There is a known forum glitch that results in an error message when uploading an image. This tutorial provides an easy workaround.
Please note that while *I* use F-Stop Gallery Pro for this task, any good image editing app should have similar functions.
The idea is to resize your image, down, until its size pleases the AF gods.![Smile :) :)](/styles/smilies/google/smilie.png)
Let's begin:
1) install an image editing app if you don't already have one
2) fire it up:
3) open the image AF bombed out on:
4) find your app's 'edit' or 'resize' [or similar] option:
5) using F-Stop Pro, after pressing 'edit,' you're presented with the image editor; do nothing! Just press the 'save' [disk] icon at the top:
6) note the image's dimensions; they're too big! That's why AF spit out its error message:
Now use the slider to reduce them:
7) you're done, unless you want to change anything else shown; press 'OK'
8) you're now sitting on the original image; F-SP does not touch the original at all--it creates a copy; if you browse your files now, you'll see two of the images:
The original's name is unchanged:
The edited version's name will have "~(1)" appended to it:
You can leave that as is or rename it; it makes no difference as far as AF is concerned.
Note that, to the best of my knowledge, there is no magic size. One file may have big dimensions, but a small file size, another, small dimensions but a larger file size, and either or both can be accepted or rejected.
If you're in the mood to experiment, start by resizing it down a little, try uploading it, if it fails, resize it a little more, and so on. Personally, I just scale them all down to ≈1,000 pixels for their max height or width, and that always works.
Feel free to ask questions!![Big Grin :D :D](/styles/smilies/google/biggrin.png)
Please note that while *I* use F-Stop Gallery Pro for this task, any good image editing app should have similar functions.
The idea is to resize your image, down, until its size pleases the AF gods.
![Smile :) :)](/styles/smilies/google/smilie.png)
Let's begin:
1) install an image editing app if you don't already have one
2) fire it up:
3) open the image AF bombed out on:
4) find your app's 'edit' or 'resize' [or similar] option:
5) using F-Stop Pro, after pressing 'edit,' you're presented with the image editor; do nothing! Just press the 'save' [disk] icon at the top:
6) note the image's dimensions; they're too big! That's why AF spit out its error message:
Now use the slider to reduce them:
7) you're done, unless you want to change anything else shown; press 'OK'
8) you're now sitting on the original image; F-SP does not touch the original at all--it creates a copy; if you browse your files now, you'll see two of the images:
The original's name is unchanged:
The edited version's name will have "~(1)" appended to it:
You can leave that as is or rename it; it makes no difference as far as AF is concerned.
Note that, to the best of my knowledge, there is no magic size. One file may have big dimensions, but a small file size, another, small dimensions but a larger file size, and either or both can be accepted or rejected.
If you're in the mood to experiment, start by resizing it down a little, try uploading it, if it fails, resize it a little more, and so on. Personally, I just scale them all down to ≈1,000 pixels for their max height or width, and that always works.
Feel free to ask questions!
![Big Grin :D :D](/styles/smilies/google/biggrin.png)