Size of photos when upload to share
Jul 5, 2014 10:25:56 #
I have tried to upload photos of 3 to 5 MB on Smugmug and Flickr. It is taking SO long as to be impossible to use. Please advise what to do! Change sharing site or reduce site of photos? If reduce, what size should they be?
Jul 5, 2014 10:51:34 #
3 to 5 Mb should not make a difference. What is your upload speed?
Jul 5, 2014 10:53:23 #
Something is wrong....i have a SmugMug website, and I have no problems uploading jpegs that size.
Jul 5, 2014 11:00:13 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
Dynamics5 wrote:
I have tried to upload photos of 3 to 5 MB on Smugmug and Flickr. It is taking SO long as to be impossible to use. Please advise what to do! Change sharing site or reduce site of photos? If reduce, what size should they be?
The problem will not get better with a different site.
With many types of internet access, download speeds are often much faster (10x) than upload speeds.
How log is "SO long"? Sometimes my uploads take an hour, I just go find something else to do for a while.
Jul 5, 2014 11:09:23 #
Jul 5, 2014 11:10:45 #
Jul 5, 2014 11:25:20 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
Dynamics5 wrote:
Tried to upload 1000 pics. Was only half done after 8 hours!
Yes, that sounds fairly reasonable for 3-5GB.
You need to either select fewer pictures, or reduce the size to about 1/10 their current size. Often using a lower jpg quality will do it. On a 1-100 scale, try around 80. On a 1-12 scale, try around 8 or 9. For online viewing, the file sizes you are posting is overkill. For online printing, the number of files is overkill, unless it is for a big event like a tournament where a lot of people might print different shots. Then, just accept the upload time, but break it into smaller pieces.
Jul 5, 2014 11:25:53 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
Dynamics5 wrote:
Don't know upload speed, but my computer is very fast!
The computer speed is not a factor, it's all about the upload speed for your situation.
Jul 5, 2014 11:57:20 #
Jul 5, 2014 12:01:29 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
Dynamics5 wrote:
What photo file size is needed to project good images on a 60 inch screen?
Projectors are generally 1080p, 1920x1080 pixels, and the file size could be as small as 100-300 KB (not MB).
Jul 5, 2014 18:15:30 #
Definitely an issue with your Internet Provider/Connection Speed. NOT an issue with the sharing site. Some places that I connect it takes an hour for a 2mb file to upload and other places I can upload several 10mb files in less that 5 minutes.
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