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Reception => Tech Know How => Tech Tutorials => Topic started by: Francesca on February 27, 2017, 14:29:50 PM
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When pictures come off your camera or phone, they're often really huge! Far bigger than needed to upload onto the forum. It helps us save on costs if you can reduce your pictures before posting or adding them to the gallery.
There are loads of ways to do this, but here's a tutorial for one option:
1. Visit Pixlr Express (https://pixlr.com/express/) - a free online image editing software
2. Choose 'Browse'
(http://i.imgur.com/yqqLxonl.jpg)
3. Find the picture file on your computer
(http://i.imgur.com/FT7ydv3l.jpg)
4. Choose Adjustment > Resize. Choose new dimensions, make sure the "keep proportions" box is selected so your image doesn't go squiffy! We recommend a maximum width of 500px, it should be big enough for most images to be seen clearly.
(http://i.imgur.com/G0Iv5Gol.jpg)
5. Choose "Apply". Then "Save" in the top left.
(http://i.imgur.com/gX65YYTl.jpg)
6. Rename your file if you wish, adjust the quality, then save to your computer for upload to TSP :)
(http://i.imgur.com/H1TEfS7l.jpg)
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Thanks for this Fran, I've had trouble ever since I changed my camera a few years ago.
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It doesn't work on an iPad :[ I downloaded the app and wondered where the browse function was.
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It doesn't work on an iPad :[ I downloaded the app and wondered where the browse function was.
I'm sure you can find a similar piece of software that can be downloaded in app form.
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Can you (or anyone) give me a clue? ;)
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Can you (or anyone) give me a clue? ;)
I don't have an iPad but here is an example of how to do it on an iPhone, I wonder if iPads have the same software: http://www.imore.com/how-resize-photos-your-iphone-or-ipad-no-computer-needed
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I'm sorry Fran - You are dealing with a right dinosaur here!
- the link tells me how to crop a photo (i.e. Only show part of the photo) but I think you would like me to reduce the (???) size of the photo so it doesn't use up as much space.
Give me another clue - I have an iPhone and iPad
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@Swisslass: you can get a version of Pixlr for iOS on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pixlr-photo-editor-for-collages-effects-overlays-filters/id526783584?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4).
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Aha - cracked it, thanks!
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GIMP is also an excellent free software to download on a regular computer. Lots of tutorials for it on youtube.
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
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Ugh, I found Gimp very frustrating. So far as I was concerned, it was a large file taking up lots of space and I finally deleted it. 0_0
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Might I add that it's very useful to crop photos of 'empty' areas before reducing? There's often unnecessary sections of images - such as the sides of images with a person standing in the middle, whether landscape or portrait. If you do that, when the resulting image is reduced to 500px it will show more detail of the subject than the original image only scaled down.
Your screenshot of Pixlr shows a crop icon.
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I must be incredibly thick. There is no Lunapic for Android phone. When I view my photo in Google photos I can see it is 3.1Mp but I can see no way to reduce definition and nothing that will allow me to reduce width to 500px. I downloaded Pixlr but when I open the photo in this there is no resize option. Someone asked me to post photos of my Halloween house but I don't want to get into trouble again for my photos being too big. I haven't posted any photos of recent makes for the same reason. I have a Nokia 6.1 running the latest version of Android. Can someone techy please advise?
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@Lachica I use this app on my Android phone https://apkpure.com/photo-picture-resizer-resize-reduce-batch/com.simplemobilephotoresizer. Just download the app, open it, choose the image you want to resize and change the greatest measurement to 600 or less. Then save. Any problems with it just ask.
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@Vezelay thanks
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I must be incredibly thick. There is no Lunapic for Android phone.
That's the drawback. Lunapic works for me as I am a desktop user. It can be done on a phone, but it is tricky.
@Vezelay, that app looks just the thing and I will give it a try.
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Unfortunately the apkpure thing just links to loads of ads :'(
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@Lachica In Pixlr, the resizing options comes up when you press Save, odd place to put it, but there it is.
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Unfortunately the apkpure thing just links to loads of ads :'(
I have just looked at the reviews in google play there is a sizeable number of complaints about the ads. The developer doesn't seem to be doing anything to address this and even people who have paid for the 'pro version' (no ads) say the still get them. Not good.
Sorry @Vezelay, I'll be looking for something else.
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@Lachica I use Snapseed, mainly on my iPad, but there is a version for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed&hl=en_GB&gl=US) which I have on my phone.
After installing it, the first thing to do is go to Settings (via the three dots in the top right of the screen) and change Image sizing from "do not resize" to "800px". (This change will be remembered for when you next use the app.) 800px is still a little larger than TSP can display but at least the file size will be a lot smaller.
Next you will need to open the photo you want to resize. This is done by tapping the plus sign in the centre of the screen. You might need to navigate to where the photo is stored - this can be done via the three lines in the top left of the screen.
Once the photo is loaded, you can edit it (crop, tune image, etc) using the Tools option at the bottom of the screen. When any changes have been made, use the Export option at the bottom of the screen to create a resized copy of the photo. I use "export" and this saves the new photo to the Snapseed folder, but if you want to choose where the copy is saved use the "export as" option instead.
As I said, I mainly used Snapseed on my iPad, but if you get stuck with the Android version I can try to help.
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I use Re-Sizeit on my iPad
It’s quick and easy
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800px is an excellent size for TSP. :thumbsup:
I have a Nokia Android phone and I have something called 'Photo and Picture Resizer' installed. The free version does have adverts, but they are just text ads at the top of the screen and very unobtrusive. I haven't used it much because I always upload pictures from my laptop*, so I only use it when I'm emailing photos to someone so that I don't clog up their inbox, but it seems quite straightforward.
*I use Dropbox and Onedrive, so pictures taken with my phone are automatically sent to my laptop.
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Unfortunately the apkpure thing just links to loads of ads :'(
@Lachica I just posted the link to show you what the app image looks like. It's called Photo & Picture Resizer and you can download it from Google apps and see what you think. I probably just close any ads that pop up. Can't say they've bothered me at all - maybe I'm immune! Most free apps have ads.
Ps. I see @Acorn's post is re the same app
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I find the whole thing so c that I have decided not to post photos anymore
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I email photos to myself. The camera app doesn't always let me choose the size to send. :headbang:
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I use a little free program called Irfanview, in that you can resize very easily and it's great little program :)
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Under Windows 10 on a PC, my trick is to open the photo in the default viewer and then use Snipping Tool to snip the bit of the image I'm interested in grabbing. When saved it's much smaller than the original but perfectly adequate for social media purposes. My mobile phone is an ancient 2G PAYG Nokia so I can't offer suggestions for smart phones!
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I`m still very confused about this. If I want to insert a photo I usually take the photo with my camera, save it to my laptop and then to insert it I click on "Attachments" then "Choose File", then "insert attachment".
If I do this, how do I know if the size of what I am inserting is acceptable?
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When the list of your files has come up after you have clicked on 'Browse' (when adding the attachment), right click on the thumbnail of the image, and then choose the 'details' tab in the box that comes up. This should show you the dimensions of the file.
The 'General' tab will also show you the size of the file in KB or MB, but all we are asking is that images should not be any larger than they need to be to show up properly on the forum, so the dimensions are more helpful than the size.
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@sewingj When you go to insert the picture, if you hover the cursor over the file name a box should appear with the details such as type, date taken, dimensions and size. It is the dimension information that is of interest and as a rule of thumb ideally these should be less than 1000px. @Acorn has given more specific details in a post from earlier in the year:
https://thesewingplace.org.uk/index.php/topic,9838.0.html
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OK - I`ve done that and discovered mine are way too big! (Goes off to read about resizing)
Update - just had a play with Lunapic - that was a lot easier than expected! And I now feel a great sense of achievement
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I love Lunapic. I think it's amazing - so easy to use, and all free!! And fun, too! :thumbsup: