Resizing pictures..

[Joel J]

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

Anybody see any issues with me going through and resizing all of the images in the gallery to a maximum of 1024x768? I'd also put something in the upload script to resize them on upload, as well.

Just wanted to get other opinions before I went ahead and did that.

I also thought about just resizing the pictures via html, based on a personal setting. You could choose 'I want all pictures to be a maxmium of ___ x ___ and the page would resize accordingly. Not sure if that is any better than just resizing them all to one set size.

I'd like to to get some opinions before I do anything..

This is quite a dilemma. Are the images being resized in order for them to take less time to download for users on dialup, or are they being resized in order to allow users with varying screen sizes and resolutions to view more of the full image on their screen? If the latter is true, then a simple HTML reduction may be more fitting (yes, the images will look a bit weird, and the user will still have to download the full-sized image, but they would also be able to turn off, lower, or raise the sizing limits on demand). If the prior is true, then go with an actual cap on the max size of the image (1280x1024, though?), or, just combine the two ideas: cap the maximum dimensions of the image, then allow the user to resize that new image to his liking. Just running an image through the processor, without even changing the dimensions usually results in a much smaller image than you started with, right?