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Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:
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Can anyone tell me how to make my picture 200 kb?
... I just recently asked Moderator Mark about increasing the allowable photo size and he replied he was unable to alter that setting ...
Make sure the pic size is no more than 800 pixels wide, I normally size my pics for about 700 pixels width.
JPEG is a data compressing file system. When you convert a pic to JPEG format, or when you save a JPEG as a JPEG, your computer is normally set-up to reduce the pixels per inch setting of the picture to 72, which is all you need for a computer monitor.
As an example, I have two versions of the same picture sitting on my desktop at the moment; one is a JPEG, the other a TIFF; both are 1024 pixels wide by 768 pixels high. The JPEG version of that picture is only 122 KB; the TIFF version of that picture is 2.18 MB. (A TIFF file saves the original pixel per inch density of the picture as it came out of the camera). The TIFF file is 17.8 times bigger than the JPEG of the same dimensions.
If a 1024 x 768 JPEG is only 122 KB, then the 200 KB limit is more than enough allowance for any picture.
A few years ago we ran into a situation where the Forum crashed because our usage exceeded the bandwidth we were purchasing from Groupee. This was a direct result of all the photos we "upload" here. I did 2 things to resolve the problem. We upgraded the bandwidth of the Forums to the maximum offered by Groupee and I limited the size of photos to 200 KB.
Any of you involved on other Forums have probably found that most forums do not allow directly uploaded pictures, to post a picture on most forums members must paste the URL address of their pictures into the body of their post that links to an image hosting web site like Photobucket, Flikr, etc. This is another way of managing the bandwidth required by a forum. Image hosting sites normally reduce the size of the images as they are uploaded; Photobucket limits the size of pictures to 800 pixels in width or height.
Cowboy from hell
