Image sharing/hosting sites

[fractal]

Right now I put my pictures on photobucket ( to share and to add in Trip Reports ) and Shutterfly.

When you transfer a photo file from your computer/card to a site like this, do you loose anything? It seems to me the file sizes are smaller, but I'm by no means an expert. I was hoping for some insight. Thanks!

 

[Allen C]

IIRC, the pro level Photobucket accounts don't have an image size restriction. Free Photobucket accounts have a 1MB limit on the image filesize so anything larger would get resized. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this.)

I'm not familiar with Shutterfly.

 

[ddbowdoin]

Right now I put my pictures on photobucket ( to share and to add in Trip Reports ) and Shutterfly.

When you transfer a photo file from your computer/card to a site like this, do you loose anything? It seems to me the file sizes are smaller, but I'm by no means an expert. I was hoping for some insight. Thanks!

I'm assuming there is a file max with unpaid accounts.

Try 500px.com... solid site

 

[wiigirl]

I'm assuming there is a file max with unpaid accounts.

Try 500px.com... solid site

Going to have to check that out! Thanks!

 

[Allen C]

500px is geared more towards professionals and enthusiasts who want to gain exposure for their work. If you just want a site to store the shots you add to your TR's then the site may not be for you.

 

[ddbowdoin]

500px is geared more towards professionals and enthusiasts who want to gain exposure for their work. If you just want a site to store the shots you add to your TR's then the site may not be for you.

TOUCHE good point

 

[fractal]

IIRC, the pro level Photobucket accounts don't have an image size restriction. Free Photobucket accounts have a 1MB limit on the image filesize so anything larger would get resized. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this.)

I'm not familiar with Shutterfly.

I do have the "pro level" at photobucket - so if an image if over 1mb it will be resized - I guess I can check that out on Photobucket myself.Thanks!

Another question if you all don't mind - how do you print your photos? Do you order them off a photo site,or at home off the computer or take your SD card somewhere to print? and is there a major difference?

Thanks.

 

[ddbowdoin]

I do have the "pro level" at photobucket - so if an image if over 1mb it will be resized - I guess I can check that out on Photobucket myself.Thanks!

Another question if you all don't mind - how do you print your photos? Do you order them off a photo site,or at home off the computer or take your SD card somewhere to print? and is there a major difference?

Thanks.

here is where the digital game sucks...

there are a whole skew of things that can go wrong.

1. how is your monitor calibrated?
2. the quality of your monitor?
3. did you save your files down as RGB vs CMYK?
4. WHO is printing?
5. how is their printer calibrated?
6. the quality of papers?
7. is the lab pressing the max amount of ink from their rolls?

all of this affects your images

1. what appears on your screen may look perfect to your eye, send it off and your prints look different
2. this is related to how the file is delivered, RGB looks great on a screen but printed work looks better in CYMK
3. The issue here is how to do you compensate for that difference
4. screen calibration is the biggest pain in the rear when it comes to work

Mpix is decent, as is Bay Photo

I'd avoid shutterfly, I seem to get dull prints from them

Compare your prints from the 80's using a cheap film camera, and then look at the prints from a 3k digital camera... color is better in that film shot

 

[ddbowdoin]

an amendment to my previous post:

a lot of websites have an option of "color editing" on their end, deselect it... you'll really get different prints from your work that way

also, film when it is processed via a lab also gets corrections from that technician... that's why I shoot slide film because what I get as a final product is what I saw and how I selected to capture the image.

 

[Allen C]

I do have the "pro level" at photobucket - so if an image if over 1mb it will be resized - I guess I can check that out on Photobucket myself.Thanks!

Another question if you all don't mind - how do you print your photos? Do you order them off a photo site,or at home off the computer or take your SD card somewhere to print? and is there a major difference?

Thanks.

I was finally able to check the photobucket customer support page. For Pro accounts, they can store your original sized images up to 20MB per file (flickr pro is up to 50MB). When posted to the web it looks like they're resized to 2MB or 4000 x 3000 pixels per image.

http://support.photobucket.com/entries/21100831-pro-accounts
Quote:
When you go Pro:

• Your original size images are stored (up to 20 MB) and you can have web-size images of up to 2 MB or 4000 x 3000 pixels per image. See for details.

 

[flavious27]

Right now I put my pictures on photobucket ( to share and to add in Trip Reports ) and Shutterfly.

When you transfer a photo file from your computer/card to a site like this, do you loose anything? It seems to me the file sizes are smaller, but I'm by no means an expert. I was hoping for some insight. Thanks!

It can be smaller for a couple of reasons. One is that the site limits the size of your files. The other is if the file system between your camera or pc is different than what the servers use.

 

[NowInc]

I stick with Flickr pro (its cheap and really easy for sharing)...I have never had an issue with it resizing or color editing anything I post.

As far as the printing question of yours:

PERSONALLY I do it from my job..but thats also because its part of what we do. Before working there tho, I used small local print shops. I found I got much better results from those types of places over than anything online or a big chain. With small business comes more pride in what they produce..and it shows.

 

[fractal]

I stick with Flickr pro (its cheap and really easy for sharing)...I have never had an issue with it resizing or color editing anything I post.

As far as the printing question of yours:

PERSONALLY I do it from my job..but thats also because its part of what we do. Before working there tho, I used small local print shops. I found I got much better results from those types of places over than anything online or a big chain. With small business comes more pride in what they produce..and it shows.

Thanks. There is a local shop I've used in the past for other things. I ordered some prints from photobucket to be picked up at a CVS and they came out terrible.

 

[ddbowdoin]

Thanks. There is a local shop I've used in the past for other things. I ordered some prints from photobucket to be picked up at a CVS and they came out terrible.

it's hard to swallow if you ask me... I can an 8x10 for like 1.79 on adoramapix, my local lab charges 11.99 for an 8x10....

major difference