Size is important...

Question

Of photos that is....

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Now that I've got your attention guys - I actually need your help with a technical issue How on earth do you increase (personal) photo size?

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As you know I run threads that usually involve posting photos. I use the site Flickr.com (it's part of Yahoo). Flickr is very user-friendly but for the life of me I cannot "increase" the size of the photos that I post here from Flickr - not even a smick

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In a month or so I want to introduce a new thread involving a superhero (of sorts) - Captain Irregular - I will need more detail in the photos I post.

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What sites or what programmes do you use with your personal uploaded photos? Are they user-friendly and, if you're prepared to say, how much do they cost? I need something that will allow me to vary the size of the photos I post.

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I will investigate all suggestions. Thanks in advance guys.

Answer 1

Can you link an example of a picture you aren't happy with?

I don't know how Flickr constrains you, since I don't use it.

I got a free account on Photobucket.com, and any picture I upload there stays the size I started with, and shows up here on SD the same way.

SD has one limitation, imposed for consistency. If a picture is wider than the column area reserved for the answer thread, it gets scaled down uniformly to fit. If that's a constraint, there's nothing within SD that can make it bigger, so you can post a hyperlink that we can click to see the full picture at the site where it was uploaded (e.g., Flickr, Photobucket).

Here is an example of one of my pictures, that's about 50% wider than the space it fits into as you see it here on SD:

omg that's fantastic! Okay I"ll do that. I'll log on to Flickr right now and upload one of my latest photos... - nonombre, Jul 24, 2011

Pesta - I've managed to do it! Thanks for the input anyway! - nonombre, Jul 24, 2011

Answer 2

¡Cielo santo- No creerlo!

Success at last! It just took a bit more "fiddling" around on Flickr than I thought :) - nonombre, Jul 24, 2011

I double-clicked into my photo and finally I found another option for sizing - giving me about six "variations" to size. - nonombre, Jul 24, 2011

That's fantastic! It's a bother that these web services are so complex, no? :) - pesta, Jul 24, 2011

Answer 3

Changing the size if simple. Use an HTML image statement to post your pictures. In an image statement you can place attributes like Width and Height. However, you are going to want to conserve the aspect ratio unless you want to stretch or squash your image.

A lot will depend of the image type. Some are lossless and can be expanded with little loss in quality and others will dramatically become unrecognizeable.

changing your 160 px x 160 px photo to 240 px x 240 px

That's fantastic Q. But I gotta say "simple" is in the eye of the beholder. I've been grappling with how to change photo size for weeks :( - nonombre, Jul 24, 2011

Answer 4

You can post on FB. Here's an example of one of my cat adjustments. To get the link I right click on download, and then I choose save link location. Then I just paste it into the picture template.

Well laloloco - that's fantastic - exactly what I'm after. And so, FB? What's that? - nonombre, Jul 24, 2011

I think that's Facebook. - SonrisaDelSol, Jul 24, 2011

Answer 5

So Pesta, this is one of my photos from my Flickr site.