Trouble posting a picture - please help

[fbloke]

I'm trying to post up a photo of my new 59 re-issue but the forum won't load it saying "either took too long to load or too large". Has anyone had this before?  Any tips on how I can get the picture up with the minimum of fuss?  I'm using a Mac in case that has a bearing in the matter.

Thanks,

Mike.

[WezV]

upload to photobucket or similar, underneath the picture in photobucket you are given several links including one with URL tags in square brackets that will display it as a picture when the link is included in your message

[Ol]

How big is the image?
Our limit is 10MB, but due to a server modification, it may have dropped back to 2MB?
I'll have a bit of an investigation.
Ol.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Photobucket is my favourite for this

[fbloke]

How big is the image?
Our limit is 10MB, but due to a server modification, it may have dropped back to 2MB?
I'll have a bit of an investigation.
Ol.

Ol, the picture is 4.8 mb.  I can't work out how to shrink it but if you could the limit back up to 10mb that should solve the problem.  Thanks,  Mike.

[Frank]

Picasa is available for the Mac, it's free and it's made by Google so it's safe to install.

Open your pic in the editor and select File - Export picture to folder, set the Resize to about 800 pixels and hit OK, the exported image will be well under 2 megs.

[fbloke]

Picasa is available for the Mac, it's free and it's made by Google so it's safe to install.

Open your pic in the editor and select File - Export picture to folder, set the Resize to about 800 pixels and hit OK, the exported image will be well under 2 megs.

Frank, banging advice my Brother.  Picasa was a joy to use.  As a result my photo is now displayed under the "New 59 VOS Les Paul" post.  Many thanks to everyone for their help here.

Mike.

[Ol]

I have fixed the 2MB limit so it is again back to 10MB.
Ol.