Images show the customer what the item they're interested in looks like. For conformity,
since an image could be any size at all, they are permitted to be no larger then
the following pixel sizes.
Standard Size - 250px x 250px
Thumbnail size - 150px x 150px
Both sizes are required for Inventory Items being sold.
Resizing is performed on the user's computer and uploaded to the website. It is
recommended that the user obtain a licensed graphics package. We recommend
Paint Shop Pro because of it's low cost.
An alternative to purchasing a graphics package is to use one of the websites
that allow the viewer to resize their images with provided free tools. One that
we've looked at is http://www.quickthumbnail.com.
Keep in mind that websites can be here today, gone tomorrow - so there's no guarantee this website will always
be available.
You can also enter "thumbnail generators" in any search engine to locate other
possiblilities.
The graphics package gives you additional capabilities that aren't available in
a free thumbnail generator; you can add drop shadow effects and frames, you can
add text over the image, and you can combine several images together.
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