Can we talk about people who upload 10,000x15,000 pixel images to art forums?

I keep seeing these massive file uploads clogging up the showcase boards, especially in the landscape category. A friend of mine tried to load one the other day on his phone and it crashed his browser three times. Why not just resize down to 2000 pixels on the longest side like most sites recommend? Has anyone else had trouble viewing these giant files or is it just my old laptop acting up?

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bell.felix1mo agoMost Upvoted

Right, but what if you're actually trying to show off the full resolution detail? Downscaling to 2000 pixels just kills all the fine brushwork or texture you spent hours on. It's like a photographer uploading a compressed JPEG instead of the raw file, defeats the whole point of high-res work in my book.

bell.felix1mo agoMost Upvoted

What finally worked for me was uploading 5000 pixel wide versions but making sure my platform supported zoom, so people could actually see the detail if they wanted to without me losing the full resolution.

the_jessica1mo ago

Agree totally! I've had the same frustration where I spend forever on tiny details and then they just vanish after resizing, completely defeats the purpose of working at high resolution in the first place.