Notice To All Members - Picture Size

Because some pictures are quite big here in Fur pages, could you all please make sure that they stay within a reasonable size as some of them take up the whole of the computer screen, and it's not only taking a strain on the server, but it makes it more difficult for the members who are on dial up

This is the size that they should be........

Susan, if I'm correct, @ 500 X 700 pixels is a good size?

I think so Cindy - I usually resize to 600 x 400

Resizing freeware is available for downloading here: www.irfanview.com

smaller is even better

Any photos exceeding the size requirements will be deleted. Moderators will not automatically resize photos for you, or leave links to them, so please check their sizes before posting them.

My screen resolution is 1280x1024 (LCD.) If it's too small, I have to get out the magnifying glass!

Originally Posted by RoseHawke

My screen resolution is 1280x1024 (LCD.) If it's too small, I have to get out the magnifying glass!

Click to expand...

i'm on a 20" widescreen of 1,680 x 1,050 <-- I WEAR MY MAGNIFYING GLASS like a monicle! LOL

If anyone needs help in sizing their pictures, just ask one of the Mentors and they'd be only too happy to help

Do check out this thread for a new discovery that RoseHawke shared today: clickable thumbnails.

Don't know if a similar feature is available with photo hosting sites other than photobucket, but this is dead easy to use, and should really help in the picture size department!

Note that if it's download time/bandwidth you're worried about, the dimensions of the photo image aren't really the important factor.

What you want to limit is the size of the file, not the dimensions of the image.

Using compression (e.g. JPEGs), it's quite easy to get large photos that don't have a large filesize, and hence are easy to download quickly.

Photoshop has an option called "Save for Web" which lets you determine the optimal level of JPEG compression for a good tradeoff between photo quality and file size.

That's part of it, Mike. The other thing, though, is when a pic is visually large, it often means that, to see it all, one has to scroll not only vertically but horizontally as well, which at best is annoying. That's why the allowable width is 640 pixels -- so that the pic stays within the available screen real estate.

Should you wish to protect your photos from illegal copying through watermarks, text, etc., easy-to-use freeware is available here: http://www.bildschutz.de/eng