With the awesome convenience of digital cameras, it’s easier than ever to take and upload photos of your listings to the MLS. Sometimes.
A few challenges I have seen Realtors having are too small file size and too large file size. Here are some tips on correcting these challenges.
Since most of us use our digital camera’s both at work and at home, who wants to waste time (or even think about) changing settings on how many mega-pixels we’re shooting at. We want great photos of our family that we can blow up, print and send to Grandma, but we don’t need 5 MP or more for the MLS.
Here’s a simple utility you can download for free that will allow you to reduce the size of a whole folder of your pics at once, making it a snap. Follow this link to Microsoft Power Toys for XP. (If you are running Vista, give it a try and let us know if it works.) Scroll down on the right side of the page until you see
Image Resizer
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ImageResizer.exe 521 KB 2 min @ 28.8 Kbps |
Click on the ImageResizer.exe link and this dialog box will open.
Click “Next”, Select “Run”
Follow the prompts to install the utility.
Once Image Resizer is installed just navigate to the folder with the photos you want to re-size, select which photos you want (one or many). Right click and select ‘Resize Pictures’.
Right click and choose the appropriate size from the drop-down menu.
Picture resizer will create small (in this case) copies of the selected photos. Now you can easily use these photos for the MLS or email and not wait forever to get the job done.
Occasionally Agents inadvertently use ‘Thumbnails‘ instead of full size or re-sized photos for their MLS images. You’ll know it’s a thumbnail when it looks blurry on the MLS or Realtor.com. If you were emailed or you downloaded really small photos, they just won’t look good when re-sized larger. Make sure you start out with full sized originals.
There you have it, get your pics right, they’ll look great and you’ll save time.
Filed under: Technology | Tagged: MLS photos, real estate photos, resize photos
