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Off-Topic => Site Requests, Comments, Technical Help. => Topic started by: texasstyle on April 15, 2011, 02:11:47 PM

Title: pic too big?
Post by: texasstyle on April 15, 2011, 02:11:47 PM
when trying to upload a new pic into my pro, and appear on the boards, it says "too big". Can someone please tell me whatthe heck they mean by that and how to fix it. I've seenit happen before...








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Title: Re: pic too big?
Post by: charee on April 15, 2011, 02:52:44 PM

Hi, I use this to resize my pictures its  free to dowmload and very easy to use . Hope it helps ( Epoman posted this on the home page )


Cheeers Charee

Want to post a picture of yourself in our "I Hate Dialysis Family Album"? located here: http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=1227.0 Or maybe you want to post an image in another thread.

If you do not know how to or do not have a program that resizes the pictures for you. Well I have a very simple solution. Download this VERY small and extremely simple to use program for Windows users, it is called "Power Toy Image Resizer" and when I need a quick image resized it's all I use. It's FREE and very easy to install. Here is the link directly to the install file:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe

 
Title: Re: pic too big?
Post by: Chris on April 15, 2011, 09:35:04 PM
Depends what OS you have Texas. If you have Windows 7 or Vista, the above image resizer will give problems since it is for XP. This was a major complaint on Microsoft's Tech board forum. I still wonder why they did not put it back on Vista or 7. So there are two free programs to download that offer the same flexability as the PowerToy Resizer for XP. One is called Prish Image Resizer and the other is called VSO Image resizer. For Apple OS, I do not know.
Prish download: http://download.cnet.com/Prish-Image-Resizer/3000-2192_4-75180364.html (http://download.cnet.com/Prish-Image-Resizer/3000-2192_4-75180364.html)
VSO download: Just looked up and it is now called Light Image Resizer (New Company Name): http://light-image-resizer.en.softonic.com/ (http://light-image-resizer.en.softonic.com/)
Title: Re: pic too big?
Post by: okarol on April 16, 2011, 12:34:39 AM
If you have a Mac try using the free program at www.picnik.com
Title: Re: pic too big?
Post by: Chris on April 16, 2011, 10:25:14 PM
Quote from: texasstyle on April 15, 2011, 02:11:47 PM
when trying to upload a new pic into my pro, and appear on the boards, it says "too big". Can someone please tell me whatthe heck they mean by that and how to fix it. I've seenit happen before...
Also to answer that question, it means that there is a set standard for size to fit in a profile picture/ avatar. There is also a set standard for posting pictures in threads so that they are not to large to see and so that they load easily on everyones computer so it does not take forever to load an image. 600 X 800, 640 X 480 wil work fine, to small and image is to small and blurry when enlarged.