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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim york on Friday, August 10, 2012 - 11:45 pm:

Help, I have an Apple Macbook pro and the photos are sized in pixals so what size do I need to make the picts to get them to post? I have only % or pixals for size measurement. Please go thru the proceedure again for posting pictures. I tried a search but got nothing. Thanks Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erik Johnson on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 12:19 am:

Pictures must be 200KB or less.

I have a Macbook and it is very easy to resize pictures in Preview.

Open the picture in Preview, on the toolbar click "Tools" and then scroll down to and click on "Adjust Size."

Width and height will equal 100. Width and height will adjust proportionally so just adjust width down until the "Resulting Size" at the bottom of the window is 200 KB or less. Then click "OK."

Do a "File Save As" and rename the file. That way you save the old version in the original size and the new version in the smaller size.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 12:37 am:

I find that a "Resulting Size" of 194 or less always works. Sometimes 195 to 199 don't. Even when the "Resulting Size" is 194, you might find that after you click "OK" the resulting file is shown with a size over 200, like 238 or 242. That doesn't matter. It will still work.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erik Johnson on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 12:48 am:

On my Macbook, when I resize pictures in Preview, after saving picture the actual size is always smaller than the "Resulting Size" indicated in the "Adjust Size" window.

For example, if I resize a picture to 200KB and save it, when I re-open the picture the actual size is usually 188KB.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ken Kopsky, Lytle TX on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 12:53 am:

I hate when someone posts tiny pictures. :-)

A good "photo size" to use is 800 x 600. Folks can see most detail in the picture. The restriction on this site pertains to "file size" and has nothing to do with picture size. You can make a picture fill the screen and still have the file size less than 100KB. What needs to be done is adjust the resolution of picture down to something like 96dpi. This is the resolution of most displays. Anything more just increases file size.

Don't know about the Macs but there is free software for Windows out there (web) that will allow you to set the maximum file size independent of picture size. IrfanView is one of them.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 12:59 am:

Jim,
There are many ways to re-size a photo. One way is that you may have the option of setting the pixel size or cropping to a specific pixel size. Around 800 wide by 600 high will make a quality posted photo. Of course you do not want to take an image that is vertical orientation and change it to a horizontal orientation because it will distort it. Also once you set the size in pixels you will need to select the quality to get it under the 200Kb file size requirement.

Here is what a 800 wide by 600 high size looks like:


Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. J. "Art" Bell on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 01:00 am:

The size of the photo’s width or height as shown in pixels only dictates
how big it will be seen on everyone’s monitor, it’s the photo’s resolution
(number of pixels per inch) that governs the file size, The higher the photos
resolution at a given size, the larger the file. I’m not familiar with the Mac
graphics, so I’m not able to tell you how to manage changing or compressing
the resolution. Others have suggested free online programs to do this for a PC
but not sure if any work on the Mac. I would expect it would be built in to
the operating system, as they are the ‘goto’ system for professional graphics.
Depending on the subject, photos between 600 to 900 or so pixels wide are
ideal for viewing on the forum with the resolution as high as possible without
going over the 200k (actually 195k) upload limit. (2000 / 1024 = 1.95)
Cropping the non subject back ground (like your strategically parked
Lamborghini) out of the photo will save you some pixels <@^@>

Regards
Art


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Schedler, Sacramento on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 01:32 am:

Here's what I do it on my Pro, and it may be exactly what Erik said, only a little different.

1. I drag the picture that I want to post onto the desk top.

2. Close the album from which you took the picture (the picture will stay in your album)

3. Double click that picture's icon on you desk top

4. Select "tools/adjust size" (Top of the page)

5. insert "700" in place of the largest number of the photo size

6. Click "OK" and close the page.

Now open the "upload attachment..." and click on "choose file" and select "desk top" and click on the photo you want to post and click on "choose". The file name will pop up next to "choose file" and all you have to do is click on "upload"

This picture is of some Bolt Action 30 Cal pens that I just made. I wrote the above steps as I uploaded this pic. Half of my Model T shop is wood working stuff.

Erik's method may be simpler


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 01:36 am:

Art,
I agree, I almost never see or take a photo that can't be improved by cropping some parts off.

The other thing that comes into play on the file size is how detailed a photo is. A photo with a lot of detail like a brushy forest scene will be larger then a photo with a bunch for blue sky in it. The pixels per inch really only comes into play when printing. That is two files that are the same size in pixels but one is 72 pixels per inch and one is 300 pixels per inch will be the same size and will display the same size on a computer screen.

Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George Clipner-Los Angeles on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 01:42 am:

Jim, as Erik explains is the way to go. I find adjusting width only ht adjusts itself automatically. At bottpm it will tell you KB and you can play with it. I adjust it down to 186 and have no probs uploading to forum.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 01:54 am:

George,
It all depends on what program is used. What ever works and what ever is handy for the user is good.
Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim york on Saturday, August 11, 2012 - 02:03 am:

Thanks everyone for the help, I haven't been using preview but I will give it a try. Thanks again Jim


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