image file sizes too big!

[bows2babydolls]

Hi there. I know this is probably a bit of a noob question but here goes.

I have a few hundred products to upload and am not even halfway and my disk space is running out. I know this is because of the images i am using. The only problem is the smaller pictures i are teeny tiny and don't show the product off well.

They are in .gif format as i thought that was the best but some are sitting at around 130k which is taking the pee for a medium sized image.

Any ideas of how i can get reasonably sized pics with small file sizes?

[bows2babydolls]

bizarrely my images had the .gif extension but were aparently ".JPG image data".

But now they are all yon fuzzy way after i changed them to .gif :( oh well

[driftwood]

Hi there. I know this is probably a bit of a noob question but here goes.

I have a few hundred products to upload and am not even halfway and my disk space is running out. I know this is because of the images i am using. The only problem is the smaller pictures i are teeny tiny and don't show the product off well.

They are in .gif format as i thought that was the best but some are sitting at around 130k which is taking the pee for a medium sized image.

Any ideas of how i can get reasonably sized pics with small file sizes?

 

Running of space on your server or PC (can't image that)

 

It's it's the server and you want save a few meg, point a web site copier at your site (on the pc).

 

That will parse the index page and only copy over the actual files your site needs to run. It's a way to filter out all the default images and docs ect from a default install.

 

Just an idea.

 

BTW, I am using two 400x400 images in an animated gif for more then 1000 products. Most files are between 150-220k and the whole site is about 600mb.

[ddp]

Hi there. I know this is probably a bit of a noob question but here goes.

I have a few hundred products to upload and am not even halfway and my disk space is running out. I know this is because of the images i am using. The only problem is the smaller pictures i are teeny tiny and don't show the product off well.

They are in .gif format as i thought that was the best but some are sitting at around 130k which is taking the pee for a medium sized image.

Any ideas of how i can get reasonably sized pics with small file sizes?

 

Use an image optimizing program. I use fireworks and love it. Files are tiny and quality is high.

Files should be less than 25k.

 

No way should run out of space on your sever. How much space you have?

[♥Monika in Germany]

I would also check if the host has enabled all webspace that belongs to your plan. I've seen a few hosts releasing only 5MB as default and you have to remind them to add the quota for the rest.

[PD_Steve]

Here is a neat little product for resizing images. Its called Lview Pro. It needs registration but I tend to find that even after 300 days it still does not stop functioning and just carries on (strange program, and yes.. I should register).

 

It does not batch mode so you will need to do individually, but the compression is awesome and it will convert .gif to .jpg (recommended as gif uses a much lower palette size).

 

Link is here - http://www.lview.com/

 

I also recommend photoshop if you have it. Any version. Create a batch process to resave you files and set the quality to about 60%. You will see a considerable size difference without much quality loss. I just tested this on an image and my 400x400 image was 20.3kb

 

I am also baffled though at the fact your running out of webspace. Who is your host and what size is your site. I suppose I am lucky have 480gb to play with and never experience this problem :)

 

Cheers

[spax]

Or you could try IrfanView. It saves better quality images than anything else I have used, including Photoshop. It does batch conversions, supports just about every type of file, PSD, PSP, ICO, AVI, it makes tea, does the shopping and takes the dog for a walk. Ok, I may have exaggerated a little......It needs a plug-in for some files! :P

 

Oh! And it is free!