(Thread is for reference - please don't reply to test image uploads)
This "How To" covers uploading pictures to threads, and also creating avatars, for all image tyes, even animated GIFs. The tool used in this article to resize images is called PIXresizer and can be downloaded from here;
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm
Additionally you can try this Image Resizer which is a point-and-shoot site for resizing images for posting and also making signature images and avatars.
The three main picture types you will come across are BMP, GIF and JPG. The main aspects that govern the size of a picture are the size of it (width and height) and the amount the image has been compressed. Note that BMP files have no compression which is why they are always huge, but JPG and GIF files have an internal compression that affects how it looks and the size of the image on your hard drive. The higher the rate of compression the lower quality the image but the smaller it is on your hard drive. The lower the rate of compression the higher the quality of image but the larger it is on your hard drive.
In order to add an image to a thread it has to be no more than 112,400 bytes in size, or 112 KB. If your image is bigger than this then you need to reduce it to the required size. This is a balance between image size and compression. To make an image into your avatar it needs to be no bigger than 100 pixels high/wide and no more than 20 KB.
This is an image that has come from my digital camera. As you can see it is over 900KB in size, so far too big. If I was to open it up it would also be 1280 pixels wide and 960 pixels high. The reason it is 900 KB is because my camera has saved it with the lowest compression possible to get the best image quality.
This "How To" covers uploading pictures to threads, and also creating avatars, for all image tyes, even animated GIFs. The tool used in this article to resize images is called PIXresizer and can be downloaded from here;
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm
Additionally you can try this Image Resizer which is a point-and-shoot site for resizing images for posting and also making signature images and avatars.
The three main picture types you will come across are BMP, GIF and JPG. The main aspects that govern the size of a picture are the size of it (width and height) and the amount the image has been compressed. Note that BMP files have no compression which is why they are always huge, but JPG and GIF files have an internal compression that affects how it looks and the size of the image on your hard drive. The higher the rate of compression the lower quality the image but the smaller it is on your hard drive. The lower the rate of compression the higher the quality of image but the larger it is on your hard drive.
In order to add an image to a thread it has to be no more than 112,400 bytes in size, or 112 KB. If your image is bigger than this then you need to reduce it to the required size. This is a balance between image size and compression. To make an image into your avatar it needs to be no bigger than 100 pixels high/wide and no more than 20 KB.
This is an image that has come from my digital camera. As you can see it is over 900KB in size, so far too big. If I was to open it up it would also be 1280 pixels wide and 960 pixels high. The reason it is 900 KB is because my camera has saved it with the lowest compression possible to get the best image quality.