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Friday, January 14, 2011

Tips For a Better Blog ... Large Photos

Do you use the largest possible photos on your blog?  If not, here's a quick Blogger lesson to show you how.

This sunrise photo ...



... wouldn't have nearly the same impact if I had left it the size that Blogger made it when I imported it into this post.  See?



The size that a photo appears in my posts has nothing to do with the photo's file size. All of my blog photos are 640 x 480.  I save them this size I when I edit them in PhotoShop.  (That's also where the watermarks come from)



While writing a blog post, when I insert a photo, it looks like this on the screen:




Click on the photo in the Blogger editor, the photo will highlight and a bar with various selections will appear below it.  To display the photo as large as possible, which I do, click 'X-Large'.



Your photo will now look like this:



and when you publish your post, your photo will be big and beautiful!



Any Questions?