Linking photos to a trip report.....

[Siam Sam 964]

So far when I have linked photos to my trip report the forum software seems to automatically resize them so that they are suitable for the site. Will this happen automatically for people who want to load the page and read it? Or will it still cause problems and slow their computer down? Do I need to go into Photobucket and resize them all to alleviate the problem?

[joekicker 53]

So far when I have linked photos to my trip report the forum software seems to automatically resize them so that they are suitable for the site. Will this happen automatically for people who want to load the page and read it? Or will it still cause problems and slow their computer down? Do I need to go into Photobucket and resize them all to alleviate the problem?

 

You should resize. It helps people reading the reports, a lot. But it REALLY helps you, since you are "charged" much less every time someone downloads them and uses your bandwidth.

 

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[Siam Sam 964]

You should resize. It helps people reading the reports, a lot. But it REALLY helps you, since you are "charged" much less every time someone downloads them and uses your bandwidth.

 

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No wonder my bandwidth ran out. I didn't know how it all worked until recently. What's a good size for a photo on a forum?

[brotherbuzz 3,206]

No wonder my bandwidth ran out. I didn't know how it all worked until recently. What's a good size for a photo on a forum?

I'd say 800x600 or 1024x768 but it's all relative to each users resolution settings as to how big or small the pic will look to them. Byte-wise, you can make a big res picture small and a small res picture big depending on the quality settings.

 

Anyway, at 800x600 you should be somewhere around 75kb, on average.

[joekicker 53]

Anyway, at 800x600 you should be somewhere around 75kb, on average.

 

Yep, I'd always advise 800 on the longer side, and I'd cut the quality to about 75, 80 per cent as well. It's fine for webwork with Jpegs, and you can often be under 50KB on an average pic that way.

 

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[capdagde 1,954]

At last, something I can advise YOU about...

 

I resize using VSO Image Resizer (free download) to 640x480 or 800x600. Your high quantity of larger size pics have been taking an age to download then are automatically resized by the site (no win there), but wouldn't it be better to resize them all in one go with VSO (I resize them to a DIFFERENT file so I keep my originals). The people reading your stuff just want an idea of what's going on, don't want to print out your pics so keep it "trim" as Eddie Izzard would say.....

 

Keep it up. With a few tweaks you have a book... no flattery.

 

Andy Cap

[Siam Sam 964]

The people reading your stuff just want an idea of what's going on, don't want to print out your pics so keep it "trim" as Eddie Izzard would say.....

 

 

 

Andy Cap

 

You really thinks so? I was only putting lots of photos in it to make it more interesting. Seeing as this is a mongers site I thought most would switch off when they saw large amounts of text.......

 

Oh and as for resizing with that software you're on about, can you do the lot in one go because I am doing them one by one on Photobucket and it is taking an age.

Edited July 1, 2010 by Siam Sam

[villayouth 37]

You really thinks so? I was only putting lots of photos in it to make it more interesting. Seeing as this is a mongers site I thought most would switch off when they saw large amounts of text.......

 

Oh and as for resizing with that software you're on about, can you do the lot in one go because I am doing them one by one on Photobucket and it is taking an age.

 

i use Faststone it lets ya put a watermark on too

[joekicker 53]

You really thinks so? I was only putting lots of photos in it to make it more interesting. Seeing as this is a mongers site I thought most would switch off when they saw large amounts of text.......

 

Andy didnt' come back so far, but I THINK you misunderstood him, and he'll slap me virtually if I'm wrong here but:

 

I THINK Andy was saying to keep the pics small and fast and lean -- as we all have been saying -- and don't worry about having big beautiful ones of the size that you'd need for making beautiful prints -- because we here are only going to ogle them as part of your report, not save them and print them out.

 

I'm sure Andy like all of us wants you to keep ALL the pix AND words coming, both, and no you don't have too many of either at all.

 

At the mo, the first two pages of your report, with the resized pix, couldn't be better - loads fast, looks excellent. Whatever you did, keep doing that.

 

And Sam, yes: VSO and Faststone let you do them all at once, on your computer, then upload them in their new size.

 

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Edited July 1, 2010 by joekicker

[Taipan 1]

At last, something I can advise YOU about...

 

I resize using VSO Image Resizer (free download) to 640x480 or 800x600. Your high quantity of larger size pics have been taking an age to download then are automatically resized by the site (no win there), but wouldn't it be better to resize them all in one go with VSO (I resize them to a DIFFERENT file so I keep my originals). The people reading your stuff just want an idea of what's going on, don't want to print out your pics so keep it "trim" as Eddie Izzard would say.....

 

Keep it up. With a few tweaks you have a book... no flattery.

 

Andy Cap

 

For those who want to try VSO Image Resizer, you can download it HERE

[Obsession 571]

I think he means resizing them to make his knob look bigger

[capdagde 1,954]

Andy didnt' come back so far, but I THINK you misunderstood him, and he'll slap me virtually if I'm wrong here but:

 

I THINK Andy was saying to keep the pics small and fast and lean -- as we all have been saying -- and don't worry about having big beautiful ones of the size that you'd need for making beautiful prints -- because we here are only going to ogle them as part of your report, not save them and print them out.

 

I'm sure Andy like all of us wants you to keep ALL the pix AND words coming, both, and no you don't have too many of either at all.

 

At the mo, the first two pages of your report, with the resized pix, couldn't be better - loads fast, looks excellent. Whatever you did, keep doing that.

 

And Sam, yes: VSO and Faststone let you do them all at once, on your computer, then upload them in their new size.

 

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exactly Joe

[villayouth 37]

I think he means resizing them to make his knob look bigger

 

Tried it mate it DONT work