Photo Sizing

[Brad225]

What is a good size for posting pictures. I thought I read somewhere to use
620x280 but they look small when I resized them.

 

[SugarMedia]

What is a good size for posting pictures. I thought I read somewhere to use
620x280 but they look small when I resized them.

Try 1024 x 768

 

[Reverb2009]

If you use Photobucket.com to host your images it will resize your photos automatically for you. There standard size is 800 X 600.

 

[rtagle]

Can anyone lead me to a link where you can download a software to resize photos? I thought I saw a link in one of the threads here. Thanks for the help

 

[TomDac]

XP PowerToys:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

look for "Image Resizer".. it's great.

 

[rtagle]

Thanks Tom.

 

[amey01]

Try PIXresizer - it'll batch convert many files at a time to your selected size, leaving the originals untouched.

 

[JonFo]

If you use Photobucket.com to host your images it will resize your photos automatically for you. There standard size is 800 X 600.

And that seems a good size for this forum as well.

Limiting a picture to 800 pixels across still leaves room for the various site and browser elements even on a 1024 size screen.

When people post >1024 sized images, it screws up the horizontal scrolling on most displays <1280 wide.

besides, the file size limits tend to encourage a smaller display size anyway.

So I'd say:

Posts in the body of a thread - max 800x600 (or at least limited to 800 wide)

Anything larger, link to an off-site host.

In general that's the guideline I've tried to stick to in my posts.


The other guideline is whether to link off-site or attach.

If it's core to the message of the thread, and ML or direct audio related, I tend to use attachments, as they will be persistent and consistent across time.

I hate digging through old threads and run across posts with links to images that convey the 1000 missing words and the link is dead.