Tips and Tricks for City-Cost images

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  genkidesu

  on Mar 1

  The issue I often have is the size -- I find that sometimes my image files from my phone are too big to upload, so I have to crop or resize them. For that, I use https://imageresizer.com/ which is quick, easy, and free. A lot of the photos I use on my blogs (especially ones that need more generic images) are ones of scenery/favorite destinations here that I have already uploaded to my social media accounts, and those are already compressed in size a bit from the originals. After the changes to the site and not being able to use CC images anymore, sometimes I make my own header images via Canva when I don't have an image that fits the theme well (e.g. sometimes I like to share interesting expat news articles, and I don't always have an image that fits what I want to write about).

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  TonetoEdo

  on Mar 2

  @genkidesu I'm running into the same issue as you and also resorting to Canva to create original images. Some of the images I use are original photos edited with Lunapic, transforming them into illustrations. Did you notice one of my reviews has a photo of the product with no background? Background removers or blurs have improved a lot. The product really stands out.

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  helloalissa

  on Mar 2

  I'm still using my laptop to add any content here, so when I need to edit photos, I usually use my phone's editor or the Windows Photos app. It also has the option to compress image sizes, remove backgrounds, markup, etc.

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  genkidesu

  on Mar 4

  @TonetoEdo I like the idea of taking out the background, you're right, it really does make the product stand out a lot. I'll have to look into that!

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  BigfamJapan

  on Mar 25

  Following with interest! Even on Instagram, I don't really edit photos anymore. I just don't have time. But sometimes I will edit when absolutely necessary. I use Google Photos which automatically reduces the file sizes, so photos that I take with my phone most often don't need to be resized for City-cost, they're normally around 2mb only. If I have to resize them, I just use Google photos.

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