Bandwidth, image size & pitching sponsor

Bill · 2003-04-03, 01:16 AM

Chop, it's always interesting to see a snapshot of real numbers from real galleries, thanks for posting that.

Your pictures are way too big, on the average. Photoshops web photo gallery tool does a pretty good job of resizing images. Your target size should be 20-30k per image, maybe 25-40k if your bandwidth is cheap. I try to size pics at about 500x700, with a compression of 1, which, depending on the background of the pic, will usually get you the size you need. The drop in quality from the compression is negligible, and your pics will be competitive with the other good gallery builders. This varies somewhat from series to series, some series just don't compress well.

Last year pics in the 15-25k size range were acceptable, this year, with the bandwidth price drop and the harsher competition, larger pics are the standard.

Resize your pics, and your bandwidth bill gets cut approximately in half.

Your selling is the biggest problem, you have to sell with intensity and focus with galleries, or you will lose money every time.

2003-04-03, 01:16 AM	#1
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Chop, it's always interesting to see a snapshot of real numbers from real galleries, thanks for posting that. Your pictures are way too big, on the average. Photoshops web photo gallery tool does a pretty good job of resizing images. Your target size should be 20-30k per image, maybe 25-40k if your bandwidth is cheap. I try to size pics at about 500x700, with a compression of 1, which, depending on the background of the pic, will usually get you the size you need. The drop in quality from the compression is negligible, and your pics will be competitive with the other good gallery builders. This varies somewhat from series to series, some series just don't compress well. Last year pics in the 15-25k size range were acceptable, this year, with the bandwidth price drop and the harsher competition, larger pics are the standard. Resize your pics, and your bandwidth bill gets cut approximately in half. Your selling is the biggest problem, you have to sell with intensity and focus with galleries, or you will lose money every time.