Reducing File Size / Sharing Photos / Album Help

Greetings!
I have taken a series of photos of a local street that is in a bad state of
repair. I plan on sharing these photos with the city street department and
certain city officials in an attempt to bring about the much-needed repair.
At this time the 60 photos total about 100 MB, running from 698 KB to 2.6 MB
in size. All are Exif-JPEG @ 1984 x 1488.
I would like to put these into a public, online album, and share them with
an email link.
Questions:
1. Where can I find free, online, shareable storage that will allow me to
upload 60 MB worth of photos?
2. What is the best way to reduce the file size of the photos without
losing the clarity? Will the details of the street's condition be lost if I
re-save the photos in a lesser resolution? If I do re-save the photos to a
different resolution, what is recommended?
3. Are there any other items I need to be aware in sharing these photos?
4. I am considering putting copyright marks on each photo. How is this
best accomplished?

Any / all suggestions are appreciated!

TIA!

-- Dave

Dave wrote:
Greetings!
I have taken a series of photos of a local street that is in a bad state of
repair. I plan on sharing these photos with the city street department and
certain city officials in an attempt to bring about the much-needed repair.
At this time the 60 photos total about 100 MB, running from 698 KB to 2.6 MB
in size. All are Exif-JPEG @ 1984 x 1488.
I would like to put these into a public, online album, and share them with
an email link.
Questions:
1. Where can I find free, online, shareable storage that will allow me to
upload 60 MB worth of photos?
2. What is the best way to reduce the file size of the photos without
losing the clarity? Will the details of the street's condition be lost if I
re-save the photos in a lesser resolution? If I do re-save the photos to a
different resolution, what is recommended?
3. Are there any other items I need to be aware in sharing these photos?
4. I am considering putting copyright marks on each photo. How is this
best accomplished?

Any / all suggestions are appreciated!

TIA!

-- Dave



It's not free, but the cost is trivial to open an account with Fototime
or any of a half dozen other picture sharing websites.
There are actually a few free sites but they make the viewer watch
pop-up ads :-( (No free lunch).
You can leave the images at high resolution to preserve detail because
Fototime allows the viewer to look at the pictures at several different
resolutions from thumbnails to full size.
see: http://www.fototime.com for details
Bob Williams

Hi Dave,

Best would be to resize them for web use, before uploading them.
Photos resized to about 800x600 should take about 100K each. You can
do this through various batch processing tools - you can find free ones
at http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware. Some packages such as paint shop
pro and photoshop have batch processing as well, if you have those.

Regards,
Julian
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Dave wrote:
Greetings!
I have taken a series of photos of a local street that is in a bad
state of
repair. I plan on sharing these photos with the city street
department and
certain city officials in an attempt to bring about the much-needed
repair.
At this time the 60 photos total about 100 MB, running from 698 KB to
2.6 MB
in size. All are Exif-JPEG @ 1984 x 1488.
I would like to put these into a public, online album, and share them
with
an email link.
Questions:
1. Where can I find free, online, shareable storage that will allow
me to
upload 60 MB worth of photos?
2. What is the best way to reduce the file size of the photos
without
losing the clarity? Will the details of the street's condition be
lost if I
re-save the photos in a lesser resolution? If I do re-save the
photos to a
different resolution, what is recommended?
3. Are there any other items I need to be aware in sharing these
photos?
4. I am considering putting copyright marks on each photo. How is
this
best accomplished?

Any / all suggestions are appreciated!

TIA!

-- Dave

Hi Dave,

Best would be to resize them for web use, before uploading them.
Photos resized to about 800x600 should take about 100K each. You can
do this through various batch processing tools - you can find free ones
at http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware. Some packages such as paint shop
pro and photoshop have batch processing as well, if you have those.

Regards,
Julian
-------
Shuttertalk Forums Member
http://www.shuttertalk.com
Show off your photos here!

Dave wrote:
Greetings!
I have taken a series of photos of a local street that is in a bad
state of
repair. I plan on sharing these photos with the city street
department and
certain city officials in an attempt to bring about the much-needed
repair.
At this time the 60 photos total about 100 MB, running from 698 KB to
2.6 MB
in size. All are Exif-JPEG @ 1984 x 1488.
I would like to put these into a public, online album, and share them
with
an email link.
Questions:
1. Where can I find free, online, shareable storage that will allow
me to
upload 60 MB worth of photos?
2. What is the best way to reduce the file size of the photos
without
losing the clarity? Will the details of the street's condition be
lost if I
re-save the photos in a lesser resolution? If I do re-save the
photos to a
different resolution, what is recommended?
3. Are there any other items I need to be aware in sharing these
photos?
4. I am considering putting copyright marks on each photo. How is
this
best accomplished?

Any / all suggestions are appreciated!

TIA!

-- Dave

"Dave" wrote
Greetings!
I have taken a series of photos of a local street that is in a bad state
of
repair. I plan on sharing these photos with the city street department
and
certain city officials in an attempt to bring about the much-needed
repair.
At this time the 60 photos total about 100 MB, running from 698 KB to 2.6
MB
in size. All are Exif-JPEG @ 1984 x 1488.
I would like to put these into a public, online album, and share them with
an email link.
Questions:
1. Where can I find free, online, shareable storage that will allow me to
upload 60 MB worth of photos?
2. What is the best way to reduce the file size of the photos without
losing the clarity? Will the details of the street's condition be lost if
I
re-save the photos in a lesser resolution? If I do re-save the photos to
a
different resolution, what is recommended?
3. Are there any other items I need to be aware in sharing these photos?
4. I am considering putting copyright marks on each photo. How is this
best accomplished?

Any / all suggestions are appreciated!

I think if you take that approach, the city engineering department will
simply brush you off as a trouble-maker/lunatic. If someone asked me to look
through 60 photos on-line, I'd simply say, "Thank you, we'll look into it,"
and get on with doing something else.

If you expect them to look at your pictures, cut it down to 3 or 4 photos.
If you can't show the road problems in that many pictures, I'd say the road
doesn't need repair.

"Dave" wrote
Greetings!
I have taken a series of photos of a local street that is in a bad state
of
repair. I plan on sharing these photos with the city street department
and
certain city officials in an attempt to bring about the much-needed
repair.
At this time the 60 photos total about 100 MB, running from 698 KB to 2.6
MB
in size. All are Exif-JPEG @ 1984 x 1488.
I would like to put these into a public, online album, and share them with
an email link.
Questions:
1. Where can I find free, online, shareable storage that will allow me to
upload 60 MB worth of photos?
2. What is the best way to reduce the file size of the photos without
losing the clarity? Will the details of the street's condition be lost if
I
re-save the photos in a lesser resolution? If I do re-save the photos to
a
different resolution, what is recommended?
3. Are there any other items I need to be aware in sharing these photos?
4. I am considering putting copyright marks on each photo. How is this
best accomplished?

Any / all suggestions are appreciated!

I think if you take that approach, the city engineering department will
simply brush you off as a trouble-maker/lunatic. If someone asked me to look
through 60 photos on-line, I'd simply say, "Thank you, we'll look into it,"
and get on with doing something else.

If you expect them to look at your pictures, cut it down to 3 or 4 photos.
If you can't show the road problems in that many pictures, I'd say the road
doesn't need repair.

Julian Tan wrote:
Hi Dave,

Best would be to resize them for web use, before uploading them.
Photos resized to about 800x600 should take about 100K each. You can
do this through various batch processing tools - you can find free ones
at http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware. Some packages such as paint shop
pro and photoshop have batch processing as well, if you have those.

Regards,
Julian
-------
Shuttertalk Forums Member
http://www.shuttertalk.com
Show off your photos here!

Dave wrote:

Greetings!
I have taken a series of photos of a local street that is in a bad

state of

repair. I plan on sharing these photos with the city street

department and

certain city officials in an attempt to bring about the much-needed

repair.

At this time the 60 photos total about 100 MB, running from 698 KB to

2.6 MB

in size. All are Exif-JPEG @ 1984 x 1488.
I would like to put these into a public, online album, and share them

with

an email link.
Questions:
1. Where can I find free, online, shareable storage that will allow

me to

upload 60 MB worth of photos?
2. What is the best way to reduce the file size of the photos

without

losing the clarity? Will the details of the street's condition be

lost if I

re-save the photos in a lesser resolution? If I do re-save the

photos to a

different resolution, what is recommended?
3. Are there any other items I need to be aware in sharing these

photos?

4. I am considering putting copyright marks on each photo. How is

this

best accomplished?

Any / all suggestions are appreciated!

TIA!

-- Dave


WindowsXP will do this resizing for you and reduce the file size well
below 100k. Of course if the person you send the picture to wants to
print it at 8x10, you may have to send it in the full size format.

Julian Tan wrote:
Hi Dave,

Best would be to resize them for web use, before uploading them.
Photos resized to about 800x600 should take about 100K each. You can
do this through various batch processing tools - you can find free ones
at http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware. Some packages such as paint shop
pro and photoshop have batch processing as well, if you have those.

Regards,
Julian
-------
Shuttertalk Forums Member
http://www.shuttertalk.com
Show off your photos here!

Dave wrote:

Greetings!
I have taken a series of photos of a local street that is in a bad

state of

repair. I plan on sharing these photos with the city street

department and

certain city officials in an attempt to bring about the much-needed

repair.

At this time the 60 photos total about 100 MB, running from 698 KB to

2.6 MB

in size. All are Exif-JPEG @ 1984 x 1488.
I would like to put these into a public, online album, and share them

with

an email link.
Questions:
1. Where can I find free, online, shareable storage that will allow

me to

upload 60 MB worth of photos?
2. What is the best way to reduce the file size of the photos

without

losing the clarity? Will the details of the street's condition be

lost if I

re-save the photos in a lesser resolution? If I do re-save the

photos to a

different resolution, what is recommended?
3. Are there any other items I need to be aware in sharing these

photos?

4. I am considering putting copyright marks on each photo. How is

this

best accomplished?

Any / all suggestions are appreciated!

TIA!

-- Dave


WindowsXP will do this resizing for you and reduce the file size well
below 100k. Of course if the person you send the picture to wants to
print it at 8x10, you may have to send it in the full size format.

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:00:15 -0700, "Dave" wrote:

4. I am considering putting copyright marks on each photo. How is this
best accomplished?

Why?

Do you really want to imply that you're restricting what your
audience can do with the images? Are the pictures such high art that
someone would consider stealing them and making their own fortune off
them?

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:00:15 -0700, Dave wrote:

2. What is the best way to reduce the file size of the photos without
losing the clarity?

JpegSizer resharpens photos after resizing, so it will do an excellent job
of preserving keeping your image quality. It also handles large batches of
images really well. See link below.

It's free to try for 30 days, and I'm sure you can work fast enough to
avoid paying a dime!

Peter

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