I'm going to need to make some changes about posting image attachments because they are getting too big and really filling up the server. This not only can make the board a little more cumbersome & slow but it can make things tough for people on dial-up lines (modems :eek5: )

Hopefully within the next few weeks, I'll have a better, semi-automatic image management system working that will make things easier on us (and me :D )... In the meantime:

Please keep image sizes under 50K max size, preferably smaller. Use .JPG or .GIF files for the image types. If you're new to fiddlin' with images, as you get better working with them, you'll be able to easily & quickly optimize them. But here are a couple general rules of thumb for images:

Here is a fairly detailed image that is not based on a photo and is a good choice for a GIF file

http://www.striped-bass.com/hrfanj.gif

Where as photos are best used as JPG files:

http://www.striped-bass.com/Images/slips30a.jpg

Both of these pictures are small, between 10-20K. They also don't take up much space in the database (which has gotten huge)...

So until the new system comes up, if everyone can please use smaller sized images with medium quality (like 60% on jpg files) with max image size of 600x600 pixels. This will be a tremendous help on working with these images....

If anyone has any questions on working with images, I'll be happy to help. I'm not a master but I can get through most image packages....

Thanks,

John

BTW - this is an EARLY look at the photo load pages:

http://www.striped-bass.com/picpages/gallery/


http://www.striped-bass.com/albums/Bloocrab/aaa.jpg

..John...I had no idea that gallery existed. Some of "my" pictures in there are horrible....Delete, Delete and Delete!!!

...do my silly "works of art" do much damage to the server?...bog-wise?...

...talk to me John!!...I don't want to be the cause for mayhem on this site!!...and really, please Delete those pictures...they're embarrasing!!!:rolleyes:


if you want to put some of my work in a gallery, put something a little better.....like this ....:D

.....Or this one....:D

uh oh.....am I slowing things up again???:smash:

you need to stop it right now!!!!!!

gosh there were a few in there I hadnt seen.....and almost tinkled my pants !!!!!!!!! youre too funny........;) ;) ;)

although my remake of the "light"...is still my favorite....

....I'm still amazed how close it came to looking like the real thing...(a little pat on the back...lolol ):happy:

here's the original....

Originally posted by Jenn
you need to stop it right now!!!!!!

....see, its starting already...:(

...Sorry, Jennifer!!!!....but I thought with this thread being labeled....Image Posting and all...:laughs: ....OK....I'll stop

...Sorry, Jennifer!!!!....but I thought with this thread being labeled

crap dont use my real name here!! LOL

DISCLAIMER: just so nobody gets the wrong idea...I didnt mean he couldnt post images...I meant he needed to STOP putting himself down...........;) ;) (luv ya) :D :D

I think they're all hilarious and good pieces of work, if you want me to pull them, I will...

Nope, not a drain, not a cause of mayhem, much more of a hoot & howl when your pics go up. It's just that as time goes by, the total # of images from everyone is going way up. I want to find a better way so everyone can continue putting stuff up. Bloo, your pics are fine, they are optomized, and not huge in size. I was just using your pics for the test gallery pages, that's all... Besides, I'd be more than happy to give you your own gallery :D .

Really, all I'm looking to do is to find a good way to load an image on the site without it actually becoming part of the database... Not sure if this test system will work with that easily enough...

Holler if you want me to move that stuff....

John I just posted a couple.
I set the resolution around 600 x 600, but the image is still large. (my brother in law)
If I reduce the size more it gets blocky. Like the second one. (bait)
Don't know what I'm doing wrong.
\
Any suggestions?

The best thing to do with a big image that is a little blocky is to reduce the overall image size before optimizing. So if your pic was 1024x1024 and you change the IMAGE size (not canvass) to 600x600, the pic will be a little smaller but slight better in focus & detailed... Another thing which some times helps is to sharpen the image. If you have a low - med quality image to start with, it's very hard to make it much better.

The best thing to do with a digital camera is to take higher quality/bigger images to start with and then reduce them. So if you know that you want 600x600 images, take them at 1024 and shrink them AFTER you download them to your PC. This will use up more space on the camera and your computer but it will end up with better images.

The next thing is optimization. If you send a nice photo at 90% quality on a jpg, it will be huge but that same image will still look good at 60% quality and will be 1 fith the original size...

Thats what's strange, I take 1600 X 1200 from my camera.
Then when I reduce in microsoft photoeditor, they look worse.
I will try some of your suggestions, but I think that is what I have been doing.
I'll keep at it.

Thanks
V

Photoeditor sucks, have anything else? Paint Shop Pro can be downloaded from downloads.com for a trial. Then you are supposed to buy it :eek5: .. I use Fireworks and Photoshop here...

We have photoshop, but not on my computer.
I can give it a try though and see if its better.

I don't have anything else on this work puter.
Except for U-lead, but that does not have any size adjustments that I have found.

At home I have MGI photosuite, I will see if it has any resize capabilities.

Thanks again.
Maybe see you at the next MSBA ?

Van I have MGI and it does have resizing.

Man John that photo you put up scared the hell out of me ! :laughs: :laughs:

Specialist: Thanks, I will mess around with it this weekend.

I resized one of my images here at work on photoshop and it worked great,, but for home, that program is too expensive
@ 150 $$$:eek:

Gonna try for some blues this weekend for a change. If nada then I'll hit my bass spots. Hopefully get some more nice pics to post.

:cool:

to sexy for My joB

...did somebody say Photoshop?

That's right, I been keepin' an eye on you guys. ;)

Actually, I just wanted to post so that I could play with these guys:
:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

luke

Luke , ya like those happy guys? :happy: :happy: :happy:

Welcome to Striped-bass.com

im screwd:smash:

Thanks, Slip. :happy:

Bubba, ya got nuttin' to worry about... yet. ;)

Weeeeeeeeeeee ...these guys are great! :happy::happy:

See you guys next weekend! :)

luke

to sexy for My joB

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

ok...we have learned to deal with the pants.......but um...how do I say....uh...WE NEED TO HAVE A TALK ABOUT THE SHOES:p :p iF YOU HAVENT LEARNED HOW TO TIE LACES YET.....i CAN TEACH YA!!!! (but we still luv ya anyway....)

Originally posted by BM
to sexy for My joB

:eek: :eek: :eek:

...How, "Exactly" do you get all those plugs anyways???....:eek: ...always talking about "Ho' ing" and all...;)

...the "Real" way he "HO's" plugs...:laughs: :laughs:

hehehehe :D

John:
I think i have the image thing nailed now.
using MGI it seems to work much better.:)

Bloo:
I may have nightmares after seeing that image. LOL:eek:

:eek: :smash: :eek: Barf!!!!!
lmao

I I thinks he needs me mask.

that outfit is great butt, da face:eek: