On 31/08/2011 10:16, Ramsman wrote:
What picture dimensions to people prefer for posting here?

You should suit yourself on picture format as everyone has a different
shaped monitor these days so whatever you choose will not be perfect for
all. Most picture viewing software is made to accommodate these
variations anyway, we are used to different shapes and sizes.

I've experimented with IrfanView and Digital Photo Professional.

I prefer Photoshop and use CS3 [well, about 1% of it].

First, there's the size in pixels.....................

I started with 800x600 in the days of small monitors then 1064x768 as
the monitors got bigger and more folks changed their screen resolution.
Now, I lean towards 1600x900 as it suits my screen here but if you've
got a 2 1/4" square print from the 1960s you do whatever you can, we
still wanna see it!


My originals come from an EOS 350D. It was the bee's knees when I bought
it 6 years ago, but it's practically Stone Age technology now. Original
file sizes vary from about 2.5kb to around the 4kb mark. 8 megapixels.

Your 350D is still a great camera. More megapixels does not always give
a 'better' photo. Buy better lenses first, that will show the greatest
improvement in your pics for the money. It looks like you meant MB
[megabyte] not kb [kilobit] for your image size (4kb is very small).

Then there's the scanning resolution.

Sorry, I never scan prints so I can't say anything other than I would
assume, it is best to scan at max resolution and then reduce your file
size with software if required. And on file size - I have seen some
great shots posted here at less than 100KB. It depends on what you
start with.