Sometimes photos added to posts here in Connect are too small and would look a lot better if they were designed to be displayed larger. So how do we do this? It’s simple:
ps: Also, don’t forget to add captions with your photos as these help others especially those using assistive technology to better understand what the photos are about.
Hi @AdamGT ,
Thanks a lot for sharing!
This will be very useful for Local Guides fellow, especially the newcomers.
@AdamGT I have a question. When we upload or embed a photo, the default size is large, right? Why do some photos show as small?
Anyhow, this post is so helpful to us as we can edit the photo size. Thank you for sharing this tip with us.
Hi @Petra_M
Thanks for your comment. Yes I thought newcomers might find this useful as I’ve noticed quite a few newcomer posts that could be improved with these simple steps.
Yes when you add a photo during the post creation it will default to large. If the photos are showing as small then my guess would be that their physical size (i.e. length x width pixel size) is small and if that’s the case then I think you need to increase the picture size or resolution on your camera or smartphone’s camera app.
@AdamGT I think this is interesting. If the physical size is small but we choose large size when we write a post, what will happen?
@ErmesT Do you know the answer of my question in the previous post and this post?
Yes I know the answer, @Ant_Bad_Yogi , @bmuu
Here below we have two size of the same photo, both uploaded with the default (large) setting
As you can see, there is no way to INCREASE the size of a picture, because you will loose the resolution, and the image will appear very grainy.
While we can, with an appropriate tool reduce the size of a picture, and we can INTENTIONALLY choose to reduce the aspect (the visualization size) of a picture in connect, like I did here, we cannot magically increase the number of pixel on a photo
I am sorry about that @bmuu
@Ant_Bad_Yogi I think it depends on the form factor (screen size) of the device that you view that photo. For example, if viewed on a desktop (which has a large form factor) then the photo will appear small (not full width) with lots of white space. If however viewd on say a smartphone (which as a small form factor) then it that photo might look ok. I haven’t tested this but it seems a plausible explanation.
Why are you sorry @ErmesT ?
@ErmesT Thank you for the answers. It’s clear now.
@AdamGT It means that if you upload too small size of photo, you can choose large, but it will show up as small and medium. I guess.
Because I would love to have a kind tool like one they have on the NCIS TV series, able to multiply the pixel, transforming a thumbnail in a full size photo @AdamGT . We will save a lot of storage in this way. Unfortunately, this is not possible, we cannot increase the size.
So, back to the subject, if a photo is small will remain small, even if uploaded with the default (large) setting.
Connect is auto-resizing the screen in mobile, so using a different (smaller) aspect is in any case an intentional choice. Maybe a bad choice, but for sure intentional, as it require an active action
@AdamGT OK, I see about the screen size. Thank you for the explanations.
@ErmesT That is why your photos show up the same size when my phone is in vertical, and when it is in horizontal, the first photo is large but the second one is smaller. Thank you for the explanations.
Yes that’s correct @Ant_Bad_Yogi becuase you cannot stretch a “physically small” photo to make it “large” without loosing image quality as @ermest has also noted in his reply. So as I mentioned earlier it’s best to make sure that you have a reasonable Picture size or Resolution (width x height in pixels) on your smartphone or camera so that you can always display your photos with good clarity on both desktop and mobile. For example, on my smartphone I have my camera Picture size set to 3264x2448. I could set it even higher and sometimes I do but I find that this size suits most PC applications. The larger the Picture size you select means that the larger you can display or print the photo without loss in picture quality (clarity). So if you wanted to get a very large print of your photo to hang on a large wall then you might go for a picture size even higher than my setting, say 5312x2988 but for PCs or smartphones I think this would be an overkill. Also, you need to keep in mind that the larger the picture size then the larger will be the photos physical size and hence more disk space is required to store the photo and also, here on Connect there is a limit to the photo file size of 3,072 KB (i.e. 3 MB).
Just to summarise this jargon:
@ErmesT OK, 1 more question. What is the minimum size or pixels that the photo will show up large?
There is no answer for this, @Ant_Bad_Yogi
because the size of the screen, and the size of the photo, is self adapting to the visualization device you are using and, when you click over a photo, the photo opens to full screen, if it is big enough.
I usually upload photos at 3200 * 2400
@AdamGT OK, I see. In your main post, should we modify the content a bit? We can’t make the photo shows up large if the size is too small.
I think @ErmesT meant that we can choose large size and the photo will show large size if the physical size or resolution is enough for large size. Something like that.
The problem is I don’t know what the minimum resolution is (for large to show up)
@ErmesT OK. So, if I want to do some tests on this, I have to provide my laptop screen size or resolution in the report. Hahaha, I might do this someday just for fun.
My suggestion @Ant_Bad_Yogi is to try setting your smartphone or camera Picture size (Resolution) to 3264 pixels x 2448 pixels or thereabout and then do some testing with your next post. Tag me in that post and I will be happy to check it out. Best of luck 
@AdamGT Thank you for your suggestion. If I do this, I will have to study a bit about standard resolutions. Sure, I will tag you.
