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why can't we upload BITMAP images?

June 11th 2008 05:13

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is there a reason we can't upload BITMAP images on our posts?
i find i spend a substantial amount of time converting the format of pics to include in my posts
does anyone else find this little restriction inconvenient?

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Comment by jon

June 11th 2008 05:15

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Bitmap images use up huge amounts of disk space and bandwidth, which is why we don't support them. They also take a very long time to download even with fast internet connections if the image is not quite small.

Comment by Ahmed

June 11th 2008 08:57

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just save it as a jpg ^_^

Comment by Morgan Bell

June 11th 2008 09:22

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hi Jon
thanks for the explanation, that makes sense
i didnt realise there was a file size difference but i just checked some of my converted images and the JPG version is indeed only about a tenth the size of the BITMAP . . . you learn something everyday

hi Ahmed,
i find alot of images from websites only have an option to save as BITMAP and then i have to open the image in Picasa (free Google program) to save it as JPG . . . no i dont have any really good image photoshopping software on my computer, only the very basics . . . you should have seen me flip out trying to convert a TIF file to JPG the other day haha im not exactly technically minded but i usually find a way to get by

thanks guys

Comment by Ahmed

June 11th 2008 09:35

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well actually the tif format is notoruious for bein ga bitch to work with, so i'll leave that in the realm of exceptions.

As for other sites forcing you to save as a BMP? That's very strange, are your ight cliking on images and hitting the 'save image as' option? Could be something to do with your browser...

Comment by Cibbuano

June 16th 2008 23:44

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Morgen, try using GIMP. It's a free photo editor like Photoshop.

Get GIMP here!

Comment by Ahmed

June 17th 2008 02:12

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Or just use paint and hit save as.

GIMP, like Open Office,feels like a chinese copy of products you pay money for.

GIMP is especially terrible compared to photoshop -_-

Comment by Morgan Bell

June 17th 2008 04:59

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hi Ahmed,
i right click on the image and press "save picture as" and sometimes (maybe a third of the time) the only option is BITMAP and the rest of the time is it JPG . . . if i do a screen grab i press "PrtSc" and then open MS Paint and paste it there and can save it as JPG there and then crop it in MS Picture Manager, but MS Picture Manager doesnt have a function to convert image types to "save as" like MS Paint does
oh also, i use Internet Explorer to browse so its probably not the most efficient i just prefer it because its familiar . . . those old school comforts lol

hi Cibbuano,
thanks for the link!
a poor mans Photoshop . . . GIMP could be just what i was looking for!

Comment by Johnny Come Lately

June 23rd 2008 04:19

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Gimpshop is quite good. It's a gimp hack.

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