I dunno?! I have lots of great 11X14 prints, nothing smaller; and what I
post are mostly 4X6 machine prints. I rarely post anything that I have
crafted because 1) I don't know how to scan and reduce the size of the file
and 2) I don't have a scanner to accomodate the large pictures I make.
Oh, well.
S. Shapiro
----- Original Message -----
From: "James B. Davis" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students"
<photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: 18 FEB Re: PF exhibits on 11 FEB 2006
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 23:31:16 +0000, Qkano <wildimages@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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to:
program in order to submit? I think not. I say up the limit to 100K
and everyone
should be happier.
Your case for upping the "limit" to 100K would be stronger if it was
needed. Your 75k image was only 45K without bloat and perfectly fine
... I see no jepg artifacts (OK, without my glasses).
Some people on web forums gripe because they can't upload 5Mb images
straight from their camera. "Why should they have to resize them
first?"
Ok then, how about if I resubmit my image at JPG quality 8 and see if you
can
strip enough bloat from it.
Here's the thing: I'm very competent and familiar with computers and
software.
So if I find it a hassle to do extra work, think of all the other people
who may
not even understand what you're saying. Should they all download special
software or take a PS course, or spend hours trying to figure this out?
Yes I can 'save for web' but I find the quality suffers no matter what
options I
choose.
Just for the simplicity and consistancy the size limit should be upped a
bit.
Like I said before I do not want to send a JPG with a quality of less than
5,
and prefer 8.
I'm thinking more here of other people. I can strip down any JPG to it's
minimum
size, but I'd bet most can't.
While you are worrying about others downloading an extra 20K, I'm worried
about
others having to shrink their photos to a too small size to get under the
75K
limit. And judging by the way too small sizes of the gallery submissions
in the
past, that likely is happening.
I will make the extra effort in future to get my JPGs down, but retain a
higher
quality. Will everyone do the same?
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