posted on April 10, 2001 04:22:03 PM new
Awhile ago there was a thread regarding the Ideal size and resolution for pictures on eBay. I had bookmarked it, but unfortunately lost a harddrive .
I believe it was started by Reddeer. I am going to host my own pictures now and could realy use the advice. THANX
posted on April 10, 2001 04:33:48 PM new
Nope, twasn't I? I also lost a HD 2 weeks ago, lucky for me I had backed up most everything while I still had the chance.
posted on April 10, 2001 04:39:11 PM new
THANX for the quick response! I noticed that you had also had problems while I was trying to find the thread. Hopefully someone wil know were it was. Best of luck on your auctions.
posted on April 10, 2001 04:40:00 PM new
Most people are viewing at the 800 X 600 browser size. If you keep your images at no more than around 400 pixels wide and a resolution of 72-95 dpi, you'll be fine. Of course, make changes when necessary but those are good figures to start with.
If you are using a scanner, there is a great site http://www.scantips.com that has tons of information on scanning.
posted on April 10, 2001 07:38:28 PM new
Resolution is irrelevent when it comes to viewing a picture onscreen. Resolution is only used for printing. For example, a 400 * 300 pixel picture will look the same onscreen no matter what the resolution is. And if you don't believe this, take a picture and double or halve it's resolution(making sure that nothing else changes) and see if you notice any difference.
If you are referring to scanning resolution then you use the resolution that will give you the size of picture you want. Let's say you have a 3" * 5" pic and you want it to be 300 * 500 pixels. Then you scan at 100 dpi.
[ edited by timaratz on Apr 10, 2001 08:09 PM ]
posted on April 10, 2001 08:13:58 PM new
I look at total file size (#Kb). Most of the time, 75-100 pixels per inch will work fine for my pics, but occasionally I need to go to 150 or 200 ppi to get the proper detail. Then they are cropped and compressed to be no more than 35-50KB, mostly in the 20-30KB range. Total auction pic files rarely more than 100 KB.
Pics can usually be 15-50KB if they are cropped properly, compressed by 30% or 40%. When a pic is 80KB and more, it simply takes to long to download. I'm forever running across ads with HUGE file sizes. Edit, Edit, Edit!
Any time spent learning how to get file sizes down is easily worth it with an increased number of actual views of the entire auction page -- people won't be giving up and going on to the next one.
posted on April 10, 2001 08:33:52 PM new
Turning on email.
I use Adobe Photoshop to work on my pictures. It has a "save for web" option where you can adjust the quality(and file size) but it doesn't change the image size. If it's not changing the resolution then what is it changing? There is definately a difference in clarity of the pictures.
posted on April 10, 2001 08:54:45 PM new
Images display on the web at 72 dpi.
Lora - when you "Save for Web" in Photoshop, it exports your file as either a gif or a jpg while letting you maintain the layers and stuff in your existing file. It also allows you to compress the files to make them smaller. The resolution stays the same.
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