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upload size question

JimWJimW Registered Users Posts: 333 Major grins
edited December 23, 2006 in Dgrin Forum Support
Sorry, but I seem to have forgotten this sizing stuff, and can't locate it on the help pages.

Before uploading to my gallery, I save my photo as a jpeg at level 10, right? But the file sizes are roughly 350K each, which is too big for the forums, isn't it?

What file size should they be?

Thanks,

Jim

I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.


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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2006
    Just upload normal sized files to your SmugMug account. Then link -L (Larges) to your post. Linking is much better than attaching files.

    How To? Just click the "How To" button on the Dgrin Navbar, and scroll to the bottom of the next page you'll see a short tutorial on how to embed links.
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    JimWJimW Registered Users Posts: 333 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2006
    Thanks but what is a normal size file?

    I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.


    http://www.jimwhitakerphotography.com/
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2006
    JimW wrote:
    Thanks but what is a normal size file?
    What's normal?

    Different for everyone, I suppse.

    We like -L (larges) on dgrin. They are 800px on the longest side, and are about 100kb or thereabouts usually. 150kb maybe.
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    JimWJimW Registered Users Posts: 333 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2006
    Okay, maybe I'm asking the wrong question. After I upload 350K files to my gallery, then do the linking thing to post them in the forum, choosing L (large), does smugmug RESIZE the file? Or is it linking the 350K file that I uploaded?

    I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.


    http://www.jimwhitakerphotography.com/
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    JimWJimW Registered Users Posts: 333 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2006
    file size question
    Let's say I upload a 350K file to my gallery, then do the linking thing to post it in the forum, choosing L (large), does smugmug RESIZE the file to a smaller file size? Or is it linking the 350K file that I uploaded?

    Thank you,

    Jim

    I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.


    http://www.jimwhitakerphotography.com/
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 23, 2006
    JimW wrote:
    Let's say I upload a 350K file to my gallery, then do the linking thing to post it in the forum, choosing L (large), does smugmug RESIZE the file to a smaller file size? Or is it linking the 350K file that I uploaded?

    Thank you,

    Jim
    No need for a new thread. I merged your threads.

    Jim, when you link the -L (Large) it's a resized version of the image (IF the image is bigger than 800px in it's original form. If your original is 800px AND 350Kb, then your Large will be the SAME as your Original, and we'll only make Mediums and smaller resized copies.

    More here: http://www.smugmug.com/help/display-quality
    Andy

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