Posting Pictures WAY Too Large on the Forum

[Leon]

Many pictures were just deleted, in several threads, as members are too lazy to resize them before posting. IF you post a huge picture please expect it to be deleted.
Thanks!
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[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Leon

Many pictures were just deleted, in several threads, as members are too lazy to resize them before posting. IF you post a huge picture please expect it to be deleted.
Thanks!
.

Hi Leon.

Dumb questions: how do pictures that are too large get posted in the first place? I thought they just get rejected by the system based on their size before they ever get posted.

Could you please remind us what size pictures we should be posting--what is the limit?

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Hi Leon.

Dumb questions: how do pictures that are too large get posted in the first place? I thought they just get rejected by the system based on their size before they ever get posted.

Could you please remind us what size pictures we should be posting--what is the limit?

I think he's referring to pictures hosted outside of Net54.

[bnorth]

Before you post by hitting the submit button hit the preview post button beside it. That will show you what the pic actually looks like when posted. I know I have had to reduce pic size a second time before.

[puckpaul]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Before you post by hitting the submit button hit the preview post button beside it. That will show you what the pic actually looks like when posted. I know I have had to reduce pic size a second time before.

I used to get prompted by net54 to resize my apple iphone image that i was posting. That is where all of my collection photos are housed. Then it changed a year or two ago on the website, and it usually either gets sized large or not allowed and I have to screenshot it, edit the photo and retry. I dont know how to resize the file on its own easily.

Tapatalk works? I downloaded that app but it’s not obvious how that helps just looking through that app.

Any help appreciated.

[Republicaninmass]

Posting, Egos, WAY Too Large on the Forum.

Stick to the issue at hand!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Hi Leon.

Dumb questions: how do pictures that are too large get posted in the first place? I thought they just get rejected by the system based on their size before they ever get posted.

Could you please remind us what size pictures we should be posting--what is the limit?

The system will limit the size most times. Most, but not all of the time, the very large pictures are hosted elsewhere and linked here.
The best way to see if they are too big is to post them and look. IF they are way, way bigger than the screen then they need to be resized. I am just tired of doing it for everyone all of the time.

[frohme]

Originally Posted by Leon

The system will limit the size most times. Most, but not all of the time, the very large pictures are hosted elsewhere and linked here.
The best way to see if they are too big is to post them and look. IF they are way, way bigger than the screen then they need to be resized. I am just tired of doing it for everyone all of the time.

If the large pictures aren't hosted here, Leon, what are the issues (beyond the obvious *viewing* inconvenience), and how are you able to resize them? I can understand how you can delete them (i.e. the link), but what are you saying?

Thanks in advance for the clarification.

(I use a smaller laptop, and just scroll past the whitespace ... no issue)
--
Mike - occasionally guilty of large images... but not as egregious as the ones pointed out above.

[Balticfox]

Images can be resized using either Photoshop or Paint in one's own computer or else in any photo hosting service such as Photobucket, ImageShack, Flickr, etc. And no, I'm not a techie myself. I'm just a reasonably competent poster.

[butchie_t]

You can resize them before you post them to the site. I resize to a 600 X 600 and that typically shows up as a good size for a post, and it keeps the size of the photo down to acceptable levels.

And I also hit the preview before I post in case it does end up looking wonky.

With a Mac it is easy and with the windows photos program it can be done there as well.

B.T.

[Leon]

It is the viewing. Those huge pics screw up the way they are displayed and then we have to scroll way over until we get to the next one that is way too large. If you save them to a computer and open them with MS Paint, it is very easy to downsize them. It might take 30 seconds to totally do it and repost them...

Originally Posted by frohme

If the large pictures aren't hosted here, Leon, what are the issues (beyond the obvious *viewing* inconvenience), and how are you able to resize them? I can understand how you can delete them (i.e. the link), but what are you saying?

Thanks in advance for the clarification.

(I use a smaller laptop, and just scroll past the whitespace ... no issue)
--
Mike - occasionally guilty of large images... but not as egregious as the ones pointed out above.

[frohme]

OK - so you are (were) actually resizing their (remote) images by downloading and doing the resize and uploading locally. Figured it was something like that, but didn't know if there might be an auto-resizing filter you could apply via a vBulletin plugin.

Thanks.
--
Mike

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Leon

If a pic is 2x the size of my 24" screen, it messes up the thread.

Originally Posted by Leon

It is the viewing. Those huge pics screw up the way they are displayed and then we have to scroll way over until we get to the next one that is way too large.

And you have a lot of lattitude with a 24" screen! I'm wondering how people using a laptop or tablet with a 14" screen or less manage. How big is too big for those people?

That's why I almost always avoid going above 1000 pixels in width for the pictures I post. Here's one I just reduced to 1000 pixels. Does it still mess up anyone's screen?

[campyfan39]

Sincere question that I have been wanting to ask for a while but was embarrassed....
I take pics from my phone, and most will load, but some will not. Even the ones that do are very large. Can someone help me know what to do?
I'm just 51, but I am an analog man in a digital world!
Thank you!

Originally Posted by Leon

The system will limit the size most times. Most, but not all of the time, the very large pictures are hosted elsewhere and linked here.
The best way to see if they are too big is to post them and look. IF they are way, way bigger than the screen then they need to be resized. I am just tired of doing it for everyone all of the time.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

Sincere question that I have been wanting to ask for a while but was embarrassed....
I take pics from my phone, and most will load, but some will not. Even the ones that do are very large. Can someone help me know what to do?
I'm just 51, but I am an analog man in a digital world!
Thank you!

Someone else might be able to help but I am unaware of how to do it from a phone. I am somewhat technically challenged too.

As to the question of, do I resize many of them for members myself and repost them? The answer is yes. But it is happening so frequently now that I could spend my whole day doing it.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Leon

Someone else might be able to help but I am unaware of how to do it from a phone. I am somewhat technically challenged too.

As to the question of, do I resize many of them for members myself and repost them? The answer is yes. But it is happening so frequently now that I could spend my whole day doing it.

Leon, I doubt you are technically challenged. After all, you host the most important social media board in the country.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

Sincere question that I have been wanting to ask for a while but was embarrassed....
I take pics from my phone, and most will load, but some will not. Even the ones that do are very large. Can someone help me know what to do?
I'm just 51, but I am an analog man in a digital world!
Thank you!

I strongly encourage people using photos from their phone to use the Tapatalk app (free download in the app store) to post pictures. When posting here, you just select the "add photo" button at the bottom of your reply, select "from gallery" and the app will allow you to browse through your photo albums on your phone. Just select the photo you want, and which size. It will give 3 options: small, medium and large). Large is only available with a paid subscription to Tapatalk, but medium is free. Medium is approximately 600x600 pixels or so and is a perfect size for posting. So just select medium size, and the app will automatically put it at the end of your post. If you want the photo in the middle of the post somewhere, just put your cursor where you want the photo to appear, then tap on the photo you just added to the post, and select "Insert Inline" and it will put the image there instead of at the end.

Tapatalk is so useful that even when I'm browsing this site on a PC, if I want to post a picture, I whip out my phone and use the app to add the photos to my reply.

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

I strongly encourage people using photos from their phone to use the Tapatalk app (free download in the app store) to post pictures. When posting here, you just select the "add photo" button at the bottom of your reply, select "from gallery" and the app will allow you to browse through your photo albums on your phone. Just select the photo you want, and which size. It will give 3 options: small, medium and large). Large is only available with a paid subscription to Tapatalk, but medium is free. Medium is approximately 600x600 pixels or so and is a perfect size for posting. So just select medium size, and the app will automatically put it at the end of your post. If you want the photo in the middle of the post somewhere, just put your cursor where you want the photo to appear, then tap on the photo you just added to the post, and select "Insert Inline" and it will put the image there instead of at the end.

Tapatalk is so useful that even when I'm browsing this site on a PC, if I want to post a picture, I whip out my phone and use the app to add the photos to my reply.

Thanks for the tutorial and recommendation!! Sounds like the way to go.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

I strongly encourage people using photos from their phone to use the Tapatalk app (free download in the app store) to post pictures. When posting here, you just select the "add photo" button at the bottom of your reply, select "from gallery" and the app will allow you to browse through your photo albums on your phone. Just select the photo you want, and which size. It will give 3 options: small, medium and large). Large is only available with a paid subscription to Tapatalk, but medium is free. Medium is approximately 600x600 pixels or so and is a perfect size for posting. So just select medium size, and the app will automatically put it at the end of your post. If you want the photo in the middle of the post somewhere, just put your cursor where you want the photo to appear, then tap on the photo you just added to the post, and select "Insert Inline" and it will put the image there instead of at the end.

Tapatalk is so useful that even when I'm browsing this site on a PC, if I want to post a picture, I whip out my phone and use the app to add the photos to my reply.

+1 for Tapatalk image hosting/posting. It’s a very convenient way to post better quality scans.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

Sincere question that I have been wanting to ask for a while but was embarrassed....

That's a common affliction. But never, ever be too embarrassed to ask a question. I learned decades ago that if I'm confused, many/most others are as well. Moreover asking if not the only way to learn is probably the best. I've learned countless things over the decades by simply asking.

[brianp-beme]

Don't end up like this guy.

Brian

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Don't end up like this guy.

Yes. Even that one will seriously mess up the view of those using smaller lap tops. I typically limit my pictures to a width of 1000 pixels.

[Balticfox]

Check out post #202 from this thread:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...=283972&page=5

An actual image of very decent size surrounded by acres and acres of useless blank space which seriously mess up the screen view.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Check out post #202 from this thread:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...=283972&page=5

An actual image of very decent size surrounded by acres and acres of useless blank space which seriously mess up the screen view.

I was going to delete it but that is a great example of what will be deleted, so folks can see the issue.
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[Huck]

Originally Posted by Leon

I was going to delete it but that is a great example of what will be deleted, so folks can see the issue.
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Guilty. On my screen the image looks fine. Until the picture is loaded to the site, I don't see the acres of white space. I am not quite sure how to eliminate the white space. Resizing will likely shift the image out of frame, but I will try.

[Lucas00]

I do everything on the forum from my phone. Some on Tapatalk, some not.

Here is a fs post of mine that to me the scans look fabulous. Are these images too large? I already had to edit them to be a smaller file size. I'm fairly certain resizing them to 600x600 would destroy their quality.
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=348708

Take Leons example pic in the first post of this thread, (Beautiful photo by the way, looks extremely early) but I think I can see individual pixels on it. Is that photo downsized to 600x600? Do you feel it lost any quality when doing so Leon?

I think the viewing experience on phone is just much better because even if a photos uploaded dimensions are crazy they still look absolutely fine to me.

I believe the optimal way to upload high resolution photos to net54 is by taking a photo/scanning at a high quality and then using compression on the image to get it below 2mb. However I would also think this technique also creates some of the weirdest sizes because of their quality.

Am I wrong at some step? Let me know please.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

I do everything on the forum from my phone. Some on Tapatalk, some not.

Here is a fs post of mine that to me the scans look fabulous. Are these images too large? I already had to edit them to be a smaller file size. I'm fairly certain resizing them to 600x600 would destroy their quality.
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=348708

Take Leons example pic in the first post of this thread, (Beautiful photo by the way, looks extremely early) but I think I can see individual pixels on it. Is that photo downsized to 600x600? Do you feel it lost any quality when doing so Leon?

I think the viewing experience on phone is just much better because even if a photos uploaded dimensions are crazy they still look absolutely fine to me.

I believe the optimal way to upload high resolution photos to net54 is by taking a photo/scanning at a high quality and then using compression on the image to get it below 2mb. However I would also think this technique also creates some of the weirdest sizes because of their quality.

Am I wrong at some step? Let me know please.

If I was posting it yes it is too big for me. I say that because I like to be able to see an entire card without having to scroll down. Just an opinion.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

I do everything on the forum from my phone. Some on Tapatalk, some not.

Here is a fs post of mine that to me the scans look fabulous. Are these images too large? I already had to edit them to be a smaller file size. I'm fairly certain resizing them to 600x600 would destroy their quality.
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=348708

Take Leons example pic in the first post of this thread, (Beautiful photo by the way, looks extremely early) but I think I can see individual pixels on it. Is that photo downsized to 600x600? Do you feel it lost any quality when doing so Leon?

I think the viewing experience on phone is just much better because even if a photos uploaded dimensions are crazy they still look absolutely fine to me.

I believe the optimal way to upload high resolution photos to net54 is by taking a photo/scanning at a high quality and then using compression on the image to get it below 2mb. However I would also think this technique also creates some of the weirdest sizes because of their quality.

Am I wrong at some step? Let me know please.

The photos in that post are 912x1272. They are fine. It's the ones where the width is wider than most monitors' aspect ratio (usually 1920 for standard HD) that cause a scrolling problem.

600x600 is great for showing cards. Obviously, for a sale where fine detail is necessary, a little higher will work. But I think the 600x600 is usually more than sufficient.

Here are a couple examples:

Medium (501x872):



Large (1002x1784):

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

The photos in that post are 912x1272. They are fine. It's the ones where the width is wider than most monitors' aspect ratio (usually 1920 for standard HD) that cause a scrolling problem.

600x600 is great for showing cards. Obviously, for a sale where fine detail is necessary, a little higher will work. But I think the 600x600 is usually more than sufficient.

Here are a couple examples:

Medium (501x872):



Large (1002x1784):

For anybody that has never used Tapatalk let me tell you how these two photos compare. They are essentially identical. The larger one looks very slightly better. The app does a phenomenal job of sizing.

On the site itself on my phone, I MUCH prefer the Larger photo. The medium one looks tiny and I cant make out most fine details like the large one.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

For anybody that has never used Tapatalk let me tell you how these two photos compare. They are essentially identical. The larger one looks very slightly better. The app does a phenomenal job of sizing.

On the site itself on my phone, I MUCH prefer the Larger photo. The medium one looks tiny and I cant make out most fine details like the large one.

Yep. Tapatalk is the way to go. Both of those pictures were posted using the app directly from my phone. I simply selected medium size for one and large (original size) for the other. One tap and the app resized it.

And as you point out, in the app, you don't have to worry about oversized images making the screen scroll.

[Lucas00]

If you are curious of what those look like on a phone browsing n54. This is a screenshot using most of my phones screen, so I'm expecting it to be a strange size. This is entering photo-ception territories.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

If you are curious of what those look like on a phone browsing n54. This is a screenshot using most of my phones screen, so I'm expecting it to be a strange size. This is entering photo-ception territories.

I opened my phone and yes the bigger pic is awesome. I was commenting on looking at them on a computer. Basically turn your phone sideways and that is how they look on a computer screen.

I don't think your pics are too big and causing the problem Leon was posting about. Just an opinion on pictures from someone usually looking at them on a computer.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Leon

Many pictures were just deleted, in several threads, as members are too lazy to resize them before posting. IF you post a huge picture please expect it to be deleted.
Thanks!
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Leon, why is there a large white space to the right of your image similar to an uncropped scanned image. The image that Brian posted in post #5 also has the same look.

[campyfan39]

Thanks Timothy and Lucas for the advice!


Test with tapatalk


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[OhioLawyerF5]

Imagine being such an entitled jerk that you tell the owner of a website you shouldn't have to follow the rules because you know of a better way they could run things. :rollseyes:

If posting appropriately sized images is too hard for you, don't post. It IS your responsibility as a poster.

[Andrew1975]

+2 for using the Tapatalk app to post photos. I prefer the view of the regular internet based site for reading/scrolling, but use the app when I want to post a photo (from my phone). I have never resized a photo, and they seem to post in an appropriate size (either the size of the photo below, or slightly larger, you can choose "small" or "medium" when posting). If anyone needs help with how to post photos through the app, feel free to send me a PM. I’d be happy to show you how to do it.





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[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Leon

Many pictures were just deleted, in several threads, as members are too lazy to resize them before posting. IF you post a huge picture please expect it to be deleted.

People are still cavalierly ignoring your request. Maybe you could ask the Net54 service provider whether there's a way for the program to simply reject overly large pictures with the message "All images must be no larger than (such and such) in size."

[Gorditadogg]

I think one problem is that when I post from my phone, I can't tell how large the pics are- they just fill up my phone. When I view Net54 from my phone it's the same thing- all the pics look to be the same size.

It's only when I am at my desktop that pic size is a problem. When the pics are larger than 600 x 800 or so, then I need to scroll down to see them.

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[pawpawdiv9]

Just got the tapatalk on my iPhone
Will take time to get use to


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[Republicaninmass]

Like a 747


...whoosh

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[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Like a 747


...whoosh

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Don't flatter yourself. I got your post. Just chose to respond to one part of it.