Uploading pics

[Apech]

Hi tech wizard mod team!

 

many of my pics won’t upload because they are too big in terms of memory whatever - is there any way to update this? So we can post pics bigger than 113.2 MB?

[steve]

16 hours ago, Apech said:

Hi tech wizard mod team!

 

many of my pics won’t upload because they are too big in terms of memory whatever - is there any way to update this? So we can post pics bigger than 113.2 MB?

 

For now, I recommend you resize images or link to a url.

Making changes to permissible upload size is above my pay grade.

I will tag @Trunk and @sean to see if they want to weigh in on the question.

 

[Trunk]

@Apech, @steve

I have always linked to an externally stored image.

Uploading images never worked for me, and I never looked into it further than that.

That's how it is for now. 

- Trunk

[blue eyed snake]

I had troubles adding a picture too, which was new to me as I never had troubles before.

I tend to simply drag and drop or copy paste.

 

I changed the picture to JPG format and then It worked

[Apech]

45 minutes ago, steve said:

 

For now, I recommend you resize images or link to a url.

Making changes to permissible upload size is above my pay grade.

I will tag @Trunk and @sean to see if they want to weigh in on the question.

 

 

OK I will try to work out how to do that.

[-ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ-]

@Apech you can use a free image editing website like pixlr to resize your pics or convert them into jpg

[silent thunder]

For nominal pics I opt to swap the files to jpg and reduce size to 20%, this exponentially reduces the file size and allows free sharing.  My usual reduction is from 4mb down to under 200kb.

 

If I really want to maintain the image integrity of the huge image and file size taken by the latest phones and cameras... i upload to a third party hosting site and link to the images from there through copy link location feature.

[Apech]

2 hours ago, -ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ- said:

@Apech you can use a free image editing website like pixlr to resize your pics or convert them into jpg

but I’m a boomer!

[Jenn]

4 minutes ago, Apech said:

but I’m a boomer!

Are you on windows 10 or 11?

The default photo app can do it: open the photo on your computer, then at the top, there are three dots ( ... ) there is an option to resize.  Drop the percentage a bit or changing the quality from high to medium should do the trick.  It will show you the new size at the bottom before you choose OK, so you can play until it is under the limit 😊.

If your on apple, no idea, I'm allergic to digital fruit.

[Apech]

18 minutes ago, Jenn said:

Are you on windows 10 or 11?

The default photo app can do it: open the photo on your computer, then at the top, there are three dots ( ... ) there is an option to resize.  Drop the percentage a bit or changing the quality from high to medium should do the trick.  It will show you the new size at the bottom before you choose OK, so you can play until it is under the limit 😊.

If your on apple, no idea, I'm allergic to digital fruit.

apple OS X … Mac mini and iPhone

[Jenn]

2 minutes ago, Apech said:

apple OS X … Mac mini and iPhone

[old3bob]

On 2/25/2024 at 10:50 AM, silent thunder said:

For nominal pics I opt to swap the files to jpg and reduce size to 20%, this exponentially reduces the file size and allows free sharing.  My usual reduction is from 4mb down to under 200kb.

 

If I really want to maintain the image integrity of the huge image and file size taken by the latest phones and cameras... i upload to a third party hosting site and link to the images from there through copy link location feature.

 

that is about what I also do...although I also like using windows explorer (an old fashion way) to get the file from various devices or places and then move/drop it to the desktop and then use the old or new version of paint to resize, rename or manipulate it.  (and one should have pictures dropped to the desktop show up as pictures and not just file names which makes the process much easier!)

Edited February 26 by old3bob

[old3bob]

22 hours ago, Jenn said:

 

animals probably have some kind of shadow self also, more so if they have been around humans alot?

[Jenn]

4 hours ago, old3bob said:

 

animals probably have some kind of shadow self also, more so if they have been around humans alot?

It's funny, I am dog sitting right now, and I have met the dog many times over the years and she is a real sweetheart, but I noticed this time she had a lot more odd tendencies we would describe as toxic if in a person.  Those tendencies unfortunately match her owners.  I've been pondering the impact people have on dogs lately.  

[steve]

On 2/25/2024 at 3:10 PM, Apech said:

but I’m a boomer!

 

Another option is to email the file to yourself.

This generally gives you the option to resize before sending.

A little extra work but effective if all else fails.

[Apech]

12 minutes ago, steve said:

 

Another option is to email the file to yourself.

This generally gives you the option to resize before sending.

A little extra work but effective if all else fails.

emailing yourself is the first sign of internet madness 

[Keith108]

5 hours ago, Apech said:

emailing yourself is the first sign of internet madness 

Uh-oh… 🤪