Why resize first ?

[Scott Donley]

Is there a reason to not let the vb software do the pic resizing when uploading a pic ? There are currently 2 threads advising people to resize before uploading. Am I missing something ?

[AL Ursich]

If it is anything like Laser Engraving Photo Grav software, it comes down to how expanding the image causes lines in the finished artwork.

Don't know what vb is....

AL

[Dewey Torres]

Don't know what vb is....

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[Mack Cameron]

Is there a reason to not let the vb software do the pic resizing when uploading a pic ? There are currently 2 threads advising people to resize before uploading. Am I missing something ?

Hi Scott; From what little experience I have, I do resize first, and when I do I find the picture loads somewhat quicker than if I let the forum resize!

[Randy Klein]

The VB software didn't always automatically resize. That's a recent addition that not everyone knows about. So older threads will still say to resize and some newer threads may say it as well.

But upload times are faster if you resize first, but I'm lazy and don't do that.

[Scott Donley]

The VB software didn't always automatically resize. That's a recent addition that not everyone knows about. So older threads will still say to resize and some newer threads may say it as well.

That's really the reason for this thread. I am also lazy and unless you have dialup the time it takes to resize before uploading is still more than letting the VB software do it. I did wonder if there was any difference other than that.

[Mitchell Andrus]

Resize can mean two different things. The size of the photo and the size of the file. I always File>Export and compress the file to make it 'smaller', even if it's still 500 pixels square. sometimes a file can loose 70% of it's size with little loss of image quality.

[Scott Donley]

Resize can mean two different things. The size of the photo and the size of the file. I always File>Export and compress the file to make it 'smaller', even if it's still 500 pixels square. sometimes a file can loose 70% of it's size with little loss of image quality.

I understand that, but if I upload a 1 meg file to SMC, what is the difference between doing that or compressing first, it still ends up as about 100 kb ?

[Jim Becker]

One really good reason to resize first is that you will also be able to control image clarity. Merely compressing/resizing as autoformatters do will also cause lose of detail. I always work on adjusting sharpness after reducing my photos for web display and it does make a difference with many pictures. Note I resize for pixel size first, then retouch including adjusting sharpness, and then save with only enough compression to get the file size reasonable.

[Doug Shepard]

Ditto what Jim said. Even the AutoEnhance button in most pic editing software will look beter if done after resizing than before. Plus it's a good excuse to crop out portions of the pic that are a waste of pixels anyway.

[Mitchell Andrus]

Control over your image.

[Keith Outten]

Another good reason to resize your own pictures...if a lot of people are uploading one meg files things could slow down to a crawl here. Don't forget you are often sharing this web site with up to 700 people simultaneously. Having the SawMIll Creek server process your pictures takes a lot of clock cycles as well as bandwidth, do your friends a favor and resize your pictures before you upload them.

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[Cliff Rohrabacher]

And I though this was about reloading

[Scott Donley]

Thanks Keith for the info, I didn't know bandwith or prossessor ability was a problem. Feel free to delete this thread if you would rather not all to know about this feature in the Vb sofware. Scott

[Joe Chritz]

Nearly all my pics are taken in the top quality the camera offers. The last two times I tried to use the auto it took forever and still didn't upload. I went to corel and resampled the photo close to the 107KB and it uploaded right away.

That and I didn't know about it until just recently either.

Joe