jplomley Posted November 16, 2022 Share #1 Posted November 16, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Dear Forum Members, Any feedback most welcomed on a perplexing issue. I export my images from LR as per the required image dimensions and file size (2480 on longest side and 2 MB or less). Sometimes the images upload successfully, and other times an image just flat out refuses to upload, despite meeting all requirements. Extremely frustrating. Anyone else experience this and find the work-around? Note I am not new to this and used to post here extremely frequently but took a long hiatus. I'm eager to participate more frequently, but don't ever remember uploading being an issue five or so years ago. Cheers for any advice that might be provided, Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LocalHero1953 Posted November 16, 2022 Share #2 Posted November 16, 2022 You're doing exactly what I do, though I limit the long edge to 2000. Are uploading just one image at a time? Do you get an error message, or is it just that nothing happens? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplomley Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted November 16, 2022 Hi Paul, I get an error message that Upload has Failed! Only uploading one image at a time, I'm rather methodical in that manner 🙂 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplomley Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted November 16, 2022 Thanks Al. Would you have a recommendation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitz Posted November 16, 2022 Share #5 Posted November 16, 2022 Here is what Jaap wrote in a previous posting. "In Photoshop, flatten your image, set Mode to RGB, resize to 2480 pixels [on the long side], sharpen if needed, edit - convert to profile sRGB and save as jpg and adjust compression ("quality" - mostly 10 or 11)." I understand the maximum image size to be .49 mb. I also believe the maximum message to be 1 mb for non-sponsoring members and 2 mb for sponsoring members. I follow this to the letter and have never had an upload failure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted November 16, 2022 Share #6 Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Al Brown said: You need to upload smaller images. You wrote 2480, I think it must be max 2048 (or was it just a typo?). But do try to upload 1800 or 1500 on the wider side, many of us here do. The official forum guidance is 2480 with no limit on MB[EDIT]. Quote How to upload images: Prepare the image as follows: 1. The image should be sRGB and 8-bits 2. Reduce the size to 2480 pixels on the longest side. (smaller sizes can be set, but are not recommended) 3. Sharpen properly for screen. 4. Save as JPG to your desktop... Edit. I have just found the FULL original guidance: https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/303026-leica-q2-images-post-them-here/?do=findComment&comment=3974391 ...which gives a limit of 2Mb for non paying members and 5Mb for paying members. Edited November 16, 2022 by LocalHero1953 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2022 Share #7 Posted November 16, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 3 minutes ago, LocalHero1953 said: The official forum guidance is 2480 with no limit on MB. "Max file size: 2.44MB" Might be different for a Premium Member. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplomley Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted November 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, LocalHero1953 said: The official forum guidance is 2480 with no limit on MB[EDIT]. Edit. I have just found the FULL original guidance: https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/303026-leica-q2-images-post-them-here/?do=findComment&comment=3974391 ...which gives a limit of 2Mb for non paying members and 5Mb for paying members. Exactly what I have been following.2 MB, 2480 on the long side. Its hit and miss, mostly miss!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted November 16, 2022 Share #9 Posted November 16, 2022 I'm puzzled, then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted November 16, 2022 Share #10 Posted November 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, jplomley said: Exactly what I have been following.2 MB, 2480 on the long side. Its hit and miss, mostly miss!!!! Then you've probably seen this thread? Some similar issues towards the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplomley Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share #11 Posted November 16, 2022 Yup, saw that. I've tried smaller files (in pixels and MB) and it makes no difference. There is something fundamentally wrong with the Upload function of this website to be so erratic. Too bad, because really wanted to participate, but with it being this much of a headache, not really worth it. Thanks to all that tried to help out, much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted November 17, 2022 Share #12 Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) I always thought 2480 was a typo and it should be 2048. Many web sites can accommodate larger images nowadays like Flickr can, but the old limit on Flickr was 2048 on the longest edge because that was the norm. Edited November 17, 2022 by 250swb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted November 17, 2022 Share #13 Posted November 17, 2022 Assume it’s 2048 pixels I’ll have a look at the advice at the weekend. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 27, 2022 Share #14 Posted November 27, 2022 Andreas posted the proper dimensions on Jan. 21, 2020. It IS 2480 pixels... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 27, 2022 Share #15 Posted November 27, 2022 So just follow the instructions you see at the top of most the image threads precisely and it should work. If you don't know how to resize an image in postprocessing, there are plenty of image resizers available online, both for Windows and Mac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 27, 2022 Share #16 Posted November 27, 2022 Bear with me - I already started changing the image size in some of the instructions posts based on this complaint, now I have to change them all back... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelmer Posted May 9, 2023 Share #17 Posted May 9, 2023 On 11/16/2022 at 9:28 PM, jplomley said: Dear Forum Members, Any feedback most welcomed on a perplexing issue. I export my images from LR as per the required image dimensions and file size (2480 on longest side and 2 MB or less). Sometimes the images upload successfully, and other times an image just flat out refuses to upload, despite meeting all requirements. Extremely frustrating. Anyone else experience this and find the work-around? Note I am not new to this and used to post here extremely frequently but took a long hiatus. I'm eager to participate more frequently, but don't ever remember uploading being an issue five or so years ago. Cheers for any advice that might be provided, Jeff Hi Jeff, Since recently, I have got exactly the same problem. About 1 photo out of ten is impossible to upload. Have you solved the problem? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayD28 Posted May 10, 2023 Share #18 Posted May 10, 2023 I've had problems somewhat as described. I'd load an image into a reply and then delete the image. I'd then load a different image and click submit and the post would not upload. It's like the system deleted the first file but then was not recognizing it deleted the first file. At that point I close out of Safari, go back to the thread and click on reply. I get a message that the system save a draft reply and asks if I want to use it. I answer no and then things go smoothly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelmer Posted May 10, 2023 Share #19 Posted May 10, 2023 Thanks for your reply. In the meantime, I noticed the problem only occurs with color photo's containing a lot of details. Although the forum dimensions/size are respected, the upload is failing. I then reduce the longest dimension down to 2,000 pixels, and it works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberti Posted July 4, 2023 Share #20 Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) On 11/16/2022 at 10:40 PM, LocalHero1953 said: https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/303026-leica-q2-images-post-them-here/?do=findComment&comment=3974391 ...which gives a limit of 2Mb for non paying members and 5Mb for paying members. But that 5MB is is still reduced to the 'normal' stored sizes, so to me it just in convenience, now I can use C1 easily - while in LR exporting can be done with a max file size. So there is still a lot of compression going on when storing the posts. 1.4MB posted, 770 KB when opened again Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3.6 MB dragged here, and is 1.31 MB when opened again Edited July 4, 2023 by Alberti Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3.6 MB dragged here, and is 1.31 MB when opened again ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/347804-prepping-images-to-upload-and-upload-woes/?do=findComment&comment=4807195'>More sharing options...
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