Changing the Brakes to Discs Rear and Ventilated Discs to Front

[4129R]

I do have 4 other cars (Land Cruiser, BMW, Golf R32 and a token Nova) but the Lotus x 5 are my only projects, with GT40P2194 being the prize possession with under 2,000 miles on the clock . The others are for use only.

My last project was the restoration of the 1780 flint barn which I live in which took 12 years to build (I did all the work, all trades). That seemed like a good idea at the time, and was.

[BDA]

You certainly have your work cut out for you! Very interesting collection!

If you have Windows 7, you can display the picture in the viewer and then use the snipping tool (allows you to capture a portion of the screen to a file) to make a copy of the picture to a new file. This will result in a picture with lower pixel density and thus be a smaller file.

If you are running some other operating system, I don't know what tool you would use, but I'm sure there is a similar tool available for it. You may have to download one. Also, when you buy a camera, it comes with basic editing software that should allow you to reduce the resolution.

[4129R]

I tried the Microsoft Snipping tool for lower resolution, and that said the file size was too big, even on less than a quarter of the photo.

Maybe a black and white Kodak Box Brownie would get me low enough resolution. All very frustrating when I have so much visual to share. I can post much higher resolution images on another forum using the same software as this forum, so it must be in the set-up so I wonder if the Mods can get a larger file size capability, or whether it is something peculiar to this side of the pond. 

[EuropaTC]

I'm not familiar with the Snipping tool thing, but I generally set the image size to 800x600 pixels. That gives small image sizes at typical screen/monitor resolutions and fit easily on most desktop monitor displays without needing to scroll.

If you store the images on something like photobucket, then it's possible to post the link to your album image for sharing to the forum, which gets around the file size limitation.

What OS are you running, XP, W7, etc and we'll see if we can help further.

Brian

ps - apart from the obvious storage issues with large photos, they also take longer to download, especially if there are several in a long topic. I'd presume the limit is partially there to improve server response and folks don't have to wait whilst a page downloads?

[blasterdad]

I tried the Microsoft Snipping tool for lower resolution, and that said the file size was too big, even on less than a quarter of the photo.

Maybe a black and white Kodak Box Brownie would get me low enough resolution. All very frustrating when I have so much visual to share. I can post much higher resolution images on another forum using the same software as this forum, so it must be in the set-up so I wonder if the Mods can get a larger file size capability, or whether it is something peculiar to this side of the pond.

I use tinypic.com
1. Go to site..
2. Under "Resize" Select "Message board".
3. Click on "Browse".
4. Select pic from files.
5. Click on "Open".
6. This will select pic to upload, then click on "Upload now".
7. After uploading, copy "Image code for message boards & forums". (ctrl+c)
8. Insert pic into your post. (ctrl+v)

[LotusJoe]

For some reason I cannot post photos as every time I try it tells me my file size is too big (and they say size doesn't matter).

Open your picture up in "Paint" and click on re-size. Pick a percentage and save. Easy and fast.

[4129R]

Lets try this.................




Wow, it worked. Thank you.

[andy harwood]

Impressive!! My two favorite cars. (and now I have a new background pic!)

[4129R]

Well, as you asked............

As the name implies, Lolita the Lotus is smaller than Lola the GT40 (based on a Lola GT).

[BDA]

Great pics! Lola looks great in Gulf livery! Lolita is not so shabby either!

Just a suggestion: please try making the pictures bigger!

[pboedker]

 
BTW, after resizing the photos, use 'Save as' instead of 'Save' to keep the original photo unchanged.

[4129R]

Great pics! Lola looks great in Gulf livery! Lolita is not so shabby either!

Just a suggestion: please try making the pictures bigger!

See if these are too big:-

[BDA]

Not too big for me. Thanks! Noe they look even better!