How do i post a huge file?

[Imants]

Hey everyone, whats the best way to post an image of about 75 Meg, i have an imgur site but they are saying they are experiencing difficulty with large files, so thats not working. Any tips would be appreciated.

[Wired]

Get a free account on DeviantArt, then submit it to your Sta.sh.

[Gamerprinter]

Yes, the CG has limitations, so you need to post it elsewhere and provide a link.

GP

[Imants]

ok thanks guys. I started a deviant art profile. Its so big i can't insert the image but included the link in this thread
https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...726#post319726

[johnvanvliet]

if you use gmail
you have 15 GIG of storage
and 75 meg is not big

[Imants]

Oh it's possible to link files from google drive onto here? I didn't know that. I thought we needed to use image hosting websites.

[Redrobes]

Its possible to put links into the text of the message and I used to do it when I hosted the images or files on my webspace. So links to google drive should work.

I would like to remind people to use a little common sense about clicking on links to 3rd party websites tho. If the file is an image then its likely that it will show as an image here. The deviant art one is a link to a database reference to show that page and image so that is a small risk but its Deviant Art and we know that site well. If the link is an executable of some kind then your running the risk of viruses etc.

[mat_r]

Well, my first instinct would be to just reduce the size. 75MB is indeed quite a looot for sharing online.

Two options to achieve this are:
1. add/increase image compression
2. reduce pixel dimensions

Just by changing your image to .JPEG-format @ 70% quality I can get it down to 8MB. The quality loss is hardly noticeable if you don't know what you're looking for and for 95% of the cases this should be more than good enough for sharing online, I think.
If I also reduce the pixel dimension a notch (let's say to 8000px wide, for example), using the same JPEG-settings I end up with a 6.4MB file. - Which still shows all the detail and would be much easier to handle for both you and the viewer.

[Imants]

Just by changing your image to .JPEG-format @ 70% quality I can get it down to 8MB. The quality loss is hardly noticeable if you don't know what you're looking for and for 95% of the cases this should be more than good enough for sharing online, I think.
If I also reduce the pixel dimension a notch (let's say to 8000px wide, for example), using the same JPEG-settings I end up with a 6.4MB file. - Which still shows all the detail and would be much easier to handle for both you and the viewer.

That is one thing I'm unsure about doing (i use a mac) i know how to save in different formats but compressing it never seems to be an option.

[Bogie]

That is one thing I'm unsure about doing (i use a mac) i know how to save in different formats but compressing it never seems to be an option.

I don't know anything about macs, but in any graphics program I've used, just by saving it as a jpg or jpeg file automatically compresses it. Most give the option of how much you want to compress or what quality level you want, but it just does it when you "save as .jpg"