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Richard
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Forum Image Sizes

Postby Richard » Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:58 pm

For posting images I often find myself frustrated by the difficulty in getting images of 256 KB or less, to upload in the forum posts.

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Re: Forum Image Sizes

Postby Geoff » Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:10 pm

Thanks Richard, are we talking about avatar image or embedded attachments in posts?
I will try to sort it if the limits are too low on the forum.

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Re: Forum Image Sizes

Postby Derek Jempson » Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:39 am

I've used IrfanView for many years for such tasks as image size reduction. It can do a lot more besides, and it's free!

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Re: Forum Image Sizes

Postby Richard » Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:23 pm

Geoff wrote:Thanks Richard, are we talking about avatar image or embedded attachments in posts?
I will try to sort it if the limits are too low on the forum.


Geoff,
I meant the uploading of embedded images.
Is there an easy way to see if the image will be the right size, I have to guess at present.

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Re: Forum Image Sizes

Postby Geoff » Thu Aug 28, 2014 4:39 pm

I have taken the filesize limit off the forum. The default was set to 256kb as you say, this is far too small in my opinion.

Can someone try out uploading something bigger as a test for me please? (the admin account has no restrictions so I can't test it).

Hopefully you don't need to worry about reducing your files any more.

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Re: Forum Image Sizes

Postby Derek Jempson » Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:43 pm

2014.08.17_0866 (Eastbourne Air Show).jpg
Testing as requested (1.2MB image).

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Re: Forum Image Sizes

Postby Geoff » Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:47 pm

Looks good to me. Nice photo too :)

I will assume the file limit problem is resolved. Thanks Derek for testing, and Richard for pointing out the issue.

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Re: Forum Image Sizes

Postby Richard » Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:21 pm

Thanks Guys !!

I was worried that Geoff would be hamstrung by needing to allow big files using up his valuable resources.


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