Posted by Jim Erhardt on October 13, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Due to popular demand, by month's end we will be offering an option to upload a much larger photo in the IC galleries than our current 720 pixel/200kb limit. Members will be able to upload an optional oversize file with a 1200 pixel, 500kb limit. When you choose to upload the optional large file (there will be a separate browse/upload function for this), a "View Larger Photo" link will appear under the "normal" photo, to the right of the photo title. The optional larger photo will open in a separate browser window.
I was experimenting in PS with some files sized to 1200 pixels and the difference compared to 720 pixels is quite dramatic. We hope you will find this new feature useful!
Posted by Bill Chambers on October 13, 2008 at 11:06 PM
That's super news Jim - can't wait to see some at that size.
Posted by Kent Staubus on October 13, 2008 at 11:13 PM
We could make it Super Size Low-cal by posting highly compressed jpegs. The difference between 700 and 1200 is startling.
Really looking forward to seeing some pumped up to that size. We might have to experiment a bit with sharpening steps again, but should be no issue at all. Sounds really good, Jim.
Posted by Jim Erhardt on October 14, 2008 at 6:07 AM
Paul said:
We might have to experiment a bit with sharpening steps again, but should be no issue at all.
You raise a good point! We had considered making it a 1-step process - upload the large image and let the software downsize it to the 720 size for the main photo. But based on past conversations here, I knew the only way we'd be happy with both files is to prepare and adjust each one individually. This is why we'll have a separate browse/upload function for each.
"Hank, somehow you're going to have to drag your town into the realm of DSL or the equivalent so you have something faster than dial-up"
Don't I wish! The trouble is, even when town moves on to something faster, I'll still be left out of the loop. There are no phone lines running the 30+ miles from town to where we live, and the population is so small they're not inclined to do so. Instead we have a microwave link to town.
Hey, things are better today! I just checked and we're up to 2.8k download speed.
Posted by Mark Hudon on October 14, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Wow Jim, that's super-duper!
Posted by Roger Rouch on October 14, 2008 at 8:12 PM
That's great! Almost enough to me make me get rid of my precambrian dial up and get high speed internet.
Gee, I thought I was the last of the dial-up dinasaurs. I'm glad I'm in such good company!
Posted by Gary Minish on October 16, 2008 at 1:05 PM
This is great news, Jim! I can't wait to see some of these incredible photos at a size large enough to make you feel more like you're there! I have been including a link to a 1200 pixel version in most of my posts and this will make it much easier.
Hank: Have you thought about satellite internet service? It still uses your phone line for uploads but downloads are quite fast. Posting your large image would take a while but you only do that once. Viewing everybody else's large images would be as fast as the basic version of DSL.
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11 repliesI was experimenting in PS with some files sized to 1200 pixels and the difference compared to 720 pixels is quite dramatic. We hope you will find this new feature useful!
Kent in SD
Hank, somehow you're going to have to drag your town into the realm of DSL or the equivalent so you have something faster than dial-up
Carol
Don't I wish! The trouble is, even when town moves on to something faster, I'll still be left out of the loop. There are no phone lines running the 30+ miles from town to where we live, and the population is so small they're not inclined to do so. Instead we have a microwave link to town.
Hey, things are better today! I just checked and we're up to 2.8k download speed.
Gee, I thought I was the last of the dial-up dinasaurs. I'm glad I'm in such good company!
Hank: Have you thought about satellite internet service? It still uses your phone line for uploads but downloads are quite fast. Posting your large image would take a while but you only do that once. Viewing everybody else's large images would be as fast as the basic version of DSL.