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Can anyone help? Need larger scans for auctions

balco757balco757 Posts: 124
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I am uploading a ton of scans today for my auctions and the images appear small on eBay...I am sure this is a simple fix - anyone know how to make scans larger for auctions on the bay? Thanks
steve

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  • envoy98envoy98 Posts: 4,000 ✭✭
    The scans should be 400x400 at the largest so that ebay won't shrink them. If the dimensions are smaller than that, ie you scanned them at a lower res, then they will not look very good when resized as the information has to be "made up" by the image program or the image will pixelize badly.
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  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,607 ✭✭✭✭
    I've noticed that images show up smaller on eBay if you're using the bulk lister as opposed to listing individually.
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  • SoFLPhillyFanSoFLPhillyFan Posts: 3,931 ✭✭
    Are you hosting the pictures on a non Ebay site?

    If so you should be able to make them very large. For a good scan of an 8 x 12 picture that I sell I make the image 650 pixesl by about 430 pixels. Check a sample in my auction link in the sig line.

    If you're hosting on Ebays pic site then you're limited to size, unless you pick the larger picture option. I think this costs extra.

    I suggest hosting on your own site. This lets you pick the size and the quality is better. Most ISPs give you space. I have Comcast.

    My listings are posted using Turbo Lister and some HTML that I got from a pic hosting site.

    Keith


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