Picture size restrictions

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Re: Picture size restrictions

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PaulBradley wrote:I always edit in Photoshop before uploading to PB - maybe trying to edit in PB itself is the issue.
Yes, I too resize my pics to 800 wide on my PC before uploading.

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Your edited picture on Britmodeller became 970x727 or about 1.21 bigger. It's a PB problem feature evidently.
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I use a basic photo editing program and I save the original photo, then make an edited copy in a size below 800 x 600. That goes to my photo hosting site. From there I can post that photo on any of the three modelling sites I'm on. As it's 'ready to go' its a no fuss quick copy and paste the image link, at any time.
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I had this problem with PB yesterday. I uploaded two photos and was about to pay them on here when I noticed they both would benefit from cropping after using the preview posting button.
I deleted both from the post and then cropped them using PB, saved them and then pasted the new links into my post on here. Surprise surprise I got the oversize picture warning yet the original uncropped images worked fine. Work that out!
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This probably also answers my lingering unease about the 'fuzziness' of the images I post - something in PB is altering them. Might have to try another host.
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As with any graphics program you need to check the options for resizing, any manipulation in fact. The cheap way is simple pixel resize which tends to loose detail - you should opt for some kind of "intelligent resize". Also look at how modified pictures are saved - JPEG is a "lossy" compression, but decent programs allow you to shrink that loss to zero or nearly so. If not, every time you save something, you are taking an additional hit on clarity ....

I still haven't figured out how/why PB turns Ralph's 800x600 into a 970x727 (whatever) after doing a simple filter. Must be a feature.
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I looked around the web and nobody else appears to have this problem.


I may just start using a different service
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Photobucket is notoriously bad at resizing :evil: Irfan is a free resizing tool. I use it to resize my images before uploading to my chosen Image Hosting Site.
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