Uploading photos (from an iPad)
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 7:05 pm
Here’s how I do it (other methods are available). And as ever, the photos in the thread are only actually (quite large) thumbnails of the actual uploads. Clicking/tapping on the thumbnail will open the photo full res, in a new window. Useful if you actually want to read what’s in the circled portions below!
This platform will only accept images under 1MB in size. If you attempt to load anything larger, it will tell you that the image is uploading and then present you with a large box, simply saying “Error”!
And every camera since your 1990’s potato-phone takes images of far larger than that. So you need to resize your photo to under 1MB. This is pretty easy to do, using a free App. I downloaded “Image Size” from the Apple App Store:
It’s best to resize your photo BEFORE you try to upload it. Firstly open the Image Size app. You may have to endure 10 seconds of ads when you open it, and between each successive resize. But I only ever use this app for resizing images for this forum, so it’s no big deal!
When you’ve opened the app, click on the stack of photos, top left (circle #1). This will open your iPads photo album in a pop-up window. Select the image that you want to resize for the forum:
The app offers you several different ways to define HOW you want the image resized. I choose to limit the pixel count (circle #2). Notice that in the image above, I’ve told the app to limit the resize to less than, or equal to, 3000 pixels (circle #3). This has resulted in the app wanting to UPSIZE the file (my cottage, being rethatched!) from 1.65MB to 2.21MB (circle #4). This is obviously no good!
So now I will alter the max pixel limit (#2) so that the output (#4) is less than 1MB:
This usually requires the pixel limit to be around the 2000 count, but with this wide-angle shot, it’s quite a bit less. Setting the limit to 1550 pixels has resulted in a file size of 940kB. That’s small enough to upload, so save the resized image to your iPads photo album by tapping the “save” button, bottom left of the app’s window.
The original image is still in its original place in your album, at full size. The resized image is stored as the latest new image in your album.
This platform will only accept images under 1MB in size. If you attempt to load anything larger, it will tell you that the image is uploading and then present you with a large box, simply saying “Error”!
And every camera since your 1990’s potato-phone takes images of far larger than that. So you need to resize your photo to under 1MB. This is pretty easy to do, using a free App. I downloaded “Image Size” from the Apple App Store:
It’s best to resize your photo BEFORE you try to upload it. Firstly open the Image Size app. You may have to endure 10 seconds of ads when you open it, and between each successive resize. But I only ever use this app for resizing images for this forum, so it’s no big deal!
When you’ve opened the app, click on the stack of photos, top left (circle #1). This will open your iPads photo album in a pop-up window. Select the image that you want to resize for the forum:
The app offers you several different ways to define HOW you want the image resized. I choose to limit the pixel count (circle #2). Notice that in the image above, I’ve told the app to limit the resize to less than, or equal to, 3000 pixels (circle #3). This has resulted in the app wanting to UPSIZE the file (my cottage, being rethatched!) from 1.65MB to 2.21MB (circle #4). This is obviously no good!
So now I will alter the max pixel limit (#2) so that the output (#4) is less than 1MB:
This usually requires the pixel limit to be around the 2000 count, but with this wide-angle shot, it’s quite a bit less. Setting the limit to 1550 pixels has resulted in a file size of 940kB. That’s small enough to upload, so save the resized image to your iPads photo album by tapping the “save” button, bottom left of the app’s window.
The original image is still in its original place in your album, at full size. The resized image is stored as the latest new image in your album.