NudiLove: How do you get such clear pics on this site?

[jam1e]

NudiLove .. I have a question . how are you pictures so clear on this site .. it makes me lower my photo quality a TON just to get it done to 500x500 .. and by that time they look like crap .. any help?

 

[nudilove]

You really shouldnt have to lower the quality at all.
I simply shoot pictures with my camera as JPEG and resize to 500x500.
What program are you using?

 

[nudilove]

Here are the settings I use on my resize menu.. Hope this helps...
Resample Using: Smart Size
Lock Aspect Ratio: 1.5 to 1
Resize All Layers

 

[davidmwj]

Make sure you take the picture at the highest megapixel that your camera supports, then use the resize/resample function of your graphics viewer. If you don't have a good one, here is a free program that I like.
http://www.irfanview.com/
When you install it, it will ask you about associating files to the program. I would recommend you say "no" to that until you are sure you like it. You can still load the files manually by going to "file", "open", they just won't open in this program when you double-click them.