photobucket reducked . . .

[ChowderMan]

Imgur seems to be an oft suggested replacement - been fooling with it . . .

I have one issue - Photobucket and / or in combination with Fori auto-adjusted the picture size to 'fit' - Imgur apparently does not do that.

example: my camera produces originals 4928x3264 pixels.
I can upload the photos 'as is' here and (obviously) it's the Forum software that resizes.

I have/use IrfanView - and frequently do a "save for the web" simply to reduce the file size - knocks it down by a factor of 15-20 with little loss of detail, etc.

however . . . Imgur apparently links out the whole pixel size with the result that a photo stretches way past the screen - onto the neighbor's computer methinks.... Imgur has several "size" options - squares/thumbnails.... a 'Huge" thumbnail seems to be about the right physical size.

((yes I know, and I do, upload photos here direct comma most of the time....))

looks like below - untidy to say the least.
anyone have a handle on an 'optimum' pixel width for stuff to-linked?

here's the 'huge thumbnail' followed by the 'original' size

 

[lilbopeep]

I use JASC Paint Shop Pro to edit, crop, resize (pixels - 650X552 or I can do inches also) and save to the format I choose (jpeg, png etc.).

I have been hosting on NCT lately after editing and resizing.

I have used Postimage (http://postimages.org/) to host my pictures after editing and resizing. There are several save/host options you can choose (auto resizing etc.). And several options on how to share/link.











I hope this helps.

(P.S. I didn't care for Imgur)

 

[lilbopeep]

You can also use Paint program in your PC Accessories list to resize (percentage or pixels). Then host on NCT, PostImage or Imgur.

 

[ChowderMan]

thanks Peeps - I'll check out Postimg. I agree tho - Imgur is not real intuitively obvious for the user. I'm not into blogging/Facebook/TwitsInc/ etc so my usage is pretty "canned" - once I get it down, it's down.

here's the same pix uploaded directly here at 4928x3264 pixels. the resize magic works with direct uploads but not links. I do not like to 'rely' on outside sources to do their thing routinely - they change their / syntax / whatever way too often and users get stuck ala Photobucket. I figure if the original uploaded is the right size, tricky for third parties to screw it up.

to-date I've not been black-blessed by Photobucket - but they cannot be trusted anymore.