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Error trying to post picture

Post by -Q- » December 23rd, 2013, 12:04 pm

Hi All,

I have never tried to post a picture on this site before, but am trying now.

When I click Browe, then Add the File, I get the following error message...
"413 Request Entity Too Large"

The pic is around 4MB or so.

How can I make the picture smaller to add it to a post??
I tried compressing it to a zip file, but that didn't work.

Thanks

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Re: Error trying to post picture

Post by BrianEdwards » December 23rd, 2013, 12:20 pm

If you open 'paint' in windows, open your picture with it, go to resize and shrink it, then save. I don't know what the biggest allowable file size is on PH's tho.
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Re: Error trying to post picture

Post by retired jerry » December 23rd, 2013, 12:30 pm

1MB?

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Re: Error trying to post picture

Post by RobFromRedland » December 23rd, 2013, 1:11 pm

I use a free program called Irfanview - makes it really easy to resize photos. you can do one at a time or in batch.

To resize the photo, you open the photo, choose Image/Resize/Resample and then choose whatever size you want. For posting on most places, 800x600 or 1024x768 is a good standard size. If you choose the "Preserve Aspect Ratio" option, it will resize and keep the proper proportions.

http://www.irfanview.com/
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Re: Error trying to post picture

Post by -Q- » December 23rd, 2013, 1:42 pm

Excellent, thanks so much for the tips.
Got it all figured out now :P

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Re: Error trying to post picture

Post by kepPNW » December 23rd, 2013, 2:07 pm

Another free one I recommend to anyone with a camera using Windows...

FastStone Image Viewer (a name which grossly understates its capabilities!)
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
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Re: Error trying to post picture

Post by Martell » December 24th, 2013, 1:14 am

Another option, if you like doing things online: http://www.picresize.com/
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Re: Error trying to post picture

Post by Helen » March 22nd, 2014, 11:05 am

RobFromRedland, thank you so much!!!

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