Sending BIG multi-megapixel photos to a gallery, web or blog page

Downsizing Photos
for Galleries, Web or Blog Pages

"My gallery on the web shows my pictures at small size, so I don't need to cut them down myself."

Oops!. If that's your idea, you could be sending an unnecessarily large file to a fotolog or other online gallery. From a multi-megapixel camera or even one of today's smartphones, your photo file could be
VERY BIG.

You may think that these days size is no longer an issue, but many galleries will charge you for extra storage space. For instance, you might have to pay for a pro account at Flickr.

Your gallery of course can only downsize your image for you after receiving the photo. Obvious when you come to think of it, yet even professional artists have been known to make this mistake.

Your gallery or blog may not only be showing your big image at a deceptively smaller size. It's quite likely it is creating and storing several further versions at different sizes. The size you send will be the biggest, so it looks like a good idea not to make this too enormous.

In any case, huge images are inconvenient to view on most computer screens.

Downsizing Pictures for Web Pages

Web designers can sometimes make the same mistake, loading a big picture to a web site, and setting it to display at smaller dimensions.

What happens? The browser not only has to load the larger file. It has to take the time to resize the image before it can display it. This slo-o-o-ows things down, especially if the viewer does not have a broadband connection.

SO... Determine the maximum size your picture will be shown at. Reduce your big multi-megapixel photo to that size yourself before you send it out into the world.

(Make sure it's a copy you are downsizing. Not the original!)

Oh, and by the way. .jpg image files, the form in which many camera phones save images, are lossy. That is, every time you re-save a .jpeg, it loses definition. After too many times, it starts to show weird artefacts. Best to convert your photo to a more robust form like a Photoshop .psd or a .tiff file before you start.

Sending BIG Multi-Megapixel Photos

Downsizing Photos for Galleries, Web or Blog Pages

Downsizing Pictures for Web Pages

Sending BIG multi-megapixel photos to a gallery, web or blog page

Sending BIG
Multi-Megapixel Photos

Downsizing Photos
for Galleries, Web or Blog Pages

Sending BIG multi-megapixel photos
to a gallery, web or blog page