88pathoffroad Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Check it out, people. Every time someone posts an attachment to a reply or post, it gets uploaded to Mr. Jim's rented server and stored there until the time comes for cleanup and eventual archiving/deletion, which can take a while. He has to pay mucho $$ out of his own pocket for that storage space. When 10 people a day post an attachment of 500K because they didn't take the time to resize their picture, Jim gets to pay for it, and the storage fees aren't cheap. That's an average of 5 megabytes more per day of huge pics that don't need to be that big. That's a LOT. Nobody really needs to be able to see the threads on your bolts and the bird poop on your hood up close, mmk? RESIZE YOUR PICTURES BEFORE POSTING THEM AS ATTACHMENTS. That includes avatar pics. Avatars are pre-set at 160x120. Uploading anything bigger than that ends up looking grainy because the forum software resizes the pic to fit the 160x120 standard size. Resize your pic before you upload a new avatar pic instead of simply uploading a full size pic and letting the forum software resize it for viewing. The base picture is STILL huge in many cases, and Mr.Jim is footing the bill for everybody that's doing it. An acceptable upper-limit size for pictures posted for internet viewing is about 800x600. Smaller is just as good, 640x480 is entirely viewable and looks just fine. Acceptable filesize is 100K or so for attached pictures. Bigger than 150-200K is just way too much. Even if Jim does allow you to post bigger ones. 1024x768 and up is TOO MUCH and is a total waste of server space, bandwidth, and Jim's money. I've seen pics even bigger than 1024x768 posted on here for no reason other than that the person posting it didn't resize it before posting. We need to keep it real here, people. If you need help resizing pics, let me know. One very very easy way to do so is by opening MSPaint, then opening your picture and using the "Reduce/Enlarge" option to reduce the overall size of the picture, then save it. You don't have to use an expensive photoeditor program. MSPaint comes with almost every version of Windows in use today. Personally, I use ACDSee's bundled photoediting program called PhotoCanvas. It comes with the ACDSee PowerPack which is downloadable as a free trial from the ACDSee website. Thanks for reading all of this, and please try to help Jim out instead of just blindly using up his limited resources. We all appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdub Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 If I am one of the people responsible for this I am sorry, I just get lazy when posting sometimes and forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted June 29, 2004 Author Share Posted June 29, 2004 I'm not yelling at anybody, just letting it be known. FYI: If anyone's avatar pic disappears here sometime soon, it'll be me removing it for being too big... Mikesmaximase: your avatar pic is 300K+... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesmaximase Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Mikesmaximase: your avatar pic is 300K+... Its gone, I also deleted a bunch of pictures I have posted, around 8 I think, I deleted them out of my posts. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Really, if nothing else, do the shrinkage in Paint. You could do it all QUICK and free, and save not only the cash but also the frustration of our dial-up friends. I have been told before, and now pass on the wise word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted June 30, 2004 Author Share Posted June 30, 2004 I'm not saying you have to REMOVE all your pics, man. Just resize 'em so they're not so big! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesmaximase Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I just removed them and put a link to my cardomain page, thats all, so if the poeple wanna see the the pics they still can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmgar99 Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 I am at fault too....SORRY! Also tooo lazy! BUT! I DID resize them....88's right we need to help Jim keep his costs down and web site/forum speed UP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87mudfinder Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 oh crap just read this :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newton Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 This FREE download, is a nifty little, easy to use program, that will make your life.........easier. Pix resizer -alcohol- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekell Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 <-------newb.Doh !!!!! fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffW Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Irfanview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissandoms47 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I love IrfanView, we use it at work. Great program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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