Is it time to adjust the photo size limit on Pelican?

[LeeH]

Yeah, I know... more storage = more cost. However, anyone with a modern smartphone cannot directly upload a pic due to the 5mp limit... that was started many, many years ago when we were all carrying flip phones. Would be nice to just drop a photo in from my phone without having to resize it.

[Bugsinrugs]

I don’t even know how to resize pictures.

[Bill Douglas]

I don't have a smartphone so I don't know, but can't the settings be changed on the phone so all pic's are say 3mp?

[KFC911]

Agreed....I can't resize on my phone....so I don't even post cute puppy pics. That's just SO wrong

Bigger boobies too !

[HobieMarty]

You can download a “resizer” app on your phone if you want to resize pictures. I upload pictures on here from my phone and have never had to resize one.


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[KFC911]

Originally Posted by HobieMarty

You can download a “resizer” app on your phone if you want to resize pictures. I upload pictures on here from my phone and have never had to resize one.


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LOL ...

T-Rex

[id10t]

5mp is great for print, but for web it is way overkill. Not only that but full size 5mp images would stretch the screen, etc.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by id10t

5mp is great for print, but for web it is way overkill. Not only that but full size 5mp images would stretch the screen, etc.

Pelican re-sizes the photos automatically, so they do not store the large images. The issue is the forum software has an upload size limit. That size limit was built into the software from back before most cameras could do pictures this large. Raising the limit to 10MB will allow modern camera phone pictures to be uploaded.

The software should also be updated to allow other than jpg, gif and bmp files.

[KFC911]

But I gotta update my phone to do that too!

T-Rex Sr

[GH85Carrera]

One option, get the app, Tapatalk. It lets you upload a photo, and you can specify how big it is on screen. The bad news of that is the photo is not upload to Pelican, it goes to the Tapatalk site, and is deleted after a several months, so if you look at the thread a later, the image is gone and it is just a box where the photo was. The one good think about Tapatalk photos is it will not upload the photo sideways or upside down.

For most photos I prefer to use my computer anyway. Photos taken at your house will most likely have your Geo-location in the photo. So it is easy to figure out just where you were when the photo was taken. If you are out and about in a public place it does not matter. It you are shooting pictures of your gun collection or cars at home, it is not a good idea. Once the photo is on the net, it is in the wild and out there. Who knows what bad guy will get it.

I use a Windows 10 computer. It is easy to strip the photo location info.

Right click on the photo, and go to properties at the bottom of the list, look for Details tab at the top of the properties box, At the bottom of the window is a blue link "Remove Properties and Personal Information" so click that. That brings up yet another box. Just click the second of two choices, the Remove the following properties from the file. Now the easiest is hit select all, or you can scroll down You will find the GPS location, select those and click the OK button. The GPS info is deleted, but the camera exposure and other info is preserved.







It is fairly easy to find out the location of that photo of the 918 was a parking lot in Eureka Springs It was shot on 11/11/2017, it was shot with an iPhone 6S F/22 1/420th exposure, ISO 25, 29mm lens.

[gtc]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

It is fairly easy to find out the location of that photo of the 918 was a parking lot in Eureka Springs....

Great, now i know where to find that car so I can rip those stupid graphics off of it.

[svandamme]

just imgr upload if you want bigger pics and stuff

current limit is plenty big and still fits on screen, bigger won't fit no more and then it's annoying

[LeeH]

Originally Posted by svandamme

just imgr upload if you want bigger pics and stuff

current limit is plenty big and still fits on screen, bigger won't fit no more and then it's annoying

I would expect that the software would take any image size, adjust it to a reasonable resolution and size, then remove the original from storage.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by gtc

Great, now i know where to find that car so I can rip those stupid graphics off of it.

That one was factory delivered with that paint scheme. One of two like it.

[HobieMarty]

Oh well, my bad, I use Tapatalk to post pics on here. Ooops.


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[svandamme]

Originally Posted by LeeH

I would expect that the software would take any image size, adjust it to a reasonable resolution and size, then remove the original from storage.

That would be hugely wasteful on cpu and bandwith for the Pelican server.
Only way it makes sense if it happens on the uploaders side.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by svandamme

That would be hugely wasteful on cpu and bandwith for the Pelican server.
Only way it makes sense if it happens on the uploaders side.

BSheet ! I may pick you up as a hitchhiker but this old dawg would just "fix it"....sorta like Wayne would have done .

It's not a big deal, nor would it cost much....by comparison to folks like me saying....see ya !

[KFC911]

And furthermore....if I get stuck in desktop mode for the eleventieth dozen time on my damn phone...how can I post a pic of of the door hittin' my azz on the way out?

I demand a refund...or else !

[Por_sha911]

Oh gawd PLEASE NO.
We have one member that already posts pics so large you have to scroll into the next county to see it all.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by svandamme

That would be hugely wasteful on cpu and bandwidth for the Pelican server.
Only way it makes sense if it happens on the uploaders side.

It already happens. Any file uploaded is reduced by the server software.

Here is an example

4,858,444 bytes before, so I uploaded almost 5MB (4608 x 3456)

53,137 bytes after (800x600)