows, then there is a built-in app within the Office suite called Picture Manager. That has a number of options to resize and compress photos. Alternatively an account on Photobucket or Flickr will do the job. That's the option I use, although I reduce the size of pics before uploading them, as having to scroll up/down and left/right to see all of a picture is a pain.
Title: Re: Re-sizing Photos Post by: dougdee123 on October 30, 2016, 05:09:25 PM If you are using Windows then Picasa which is free from Google is very good for basic manipulation of photos.
D Title: Re: Re-sizing Photos Post by: TonyLanciaBeta on October 30, 2016, 09:33:54 PM Currently we have set the maximum photo size too 800x800px, this helps keep our Bandwidth usage down.
We can increase this a little if needed. The problem with modern high pixel cameras/phones is they are producing original images in excess of 6000 pixels wide and file sizes touching 20mb, most photos will need re-sizing for use on forums. I find it easier to link to free external photos sites and It helps our site usage, I use Flickr and once uploaded its easy, hit the button "view all sizes", select your size, right click on photo. select "copy image address", click on the insert image tab in your post and paste the address between the brackets. this image is 800 pixels wide: (https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8028/7282783706_18728ae32a_c.jpg) Happy to up the size limit on the forum if needed. Thanks Tony Title: Re: Re-sizing Photos Post by: mangocrazy on October 31, 2016, 09:19:10 PM Hi Tony,
If using an external photo hosting site helps the forum save money, then this should be the recommended option. I run a photobucket account purely to post images on forums for just that reason. A couple of sites I frequent prefer people to upload images to forum storage so that images don't get 'lost' over time, but they're the minority. |