Issue with uploading image on resizeyourimage.com

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  1. leaddog

    leaddog Pooh-Bah (2,619) Oct 2, 2011 Canada (AB)
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    Hi there,

    I just tried uploading a photo of a beer on resizeyouimage.com several times and it keeps giving me the error message "Error: Negative result reading: not an image?

    This is the first time this has ever happened to me. I'm not sure if the website is experiencing some technical issues but not sure what to do. Any troubleshooting help you can offer?

    What other free uploading sites that anyone on BA uses that is reliable?

    Cheers!

    Adam (aka leaddog)
     
    #1 leaddog, Jan 27, 2020
  2. Ronmarley1

    Ronmarley1 Savant (1,187) Jan 20, 2014 Ohio
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    I use the Imgur app on my iPhone and iPad and have never had problems.
     
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  3. mikeinportc

    mikeinportc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,735) Nov 4, 2015 New York
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    I've had issues there more often than not.
    If you're using Windows 10, you can do it all from the photo library. Right click on the photo , then click "Resize". Click "Custom", & manually set the dimensions(150x300). If the file size is too big, downgrade "Quality"(sliding scale). 70% has been good every time I've tried it.
     
    #3 mikeinportc, Jan 27, 2020
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  4. leaddog

    leaddog Pooh-Bah (2,619) Oct 2, 2011 Canada (AB)
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    I don't have Windows 10 on my laptop. I believe its Windows 7 I have on my laptop.

    Any other suggestions or websites that are free or worth downloading for the sizing requirements?
     
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  5. metter98

    metter98 Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,303) Aug 29, 2006 New York
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    I use webresizer.com to crop and resize beer and place pictures. In the few cases where images are still too large in size after using webresizer then I'll further compress them using tinyjpg.com.
     
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  6. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    The site's error message always gives a reason that relates to the size of the pic when rejecting it, but I've never seen the one you're getting. Just to verify your procedure, you're resizing the pic to be 100x300 and 20 Kb or less, and then downloading to your device before uploading to BA? The error message sounds like the pic is not being recognized, so maybe you've saved the pic in a format that is not readable. The .jpg format is the only type that is acceptable, so verify that is your pic's format.

    Here's a link from the Help forum about the procedures that might help you if there's something else that I didn't mention:
    https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/how-to-upload-beer-place-photos.628231/#post-6717120
     
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  7. micada

    micada Grand Pooh-Bah (3,960) Jul 13, 2015 New York
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    For my two cents, nothing is easier than post image.
     
    #7 micada, Jan 27, 2020
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  8. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    I too am having this issue tonight and I've never seen that error message before ... Really hope that gets fixed. Webresizer is way too clunky for my tastes.

    This is for uploading photos of the beer bottle/can/label on the beer page itself, not for the forums.
     
    #8 FBarber, Jan 27, 2020
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  9. Ronmarley1

    Ronmarley1 Savant (1,187) Jan 20, 2014 Ohio
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    Ah, gotcha.
     
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  10. Snowcrash000

    Snowcrash000 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,041) Oct 4, 2017 Germany
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    I've had the same issue with RYI before and am having it right now again as well. This seems to be an issue on RYI's end and not user error, could be a server issue. The last time this happened, it was resolved within 12 hours.

    Yes, I had to use WR the last time this happened and hated it. There is no zoom function, so unless your picture happens to be the right size, you actually have to retake it with the right zoom level in order to crop it properly. I also couldn't reduce file size properly, so I had to run the cropped image through Paint afterwards to do that manually.

    Huge pain in the ass, if RYI ever went offline permanently, that would probably be the end of me uploading pictures to BA. There are so many picture resize sites out there and they all suck, it's incredible that RYI seems to be only available option that is not a total pain to use or reduces image quality significantly.

    Seriously, does anyone know a decent alternative to RYI? I've been using the site for almost 3 years without issues, but this is the second time that this has happened in a few weeks now and it's starting to worry me...
     
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  11. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    It seems to be resolved as of now.
    Yea, Im in the same boat. With resize your image I can do the photo upload pretty easily. If that went offline, I'd be way less likely to upload beer photos because of how difficult it is to use WR. I totally know what you're talking about and had the same thought last night. Im not aware of any comparable alternative to RYI, but if you find one, let me know.
     
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  12. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,989) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Are you saying you use Imgur to resize pictures to fit the pixel size requirements for Beer and Place pictures?

    Or just to upload pictures to the forum?
     
    #12 jmdrpi, Jan 27, 2020
  13. piggy_rulz

    piggy_rulz Devotee (352) Dec 4, 2019 Missouri
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    Like @micada said, there’s nothing easier than

    postimages.org

    1) You don’t need to sign up for an account
    2) No need to resize image. That’s an old paradigm.
    3) Click on “Choose Images”
    4) I use an iPhone. “Photo Library” - “All Photos” - Click on photo then “Done”
    5) You will see a lot of options, only one matters. Click on button by “Hotlink for Fourms”. Will be copied to your clipboard
    6) Back to BA. Click on this...

    [​IMG]

    ... paste clipboard.
    7) “More Options”. - “Preview”

    [​IMG]
     
    #13 piggy_rulz, Jan 27, 2020
  14. Snowcrash000

    Snowcrash000 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,041) Oct 4, 2017 Germany
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    He is talking about uploading pictures to the forums, not the database. Somehow, people seem unable to tell the difference...

    Like @FBarber said, THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT UPLOADING PICTURES TO THE FORUMS :weary:. It's about uploading pictures to the database which is an entirely different process.

    Not sure why this happens EVERY time this is brought up, although in this case the OP admittedly wasn't entirely clear about being about the database, rather then the forums.
     
    #14 Snowcrash000, Jan 27, 2020
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  15. Bitterbill

    Bitterbill Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,036) Sep 14, 2002 Wyoming
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  16. Ronmarley1

    Ronmarley1 Savant (1,187) Jan 20, 2014 Ohio
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    Just to link to pics in the forums. I misunderstood the OP.
    In a related note The GIMP is a decent photo editor and is free.
     
    #16 Ronmarley1, Jan 27, 2020
  17. mikeinportc

    mikeinportc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,735) Nov 4, 2015 New York
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    Try it on 7. I just never had a need to try it then , so don't know if it's possible. Might be . You can also resize the dimensions, but not quality on Windows Paint. Might be enough, depending on what you're using to take the photo.

    Before I realized it could be done via the photo editing, I resized with Paint, then if the file size was still too large , I uploaded the photo to Google Photos, then saved that back to file. That process reduces the file size while (almost always - 98%?) keeping the dimensions the same.
     
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  18. Snowcrash000

    Snowcrash000 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,041) Oct 4, 2017 Germany
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    I never managed to resize pictures using photo editors because they always warp the picture in the process. How do you get around that?

    [​IMG]
     
    #18 Snowcrash000, Jan 27, 2020
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  19. Snowcrash000

    Snowcrash000 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,041) Oct 4, 2017 Germany
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  20. oldmankoch

    oldmankoch Maven (1,299) Jan 1, 2014 Utah

    Imgur! Imgur! Imgur! Imgur! Imgur! Imgur! Imgur! There is NO other reason to use a different service. Super easy to use across multiple platforms PC/Mac/phone/tablet
     
    #20 oldmankoch, Jan 27, 2020
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