Thread: Pics have become Thumbnail Links?

Another of the reasons I like using the picture hosting I do is that you have a choice of sizes that you can link to, but I agree the "image not found" scenario is quite annoying. I'd gladly start uploading them to the site though if they were to be full size. ...or ya know, if that's what it takes for things to run smoothly.

Originally Posted by dwessell

And that's a pretty reasonable suggestion. I've actually had suggestions from other users that they don't like the full size images in the posts, as they're to big for their screens.. So mabye we need to reduce the size of the main image, and do away with thumbnails altogether.

We'll certainly find the middle ground for everyone, that makes as many people thrilled as possible.. Image sizes are first on my agenda as soon as I finish the last of this major upgrade cycle..

Thanks for all of your suggestions, I like as much feedback from the community as possible. Even if I can't make everyone happy with the outcome, I like to try.

dw

David, what we really need is an option for members to be able to set image size. I've seen people talking about how to do it in other VB forums, but I don't know what sort of VB code has to be implemented. My digital camera won't take photos less than 1000 pixel resolution, which means I have to either use SRP bandwidth, or link to another host, or resize the photo myself with my own photo editing software.

I do notice though that my photos themselves are resized to the set maximum res upon being attached to my profile. I could then link from posts to those photos, which might not be a bad idea....

Not that it's a big deal to me, but if you're looking into other options, please look into that one!

I don't exactly see what the pixel/file size problem is. The past few versions of vBulletin have automatically resized jpg pictures when you upload them.

For example, the attachment below is a 1600x1200 1.97MB .jpg picture file directly from one of my digital cameras. It uploaded fine as an attachment and was resized automatically by vBulletin to 700x525. The resultant file size reduced to 148.6KB.

So I don't understand why most anyone would need to do any pre-processing of their pictures before they upload them (so long as the native file size is a little under 2MB).

If your camera produces files larger than that, then I'd bet you have a setting on the camera or your software that will reduce it. For example, my better digital camera has settings for picture sizes from poster size down to wallet-size (3x5 inches). The former creates jpg file-sizes greater than 3MB and the latter less than 100KB. I can also get the data from my camera in raw format, but it's hundreds of MBs which is simply a waste of storage for me (unless I'm working on solving a particular problem, and then I would have no problem resizing the picture).

YMMV

The easiest way to resize pix is to use the Image Resizer powertoy from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

just right click the photo, enter resolution, and you're done.

oh, and have I lost my mind, or is the ability to upload pix missing from certain threads? The attach button is missing on the DFW get together thread, I'm trying to upload some pix I took.

Originally Posted by Hooper

I don't exactly see what the pixel/file size problem is. The past few versions of vBulletin have automatically resized jpg pictures when you upload them.

For example, the attachment below is a 1600x1200 1.97MB .jpg picture file directly from one of my digital cameras. It uploaded fine as an attachment and was resized automatically by vBulletin to 700x525. The resultant file size reduced to 148.6KB.

So I don't understand why most anyone would need to do any pre-processing of their pictures before they upload them (so long as the native file size is a little under 2MB). It only resizes attachments, and doesn't do anything with linked photos using the "insert image" button

If your camera produces files larger than that, then I'd bet you have a setting on the camera or your software that will reduce it. For example, my better digital camera has settings for picture sizes from poster size down to wallet-size (3x5 inches). The former creates jpg file-sizes greater than 3MB and the latter less than 100KB. I can also get the data from my camera in raw format, but it's hundreds of MBs which is simply a waste of storage for me (unless I'm working on solving a particular problem, and then I would have no problem resizing the picture). 1024 pixels wide is the smallest my camera will take photos.

YMMV

For me, it would still be simplest to be allowed image sizing directly within my message post like it is in html. I like the thumbnail change that was made though, it is a wonderful improvement.

Originally Posted by jockeys

The easiest way to resize pix is to use the Image Resizer powertoy from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

just right click the photo, enter resolution, and you're done.

Assuming you can afford a Microsoft OS