What are the optimum dimensions for posting images on DU...

[GiqueCee]

... at 72 ppi?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. This link may help. I haven't seen any conversation about ppi.

This link tells you the variety of ways you can post photos on DU. Good luck!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103659987

[GiqueCee]

5. Thank you!

I remember when I posted my political cartoons there were recommendations, but that 12 years ago. Memory's one of the first three things to go, but I forget what the other two are. Badum, bum ,bum! (sfx. cymbal crash)

[erronis]

2. I think it depends, and generally it doesn't matter.

Most of the time I post images via links to the source so I don't really have a way to tell DU which size. It is whatever the source provides - and DU does limit the actual size on the page.

When I move an image to a hosting site (such as imgur.com), I also don't usually worry about resizing before storing. Rarely I'll crop an image to focus on the subject at hand.

As a counter-example, I just posted this from JoJoFromJerz's substack and it could have benefited from resizing, but at the same time I thought the "old-fashioned" look of the photo gave it a certain realism for that time.


And this one from the same substack article is more "modern" looking.

(From https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221096830)

Note that DU rendered both of these images based on some internal parameters.

[GiqueCee]

6. I can manipulate...

... an image in PhotoShop any ol' which way, but I wanted to keep the size manageable.

Thanks for the advice!

[John1956PA]

3. A bit off point, but I had to put a white border on my image to get it to appear on DU.

[canetoad]

4. DU will downsize

Any large images anyway, so best to conserve bandwidth. For landscape - 1024 x 768 may be the max before downsizing happens.