Paulinbna From United States of America, joined Feb 2003, 1114 posts, RR: 5 Posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2361 times:
Every now and again I get file limit reached warning and I only have a 20D. Is it time to get rid of the 1 MB limit. Some time I am forced to save in a more compressed format so they can be uploaded.
Canon 50D user; 100-400 MM L IS 10-22 MM, 60MM Macro
Moose135 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 2009 posts, RR: 12 Reply 1, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2354 times:
What size are you uploading at? I have a 40D, resize to 1024 wide, save at the highest quality level (12) in PS CS3, and haven't had any issues with the 1MB limit.
RCoulter From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 398 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2351 times:
Quoting Moose135 (Reply 1): What size are you uploading at? I have a 40D, resize to 1024 wide, save at the highest quality level (12) in PS CS3, and haven't had any issues with the 1MB limit.
+1 I sometimes upload at 1600px at highest quality and usually come in well under 1mb...
Psych From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 2968 posts, RR: 60 Reply 4, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 2335 times:
The background in the photo makes a massive difference to the file size. Could this be the issue for you Paul when it becomes a problem?
If the photo is of an aircraft against a blank sky you can get away with a large image and the edit will still be way under the limit, whereas if the background is very 'busy' with airport structures etc, then something like 1200 wide can push you over the 1MB limit.
I stick at 1024 for 'security' reasons, so it is never an issue for me - 20D or 40D. But I guess the size limit was imposed by Johan due to technical issues at that time, so it seems to me to be a legitimate question whether this could be reviewed in the light of the brave new world of the rewrite/new servers etc. Once on the site, uploaded photos generally tend to be only half the size of the actual image that you upload - due to the compression applied in the uploading process I assume. But even so, there must still be issues about the size of the database with so many photos stored on the servers - though storage is probably far less of an issue for DM than it was to a lone guy in a university room.
Paulinbna From United States of America, joined Feb 2003, 1114 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 2321 times:
Quoting Psych (Reply 4): The background in the photo makes a massive difference to the file size. Could this be the issue for you Paul when it becomes a problem?
This is when I have a problem cockpit shots are one that I have a problem with.
Canon 50D user; 100-400 MM L IS 10-22 MM, 60MM Macro
Whappeh From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 1560 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2302 times:
I do 1060x790 (just to be different) and I occasionally have issues. Out of the 77 I have accepted, I'd say 7 had to be resized smaller or saved at an 11 instead of a 12. I just made a thread on this complaining about the same thing, though.
Bruce From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5025 posts, RR: 17 Reply 8, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 2273 times:
The 1mb limit shouldnot be a problem. 1024px wide is plenty big enough. I have only came too close to 1mb a couple times. and then I saved it at 11 quality. 11 out of 12 is hardly noticeable at all.
Like cpd said, most turn out to be 500-600k.
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Paulinbna From United States of America, joined Feb 2003, 1114 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2188 times:
Quoting Whappeh (Reply 6): Out of the 77 I have accepted, I'd say 7 had to be resized smaller or saved at an 11 instead of a 12
Out of 10 that I just uploaded two were above the 1 MB limit. They were of General Aviation aircraft that were on a ramp with no sky in the background. Like I said this very rarely happens.
Canon 50D user; 100-400 MM L IS 10-22 MM, 60MM Macro
Lochgilp From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2005, 28 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 2108 times:
Well to be difficult i'll vote yes. I upload at 1600px, as my laptop screen is 1600px wide and i shoot for me and i can't be bothered editing an A.net version and a seperate one for myself, and it's easy enough to go over the 1Mb limit with ground shots. Would be nice to not need to drop the quality a notch to get it uploaded on here. If the dimensions limit is 1600px then surely the filesize limit should reflect that?
Spencer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 1623 posts, RR: 19 Reply 12, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 2082 times:
As I said above, just save for web and you'll be able to change the file size, (not the physical size of the image!), to basically whatever you want. Easy. Therefore the 1Mb size limit shouldn't be a problem anymore.
Spencer.
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Paulinbna From United States of America, joined Feb 2003, 1114 posts, RR: 5 Reply 13, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 2051 times:
Quoting Spencer (Reply 12): As I said above, just save for web and you'll be able to change the file size,
Isn't this the same thing that Save As does. The last option is to pick whether you want to save at 12, 11, 10 and so on.
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Spencer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 1623 posts, RR: 19 Reply 14, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2041 times:
No as you can't see at what value, in Mb, your image finishes at. I've always saved at 12 anyway, so AFAIK the image gets saved at whatever 12 relates to Mb wise. In save for web you can move a slider from 0-100 which will result in a file size difference. Eg. If 100 gives you an image larger than 1Mb then slide down to say, 95 and see what that gives you instead. Hope it helps.
Spencer.
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RCoulter From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 398 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2036 times:
One of the main things with "Save for Web" is you lose the EXIF data, which doesn't matter for this site but it does for others. "Save As" keeps the EXIF which results in the larger size.
Spencer From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2004, 1623 posts, RR: 19 Reply 16, posted (4 years 5 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 2025 times:
Personally I don't save for web unless like the OP said, it becomes a problem with the file size. In reality that's 1% I'd say. As to the EXIF data, I couldn't care less about it.
Spencer.
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Michlis From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 737 posts, RR: 2 Reply 18, posted (4 years 5 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1956 times:
From a business perspective, larger file upload limits = greater storage requirements + more bandwidth which leads to more cost to run the site. While I've had a few uploads where having greater than 1 MB would have been nice, I've found that with proper framing while taking the shot and proper editing afterwards the 1 MB limit can almost always be met.
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