Mesh_Magick opened this issue on Aug 27, 2003 ยท 43 posts
xoconostle posted Wed, 27 August 2003 at 1:04 PM
Attached Link: http://www.pppr.sk/rainbow/programs.html
"I got your point, Im listening, Im just pretending Im not."Needlessly rude comments like that aren't exactly the best way to solicit help or influence people. :-)
Anyway, one should indeed optimize images posted here. Remember, resolution is not the only determiner of file size! The more you learn about that, the better you'll be able to create fine-looking files at Web-friendly sizes.
If you want to discuss some detail of a large image in the forums, simply post a crop of that detail, rather than the whole image. As others have said, the forum is not a gallery. Check the link I'm including for an EXCELLENT free utility called JPG Cleaner. It removes most of the "background noise" data from .jpeg files that programs like Photoshop tend to automatically generate. And if you have Photoshop, use the "Save for Web" function for filesize control. I always use that function for gallery thumbnails, followed by a JPG Cleaner clean-up to remove the remaining unnecessary 35kb that Photoshop still includes.
This shouldn't have to be said, but we owe Renderosity gratitude for these forums and for hosting our images in the galleries. The incessant attacks on site policies in recent weeks have, more often than not, ignored the fact that the site owners and admins don't owe us a darn thing, aside from common civility and decent customer service related to the marketplace. IMO we do get that, and a lot more as members.