Did you know you can control the size of images in your post?

[QisTopTier]

Put the image in your post, then click it to scale it. Users who click the image in the post after will have bring up an enlarged version.

Example using the same image link:

Unedited size:

Edited size:

This messages was brought to you by someone who is tired of scrolling through full or double page size images.

 

[Weiss]

you can what

 

[julia crawford]

Yes.

 

[The Albatross]

Yes.

On the same wavelength, if you add the letter "L" to the end of any imgur image URL it'll present a smaller version of it (the "large" size). Pretty nifty for giant screenshots where you dont care about quality.

 

[Pikachu]

I learned this from someone else a couple of months ago. Life changing.

 

[Mirage]

I learned the last time someone made a topic like this. It's definitely useful.

 

[Ravelle]

Yes I know! It's honestly a very nice feature!

Saves me a lot of times going in to photoshop.

 

[Chopchop]

Oh, I didn't know that.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Why isn't this in the first popup when you click the Insert Image button??

 

[shaneo632]

wat the fuck

 

[Walter White Walker]

Nope, didn't know that. Will use next time some image of mine is kinda big.

 

[MarvelousIntent]

Yup, it's really useful when an image I'm trying to post is way too big.

 

[Musubi]

Stumbled into figuring that out a few months ago.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

On the same wavelength, if you add the letter "L" to the end of any imgur image URL it'll present a smaller version of it (the "large" size). Pretty nifty for giant screenshots where you dont care about quality.

Click to shrink...

This is also useful if you want to post a non-animated version of a gif

 

[cyba89]

Yup, it's really useful when an image I'm trying to post is way too big.

Click to shrink...

thank knack

 

[TheDanimal]

I usually just end up quoting images so they're not so big, this is something I've wanted to know for awhile ty OP

 

[DustyVonErich]

Yup, it's really useful when an image I'm trying to post is way too big.

Click to shrink...

thank knack

 

[Huey]

Yup - I think it even works on mobile.

 

[Deleted member 11985]

I wasn't aware of that, and quoting your OP with the fancy text editor turned off shows me that it's the width attribute of the [IMG] tag that sets it. So
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/ireeoE8.jpg[/IMG] vs. [IMG width="461px"]https://i.imgur.com/ireeoE8.jpg[/IMG].

That's a little annoying, considering the BB code help file doesn't list the width attribute:

BB codes

The list of BB codes you can use to spice up the look of your messages. This page shows a list of all BB codes that are available.

www.resetera.com

Does anyone know any other secret BB code tags and/or attributes?

 

[Eoin]

Yes.

On the same wavelength, if you add the letter "L" to the end of any imgur image URL it'll present a smaller version of it (the "large" size). Pretty nifty for giant screenshots where you dont care about quality.

Click to shrink...

Yeah, this can be really useful whenever an image really should be smaller (like when quoting it).

For anyone else who's just learning about this, the full set of Imgur modifiers is:

 

[DinoPulse]

I'm very sure I've known that for ages now lol
Would be kinda surprised to see anyone who doesn't TBH

 

[QisTopTier]

I'm very sure I've known that for ages now lol
Would be kinda surprised to see anyone who doesn't TBH

Click to shrink...

You'd be surprised how often people post screen filling monsters of memes and such

 

[Vommy]

And you tell me this after 3 years?!

 

[DinoPulse]

You'd be surprised how often people post screen filling monsters of memes and such

Click to shrink...

Really? And don't even realize how simple it is to resize the images despite the logical deduction that most people on the site would know of it by now?
Might be a different story when talking about Game Screenshots and images taken with Photo Mode however.

 

[Alex3190]

What the fuck. How did I skip this info all these years I've been on Era.

Thanks Op.

 

[Deleted member 1476]

Never knew you could click/touch on the image.

 

[Kouriozan]

Too used to use imgur for that, but yes I knew about it.

 

[HStallion]

Psh what if I want it to be gigantic and take up your entire screen?

 

[DiipuSurotu]

You'd be surprised how often people post screen filling monsters of memes and such

Click to shrink...

Maybe they're on mobile and don't notice that the images are gigantic

 

[shnurgleton]

Yup, it's really useful when an image I'm trying to post is way too big.

Click to shrink...

thank knack
thank knack
thank knack

 

[Wraith]

For those who've never used it, just specify one dimension (width or height) in pixels (you don't need to specify "px" at the end), and the other scales to match. Image width won't exceed the displayed width of the post area. (Setting a comically high pixel width won't mess with the layout.)

Width 500px:

Height 250px:

I did find out you can specify width in % as well, though remember your image scales with the size of the browser window/post area, regardless of platform. (And doing height% doesn't really work.)

Width 50%:

If you've pasted the bbcode into the editor from elsewhere (ex. Imgur), you can click the "Toggle BB Code" button twice and your image will load within the edit box. From there you can click to size the image.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Too used to use imgur for that, but yes I knew about it.

Click to shrink...

You can also use this to enlarge images though, unlike Imgur.

 

[QisTopTier]

Maybe they're on mobile and don't notice that the images are gigantic

Click to shrink...

This is true, you have to turn your phone sideways and browse to see how it is on desktops. They should probably change it so vertical mobile mode is just as obnoxious :P

 

[lunarworks]

*remembers the old days of HTML when it was customary to include the size of the image in the img tag*

 

[Pargon]

Put the image in your post, then click it to scale it. Users who click the image in the post after will have bring up an enlarged version.
Example using the same image link:

Unedited size:

Edited size:

This messages was brought to you by someone who is tired of scrolling through full or double page size images.

Click to shrink...

You do have to it's easier to use the GUI for this, but that's why I switched to using it a long time ago.

Worse than posting large images is when people put them in quotes.
Oh, and using media embeds to embed an imgur gallery for a single picture.
Maybe one of these days Era might fix the gallery view so it doesn't display 1/1 when you click on an image, and actually lets you cycle through images on the page.

Also: use CROSS tags rather than ISPOILER tags because that shit can be invisible if it's a small amount of text.

For those who've never used it, just specify one dimension (width or height) in pixels (you don't need to specify "px" at the end), and the other scales to match.

Width 500px:

Height 250px:

I did find out you can specify width in % as well, though remember your image scales with the size of the browser window/post area, regardless of platform. (And doing height% doesn't really work.)

Width 50%:

If you've pasted the bbcode into the editor from elsewhere (ex. Imgur), click Preview and then click on the image in the editor.

Click to shrink...

Huh, the last time I tried it (via the GUI) specifying image height did not work correctly at all.
I wonder if it's been fixed or if it only works via BBCode.
I've been sticking to the GUI recently though, as I think it's a lot easier for other people to parse when quoting a post.

Yeah, this can be really useful whenever an image really should be smaller (like when quoting it).
For anyone else who's just learning about this, the full set of Imgur modifiers is:

Click to shrink...

Post the full-res image, don't redirect people to another site to view the full thing.

 

[Rag]

This makes me so happy. I always throw my images in quotes and I feel like people are less likely to look at them when I format my post that way.

 

[THEVOID]

Good to know! I had no idea?

 

[Walter White Walker]

Really? And don't even realize how simple it is to resize the images despite the logical deduction that most people on the site would know of it by now?
Might be a different story when talking about Game Screenshots and images taken with Photo Mode however.

Click to shrink...

Many of us didn't know as you can see by reading the thread. Hell, I have no idea how to post an image at all while on mobile (and really don't care to learn).
What I'm trying to say is, get the fuck off my lawn. ;)

 

[BraXzy]

(Genuinely)

 

[TheOMan]

Yup, it's really useful when an image I'm trying to post is way too big.

Click to shrink...

knack thank

 

[Rats]

are you fucking kidding me right now

This should be stickied on every subforum.

 

[AliceAmber]

Yes please! makes it much easier read threads

 

[Dremorak]

da fuck

 

[Silvergun-Blue]

 

[Morrigan]

... I did not 👀

 

[DiipuSurotu]

... I did not 👀

Click to shrink...

Wat

You never clicked on an image in edit mode?

 

[Morrigan]

Wat

You never clicked on an image in edit mode?

Click to shrink...

Sure (usually to spoiler-tag/remove nsfw content etc.), but since no one ever uses the actual width parameter, I never saw it.

Edit: also, you need to toggle off the BBcode toolbar to see the width code, otherwise you still get the resized image in WYSIWYG mode.

 

[AlexBasch]

Stopped posting some images because I didn't know this. Used to self-quote my own images but that stopped working at some point.

 

[QisTopTier]

... I did not 👀

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Mods should start resizing obnoxious sized images in threads if they stumble across one in a non screenshot thread :P

 

[Morrigan]

Mods should start resizing obnoxious sized images in threads if they stumble across one in a non screenshot thread :P

Click to shrink...

Pfft too much work