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BLS
27th of March 2006 (Mon), 09:59
The pro lab that I used for printing has gone out of business. Now there is no local place that does a decent job. That leaves me with online printers. Someone recommended that I try Winkflash.

So I went online with Winkflash and set up an album. I tried to upload a TIFF file and discovered that the upload speed is SLOOOOW. So I got offline and saved the TIFF file as a JPEG. That reduced its sized considerably, but the file is still about 2.3M. I then uploaded the file and it took almost 15 minutes. Seems to me that this way too slow to be practical for more than one or two files at a time.

How can I speed things up? What format should I use? Should I reduce the file size in some way other than just reformatting it from a TIFF to a JPEG, like reducing the image size in PS? I think I'm missing something here and need some help.

FYI -- I have Photoshop Elements, but I'm far from good at using it. Also have RawShooter Essentials. I connect to the internetthrough dial-up (what can I tell you -- I live in the boonies).

I'd appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks!

jfrancho
27th of March 2006 (Mon), 10:03
The issue is your bandwidth (or lack thereof) using dial up. You'd be better off burning a CD and mailing it to a printer.

BLS
27th of March 2006 (Mon), 17:48
Thanks, jfrancho, for your help.

BrianEE93
27th of March 2006 (Mon), 18:28
The issue is your bandwidth (or lack thereof) using dial up. You'd be better off burning a CD and mailing it to a printer.

I agree. I use Winkflash all the time and get fast uploads but I have DSL. I have been really happy with their prints.

jbkalla
27th of March 2006 (Mon), 21:10
Yah. The worst thing about living in the nice places is the lack of broadband access. Well, that and no decent movie theaters! :-)

lostdoggy
27th of March 2006 (Mon), 21:26
I use winkflash for my wife's picture and it is slow even with cable, but thats because they only offer asynco speed, down @ 5Mb and up @ 365Kb. Wish I got T1 or T3 or just synco connection. But I've find that their system like to kick you out for no apprend reason and they also limit 200MB per upload session. If it wasn't for the price I would go else where.