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Old 2012-02-17, 5:27am
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Can someone please help? I'd like to know what the <definitive> size should be for uploaded pics. I've tried to size by dimension, by pixel size, by resolution, but no matter what - it seems my pics aren't appropriate for the places I want to upload 'em to.

As an example, I had a pic today, resolution 72, px was 500 on the largest side. It uploaded fine to my website, was a smidge too big for LE, and wasn't large enough for Etsy.

Aaargggh. I feel like I'm going to go bonkers with this, and am wondering if there - per chance to dream - might be some magical 'thing' - some wonderful set of values that will work across all places.

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Old 2012-02-17, 4:42pm
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Was it in .jpg format and what was the file size. You can a small image but a large file size. When you save in .jpg you are given the option to select the quality. The higher the quality, the more information in the image and the larger the file. For web viewing, you can take it down to about 6 quality and not really throw away enough information to make a difference... if the image is properly lit, focused and color balanced.

Using CS2 Photoshop, I size my image at about 650 or so on the longest side, change it to sRGB and then do a Save for Web with a quality of 7 or 8. This gives me a fairly compact file size. I also put most of my images on my own web site and then link to them. That way I don't have to worry about taking up disk space on the forum's server nor bandwidth.

So when you get a file ready to upload, you need to look at image dimensions, file size and resolution.

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Old 2012-02-17, 6:03pm
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I tend to make different sized images for different places. Etsy's standard size is now 570x570. But I find that that size is a little too large (Actual size wise, not px wise) for LE and takes up a lot of space. I have a separate folder for forum pics that I've sized down to about 300px and of course, I choose a lower quality setting to make sure it's under LE's 80px maximum.
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Old 2012-02-18, 1:18pm
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So, alas, it seems there is no 'magic' combination that works across all venues. Thanks Mike and Annie.
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For LE I do low res (as low as I can get it ans still keep the photo decent to shrink the file size) and no bigger than 450 in width or height.

Etsy wants at least 600 x 600. Square is best because that lines up the preview photo to best advantage in your listings. HTH!
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I use photoshops "save for web" feature and change te longest side to 400px - works for anywhere
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Just mentioning that for me & my eyes, the bigger the better, or at least the tightest crops if the pictures are smaller. I love having the bead so that I can actually see the details!
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I use photoshops "save for web" feature and change te longest side to 400px - works for anywhere
Ooo, I haven't even tried that, thanks for the heads up!
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Last time I noticed, Etsy was asking for photos to be square and 1000 pixels...so since I sell primarily on Etsy I make all my photos 1200 x 1200 pixels and the resolution is 390.

If I want to post to LE I just resize the photo down to 400 x 400 pixels.

I store all my photos on a My Book hard drive.
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Thanks for everyone's input!
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