Originally posted by Apet-Sure I looked in your gallery here on PF and saw the two shots of the eagle. The EXIF data says the file sizes are over 3 megabytes. I temporarily tried to add a shot to my gallery. In doing so I saw a notice that the maximum allowable file size is 2 megabytes. So, it could be that the website is compressing your image and reducing the jpeg quality. Assuming you save your images at 100% jpeg quality, PF could be reducing that to 85% or so. That will degrade the IQ noticeably. There is also a maximum allowable pixel resolution, but I can't remember what it is. Perhaps another member will know.
When I'm done editing a jpeg, I always purge the edit history before saving. That is supposed to help reduce file size.
I have been testing myself.
I did see the 2 mb max and worked it backwards with a jpeg and the custom applications. found a setting that was just under 2 mb. I also tried to use a tiff file and they were way out there with mbs.
So, there is an education in itself: It does seem to matter how you transfer a file to whatever you are about to do with it.
I have a feeling once you get into printing there is a whole new education with all the technical marriages that need to be in sinc.
I did upload a photo that I thought was a better image. I will just keep testing and finding the best way for everything.
Seems to be what true photography is all about.
Thanks for everyone help & attention.
---------- Post added 06-02-21 at 06:21 PM ----------
Originally posted by Mooncatt You mentioned saving the photos to your gallery, which confused me. I'm use to the Android world where far too many people think the Samsung gallery app is a storage location on their phones. A PC analogy to that would be thinking the stock photo viewer is a storage location, when all it (and the Samsung gallery) does is read the files.
Referring to downloading also hinted at saving to something like a phone. Saving to a website would be uploading. May sound like a trivial semantic issue, but it vastly changed the meaning of your post.
I noticed the other user after me mentioned a gallery on these forums, which I forgot existed because I don't use it. If that's what you were referring to, I'll defer to their judgments I where the issue lies.
Got it.
My bad.....I'm definitely not a high tech lingo guy. Upload is the correct action!
---------- Post added 06-02-21 at 06:38 PM ----------
Originally posted by ramseybuckeye That will change as you get into photography more!
Thats funny.
I have sort of set myself up with the storage. I just have to learn how to move my photos around. They are mostly in Lightroom and Mac library at the moment.
When I get the need or decide its time, I'll start using it.