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Post subject: Submit Screenshot?
 Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 05:14 AM
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I've been trying and trying to submit a couple screenshots, but everytime I do it, it says the file is too big. Can someone please give me a tip or something?
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Post subject: RE: Submit Screenshot?
Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 09:33 AM
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| if the file is too big make is small |
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Post subject: RE: Submit Screenshot?
Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 02:51 PM
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| Can anyone tell me like... A maximum picture size? |
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Post subject: RE: Submit Screenshot?
Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 03:29 PM
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I think the maximum picture file size is about 300 kilobytes.
You can try several things to reduce file size:
- Crop it some more.
- Save as .gif (reduces number of colors)
- Save as low quality .jpg
There are other ways to reduce file size, but the above are readily available from the Preview application. |
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Post subject: RE: Submit Screenshot?
Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 08:14 PM
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| Oh I didn't think of saving it as a gif... thanks! |
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Post subject: RE: Submit Screenshot?
Posted: Feb 06, 2011 - 02:58 AM
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| Don't use a gif, it's old and just plain bad. If you use Preview you can save as a JPG then use the slider for quality, usually 50%-60% works best to make the file small yet shows the most detail. |
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Post subject: RE: Submit Screenshot?
Posted: Feb 06, 2011 - 03:59 PM
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| Well I use photoshop, but besides the point... If I degrade the quality of the picture, rather than make it smaller, it will make the overall file smaller? |
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Post subject: RE: Submit Screenshot?
Posted: Feb 06, 2011 - 06:05 PM
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| Well yes, but you don't want to make the quality too low for obvious reasons. |
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Post subject: RE: Submit Screenshot?
Posted: Feb 06, 2011 - 06:18 PM
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| I thought the forum did not accept jpeg's... |
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Post subject: RE: Submit Screenshot?
Posted: Feb 06, 2011 - 09:03 PM
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| If you use Photoshop, then you can reduce file size tremendously by turning it into indexed color first (choose 64 colors or even less) and save it as a PNG. |
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