Randy_
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I have your run of the mill, average, everyday computer and monitor and set the resolution at 800x600 cause these tired old eyes need a little bigger text. Well, one of my pet peeves is the posting of pictures that are so large that they screw up the display and require me to scroll left and right to be able to read a message or see a picture in its entirety!! This is a problem to some greater or lesser extent at every board that I visit; but is a particular headache here because there so many photos posted!! From what I hear, there many members who suffer this same annoyance; but just never bothered to comment.
Anyway, this afternoon, I did a series of test postings to see how different sized photos(or scans) would display and what the best size picture would be to eliminate (or at least minimize) the problem. From the results of those test postings and the comments of a few who viewed the tests, it seems the best picture size id 600 pixels x whatever.....picture width is the real problem here. Posted below is a picture that is 600 pixels wide so you can see what this size looks like. This picture was originally 800 pixels wide. I resized it to 600. I'm sure some of you will recognize this one as being Ken Nelson's picture of his "FREEDOM PEN."
Here is another picture set to demonstrate. This set is one of BB's pictures from Arizona Silhouette.....the same "FREEDOM PEN." The smaller(original) picture is 450 pixels wide and the larger is the same pictured resized to 600 pixels. You my be able to tell that the picture quality decreases a bit in the larger picture.
With the above in mind, I would ask all poster of pictures to please give serious consideratiion to downsizing your pictures to a width of 600 pixels. As Gary pointed out in the "TEST" thread, one common photo format is 640x480. That size is pretty close to ideal and does not cause a big problem.....I would say that if you shoot your pictures at that format, go ahead and post them at 100%......they will be OK. But if you shoot at 1600x1200 or some other large format, please down size your pictures. Thanks!!
If you would like to post a larger picture to show details, you could go up to a photo that is 750 pixels wide. I will have to show a sample of a 750 pixel picture in another post as it will throw off this thread if I post it here. See post entitled "750 PIXEL PICTURE"
Anyway, this afternoon, I did a series of test postings to see how different sized photos(or scans) would display and what the best size picture would be to eliminate (or at least minimize) the problem. From the results of those test postings and the comments of a few who viewed the tests, it seems the best picture size id 600 pixels x whatever.....picture width is the real problem here. Posted below is a picture that is 600 pixels wide so you can see what this size looks like. This picture was originally 800 pixels wide. I resized it to 600. I'm sure some of you will recognize this one as being Ken Nelson's picture of his "FREEDOM PEN."
Here is another picture set to demonstrate. This set is one of BB's pictures from Arizona Silhouette.....the same "FREEDOM PEN." The smaller(original) picture is 450 pixels wide and the larger is the same pictured resized to 600 pixels. You my be able to tell that the picture quality decreases a bit in the larger picture.
With the above in mind, I would ask all poster of pictures to please give serious consideratiion to downsizing your pictures to a width of 600 pixels. As Gary pointed out in the "TEST" thread, one common photo format is 640x480. That size is pretty close to ideal and does not cause a big problem.....I would say that if you shoot your pictures at that format, go ahead and post them at 100%......they will be OK. But if you shoot at 1600x1200 or some other large format, please down size your pictures. Thanks!!
If you would like to post a larger picture to show details, you could go up to a photo that is 750 pixels wide. I will have to show a sample of a 750 pixel picture in another post as it will throw off this thread if I post it here. See post entitled "750 PIXEL PICTURE"
