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Title: larger attachment pic size
Post by: Nefesis on June 26, 2004, 09:47:06 pm: i'm not really sure if this is in the right forum (but i don't think it fit anywhere else) and maybe shouldn't get posted at all. oh well. i won't mind if it gets destroyed. allright. that said, my question is: does anyone bsides me think that we need a bigger photo attachment size for replies to a topic? the current size is 250 kb, and my paint shop pro images are all at least 381 kb. i don't knopw much abgout deesigning these web pages, or if photos larger than 250kb would make the pages take too long to load for us dial-up users or something like that. also, does anyone know a better cp desgining element besides paint shop pro that's free? and takes us less space for files?
Title: Re:larger attachment pic size
Post by: Generic Eric on June 26, 2004, 10:46:42 pm: yup, wrong forum

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=7

hey, someone has to pay for the site.

have you tried saving them as .pngs?
Title: Re:larger attachment pic size
Post by: Nefesis on June 26, 2004, 10:51:48 pm: i noticed the forum after i posted the post... will try saving them as .pngs. thanks
Title: Re:larger attachment pic size
Post by: Ken Layton on June 27, 2004, 02:08:31 am: Please keep file size small. I'm on a slow 28k dialup connection here in the sticks of Olympia, Washington.
Title: Re:larger attachment pic size
Post by: danny_galaga on June 27, 2004, 09:38:35 am: just resize them biguns! ive been doing that. even paint will work. ive found if any of mine are bigger than the page i just resize a bit smaller and edit my post. nothing worse than a really wide pic making it a chore to read the posts...
Title: Re:larger attachment pic size
Post by: hunky_artist on June 27, 2004, 11:58:28 am: in paint shop pro, when you go to save them as .jpgs.. click on the 'run optimiser' button. you can then select the level of compression... you can get a full screen photo down to about 50k with hardly any visual loss :)
Title: Re:larger attachment pic size
Post by: JoyMonkey on June 27, 2004, 12:33:05 pm: If anything 250k is too much, posting huge files ups the sites monthly bandwidth which causes Saint more hassles, not to mention people with slow internet connections. I always try to keep my files under 50k in file size and under 600x600 pixels, this makes life easy for everyone.
Title: Re:larger attachment pic size
Post by: Nefesis on June 27, 2004, 06:18:29 pm: Quote from: Ken Layton on June 27, 2004, 02:08:31 am
Please keep file size small. I'm on a slow 28k dialup connection here in the sticks of Olympia, Washington.

i know how it feels, i also have aa 28kbps connection :'( . thanks for all the suggestiosns. i will run the optimizer thing. thanks
Title: Re:larger attachment pic size
Post by: Sasquatch! on July 01, 2004, 09:18:14 pm: 250 is plenty big for a web picture. So yeah...optimize por favor.
Title: Re:larger attachment pic size
Post by: Nefesis on July 02, 2004, 08:08:04 am: i realized my poblem: my pics were about 12 in by 9 in. i put down to about 4x3 and that solved the problem.