peripatetic

Hi all,

Since you all do it quite a bit, and I know this specific forum, I thought I'd ask here. I'm wondering how I can get my images up easily. The limit seems to preclude me from getting anything up, even though I'm taking pics with a 2 MP camera. I really have to cut down on the image resolution to get it under the memory limit, to the point where it's a really fuzzy image.

I'm using a Mac, and I can't find any useful info about compressing images for uploading from my Help files.

Any tips, info are much appreciated,

max

Scooper

Max,

I'll take a stab at it. I don't know much about Macs, but they have a reputation for being great graphics platforms, so I have to assume you have some kind of image editing application that will allow you to "resize" a jpeg file.

Bike Forum attachments are limited to 100 kB, and I've found that resizing to 640 x 480 pixels is great for viewing on a computer screen and the file size usually turns out to be about 35 kB to 50 kB.

In most of the image editing packages I'm familiar with (like PhotoShop), the image resizing function is under the "IMAGE" tab. After I've resized the file, I usually save the file with the same file name, but with "small" appended to it so I still have the high resolution version as well as the low res one.

peripatetic

Hi Scooper,

See, this is my problem. I'm using the HP ImageEdit, and I did as you instructed (have tried it before.) I re-sized to 640 x 480, and upon checking the actual newly 'shrunk' file, I still end up with a file that's 342Kb! Why would I have a file that's ten times the size it's supposed to be?! This problem has been driving me crazy. Arg.

Motofan

Max,

You might want to check if there is a setting labeled "Resolution" in the same area where you choose your image size. If the resolution is set to 150 dpi (dots per inch) you'll get a bigger file than if it's at 72 (normal web resolution).

If you can't set resolution, check for an "Options" button on your Save Menu. If you have one, you should see a "compression" slider (or drop down) that allows you to select the % of compression. Higher compression makes for a smaller file. I took a test photo, resized it to 640 x 480 and it was 167 Kb in size at 10% compression. Slid the slider over to 70% and re-saved the file. New size: 48 Kb.

peripatetic

Motofan,

Thanks! That did it. It was under "preferences" and it was simply "image quality," but I figured it out.

Thanks to both for the help. Any mods, feel free to delete the thread.