Theres 15000 photos on the site not including whats in the forums, if i let them all be full size at 5 + meg i have to increase the server hosting. Its already really expensive to host the site so i have to keep it under control to keep the site load speeds fast.
You don't neccisarily have to crop the picture to reduce the file size. You can compress the file size, etc... you'll reduce the resolution, but all the photo is still there. If you're on a PC, I find the easiest way to reduce the file size is to bring the photo up on your computer, and take a screenshot. Then paste the screenshot into microsoft paint, crop away the tool bars and whatnot in the screenshot, and save the image - its usually less that 500KB once you do that.
Adam Gallash
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15000
Theres 15000 photos on the site not including whats in the forums, if i let them all be full size at 5 + meg i have to increase the server hosting. Its already really expensive to host the site so i have to keep it under control to keep the site load speeds fast.
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Scotte
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Yeah fair enough.i did
Yeah fair enough.i did notice it was previously 4mb
Comrad
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Date Joined: 17/07/14
You don't neccisarily have to
You don't neccisarily have to crop the picture to reduce the file size. You can compress the file size, etc... you'll reduce the resolution, but all the photo is still there. If you're on a PC, I find the easiest way to reduce the file size is to bring the photo up on your computer, and take a screenshot. Then paste the screenshot into microsoft paint, crop away the tool bars and whatnot in the screenshot, and save the image - its usually less that 500KB once you do that.
Hutch
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Or just open the photo
Or just open the photo straight into paint and reduce the dimsensions
Rob H
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Or on newer Windows (7-8+?)
Or on newer Windows (7-8+?) just right click it and "resize picture" to Large"
it'll go down to 200kb
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Scotte
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Ok cheers guys.i actually
Ok cheers guys.i actually only ever use my phone. Dont even use a normal pc at all these days.
scottnofish
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Date Joined: 28/08/07
It should be set up to
Auto resize like most other forums .would make posting from phones easier
Daneox
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Date Joined: 07/11/10
Software
There's a great, free bit of software called Irfanview that can resize photos with minimal loss to the quality.
lurch
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Date Joined: 02/01/11
Camscan is a good app to load
Camscan is a good app to load pics or docs too.