dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

In the Help section under posting photo the "store original" was totally ignored and left blank.

I have tried before and after selecting the photo to be stored... some times it works some times not. When, how, and limitations on storing originals? does it depend on size?

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Depends on the width (in pixels).

You probably remember the teensy thumbnails we used to see here. Those were only 600 px wide. Now the thumbnail seems to be about 2000 px, so if you post a photo that is only 1000 px wide, you won't get a download link because we're already seeing the full size.

The exception to the above seems to be vertical images. The below is 1000 px wide by 1334 tall.

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Yes, size.
I believe if it's the same size (or smaller) than the thumbnail (display view) will be, it won't save the original.
No need to, they're the "same size".

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

I appreciate the prompt knowing responses given.

So if the image is too small then it will not store. If too small then it will only show the small image thinking it to be a thumb nail.

This is a problem storing a old 2000 3 mpix raw camera image that was down loaded as JPEG and heavily cropped. Wow that camera back then was a great camera. The Kodak 4800 3.1 RAW... first to break the 3.0 barrier.

If needed, i can go to my Gigapixel and inflate the pixels.

PS: Alas, tho a life long scientist, I do not think in pixels. Even so, i protest USA standing alone in a metric world and not going metric in the 1970s because politicians were confused by multiplication and division by 10~! Now a pound of coffee is 10 Oz.. perhaps the same fate awaits a dozen eggs!!! ...

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

A "pound" of coffee is now 10-12 ounces so the manufacturer can make more money by charging the same price.
Same with canned veggies, they used to be 16 ounces, now they are 12-14.
Happening to everything.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

So 'mpix' seems to be your own made-up measurement. Who knows what you're trying to say with this random measurement / reference. The generally accepted references are pixels, MP (mega pixels), or px like 2048px. If you're using mpix to reference the entire pixel resolution of the image (length*width), that has nothing to do with whether the image file can be attached and stored.

If you're a digital photographer, as well as a 'scientist', you should inherently understand the need to use precise language, accurate measurements, and the applicably measurements to the question. You wouldn't ask: how many grams are in a mile? If you can't 'think' in pixels yet as a digital photographer, that's a growth-area you'll need to address and correct.

As Linda mentioned, if your image isn't at least 800 to 1200px 'wide', you can't 'store' the image file. In the old UHH days, the requirement was a 'hard' limit at 800-pixels. But, since ADMIN modified the thumbnail display size to around 1200px, the FAQ documentation was not updated with the new technical details. So, observation makes it seem like around 1200px, but I haven't tested in absence of formal UHH documentation.

The other 'limit' is the file size, bytes / MB - megabytes. Bytes and Pixels are not interchangeable; never were, never will be, similar as no logical nor implied relation of grams to miles. The UHH documentation references 20MB, even though observation says the actual technical limit is someplace around 22MB.

If you can't store a file attachment, review the pixel width of the file and the file storage size on disk. Update the image file, if needed.

Recommended resizing parameters for digital images

srg

Metric is great, but not for everything. Can you imagine the numbers required to describe and ordinary sheet of plywood or a standard 2x4? Or 16" On Center spacing.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Yeah, they can’t have lumber in other countries because they’re in the metric system. Even worse in the UK because the measure their money in pounds! 😜🤪

BebuLamar

Why do you need the download option if the display image is the same size as your image?

srg

So what are the dimensions of a standard sheet of plywood in metric?

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

I think 1200x2400mm is a standard metric sheet, but a standard U.S. 4x8' is slightly bigger than that.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

1.2m x 2.4m

srg

If every Western plywood factory were forced to re tool to meet metric standards. Think how much a sheet of ply would cost.

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

I wonder how much it costs U.S. manufacturers to have to maintain two systems for everything they ship overseas, or import from anywhere else in the world. I wonder how many have already retooled out of necessity, or lost foreign business.