<VV> Fw: To post pictures ? Try again with tiny 16K pic

[Charles Lee]

Most pix can be rendered smaller than cameras take them, and simply opening 
them in MS Paint "resizing" (25%) and cropping them and then "Save as" the 
same  name on your computer will cut them down by 90%, and they are still 
viewable.

The real problem is that even a tiny (and even a small image is NOT tiny 
enough) attachment is probably delayed for a few hours to be reviewed by VV. 
The entire message is delayed, not just the attachment, causing the sender 
to think it got lost or something, and sending it again, and again.

Re: image size :

For most (but not all) colour imaging systems, including digital cameras 
there are 24 bits in a pixel, and one-third of a pixel in a byte.

However, most cameras (and scanners) can compress the image so that the 2 
megapixel image, that would normally take 6 MB (or 6000 KB), is reduced in 
size to about 1 or 2 MB (in 'superfine' mode), or less if you set your 
camera to a lower resolution.

Lower resolutions may cause pixilation, or fuzziness, but most compression 
schemes are excellent and the loss is negligible.

Here's a link to describe it pretty well :
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2001-12/1008024806.Eg.r.html

Charlie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Pleau" <dpleau at wavecable.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Fw: To post pictures ? Try again with tiny 16K pic


> 512KB is a 2 megapixel picture.  Why would anyone want to send anything
> larger?
>
> dp
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Tony Underwood
> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 8:48 AM
>
> <snip>
>
>
> What is the exact reason that VV doesn't allow photos large enough to
> be usefully viewed?  Is it the problems with malignant attachments
> (viri, trojans, etc)?   These days it's pretty hard to get most stuff
> like this past many ISP's mail handlers...
>
> <snip>
>
>
> tony..
>
>
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