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The SAGA North Gallery works very well with uploading jpg image files.
Those are good because they can usually be compressed. By default
photos are limited to 1.28MB for each one (though it might be possible
to raise that limit for a particular photo album.) We suggest
using a program like Photoshop to increase the compression of photos
before uploading them, if they are larger than 1.28MB. While some
of the upload methods can reduce the size of photos while uploading
them, you have more control if you do it before hand.
It is great to upload with the original resolution of photos,
because that makes it possible for others to get prints of the
photos. The SAGA Gallery will display images with reduced
resolution unless the person wants to see or print the original.
Information provided by the camera can be displayed, so try to keep
that info with the photo if you use a program like Photoshop.
That's another reason to use jpg files.
The SAGA North Gallery has several methods to add photos to your
photo album.
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Web Browser. This method is easy to start with, but it
has some limitations. We suggest that you only upload one
photo at a time, and the maximum size for a single photo is 5
MB. It's better if the photos are compressed to 1.28Mb before
uploading. You can upload zip files that contain multiple
photos, as long as the size of the zip file is under 5 MB.
The Gallery will automatically unpack the zip file.
If you get a message complaining that you don't have "jptran"
installed, that is because you tried to have the photo sizes
reduced before uploading. This feature is only available when
you install Gallery Remote. Click through these messages and
continue the upload anyway.
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Upload Applet. This is one of our favorites. Like the
Web Browser method, it should work on just about any computer
and browser that supports Java Applets. You can upload entire
directories at a time. Unfortunately, it does not seem to
work with archive (.zip) files.
You can get the same message about "jptran" when using this
upload method too.
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Gallery Remote. Ultimately, this is the best way of
all. You can upload any number of photos at once and navigate
between photo albums. You can also upload archive files. It
can also reduce the size of the photos before transmitting
them, to save time. (However, it seems to go to extremes at
reducing the photos, so you might want to reduce them more
gently before hand with something like Photoshop.) The
default size limit is 1.28MB
The only real disadvantage is that you must download the Java
program, install it on you computer, and configure it with
your SAGA North Gallery account. But once that is done, it is
very easy to operate.
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Windows XP This also requires a download, but is easy
to use for one photo at a time. We haven't tried zip files
so it's not certain that will work.
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There are several other methods listed when you select the
"add items" link in the Gallery. However, we
recommend that you use one of these. If your photos are
easily accessible on another web site (the full resolution
photos, not just the thumbnails) you could try that method to
avoid uploading them again. But that usually gets tricky to
make it work.
To try out this new feature, select this link:
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