When photographing still images for MLS, shoot on small size.  Today’s modern point and shoot cameras can shoot in excess of 10 megapixels.  This giant megapixel digital image on your camera is a poster sized photo.  Bigger is not always better.  If you ever wonder why it takes 5 minutes to upload a single picture to your listing, it is because the server has to reduce the size of your picture to a smaller use-for-web size.  This process can cause a loss of image quality resulting in a blurry image.

If you must shoot large images, consider resizing the image width to 512 pixels in your favorite photo editing software.  You will get some blurring if you do this.  To correct this after reducing an image’s size, we recommend a “Smart Sharpen” (in Photoshop) around 40%, and then “Save for Web” at “High” quality.

Now you have a clear High Definition photo that loads very fast thanks to its small size!

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