Picture Size **Please Read Before Posting**

[Michael Hartwig]

My Vote goes to Small to medium size pic and then link to Hosted site. I have no issues clicking through to the hosted site to view a higher res pic, but wont just click on links without some sort of preview.

[Rhoufi]

I know a lot has been said about this, and I wonder if it has been resolved. Could you clear up the confusion about the maximum image size for posting?

In the Assignments section we have this statement:

5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (740px on the longest side).

But in the "Life" Competition Section we have this statement:

Enter by posting your images below - 700px wide max please (Wider will be gracefully deleted)

Assuming that we all reference back to Flickr so the DPS web doesn't have to hold all the large files, I can save into Flickr at any size that DPS recommends, but within DPS there seems to be conflict, as to whether it is "WIDE" or "THE LONGEST SIDE".

Width affects page formating, so there should be a maximum width set for "portrait" and/or "landscape" images and it might not be the same. It seems that 740px is about right to stay within the current graphics that I can see. But what about length? In portraits, the longer the image the more severe affect on bandwidth loading and frequency of page breaks.

So, has this been resolved yet (and I've missed it in the forum)? I agree it should be linked to Flickr's standard sizes, but could you guys resolve it? This is not a whinge, by the way, I love all the work you guys do, but as managers you need to set the rules we can all follow. Cropping is one of the most important processes and changing size all the time is time consuming. I'll be happy with whatever you choose.

[wulf]

There is a cross-site limit of 740px on the longest side. If the life competition says 700px wide as the max for that purpose then take 740x740px as the maximum allowable dimension.

From Flickr the best approach is to add a larger picture and then post a medium size image here which links back to the image page on Flickr where people can see it larger.

Wulf

[Rhoufi]

Originally Posted by wulf

There is a cross-site limit of 740px on the longest side. If the life competition says 700px wide as the max for that purpose then take 700x740px as the maximum allowable dimension.

From Flickr the best approach is to add a larger picture and then post a medium size image here which links back to the image page on Flickr where people can see it larger.

Wulf

Thanks Wulf, that's nice and simple.

[miggy2007]

Thanks for the info. I will look into Flicker and resizing.

Thanks Wulf!

oh, and needing a signature I guess. I will read more, post less...


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[wulf]

Note I've made a small correction above. I said "700x740px". What I meant was 740x740px!

Wulf

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[Jill H]

I know this thread is about size - but my question is about keeping the EXIF data attached.

When I "resize for web" in Photoshop Elements, all the data disappears - how can I minimise the size and keep the data as required by the assignment requirements?

thanks

[Digidave]

Originally Posted by Jill H

I know this thread is about size - but my question is about keeping the EXIF data attached.

When I "resize for web" in Photoshop Elements, all the data disappears - how can I minimise the size and keep the data as required by the assignment requirements?

thanks

When you "Resize for the Web" PE will automatically strip this info in order to save on file size. I don't use PE so I can't say for certain but you may have a way of shutting that feature off. If not you will have to use the "Save As" feature & just save it as a .jpg. This should save all that info then.

[Jill H]

Originally Posted by Digidave

When you "Resize for the Web" PE will automatically strip this info in order to save on file size. I don't use PE so I can't say for certain but you may have a way of shutting that feature off. If not you will have to use the "Save As" feature & just save it as a .jpg. This should save all that info then.

thanks - but unfortunately then the size is far too big for downloading to DPS..............