New picture size limit?

[moonspell]

I recently listed a bunch of old trading cards and noticed that a few of my pictures (high resolution scans using a scanner) were greater than 12MB which used to be the cutoff point.  It wasn't that long ago I could remember getting rejected for having a 12.7 MB file and now the file size for one I uploaded yesterday was 13.6MB and another that was 14.5MB.  I tried searching but haven't seen any definative statement other than the old 12MB limit.  Did the limit change when the interface changed recently?

[z50com]

I have no idea

My pictures are 45k to 125k

But then again my camera only goes to 1.2MB on it's highest setting

[loveyourimagination49]

I know you're scanning, but here's what the photo requirements are.

http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/how-to-take-product-photos/index.html

[luckythewinner]

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@moonspell wrote:

I recently listed a bunch of old trading cards and noticed that a few of my pictures (high resolution scans using a scanner) were greater than 12MB which used to be the cutoff point.  It wasn't that long ago I could remember getting rejected for having a 12.7 MB file and now the file size for one I uploaded yesterday was 13.6MB and another that was 14.5MB.  I tried searching but haven't seen any definative statement other than the old 12MB limit.  Did the limit change when the interface changed recently?

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From Turbo Lister I am required to have photos that are at least 1600 pixels on one side. 

Mine are 1800 pixels, which makes them about 300k.

After looking at a listing with a photo that size, I see no benefit to posting anything bigger than that. 

[duchess-at-speakeasy]

You do not need such huge file sizes! Scan at 150 dpi maximum and then crop the image and resize. My finished scans of magazine ads and sometimes postcards are under 1000 pixels (long dimension) and 200 KB at the most. The original scans were perhaps 1.5 MB, far too weighty to be at all useful!

~~C~~

[nowthatsjustducky]

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@luckythewinner wrote:

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From Turbo Lister I am required to have photos that are at least 1600 pixels on one side. 

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That is not correct.  1600 is the recommended minimum, not the mandatory minimum, even with Turbo Lister.  I always make 1600 the largest dimension when possible.  The minimum size is either 800 or 500 (without looking, I am guessing 800).

[mr_lincoln]

@moonspell  Way overkill on the 12 MB size pics.  All that extra data does is slow the system and I would not blame eBay for limiting pic sizes to 1/6th of that amount, like a 2 MB file.  Hopefully you store those in the Cloud or a flash drive and not your computer, otherwise you will max it out in short order and wonder why it runs .... so .... slow.   Most people have no idea how much space they waste with storing vast quantities of picture files on thier computer ...

If you need to zoom in on something consider shooting pictures through a magnifying glass ... a tripod is also beneficial when doing this ...

[z50com]

My pictures are 640 x 480

They've been that size since 2000

[kus1617]

I set my scanner to 3200dpi and 1 inch size...works well for what I need

[z50com]

Nice picture for it only being 36k and the magnifying glass works well as we can see.

[mr_lincoln]

@z50com  Thank You Z!  Very kind of you to say so. 

[nowthatsjustducky]

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@z50com wrote:

My pictures are 640 x 480

They've been that size since 2000

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How are you managing that?  I thought any dimension smaller than 500 automatically generated an error that prevented proceeding any further.

[readabouthorses]

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@nowthatsjustducky wrote:

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@z50com wrote:

My pictures are 640 x 480

They've been that size since 2000

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How are you managing that?  I thought any dimension smaller than 500 automatically generated an error that prevented proceeding any further.

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I think as long as one side is 500 or more they will go through.

[muttlymob]

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@readabouthorses wrote:

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@nowthatsjustducky wrote:

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@z50com wrote:

My pictures are 640 x 480

They've been that size since 2000

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How are you managing that?  I thought any dimension smaller than 500 automatically generated an error that prevented proceeding any further.

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I think as long as one side is 500 or more they will go through.

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Yes, one dimension must be 500 or more, the other can be less.

[duchess-at-speakeasy]

Very nice results with the magnifier! Shiny stuff is so hard to photograph!

But I simply use the camera's macro setting and appropriate lighting. My standard image size is 640x480 pixels, which is suitable for making a 4x6 inch print. For a difficult subject or when I want several segments from a single image, I bump it up to the next size, which exceeds 2000 pixels. That's only a working size; I export the finished image(s) to a more manageable size in the 500 to 1000 pixels range.

Scanners are a different breed of cat, but the technique is still the same. For online use, scanning images at 72 dpi is standard. I prefer 150 dpi but have gone as high as 300 dpi when paper, fabric or other materials benefit from higher resolution. An object's physical size makes a difference, too. Scanning a postage stamp vs. a postcard vs. an 8x10 glossy photo requires a different approach. For a long time, I even scanned 3-dimensional objects because my point-and-shoot 35mm film camera did not focus under 3 feet!

~~C~~