New Grower How to fix "turned" picture uploads

[Tetra9]

Pictures uploading sideways, upside down? If you re-size the images, they will load properly. When pics are sent thru email or taken with certain phones they need re-sized, re-saved, and re-uploaded. Re-sizing will lower the pixels, and they won't be rotated by AFN when uploaded. I don't know what the threshold is for pixels, but everytime I had this problem here, re-sizing the
images was the answer.

Happy growing! Hope this tip can be helpful and work for others like it did for me.

 

[Fishman]

Big +1 to you man for sticky- this works. I recommend MS paint @ 25% original size for modern gadget picture phones.

 

[Tetra9]

Big +1 to you man for sticky- this works. I recommend MS paint @ 25% original size for modern gadget picture phones.

Thank you and likewise! Microsoft Paint is very user friendly!

 

[Feenix]

Pictures uploading sideways, upside down? If you re-size the images, they will load properly. When pics are sent thru email or taken with certain phones they need re-sized, re-saved, and re-uploaded. Re-sizing will lower the pixels, and they won't be rotated by AFN when uploaded. I don't know what the threshold is for pixels, but everytime I had this problem here, re-sizing the
images was the answer.

Happy growing! Hope this tip can be helpful and work for others like it did for me.

Thanks for the tip. Sometimes that works. Sometimes you have to resize the canvas to fit the layers after turning. Also, sometimes programs add a one or two pixel border that busts the size limit unless you rescale the pic with it included. Finally, I've seen where the algorithm rounds up to the next pixel when turned, again busting limits causing it to revert back to original as default.

Different phones handle it differently so loading to a PC is always a good idea for consistent processing. MS Paint is a decent program but GIMP, an open source full blown suite similar to Corel Draw and Photoshop, is much more powerful as well as free and when you turn a pic it usually stays turned because you can see whats going on with every aspect of it.
It has an easily learned system.
It is also a good idea to avoid enlarging pics. There reaches a point where it starts showing distortions that can easily be mistaken for doctoring and nobody wants doubt cast on the authenticity of their pics.

AFNs max limit is 800 x 800 pixels.
:Sharing One: ( Let me know if the points don't arrive, when I clicked it got weird.)

 

[Tetra9]

How to fix "turned" picture uploads #2

Cameras can take very high resolution photographs, so it is always a good idea to down-size or “down-sample” those images, not only because most websites won’t accept large images, but also because making those images smaller makes them look better, at least when done correctly. Many websites won’t even let you upload high resolution photos, while others like Facebook down-size them automatically, lowering the resolution and quality of the photographs. Because this automated photo reduction process is often not optimized for best quality, it can make your photo appear soft and might even result in loss of colors, turning, or inverting. Using a photo editor - type the target pixel size in the “Width” input with “pixels” selected next to it. As you type the width, you will see that the height will automatically adjust to a smaller number. Or as mentioned by fisherman, you can re-size by an overall percentage. Despite editing being temporary until saved, it's always better to start low. In this case not, enough is better than too much!
The final step is to extract the image for the web. Do not simply use the “Save” function – it will create a huge file that is not appropriate for the web. Instead, go to "Save as". I personally would save it as a jpeg image for maximum functionality.

Here is a more detailed link and the source for this info - full of technical jargon and useful information.
https://photographylife.com/how-to-properly-resize-images-in-photoshop

 

[Tetra9]

Very good and very true ! Definitely worth mentioning and so helpful, especially in regards to the bordering and rounding up, and AFN's pixel limit ! Thank you for adding so much to the thread :Sharing One:and the REP slap ! :Cool bud:

 

[Feenix]

Cameras can take very high resolution photographs, so it is always a good idea to down-size or “down-sample” those images, not only because most websites won’t accept large images, but also because making those images smaller makes them look better, at least when done correctly. Many websites won’t even let you upload high resolution photos, while others like Facebook down-size them automatically, lowering the resolution and quality of the photographs. Because this automated photo reduction process is often not optimized for best quality, it can make your photo appear soft and might even result in loss of colors, turning, or inverting. Using a photo editor - type the target pixel size in the “Width” input with “pixels” selected next to it. As you type the width, you will see that the height will automatically adjust to a smaller number. Or as mentioned by fisherman, you can re-size by an overall percentage. Despite editing being temporary until saved, it's always better to start low. In this case not, enough is better than too much!
The final step is to extract the image for the web. Do not simply use the “Save” function – it will create a huge file that is not appropriate for the web. Instead, go to "Save as". I personally would save it as a jpeg image for maximum functionality.

Here is a more detailed link and the source for this info - full of technical jargon and useful information.
https://photographylife.com/how-to-properly-resize-images-in-photoshop

Excellent Tetra9, Also look for the term "Export" and "Export as" usually reserved for JPEGs and PNGs. It may include "Overwrite image".

While we are at it we may as well touch on the next step before upload. Metadata stripping which removes all location and EXIF files. There are several programs. I prefer Batch Purifier lite which is a free version limited to JPEGs. It handles batch processing and is lightning fast.