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| | | Author: | crepundi  | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2022 05:39 | | Subject: | Need help with image for new item | | Viewed: | 92 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hello,
I am trying to add a new part to the catalog. I comes from set 8868 and I already
filled in the add item form, but now I have problems to upload the image. It
is too large. I used to do these things on a window computer, but that is momentarily
in hospital, and the Mac I'm using now seems to work totally different than
it is described on all help pages. So this is the image I'd like to upload.
The new part number is 4694c01pb04.
Thanks for any help!
Gisela
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| | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2022 06:00 | | Subject: | Re: Need help with image for new item | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, crepundi writes:
| | Hello,
I am trying to add a new part to the catalog. I comes from set 8868 and I already
filled in the add item form, but now I have problems to upload the image. It
is too large. I used to do these things on a window computer, but that is momentarily
in hospital, and the Mac I'm using now seems to work totally different than
it is described on all help pages. So this is the image I'd like to upload.
The new part number is 4694c01pb04.
Thanks for any help!
Gisela
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The Forum reduces the size of images posted here. Usually saving a copy of the
image in your post and uploading it will do the trick. Your image was still too
tall however. Let’s see if this cropped version will work…
Jen
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| | | | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2022 06:02 | | Subject: | Re: Need help with image for new item | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
| | In Catalog, crepundi writes:
| | Hello,
I am trying to add a new part to the catalog. I comes from set 8868 and I already
filled in the add item form, but now I have problems to upload the image. It
is too large. I used to do these things on a window computer, but that is momentarily
in hospital, and the Mac I'm using now seems to work totally different than
it is described on all help pages. So this is the image I'd like to upload.
The new part number is 4694c01pb04.
Thanks for any help!
Gisela
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The Forum reduces the size of images posted here. Usually saving a copy of the
image in your post and uploading it will do the trick. Your image was still too
tall however. Let’s see if this cropped version will work…
Jen
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Yep! Click and save the image from my post and use that one on the Add Image
form.
Let me know if you have any trouble with it,
Jen
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2022 06:16 | | Subject: | Re: Need help with image for new item | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
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| | The Forum reduces the size of images posted here. Usually saving a copy of the
image in your post and uploading it will do the trick. Your image was still too
tall however. Let’s see if this cropped version will work…
Jen
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Yep! Click and save the image from my post and use that one on the Add Image
form.
Let me know if you have any trouble with it,
Jen
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The forum reduces the width to 640 pixels (and the height proportionally, but
without limit).
Isn’t that small for catalogue images?
Anyway, better use specialized tools for that, and start with the best quality
you have because each time you manipulate the image, it degrades, especially
with formats like JPEG¹.
There’s simple online tools / websites if you don’t want to install more complicated
tools on your computer.
Just search for “reduce image size” or “resize image” (in your preferred language)
and you’ll find a lot to choose from.
(¹ Technical bit: JPEG uses a compression algorithm that loses information.
The number of colours is reduced (near enough is good enough) and creates mosaic
effects and blurring. Better use lossless formats like 16bits PNG for intermediary
images.)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2022 06:23 | | Subject: | Re: Need help with image for new item | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
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| | The Forum reduces the size of images posted here. Usually saving a copy of the
image in your post and uploading it will do the trick. Your image was still too
tall however. Let’s see if this cropped version will work…
Jen
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Yep! Click and save the image from my post and use that one on the Add Image
form.
Let me know if you have any trouble with it,
Jen
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The forum reduces the width to 640 pixels (and the height proportionally, but
without limit).
Isn’t that small for catalogue images?
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800x600 is the limit for parts.
Loss of quality is unlikely to matter at this size.
Lots of programs can reduce or change image size but they are often very confusing
to learn… hence the Forum shortcut is useful for the non-tech savvy. 
Jen
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Anyway, better use specialized tools for that, and start with the best quality
you have because each time you manipulate the image, it degrades, especially
with formats like JPEG¹.
There’s simple online tools / websites if you don’t want to install more complicated
tools on your computer.
Just search for “reduce image size” or “resize image” (in your preferred language)
and you’ll find a lot to choose from.
(¹ Technical bit: JPEG uses a compression algorithm that loses information.
The number of colours is reduced (near enough is good enough) and creates mosaic
effects and blurring. Better use lossless formats like 16bits PNG for intermediary
images.)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2022 06:29 | | Subject: | Re: Need help with image for new item | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
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| | The forum reduces the width to 640 pixels (and the height proportionally, but
without limit).
Isn’t that small for catalogue images?
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800x600 is the limit for parts.
Loss of quality is unlikely to matter at this size.
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Au contraire, the smaller the image, the more you zoom to see it, and the more
you see the defaults 
Besides, it’s a shame to take time to take a good photo and ruin it with a low-quality
reducer like the forum.
| | Lots of programs can reduce or change image size but they are often very confusing
to learn… hence the Forum shortcut is useful for the non-tech savvy.
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Yes, well, posting on the forum then opening the message then right-click / save-as…
is not that much simpler than opening a website, droping the image in it and
getting back the reduced version
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| | | | | Author: | crepundi | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2022 07:29 | | Subject: | Re: Need help with image for new item | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| Thanks to all!
I took the easy way now and copied it from the forum post. Hopefully my other
computer will recover soon.
Gisela
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