Should I be uploading full rez pics or should I resize?

JohnnyNapalm

Load times for my full-rez pictures seems too slow. I was under the impression that for every "original" sized, full-rez picture that you uploaded, various other sizes were created automatically. However, if I click "small" when browsing a gallery, the picture takes just as long to load as the original, leading me to believe that it's just scrunching the original into a very small window.

I don't have a problem resizing, but my concern is for prints; I obviously want people to be able to print from a full-rez image. Any thoughts or suggestions?

insanefred

JohnnyNapalm wrote:

Load times for my full-rez pictures seems too slow. I was under the impression that for every "original" sized, full-rez picture that you uploaded, various other sizes were created automatically. However, if I click "small" when browsing a gallery, the picture takes just as long to load as the original, leading me to believe that it's just scrunching the original into a very small window.

I don't have a problem resizing, but my concern is for prints; I obviously want people to be able to print from a full-rez image. Any thoughts or suggestions?

I load full res all the time... small loads a lot faster than original size for me..
anyone else?

agallia

insanefred wrote:

I load full res all the time... small loads a lot faster than original size for me..
anyone else?

I would think everyone would upload full-size files, especially if using Smugmug as your photo backup/vault service too. By doing so, you can always retrieve the originals whenever desired. You can also order gallery backups on disc from Smugmug if you wish.

Yes, it takes longer to upload, depending on your internet connection...unavoidable. So consider using a Smugtools utility such as Star Explorer to upload independently from Smugmug. Works well, is very fast and allows you to continue working elsewhere in Smugmug during the uploads.

JohnnyNapalm

It's not the upload speed I'm concerned with at all. I have no issue waiting through some sluggish uploads knowing that my files are backed up. It's the download speed within galleries that I'm referring to.

jfriend

JohnnyNapalm wrote:

It's not the upload speed I'm concerned with at all. I have no issue waiting through some sluggish uploads knowing that my files are backed up. It's the download speed within galleries that I'm referring to.

The download speed is NOT affected at all by uploading large originals. At upload time, Smugmug creates 7 different display copies from your original (and then stores them for fast access) and those are what is used for web display. You original is not used at all for web display (unless you let people also download the original).

So, uploading high res originals will NOT slow down the web display in anyway. It will allow Smugmug to create higher quality web displays and higher quality prints and give you full backup of your originals.