Thread: what file should I save it as

To me they don't look much different. I do think however the photobucket background theme helps it stand out a bit more though, I've just got a plan vanilla white background in AuLro.

Do you reduce the file size before you upload to Photobucket, or let it do it for you ?


Martyn

Here's a screen capture of what I see in Photobucket.

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The only thing I can see is it looks like the focal point is on the gate post and not the bird. To my poor eyes the images look the same. I would have said the signature was not 100% opaque and everything looks sharp except as I already mentioned.

It's a lovely shot and trying to get one of those little sods to stand still isn't possible. They are a lovely bird, used to have one in Albury that would come and land on my shoulder when I mowed and pick the cobwebs off my hat from when I brushed against the bushes.

One thing you can try is use the PS "Save to Web" option. It's probably in LR as well.

Sorry to tell you they look the same to me as well.

Mike

Ditto.

wel that picture above the birds legs...on what I can see are really blurry abd there are lines and squares around the legs the same as the head...I dont see this in photobucket thats what I cant understand

and if you look at the signature in the picture above and the screen capture that derek has taken you can see the the screen shot the signature is much less obvious and is a fraction smaller like it should be as I reduced it

Originally Posted by Bushie

To me they don't look much different. I do think however the photobucket background theme helps it stand out a bit more though, I've just got a plan vanilla white background in AuLro.

Do you reduce the file size before you upload to Photobucket, or let it do it for you ?


Martyn

normally to make it quicker I export the pictures at 50% of the orginal and then photobucket reduces to what ever size it does it to can't remember now.

but these ones I exported at 100%...

its frustrating that you guys cannot see it because it is blindy obvious on my computer

Here you are now look at the two of them, I have taken off the signature etc from the bottom one.....the top pic is the one in my first post the other is the one I have just redone...look at the bird and the legs in the top pic the bird is carrying a pixalated halo around it unlike the picture below it...now can anyone see what I was talking about? or not
to me the top pick looks like it has been rendered really badly.. even in the area around the tail in the top pic looks like patches of squares to me rather than an uniform blurr

I KNOW you don't want to hear this, but... they both look the same to me Lou

I suspect it is something to do with how you are saving them. I've had a similar issue with JPEG's to Flickr where they have lost sharpness. I would suggest trying the Photoshop command "Save for Web & Devices...", change the size to make the largest edge 800px and click apply, then click save. Review this image as it will be optimised to 72dpi by Photoshop's algorithms. This is what was recommended to me.