Resizing for forums ?

bonefish · 14th of April 2006 (Fri)

Hi folks i'm still new at this, I read the sticky about image sizing for the forums ( 100kb 800 px max ) but a lot of the pictures in the nature forum are up to 4 times that size. when I try to attach a larger picture to a thread it won't let me. Am I missing something ?. I don't want to post huge images but getting the photos down to the required size is hard.

am_pitbull_terrier · 14th of April 2006 (Fri)

If you link to an external host (ie: Imageshack or whoever you like) you can post larger images.

But try to be courteous and dont go crazy posting HUGE files some still use 56K

jfrancho · 14th of April 2006 (Fri)

They are linking to images hosted by an external provider, like this:

You right click on your image, select "Copy Image Location," and click the

button, and paste the URL for the image in the text box and click "OK." You'll need an image hosting site. I use smugmug.com.

bonefish · 14th of April 2006 (Fri)

But they are not linking to external hosting sites or web pages, for example in the nature forum post " open range zoo photos " the rhino photo is 393908 kb according to the properties almost 4 times the allowed size. As I said I don't want to post huge images but I also do not want to crop them to almost nothing or lose all of the detail.

jfrancho · 14th of April 2006 (Fri)

Look at the image source: http://i.pbase.com/o4/33/617733/1/58..._1662small.jpg

Pekka · 15th of April 2006 (Sat)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bonefish

But they are not linking to external hosting sites or web pages, for example in the nature forum post " open range zoo photos " the rhino photo is 393908 kb according to the properties almost 4 times the allowed size. As I said I don't want to post huge images but I also do not want to crop them to almost nothing or lose all of the detail.

Two choices:

1. 2 images in post, attached (stored in forum). Size limit 100KB / 800*800. Many people use this and get very good quality - it's matter of using the PS correctly (Save for web).

2. Embedded photos. See http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...ad.php?t=51022 for guidelines. Embedding is done with BBCODE: [IMG]http://www.yourimagehost.com/yourphoto.jpg[/IMG]

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bonefish Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ft Myers , Fl Posts: 328 IMAGE EDITING OK	Resizing for forums ? Hi folks i'm still new at this, I read the sticky about image sizing for the forums ( 100kb 800 px max ) but a lot of the pictures in the nature forum are up to 4 times that size. when I try to attach a larger picture to a thread it won't let me. Am I missing something ?. I don't want to post huge images but getting the photos down to the required size is hard. __________________ 7D\| 100-400 \| A brick \|

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am_pitbull_terrier Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, P.A. Posts: 1,379 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Resizing for forums ? If you link to an external host (ie: Imageshack or whoever you like) you can post larger images. But try to be courteous and dont go crazy posting HUGE files some still use 56K __________________ Powershot G3 LA-DC58B Lens Adaptor Spot Filter 58mm Diffusion Filter 58mm SkyLight Filter 58 mm SuperWide Lens __________________ Rebel XT (black), 18-55mm, 24-70mm 2.8, 70-300mm /Lens Hood, 50mm 1.8 Opteka Grip Radio Slave Trigger Stroboframe Flash Bracket 580EX Flash & Canon Off Shoe Cord 2 Lumiquest On-Camera Softbox And of course a POTN camera strap

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jfrancho Cream of the Crop Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,341	Re: Resizing for forums ? They are linking to images hosted by an external provider, like this: You right click on your image, select "Copy Image Location," and click the button, and paste the URL for the image in the text box and click "OK." You'll need an image hosting site. I use smugmug.com. __________________

14th of April 2006 (Fri)	#4
bonefish Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ft Myers , Fl Posts: 328 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Resizing for forums ? But they are not linking to external hosting sites or web pages, for example in the nature forum post " open range zoo photos " the rhino photo is 393908 kb according to the properties almost 4 times the allowed size. As I said I don't want to post huge images but I also do not want to crop them to almost nothing or lose all of the detail. __________________ 7D\| 100-400 \| A brick \|

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jfrancho Cream of the Crop Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,341	Re: Resizing for forums ? Look at the image source: http://i.pbase.com/o4/33/617733/1/58..._1662small.jpg __________________

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