Automatic image resizing

[ivar]

Hola all,

I just wanted to let you all know of a small change that I have made to the forum software a few days ago. You may have noticed, it but I thought I would mention it here in a new thread.

Before this change, when someone uploaded an image to a thread, the image that was uploaded was a relatively large image (sometimes 4000 or 5000px wide). These images took a while to upload and also to load for this who wanted to look at the image. So we used smaller thumbnails, to help with this. The thumbnails loaded fast, and then you could click it (and wait a little) for the larger image to load.

After the change I made, now the image is resized at the moment it is uploaded to the forum. The forum software will automatically resize any image uploaded to a maximum of 1600px wide even if the original is 4000 or 5000px wide. This mean that when someone is looking at the full image uploaded after this change, it will load much faster. Add to that, that after the upgrade of the forum software we did a few weeks ago, the image format we now used is a format calle webP. This new format compresses the images much better than the earlier format without loosing much picture quality. So that helps as well.

What happened to the thumbnail size?
Since we have this new image format (webP) that compresses the image (making it load faster) I increased the size of the thumbnail. Before the thumbnail was so small you could get an idea of what the picture was about, but you could not really see it well. making it a little bigger (it is now 400px wide) you can enjoy the image much more without click on it. If you want to see the full image, you can of course click it and see the full image (compressed, and max 1600px wide).

So what does this mean? Do we need to still use thumbnails?
I don't think you have to since the images should now load relatively fast. Much faster than before. But if you feel like, the option of inserting thumbnails is there and you can use it if you like.

I know all of this is a bit difficult to explain in writing, but I hope you got the idea.. if not, feel free to ask and I will try again .

Ivar

 

[Sirage]

I noticed that a few people mentioned having issues with upload speed, possibly in areas where phone reception was poor. In those cases, but also more generally, resizing photos to the 1,600px size before uploading would seem to be "best practice".

I have used the Snapseed app for many years which is very simple and quick to resize and then share. There no doubt are now other Apps or processes for simple convenient resizing before sending if concerned about upload speed.

 

[trecile]

When you use the "Attach files" button at the bottom of the text box there is a second step you need to take so that your photos show up clearly in the post rather than as a distorted preview image. You need to click "insert" on the photo. You can choose Thumbnail or Full image. Apparently with this new software either size is fine.



Here is an image inserted as a thumbnail



Here is an image inserted as a full image



And this is an image that was attached but not inserted

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I have used the Snapseed app for many years which is very simple and quick to resize and then share.

I've written a couple of posts on image size and file size reduction using Snapseed. The last one was just this morning.

LIVE from the Camino Post in thread 'Chrissy on the Camino Sanabrés'

May 12, 2024

Rick, I always first take a screenshot of the pictures I decide to use and I most always take horizontal photos; a habit developed over ten years ago when we often watched them on our television as they took the same width.
Anyway, I then crop the screenshot,but try to fit the edges all the same to remove the "black space" around them, so they are not all perfect. i am a techy duffus, and by "dumbing down" first with the screenshots, that seems to at least work, but not perfectly. I share too many to use full size pics on the forum.

Chris, I'm so glad I asked about your pictures. I...

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Post in thread 'Challenges uploading photos'

Sunday at 4:06 PM

I do use Snapseed to edit my photos and have now found how to lessen the size thanks to your instructions. Thank you. If I keep 800 setting on in Snapseed, will this mean that in my iPhone library the image size will be reduced? In my library I want them to be saved as I took them. I only need 800 for attaching photos to my journal by email. I am obviously not tech savvie….

I'm using an Android phone so there may be some slight differences between it and iPhones that I don't know about. The biggest difference is most likely the directory Snapseed uses to store its copies of images...

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[Camino Chrissy]

I am fine with the new thumbnail size. It seems almost identical to full size pictures, so is a nice improvement.