New Image Size Limit

[SeanTK]

Also be aware that as a general rule, areas with shades of red or yellow (yellow you can sometimes get away with if it makes up most of the shot) don't usually cooperate well with compression. I would love to be proven wrong on that though!

[Hagar]

[quote]Also be aware that as a general rule, areas with shades of red or yellow don't usually cooperate well with compression. I would love to be proven wrong on that though!

[CD.]

Ratio isn't an issue here, the file size is. I was a mod when Pete raised the file size from 100kb to 150kb and the image size to 1024w from 800w. The general consensus then was this was a good move. Times change, I'm sure most people have faster connections now, the main reason for capping size and ratios was for members on dial-up, I'd be interested if any of us are still on that now. Maybe a poll is needed?

[specter177]

Ratio isn't an issue here, the file size is. I was a mod when Pete raised the file size from 100kb to 150kb and the image size to 1024w from 800w. The general consensus then was this was a good move. Times change, I'm sure most people have faster connections now, the main reason for capping size and ratios was for members on dial-up, I'd be interested if any of us are still on that now. Maybe a poll is needed?

Poll idea is good.

[ShaneG_old]

The poll idea is a great one, and may provide some push, but it REALLY needs to be somewhere that will get some traffic and be seen, without being in a spot where another mod might move it.

We had that widescreen/regular screen poll a while back, when image width came up, and it was no contest. Maybe a dozen people out of 100 had a regular non-wide screen monitor.

I bet the same will hold true for connection speed.

I really like Machineman9's point about the thread limit, and how to utilize that limit with your shots, (one 600k shot vs. 4 150k shots).  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[LeeC]

[quote]Also be aware that as a general rule, areas with shades of red or yellow (yellow you can sometimes get away with if it makes up most of the shot) don't usually cooperate well with compression. I would love to be proven wrong on that though!

[LeeC]

The poll idea is a great one, and may provide some push, but it REALLY needs to be somewhere that will get some traffic and be seen, without being in a spot where another mod might move it.

We had that widescreen/regular screen poll a while back, when image width came up, and it was no contest. Maybe a dozen people out of 100 had a regular non-wide screen monitor.

I bet the same will hold true for connection speed.

If you analyse the server logs, you should be able to see how many users (if any) are not hitting the download limits on the free site. If everyone is hitting the 30Kb/s limit, then they should be okay with most images of decent sizes. Anyone who has paid for Premium acces is probably downloading much faster, as that is the major benefit of membership.

[beaky]

it is hard but you can still get some very crisp shots with a 150kb

Please give me a short tutorial - I know you're correct - the evidence is here, unfortunately not under my user name

[Hagar]

A very good point... I see a lot of complaining in these forums about how "compression killed the shot", then I look at the image "weight" and see that the poster took their 400KB masterpiece and saved it at less than 50K or something like that.

I couldn't agree more. It's a case of people blaming the rules when the fault lies with their lack of knowledge on working with images.

[quote]I also aim for about 100, and with the GIMP, it's easy...before you "save as" at the new file size, you can adjust the quality percentage and see the resulting weight before you save. This allows you to maximize the quality but keep it within forum limits.

I'm sure other commonly-used editing programs have similar features... worth remembering when the size limit is eventually increased, yet people still whine about how "compression killed it".

[Fozzer]

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PS. I was thinking of doing a tute showing how to resize/save images with some of the popular free software & posting it at my Lair. Then I wondered how many people it's aimed at would actually bother to read it. :-/

..Instruction Manuals....Aircraft Owners Manuals...Aircraft Manuals, Pilots Manuals, etc, etc...?...

..it makes you wonder?... ...!

Paul...an avid Manual Reader... ...!

[ShaneG_old]

PS. I was thinking of doing a tute showing how to resize/save images with some of the popular free software & posting it at my Lair. Then I wondered how many people it's aimed at would actually bother to read it. :-/

If you make that tutorial, I'll make it a sticky it in the Freeware section.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[Steve M]

PS. I was thinking of doing a tute showing how to resize/save images with some of the popular free software & posting it at my Lair. Then I wondered how many people it's aimed at would actually bother to read it. :-/

If you make that tutorial, I'll make it a sticky it in the Freeware section.

[Hagar]

PS. I was thinking of doing a tute showing how to resize/save images with some of the popular free software & posting it at my Lair. Then I wondered how many people it's aimed at would actually bother to read it. :-/

If you make that tutorial, I'll make it a sticky it in the Freeware section.

[ShaneG_old]

I'd say the big three to start with are

-Infranview
-Gimp
-Paint.net

And probably in that order of importance.

[Steve M]

Personally, I use Irfanview.. I wouldn't know what the majority use though.