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Posted by: jdriver Jul 25 2009, 04:43 PM

Please resize your pics before uploading them, it makes browsing so much more pleasant. There are simple resizing tools on all platforms. 800x600 or 1200x1000 is plenty big.

We don't need hi-rez on these pics unless you're showing a close detail. 10+MB pics are not necessary. *cough*cough*Alexiaden*cough*

Posted by: synfection Jul 25 2009, 04:49 PM

+1

Posted by: jafomatic Jul 25 2009, 04:51 PM

+2560x1050

Edit: the difference is in the number of pics and the connection of the use. The forum DOES resize the pics but it does it poorly and only after they've been loaded into the page. So a number of big pics hosted at some overly-busy website somewhere takes forever to load these huge images and only after they're completely loaded will your browser finally receive the instruction to size them down.

Posted by: ZakkWylde Jul 25 2009, 04:53 PM

GMC resizes them so why bother?
Or are you talking about the time it takes to load those pics until they get resized?

Posted by: Muris Varajic Jul 25 2009, 04:56 PM

5 and more huge picts can be really annoying, I must agree.

Posted by: Velvet Roger Jul 25 2009, 05:39 PM

Fully agree, both for loading the pages, but also for unneccesary strains on the capacity of the server

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Jul 25 2009, 07:47 PM

Good idea. It takes lot of time to load 10 pictures of 1-2 mega.

Posted by: fkalich Jul 25 2009, 08:34 PM

Load time. Throughput from the GMC provider really varies depending on where you live. Sometimes it is pretty fast for me, but at other times it is kind of slow, a lesson video may stop a number of times when I load it, as throughput can't keep up. So what may not be a problem for some, will be a source of annoyance to some others.

I use Adobe products to make photos smaller in byte size. Maybe somebody can name a free open source program that will do the same.

Posted by: Muris Varajic Jul 25 2009, 09:12 PM

http://www.irfanview.com/.

Posted by: Keilnoth Jul 25 2009, 10:13 PM

http://www.xnview.com

Posted by: Emir Hot Jul 25 2009, 10:33 PM

Yes it's much better if everyone resize pics. 500 px in width is more than enough and of course screen resolution 72dpi

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jul 26 2009, 12:51 AM

I agree, forum engine resizes but after they are loaded. After 5-6 pictures it is a bit unpractical.

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Jul 26 2009, 08:49 PM

I agree with Jeff !
Yesterday I opened Alex's thread with pictures of his gear. It took forever to load pictures and my internet connection is decent to say the least

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Jul 27 2009, 06:27 PM

hahaha!!

ok +1

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jul 27 2009, 11:45 PM

I agree on this...Though forum does re size pictures automatically and resizing manually can take some time and software...I try to upload small ones when I can... I recommend www.imageshack.us for uploading and automatic resizing. After you upload the picture there its automatically re-sized to what you choose and you get the forum embed link to copy paste...

Posted by: Mrblomme Jul 28 2009, 11:21 PM

+1 sometimes really anoying