Pet Peeve about photographs

Eghad · September 17, 2005, 04:19 PM

Some folks have nice pics but they make them so large thay exceed the normal width and you have to scroll to see the whole pic which still cuts part of it off....

XP has a Powertoy called Image Resizer for XP

price: freebie

ease of use: Once Installed right click on the pic and it will present you with an option to resize image on the menu.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

ltdave · October 5, 2005, 01:11 PM

i agree wholeheartedly...

that also skews the rest of the page for normal reading as well...

in Photobucket they have a resize option and i always resize to 75% for posting on the forums...

SOME forums to their credit will DELETE a picture that is too wide. i dont like NOT seeing the pics but i like the end result of NORMAL scrolling...

david

Avizpls · October 5, 2005, 03:34 PM

At a forum I run, we delete pics that make us scroll. 800x600 is the Rule of Thumb.

jeff_troop · October 5, 2005, 06:26 PM

a little bit of knowledge makes some posters dangerous

the courteous thing to do would be use photoshop or whatever to reduce the size of the pictures. one reason being that most of the country still uses dialup.

also instead of posting pics on the thread why not provide a link. some threads take forever for us poor dialup folks to load.

okay, now you can mock me

IZinterrogator · October 5, 2005, 09:56 PM

Consider yourself mocked, dial-up boy.

Russ538 · October 6, 2005, 12:18 AM

Jeff,

If you want a link to appear rather than the picture, go to your User Control Panel (User CP), click "edit options" on the left menu, scroll down and uncheck the "show images" box under thread display options.

That should speed things up for ya.

jeff_troop · October 6, 2005, 01:25 AM

thanks russ. hadn't seen that option.

hey iz. i would expect better razzing from ft. hood.

one thing i learned in the service is that noone can insult like a gi.

Hal · October 8, 2005, 06:30 AM

Show of hands - who wants this one smaller ?

Ok - kidding aside.
Yes it's an easy fix for 98% of the computer users
(Win XP)

Eghad · October 8, 2005, 07:19 AM

The Win XP toy is easier to use than Photoshop......

just right click on photo....choose resize........tell it what size and it automaticall makes a new file with (small) that is suitable for posting on a forum.

dialup......bwhahahahahahaha

IZinterrogator · October 9, 2005, 03:28 AM

Quote:

hey iz. i would expect better razzing from ft. hood. one thing i learned in the service is that noone can insult like a gi.

Just trying to keep it civil on the forum, Jeff. At work, I'm much worse.

September 17, 2005, 04:19 PM	#1
Eghad Senior Member Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 6,231	Pet Peeve about photographs Some folks have nice pics but they make them so large thay exceed the normal width and you have to scroll to see the whole pic which still cuts part of it off.... XP has a Powertoy called Image Resizer for XP price: freebie ease of use: Once Installed right click on the pic and it will present you with an option to resize image on the menu. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx __________________ Have a nice day at the range NRA Life Member

October 5, 2005, 09:56 PM	#5
IZinterrogator Senior Member Join Date: November 8, 2004 Location: Prescott Valley, AZ Posts: 2,457	Consider yourself mocked, dial-up boy. __________________ "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” - Samuel Adams

October 8, 2005, 07:19 AM	#9
Eghad Senior Member Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 6,231	The Win XP toy is easier to use than Photoshop...... just right click on photo....choose resize........tell it what size and it automaticall makes a new file with (small) that is suitable for posting on a forum. dialup......bwhahahahahahaha __________________ Have a nice day at the range NRA Life Member

October 5, 2005, 01:11 PM	#2
ltdave Senior Member Join Date: September 16, 2005 Posts: 226	i agree wholeheartedly... that also skews the rest of the page for normal reading as well... in Photobucket they have a resize option and i always resize to 75% for posting on the forums... SOME forums to their credit will DELETE a picture that is too wide. i dont like NOT seeing the pics but i like the end result of NORMAL scrolling... david

October 5, 2005, 03:34 PM	#3
Avizpls Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2004 Posts: 774	At a forum I run, we delete pics that make us scroll. 800x600 is the Rule of Thumb.

October 5, 2005, 06:26 PM	#4
jeff_troop Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2005 Location: NRA Patron member from MS Posts: 459	a little bit of knowledge makes some posters dangerous the courteous thing to do would be use photoshop or whatever to reduce the size of the pictures. one reason being that most of the country still uses dialup. also instead of posting pics on the thread why not provide a link. some threads take forever for us poor dialup folks to load. okay, now you can mock me

October 6, 2005, 12:18 AM	#6
Russ538 Senior Member Join Date: August 18, 2005 Location: PA Posts: 228	Jeff, If you want a link to appear rather than the picture, go to your User Control Panel (User CP), click "edit options" on the left menu, scroll down and uncheck the "show images" box under thread display options. That should speed things up for ya.

October 6, 2005, 01:25 AM	#7
jeff_troop Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2005 Location: NRA Patron member from MS Posts: 459	thanks russ. hadn't seen that option. hey iz. i would expect better razzing from ft. hood. one thing i learned in the service is that noone can insult like a gi.

October 8, 2005, 06:30 AM	#8
Hal Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 1998 Location: Ohio USA Posts: 8,563	Show of hands - who wants this one smaller ? Ok - kidding aside. Yes it's an easy fix for 98% of the computer users (Win XP)