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Title: Uploading picture
Post by: artisann on Monday 19 August 19 14:51 BST (UK)

Having trouble uploading a picture keeps saying to big ....any suggestions please ...

Title: Re: Uploading picture
Post by: sarah on Tuesday 20 August 19 09:41 BST (UK)

If you are getting an error message that says the image is too big, then that means that the image is larger than the 900kb that is allowed here so you will need to reduce the size of your image down.

At the top of every board there are "stickied" notes of tips to help you in every section including this one on "How to post an image"

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=459330.0

Regards

Sarah

Title: Re: Uploading picture
Post by: artisann on Tuesday 20 August 19 15:54 BST (UK)

Thank you Sarah for moving my post to the correct place will have another go at uploading the picture
Many thanks for your help .

Title: Re: Uploading picture
Post by: TMRGenealogy on Wednesday 04 September 19 22:03 BST (UK)

Hello,

You might find it works if you open the file in paint and then save it as a different format. If you go to 'Save as', you should be able to select a different file type from the drop-down list. Often there is an option for a lower quality picture for web sharing.

This is assuming you are using windows - although there should be a similar option with other operating systems.

Hope this helps!

Title: Re: Uploading picture
Post by: Treetotal on Wednesday 04 September 19 22:41 BST (UK)

Quote from: artisann on Tuesday 20 August 19 15:54 BST (UK)

Thank you Sarah for moving my post to the correct place will have another go at uploading the picture
Many thanks for your help .

When you attach the photo for the second attempt, you will need to rename the file.
Carol

Title: Re: Uploading picture
Post by: hallmark on Wednesday 04 September 19 23:10 BST (UK)

If you have a photo, right Click on it and Open in Paint


There is the resize option

Depending on size to start with one can reduce it by 10%  or 60% etc  BUT then go File > Save As  and give it a File name   eg. Pic127reduced   

Still too big?   Open  Pic127reduced  and reduce it further!

So you still have the original which was Pic 127  plus Pic127reduced      without losing quality!

One needs to practice with it!


BUT one needs to practice with a photo of little or no importance!

Great for saving Files on the likes of Dropbox etc..

 
Practice needed first!




 

Title: Re: Uploading picture
Post by: artisann on Thursday 05 September 19 01:15 BST (UK)

Hello many thanks for all your helpful suggestions...I did manage to upload my picture in the end ...it was waiting for approval by admin ...but I don’t know what happened to it? ....
Many thanks again

Title: Re: Uploading picture
Post by: artisann on Thursday 05 September 19 11:33 BST (UK)

Just had a message from admin and apparently I didn’t put a heading on my picture...so sorry for any inconvenience caused by my mistake.
Thank you all 🙂