Reduces down to 350kb? 350mb would be massive. As far as reduction goes, thatâs the advantage to using an image optimizer like JPEGmini - it reduces file size while not reducing image quality or image dimensions. When I build websites, I always run images through such a process, as it makes the website more responsive [faster to load for people viewing the website - and this is true for eBay too - if one uses giant multi MB files, it can take a bit for them to render as not everyone is on a super high fast internet connection].
As far as difference goes - well, shooting a 350kb file, while small, still isnât optimized. JPEGmini might not be able to reduce the file size a ton, because at a certain point, then one will notice a difference [and JPEGmini and other optimizers donât make changes that affect image quality]. Usually if one is shooting an image with the file being 350kb out of the camera, the dimensions are pretty small, thereâs not much a lot of color differences in the photo [eg: maybe the photo is mostly shades of green], and usually, out of the camera, images are not optimized for file size. I mean they can be, by having them set with high compression or small image dimensions. But high compression means a human would notice a difference in quality, and a small image - well, itâs smaller.
Yeah, I meant jpegminipro reduces the 1.5mb to 500kb. So it would be better for me to buy the jpegminipro and shoot at 1.5 mb and reduce to 500kb? $59 isnât the end of the world. Super easy to drag-n-drop and the file is almost instantly optimized.
And using the Shortcuts app built into every Mac, you can even automate it, so no dragging required.
Iâm probably biased because photography is my passion [though I donât put nearly the effort I should into my ebay product photos!]. I tend to always shoot at the highest settings. Until recently, storage was cheap, and one never knows, in post, what one might want to âzoom and enhanceâ to [eg: crop]. So having a large image gives the crop a better resolution.
That said, if one is just shooting the same kinda thing [books, CDs, etc], then having the camera set just to shoot at a good resolution that doesnât require any cropping [fits into the ebay 1600x1600 square], then Iâd have the camera setup to do that, and have JPEGmini optimize the images before publication on eBay. Thatâs what I do when I shoot my stuff - have the camera [or iPhone camera app] setup with an eBay profile [even having it shoot square], though I do shoot at a higher resolution than 1600x1600, but I have a Retrobatch process that reduces it to fit within that size, prior to JPEGmini touching the files. My reasoning for that is there are a few times when I will crop an image to not be square or to straighten it, if Iâve messed up my alignment on a batch; I like to have the wiggle room for mistakes or for intentional cropping.
The issue there is one canât see how many times I am clicking into the text field to try and activate it. A screen recording just shows âwow, he moves slowâ.
So far today, though, after internet was restored after 10+ hours outage, it looks like the focus stays once it gets it, in the listing description area; it still takes a while to get into the field though [9.9.4 now]. Listing Title may be fully fixed now - I will need more time to be sure, but going into that field, doesnât require 4+ clicks, and seems to stay there when it does get there.
I know what you mean. If it happens again set your phone to record the screen that way the pressure to quickly get the screen grab is off you. Phone video isnât as clear as a screen grab but at least you have a record of the behavior. Thatâs how I get better video shots of an odd behavior.
As far as reduction goes, thatâs the advantage to using an image optimizer like JPEGmini - it reduces file size while not reducing image quality or image dimensions. When I build websites, I always run images through such a process, as it makes the website more responsive [faster to load for people viewing the website - and this is true for eBay too - if one uses giant multi MB files, it can take a bit for them to render as not everyone is on a super high fast internet connection].