Let me guess what just happened. You tried to upload a photo to a government website. Or maybe a job application portal. Or an online exam registration form. And then you saw it. That dreaded message: “File size must be less than 50 KB.” You looked at your photo. It was 3 MB. That is … Read more
Let me tell you about something that happened to me last Tuesday. I was trying to email a contract to a new client. The PDF file was 18MB. Gmail said: “Attachment size exceeds limit. Maximum attachment size is 25MB.” Wait, 18MB is under 25MB, right? Yes. But here is the thing nobody tells you. Gmail, … Read more
Let me tell you something embarrassing that happened to me. Last year, I spent $500 on a Facebook ad campaign. I designed a beautiful image. It had my logo at the bottom, a catchy headline in the middle, and a photo of my product at the top. I was so proud of that ad. Then … Read more
Let me tell you about the time I spent an hour designing the perfect Facebook cover photo. Beautiful colors. Perfect layout. Important text right where I wanted it. Then I uploaded it to Facebook. And Facebook cut off half my text. Cropped my logo. And made the whole thing look terrible. I was so frustrated. … Read more
Let me ask you something. Have you ever built a website or blog and just saved your photos as JPG because that is what your phone gave you? Or maybe you used PNG because someone told you it is “higher quality” without really understanding why? I have been there. When I first started my blog, … Read more
Let me tell you something embarrassing. Last month, I had to send my passport scan to a visa office. I took three photos. Front page. Back page. Signature page. I attached all three to the email. The visa officer emailed back. “Please send as a single PDF file. Not multiple images.” I felt so stupid. … Read more
Let me start with a confession. Last week, my aunt called me. She was frustrated. She had scanned her passport as a PNG file. The visa application website kept rejecting it. The error message said: “Please upload a JPEG image.” She had no idea what that meant. She asked me, “What is a JPEG? And … Read more
Let me tell you something that used to drive me absolutely crazy. Every time I wanted to upload photos to my online store, I had to open Photoshop, resize one image, save it, close it, open the next one, resize it, save it… you get the idea. After doing this for 50 product photos, my … Read more
Let me tell you something that might sound familiar. You just came back from a vacation. You have 300 photos on your phone. Or maybe you are a website owner with 500 product images. Or a real estate agent with 200 property photos. And now you need to make all of them smaller. One by … Read more
Let me ask you something real. Have you ever tried to send multiple images to a teacher, a client, or a government office? You have ten PNG screenshots on your phone. You attach them one by one to an email. The person on the other side replies: “Can you send this as a single file?” … Read more