why all of a sudden the forum cannot handle a single normal i-phone 16 picture file size?

[Mike Lavigne]

pain in the *ss with my lame techie skills to somehow crop the picture.

seems like a pretty basic capability we ought to be able to do.

did something change?.....or am i the problem? if so, coach me up. thanks.

 

[Audiocrack]

pain in the *ss with my lame techie skills to somehow crop the picture.

seems like a pretty basic capability we ought to be able to do.

did something change?.....or am i the problem? if so, coach me up. thanks.

I experience the same issue with pictures taken with my Iphone: I cannot upload these since a few months or so.

 

[djsina2]

I posted a picture yesterday with this size. If you click on the “circled i” information icon what does it say for your picture?

 

[treitz3]

Hello, gentlemen. I do know that there is a file size restriction on photos. Steve could tell you the exact dimensions.

I have found this to be the case on many forums. It's either size, of file extensions not accepted....whatever the case may be, I have found a workaround that works on all forums so far. I use Microsoft One Note for a plethora of things (If you don't have it, you will need to download it ), and I simply copy the photo, put it anywhere on One Note and paste it. Then copy it from One Note and paste on the post you are trying to put it on.

You can mark it up, crop the photo if you so choose using "snip", highlight something, draw, rotate the image, whatever. FWIW.

So far, I have never ran into any issues with posting a photo this way on any forum. Whether it be extension or file size restrictions. Yeah, it's 4 extra clicks (unless you alter the image or mark on it ) but it works. I know some folks don't want to do any of this and I'm cool with that. I am simply sharing a workaround that I have found to work for me 100% of the time. That said, it's easier if cropping or altering the image on a laptop versus trying to do this on my phone (easy, if it's just a copy/paste, copy paste scenario ).

For those that don't want to use One Note, there are other apps that may work just as good. This one works for me, so I haven't researched into any other alternatives.

Tom

 

[Mike Lavigne]

i went to my i-phone 16 Pro 'settings' -> 'camera' -> 'formats' -> and switched it from 24mp to 12mp for web uploads.

for file size it said that @ 24mp = 3MB......and @ 12MP = 2MB.

we will see next time how that goes.

 

[dminches]

Some websites will do the work to compress the image to the acceptable size.

 

[Steve Williams]

The file size is often too large and sometimes needs to be cropped.I have had the same issue myself. The heif format usually is too large and the simple work around that always works for me is to save the photo from iphone to your photo library and then upload it to your post from your photo library. That works 100% of the time . Once the file was too large and I had to crop it from my library before uploading to the post . BTW I use the "attach files" button to upload . You can also use the "insert image icon"at the top with a drag and drop

 

[Mike Lavigne]

The file size is often too large and sometimes needs to be cropped.I have had the same issue myself. The heif format usually is too large and the simple work around that always works for me is to save the photo from iphone to your photo library and then upload it to your post from your photo library. That works 100% of the time .

that is how i was doing it for my i-phone 16 Pro. i was then going to the post and using 'attach files' as you describe. and the files were too big 4 out of 5 times. a few times i retook the picture; still too large. so i banged on it until i was able to crop it enough to fit.

not sure at what point i-phones went from 18mp max resolution to 24mp resolution. previous to my 16 Pro i had a 13 Pro and never had an issue.

Once the file was too large and I had to crop it from my library before uploading to the post . BTW I use the "attach files" button to upload .

how i was doing it.

You can also use the "insert image icon"at the top with a drag and drop

i expect it to be fine now as i've reduced my files size from 3MB to 2MB by going from 24mp to 12mp files. have to switch back and forth for that as i do enjoy the higher resolution for blowing the pictures up.

 

[djsina2]

You can also leave it set to 24mp and just toggle the format to 1:1 then it’ll work like the one I posted.

 

[QuadDiffuser]

It seems WBF does not like uploads of file sizes larger than 3.0MB. C'mon, were now in the year 2025, not 1999. Why can't the system handle such modestly-sized files which (in today's world of modern smart phones) are now quite standard?

 

[Kingrex]

I have never posted a video for similar reasons. I have not spent the time to figure out how to load video to youtube, then post links. I guess I have saved the Anti Video clan from forum spam.

 

[admin1959]

You need to put your video on YouTube first, then post the link. It will view inside the forum page.

There has to be a file size limit, it is 2000px wide or high max. Google / Youtube ect have unlimited web space, forums are run on tiny budgets and have to work with realistic limits. TBH an image 2000px wide is about the size of a HQ screen anyway, no advantage to try to host files any bigger.

 

[Another Johnson]

My approach is to take the picture based on my non-forum goals. Then if I want to post it, I email it to myself, choosing small, medium, large, or original file size as offered by the Apple mail program.

Usually medium is still under the forum size limit. I then save the mailed image to photos and upload from there.

The alternative is to take a new image using the forum’s file attachment option. These are always within the forum’s acceptable size guidelines.

There are several image upload situations across the internet where a 3+ MB file won’t be accepted.

 

[Al M.]

It seems WBF does not like uploads of file sizes larger than 3.0MB. C'mon, were now in the year 2025, not 1999. Why can't the system handle such modestly-sized files which (in today's world of modern smart phones) are now quite standard?

It's really no big deal, and a lot of photos on WBF quickly would add up to huge data sizes when leaving uncompressed. In my Samsung phone I go to the edit button, then click in the upper right corner on "resize", I choose "40% size" and hit "save". Done. Once you get the hang of it, it takes a few seconds. You can also "save as copy" if you want to keep the original, as I usually do.

Yet even when zooming in on the photo, I rarely experience a loss of resolution on the resized photo (it usually goes from about 3 MB to about 1 MB). In my experience it is more important to have greater resolution (file size) when taking the picture. Reducing the file size afterwards is less of an issue. I guess it also depends on how the file reduction is done. The above process works very well.

 

[admin1959]

It is not the file size, it is the pixel size, so 2000px wide max. And save it out as a jpg for images, or gif for line drawings or diagrams.

 

[Al M.]

It is not the file size, it is the pixel size, so 2000px wide max. And save it out as a jpg for images, or gif for line drawings or diagrams.

Upon file size (or picture size) reduction on my phone to 40%, pixel size goes from 4000x3000 to 1600x1200.

 

[admin1959]

Upon file size (or picture size) reduction on my phone to 40%, pixel size goes from 4000x3000 to 1600x1200.

That is fine. There is free software that resizes images. On a Mac it is Preview, and on Windows Photos App.

 

[wil]

My approach is to take the picture based on my non-forum goals. Then if I want to post it, I email it to myself, choosing small, medium, large, or original file size as offered by the Apple mail program.

Usually medium is still under the forum size limit. I then save the mailed image to photos and upload from there.

The alternative is to take a new image using the forum’s file attachment option. These are always within the forum’s acceptable size guidelines.

There are several image upload situations across the internet where a 3+ MB file won’t be accepted.

This is the way I suggest doing it also.

If you think about it, it’s really ridiculous to send 2 MB or 3 MB files to a formum server. Those large file sizes are grossly too large for what’s needed on an Internet forum. They should be sized well under a megabyte for sure.

 

[Al M.]

This is the way I suggest doing it also.

If you think about it, it’s really ridiculous to send 2 MB or 3 MB files to a formum server. Those large file sizes are grossly too large for what’s needed on an Internet forum. They should be sized well under a megabyte for sure.

Agreed. A lazy waste of storage space is pointless.

 

[admin1959]

The best size is 2000px wide if you wanted the images to look best on a computer. A phone is no point I agree.

The gallery feature in posts pops up to full screen size, so an image at 2000px wide will look best.