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Taber, Albertawhy is it when I take nice good clear pictures and then post them on ebay or even on here sometimes they look blurry?? and yet they looked really good before hand? any tips would be sooo appreciated 
desertmountainbearI have downloaded for free to my computer, Adobe Photoshop album starter edition. I use this program to download all of my photos. There is a "fix" button that allows you to sharpen images, add contrast, fix color etc.. It has made a big difference in the clarity of my pictures.
Joanne
Taber, AlbertaThanks for the info Joanne I have tried that but it doesn't seem to correct the fuzziness. They always seem to look great until I list them for some reason 
Do you see clear images? Maybe it's my screen?
desertmountainbearyour pictures always look clear to Brenda, maybe it is you monitor
Joanne
Tuppies TeddiesI use my laptop for my piccies and they always look clear, but when I check listings from our main computer my piccies are a lot darker. I think it depends on the monitor...
Matilda Huggington-beareCheck to see what size photos they allow where you want them hosted. It could be a clash between size and allowance.
I'm finding a big difference since I have started sending all my photos to photobucket for editing. Instead of doing it in the camera program.
Wendy
Taber, AlbertaThanks ladie I'll see what they look like on my desk top and play around more with photoshop. Thank you again! :hug:
PennsylvaniaI use my laptop for my piccies and they always look clear, but when I check listings from our main computer my piccies are a lot darker. I think it depends on the monitor...
Very good point! :thumbup:
The gamma setting for CRT (television) monitors and LCD (flat panel) monitors is different.
"Gamma" refers to the average contrast level that a given monitor produces. In other words, what is the point which is half way between the lightest part of an image and the darkest part of the image?
The gamma for CRTs is much darker than LCDs. Consequently, when you view a picture intended for viewing on an LCD, it will be too dark when viewed on a CRT. The thing is that most people don't even know what is happening. They just make the picture look good on their monitor and assume that everybody else sees things as they do.
The wise person will realize this and try to produce pictures that look good on the widest range of computer monitors possible. The best way to do this is to use the "Levels" dialog in Photoshop. Move the middle slider to the left until the "midpoint" number reads approximately 1.30 instead of the usual 1.0. This, in my experience produces a picture that reads reasonably well on most computer screens.
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"momanimallover";
Try resizing your pictures to 72 dpi. (Dots per inch.)
Regardless of what people think, the entire internet works at 72 dpi whether you like it or not.
If I post a picture at 1,000 dpi, no matter how well I make it, the computer at the other end will display it at 72 dpi.
People tend to think that higher resolutions are always better. This is one case where they aren't.
If I post a picture on a website and it's not 72 dpi, the program that makes the website work might try to automatically resize the picture downward (or upward) to 72 dpi. In the process, the picture might end up looking blurry or jaggy or all kinds of rotten.
A good size for displaying pictures on the internet is 600 pixels wide by 400 pixels tall and 72 dots per inch. (Or 400 wide and 600 tall.)
Try using the "Resize" dialog in Photoshop to make your picture 600 X 400 @ 72.
Unless there is something else going on that I don't understand, that should solve your problem.
Taber, AlbertaThank you alot for all that info! I'll have to print it out 
Thank you all so much again! :hug: :hug:
PennsylvaniaYou're welcome! :)
I hope it helps.
One thing I forgot to mention...
Remember the picture's aspect ratio. (The ratio of the width to the height.)
If your picture is 600 pixels wide and 400 pixels tall, the aspect ratio is 1 to 1.5
(600 / 400 = 1.5)
Also written as 1:1.5
Well, what if your original picture doesn't have a 1:1.5 aspect ratio?
What if your original picture is 800 pix. by 600 pix. ?? That's an aspect ratio of 1:1.33.
If you try to scale that picture down to 600 X 400 it won't fit. You'll either have to crop some off the top and bottom or you'll have to "squash" the image. People's faces will be all stretched out.
To prevent this, there is a check box in the "Resize" dialog called "Relative Size."
If you check that box you can type in a number for one dimension of the image and the computer will calculate the other dimension for you so that the aspect ratio is preserved.
If I have an 800 px. by 600 px. photo and I use "relative" resizing, I can type "600" into the box that used to say "800" (width) and the computer will figure out the height for me and automatically enter "450." Then, when I click "OK" the image will be smaller but the same shape. No cropping and no "squashing."
If you need help, send a PM.
But, once you get the hang, it's really not that difficult.
If you have anybody around your house who can show you how this is done, you'll probably look at it and say, "Wow! That's how it's done!" 
Tuppies TeddiesMy piccies are 72dpi and I usually crop to 300-and it automatically adjust the other measurement., I don't use photo shop but will check the program I have to see if it has the Level thingo....
Your info is very informative...thanks for that..
PennsylvaniaMy piccies are 72dpi and I usually crop to 300-and it automatically adjust the other measurement., I don't use photo shop but will check the program I have to see if it has the Level thingo....
Your info is very informative...thanks for that..
Yep! :)
Sounds like you program has a feature to keep the aspect ratio, too. 
Sometimes they call the "Level" dialog "Histogram."
Names of things in programs aren't very standard. There's even one feature in Photoshop known as "Custom Filter" but it's known in other programs as "Convolution Matrix"
