paws4God
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posted on November 13, 2004 02:25:43 PM new
Is there a way to make my photos smaller in MBs or whatever it is? On the Vendio image fee price list they claim the average image is only 50 MB. The average on mine is around 200. My camera is a 3.1 mega pixels and I always use the lowest quality for auction photos. It will really be hard at times to keep my quota of less than 135 MB for hosting.
Thanks
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replaymedia
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posted on November 13, 2004 02:37:04 PM new
It depends on what photo softwrae you use. In Corel Photopaint for example, you can just choose "resample" and change things however you want.
Also if you are using JPG images, often in most program's SAVE AS dialog you can change JPG compression settings.
Any photo over 75K is just asking for people with slow connections to bypass your auctions.
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sanmar
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posted on November 13, 2004 02:37:24 PM new
The quality of the pics has nothing to do with size. Doesn't your software let you resize? Almost every software program should have the ability to rotate, resize, crop & adjust the light & contrast. Get out your manual & read it. Most of my pice are + - 50 MB. I crop them down to get rid of extraneous background which takes up unnecssary space. My new camera is 5 MegaPixels & has adjustable resolution. I use the lowest which 640X480 I reduce this to 500X312. I would use your normal picture setting to get clearer pics.
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paws4God
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posted on November 13, 2004 03:01:31 PM new
I always crop photos but that doesn't help much. I don't have a manual about my software as I downloaded it. The software that came with the camera is less than desirable. I use Studio Line and it has great easy to use features. I have played around with the re-sizing feature but don't have it down yet. When I resize then it so small it isn't clickable when listed in the auction. What is the most recommended size for photos? I tried 200 x 180 and it didn't work well.
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niel35
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posted on November 13, 2004 03:15:10 PM new
I have an Olympus camera and use Camedia software that came with it. works good for me and easy to crop, cut, lighten, resize, etc.
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Kevinatgrannys
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posted on November 13, 2004 03:21:43 PM new
paws4God,
Try and find the JPG compression. That is what I have to do with mine so that they stay under 50mb. Mine was hidden in the "Save As" section that is commonly used for renaming pictures. There is slider there on mine that I can set for the amount of compression.
Kevin (Who has just confused himself again and needs more coffee)
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Roadsmith
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posted on November 13, 2004 03:32:13 PM new
I'm glad you asked about this! I asked the same question a couple of weeks ago but didn't get an answer. I'm wondering if anyone is using PHotoDeluxe 4.0 and could tell me how to compress the photos.
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Kevinatgrannys
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posted on November 13, 2004 03:42:25 PM new
Not me, sorry.
Kevin
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Gtootie
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posted on November 13, 2004 03:45:25 PM new
I always change my resolution from 150 to 72. Don't ask me what that is but it works and the pictures look fine.
I took one of the pictures supplied by my wholesaler and pulled it into my software and checked the size. Now I change all mine to those settings.
Debbie
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Japerton
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posted on November 13, 2004 03:46:04 PM new
PS Elements has a "save for web" feature.
Can take a 2.4 Meg fatso and turn it into a 35k pikki.
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on November 13, 2004 03:46:40 PM new
FWIW, I think you guys mean 50kB rather than 50MB (which would be tough to get even out of a 8 MB camera  ).
Photoshop (all versions) has a function called "Save for Web" that will allow you to specify the pixel size and jpeg compression for your photo. It is not atypical to take a 2MB image and compress it to 50kB without a huge degradation in quality. Most photo editing software has a similar function, and there is freeware that will do it also.
I usually leave jpeg quality at high (which still compresses significantly) and set the pixel size on the longer dimension to be around 600 for most quasi-square photos (~250 for a logo, ~800 for a long and narrow photo, etc.)
By the way, beyond the issue of paying Vendio, a serious consideration is how long the download takes for your auction\'s viewers. We pay Vendio enough for other functions that we don\'t ever have to pay for image storage, but I still don\'t like to make my photos too large -- not everyone has broadband access you know!
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Kevinatgrannys
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posted on November 13, 2004 03:53:49 PM new
cashinyourcloset,
Sorry, it was kB. I told you I was confused.
Kevin
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paws4God
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posted on November 13, 2004 03:56:11 PM new
Whewwwww! Finally figured it out. I have three software programs and was dreading yet another step in auction. Turns out it is in my "save as" like replay suggested. It will let me save in 4 different sizes. Just hope I didn't screw up my other software that I used to color correct with. I changed the default and can't figure out how to change it back.
I wasn't aware that my photos were so over-sized and it might take longer for potential buyers to view. Maybe this will help in more than extra Vendio fees.
Thanks everyone!
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Gtootie
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posted on November 13, 2004 04:00:42 PM new
Roadsmith
I use Adobe PhotoDeluxe Business Edition. Because it came with my scanner and I'm too poor to buy the fancy stuff.
Debbie
Be kind. Everyone is fighting their own secret battles.
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on November 13, 2004 04:08:15 PM new
paws4god,
I don't know how much it will improve sales, but it can't hurt to have more people looking at your photos more closely.
Generally you don't sacrifice much quality by compressing, but sometimes you can really see the difference, even on a computer monitor. Every now and then I NAIL a photo (maybe 1% of the time, but I like it!), and it bugs me to compress it down, but hey, it's a business not a hobby \
Debbie, if I remember correctly, IRFAN (and some other freeware) will compress without requiring expensive software. Google on "jpeg compression freeware" and you should find some. Also, Photoshop Elements 2.0 should be available for a good price now that Version 3.0 came out.
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Roadsmith
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posted on November 13, 2004 07:45:38 PM new
Tootie: I'm really very happy with my PhotoDeluxe (Adobe). It does what I want it to do. I was just wondering aloud if I could figure out how to compress. I'm worried, though, about lowering the quality of my photos, so it's a quandary for me.
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paws4God
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posted on November 13, 2004 08:19:58 PM new
You ought to check out Studio Line. It is so simple and the features are awesome! It is $44, which is a pretty reasonable cost. It has loads of features. You can download a trial version and then purchase if you like it.
I have to use my software that came with my camera to get the photos into the computer but any of them need special editing like sterling or something shiney it has all the tools to do it. Even if a photo is a little blurry I can sharpen it.
Adobe is complicated to use, at least the one I have, and it is more expensive. Here is a link to Studio Line if anyone is interested.
http://www.studioline.biz/EN/
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sparkz
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posted on November 13, 2004 08:27:06 PM new
Roadsmith,
Although compressing will lower the quality of the picture, it's not detectable by the human eye on a computer monitor, unless you grossly overdue it. Like trying to shrink a 2 mb picture to 10 kb. A jpeg image has so much excess baggage built into it that's not needed, that it's safe to squeeze them quite a bit without degrading the quality. There are very few instances where an average Ebay seller , or anyone else for that matter, will ever need all the data that is in a raw jpeg as it comes out of the camera. Don't be afraid to crunch 'em. The quicker the customer can see your item, the quicker he can bid
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