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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: muddyweb on March 14, 2005, 23:08:45

Title: Image Galleries & Resizer
Post by: muddyweb on March 14, 2005, 23:08:45

Just been looking at the stats for the image resizer in the member area, and something has just occurred to me.

In case you don't realise, you don't *have* to resize your images before uploading them to your member gallery.

The gallery system will automatically resize the images when you upload them.

Resizing them before you upload will reduce the upload times, and will let you add watermarks, etc. (depending on the software you use)...  but if you are using the online tool to do this, then you aren't saving anything ;-)

Just thought I'd mention it, as I get the feeling some people are resizing images using the resizer tool and then adding them to a gallery.

Title: Image Galleries & Resizer
Post by: Guy90 on March 14, 2005, 23:16:56

tim,

I was using the resizer to make an image suitable for an avatar. now right size but file is still too big. How can I reduce that as well to get it below the 32 KB max?


Guy

Title: Image Galleries & Resizer
Post by: muddyweb on March 14, 2005, 23:19:16

Stick it on an email to me Guy...  sometimes the system doesn't quite make it to the target size.

Title: Image Galleries & Resizer
Post by: Guy90 on March 14, 2005, 23:23:29

Tim,

Cheers. on its way.

Guy

Title: Image Galleries & Resizer
Post by: Guy90 on March 14, 2005, 23:26:58

Actually. don't know your e-mail. Can you PM to me/

Guy

Title: Image Galleries & Resizer
Post by: hobbit on March 15, 2005, 11:16:39

Yes its handy for the resizing for posting on the forum too

Also as you told me Tim, people have to remember if they zip pics to put on their gallery there is a max recommended size of zip file the system will accept :wink:

Title: Image Galleries & Resizer
Post by: muddyweb on March 15, 2005, 11:29:06

Yep... max size for zip files is 30Mb

Did you get the avatars back Guy ?

Title: Image Galleries & Resizer
Post by: Andy. on March 18, 2005, 14:16:21

How do you zip a file or folder on your PC onto the gallery  :?:

Tried it a few times and no pictures appear  :?:

I'm using WINZIP, compressing it on my hard drive then uploading to gallery but with no luck  :?:

Title: Image Galleries & Resizer
Post by: muddyweb on March 18, 2005, 14:20:38

If you are using Windows XP, you can do it without Winzip...

Find the pictures on your machine... select the ones you want to use, right click and choose Send To > Compressed Folder.  The system will create the zip for you to upload.

In winzip, you can probably do a similar thing.

One thing that might be causing you an issue... the zip file should contain only images.   Don't zip a folder and upload it, because the gallery system won't find the pictures.   Select the individual images and add them to the zip file instead.

The zip file needs to be less than 30Mb, or it will be rejected.

Title: Image Galleries & Resizer
Post by: Guy90 on March 21, 2005, 14:38:50

Quote from: "muddyweb"

Yep... max size for zip files is 30Mb

Did you get the avatars back Guy ?

Yes Thanks.

Guy