help?

[unusualmusic_lj_archive]

Okay. So when I want to save a picture, I click "save as" and name it and move it to my computer. But when I want to upload said pic to LJ directly from the comp files, the pic comes out looking smaller and awful. What the prob here?

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[vee-ecks.livejournal.com]

The picture's being resized in the code for your post - if you click through on the pic, you see its source, presumably the size you want it, and definitely clearer.

Here's the offending code:

"width: 314px; height: 419px;"

The image is actually 695x931. You pretty much never want to resize graphics using height and width tags - make the picture the size you want it in a bitmap editor before you upload.

[serasempre.livejournal.com]

The more LJ minimizes it, the less quality you get in the picture. If you click on the picture, you get the album it's in, and if you click it again, you can see it full-sized. In order to not make it look smaller and awfuller at the size that will fit in your LJ easily, you have to shrink and crop it on your computer, using some photo editing software, and then save it at the smaller size you want to see it as before you upload it.

That's a very convoluted and poorly described explanation, but I hope it makes some sense.