Beer review section photos .. resizing larger photos for posting

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  1. LiquidAmber

    LiquidAmber Grand Pooh-Bah (5,734) Feb 20, 2009 Washington
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    I have scanned the recent Picture posting threads, but most are for posting to Forums. I have some photos taken with my phone (Razr Maxx) of bottles for beers with no photos. My photos are being rejected, I think because they are too large; the instructions say:
    • Max file size is 20 KB and be exactly 150 x 300 pixels .
    Mine are 700kb+ and certainly not the pixel range. I'm posting from my home computer after saving the photos. Any suggestions of cheap or free programs I can use to resize my photos? I do NOT see a photo size option in my phone camera setup (but I'll take suggestions about setup from Razr users too). I'm hoping to not have to take all these again.
    Thanks!
     
    #1 LiquidAmber, May 10, 2013
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  2. BeerKangaroo

    BeerKangaroo Initiate (0) May 30, 2011 Alaska

    Something similar has been happening to me recently, but figure I didn't make the rules, so I'm not complaining.

    I take the pix and resize down to 150 x 300 pixels, but still notice that the file size is about 20.5 kb or sometimes 21 kb, I think to myself, oh well, I tried and think "wow, that's pretty scrutinous to have a pic exactly 150 x 300" and less than 20 kb. Oh well, no skin off my back, I don't make the rules.

    There's a part of me that wants to ask the editors, mods and the Bros a request to change this.

    Sorry Todd and Jason, the editors and the mods, don't take this the wrong way, and please don't take this as complaining. I'm just not a professional photographer, but I keep trying and one of these days, I'll be able to post the way you want it.
     
    #2 BeerKangaroo, May 10, 2013
  3. LambicPentameter

    LambicPentameter Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2012 Nebraska

    Here is a good free photo editor that should be able to do anything you could possibly want for posting photos to BA:

    http://www.irfanview.com/

    I use this on my personal computer, and my work currently has IT pre-install this on all our computers, so it is a safe, reputable program.
     
    #3 LambicPentameter, May 10, 2013
  4. DelMontiac

    DelMontiac Initiate (0) Oct 22, 2010 Oklahoma

    I would dig bigger hi-res photo abilities. More detail = moe betta.
     
    #4 DelMontiac, May 10, 2013
  5. LiquidAmber

    LiquidAmber Grand Pooh-Bah (5,734) Feb 20, 2009 Washington
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    Thanks for the suggestion; sadly, although irfanview looks like a nice program and works otherwise, it goes through the process of shrinking the file until I try to save it, then needs a plug-in that will not install on my computer/Windows version. I tried it several times and need to move on. Any suggestions from anyone on starting with a smaller format straight from the phone camera?
     
    #5 LiquidAmber, May 11, 2013
  6. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,989) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Once you re-size the pixel size of the image file using Irfanview using the ReSize and then Crop tools, you should then just need to reduce the file size. You can use a free website like this one: http://www.imageoptimizer.net
     
    #6 jmdrpi, May 14, 2013
  7. sacrelicio

    sacrelicio Pooh-Bah (1,838) Feb 15, 2005 Minnesota
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    Trying to upload a photo now for a beer, and I can't get it to work with the stock Windows editors. I could download a program, but that's getting into "too much work" territory. It'd be better if the site auto resized the photos.
     
    #7 sacrelicio, May 15, 2013
  8. LiquidAmber

    LiquidAmber Grand Pooh-Bah (5,734) Feb 20, 2009 Washington
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    Thanks for the file reduction website info, jmdrpi, but I'm unable to save my pixel resized photos right now because I can't install a plug-in. I will remember this site for the future. Going to pack up my bottles for now until I buy a new camera, which will allow me to start off with the right sized photo.
     
    #8 LiquidAmber, May 16, 2013
  9. Michigan

    Michigan Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2012 Michigan

    More detail=larger file

    I believe these photos are hosted on BeerAdvocate servers, so more shit on them would be a bad thing.
     
    #9 Michigan, May 19, 2013
  10. Rutager

    Rutager Initiate (0) Oct 18, 2010 Canada (BC)

    #10 Rutager, May 19, 2013
  11. DelMontiac

    DelMontiac Initiate (0) Oct 22, 2010 Oklahoma

    Yeah. Well...ya know...that's just like, uh...your opinion, man.
     
    #11 DelMontiac, May 19, 2013
  12. LiquidAmber

    LiquidAmber Grand Pooh-Bah (5,734) Feb 20, 2009 Washington
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    Thanks Rutager! It took me a while to figure it out (choosing just resize chops off pieces of the photo, but shrinking it and then resizing worked OK. Takes a bit of manipulation to get exactly 150 x 300, but will now be able to upload a bunch of photos. Successfully posted my first one.
     
    #12 LiquidAmber, May 19, 2013
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