Note on Forum Photo Policy

Ian_Homer

Dear All,

We are seeing an increasing trend to post full size images into threads or links to off site servers.

This is against the policy of the site for a number of reasons:-

1. It results in long download times for those still on dial-up.

2. They take up valuable and costly hosting allowances.

3. Off site links often become broken / changed over time.

4. It gives moderators a higher workload in reducing pictures to the forum format.

Maintaining the forum format, ensures all your photo's are stored within the servers that serve bonsaiTalk and hence will always be visible in the months and years to come to the benefit of all.

The moderating team hope we can have your co-operation in this matter, but should you have any queries, by all means do a search on posting photo's by using the "search" facility in the upper menu bar.

THIS POST WILL REMAIN IN GENERAL FOR A TIME - TO ENSURE ALL ACTIVE MEMBERS SEE THE POSTING.

Best Regards,

Ian.

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FlyBri

Gday Ian!

Nicely put!

I should add that once upon a time, I would copy the offending images to my own computer, resize them and then re-upload to the Forum. As you point out, this can be a time consuming and thankless task. In the future, I'll simply be removing the images and leaving text links in their place. Sorry for sounding so 'woe is me', but woe is me.

Thanks!

Fly.

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FlyBri

Gday Team!

It has occurred to me that a little "How To" might be in order.

1. Resize your photos. I use PhotoShop, which has a "Save For Web" function to compress JPEG images. Images must be no bigger than 800 x 800 pixels and 75kb. For further help, look here.
   
   
2. Create a thread, or reply to an existing thread. If you are replying to an existing thread, you will need to hit a Quick Reply icon AND the Go Advanced button (Pic 1). This will take you to the Reply To Thread/Edit Post page. (If you are creating a new thread, this page will open automatically.) See Pic 2.
   
   
3. Upload your images. By hitting the Manage Attachments button, you will open an upload pane, in which you can browse your computer for the resized images you wish to upload (Pic 3). You may upload up to 6 photos per post, and these are listed in both the upload pane and beneath the Manage Attachments button. NOTE: Attachments will not show up when you Preview Post - they will only be listed beneath the Manage Attachments button.
   
   
4. Submit your message. If things are not quite right, you have 24 hours in which to edit your post.
   
   I hope this helps.
   
   Fly.

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Turtlebo

FlyBri,

Thank you for the tips. I never knew about the save for web feature in photoshop. I just tried it out and was able to reduce a picture from 124kb to 43kb. This information will make uploading pictures much easier.

Thanks,
Turtle

Ian_Homer

There is also a very good photo compression service available here.......

Simply select what size you wish the final picture to be, then the software does all the work for you - displaying the result at the final stage.

Then, just save into a easily found folder on your desktop, ready to upload to the forum with your posts.

Regards,
Ian.

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bonsainotwar

I know there is no IrfanView for Mac.I recently downloaded a program called iResize,than seems to shrink the size in pixels,but not in kilobytes.There seems to be a dizzying array of download optionss at the adobe site,which one would you suggest I use ?

Gisbourne

For Mac you want GraphicConverter. You can get it at http://www.lemkesoft.com/

Open the pic with Graphic Converter and use the Picture - Size - Scale menu command. Check the Keep Proportions and Scale Picture boxes. Set the two Dimension popups to Pixels and change the bigger of the two sizes to 800 pixels. Click Okay.

Now use the File - Save As command. Set the format to JPEG/JFIF. Check these boxes: Save web ready, Make filename ready for the web, and Merge color profile into image. Click Options to see the JPEG options. Check the Special Filesize box, choose Reduce quality to reach filesize, and type 75 in that box. Click Okay, type a name for the file, and click Save.

It doesn't always hit the exact filesize you type, so check how big the new file really is. If it's bigger than 75KB, try saving the pic again but type a slightly smaller filesize.

nfimb

ive never been able to Upload pictures.

I have even tried resizing the pictures To thumbnails. and it still wont upload the pictures...

It got rediculous. so i stopped trying
I dont know how i can fix it.

Ashbarns9999

'Resize images online' is the one I use. It is incredibly simple to use which is good for me as I am incredibly simple.

Ash

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