Photobucket v. Smugmug...

[TswissT]

I posed this one on another forum a while back and thought about it a little while ago.

I kept wondering why my pics looked soooo much better on Photoshop, as opposed to when they are posted on PB.

In this comparison, please keep in mind that I do PAY for my Photobucket and checked the box for high quality uploads. I ran across another photo hosting site that costs about the same amount per year.

WOW!!! Check out the difference.

(I assure you that these pics were identical when uploaded)

Photobucket:

Smug Mug:

Or a little smaller:

Photobucket on left:

Photobucket on left:

Photobucket on left:

One more:

Photobucketon left:

Now I know Photobucket is the norm...But THIS is quite unacceptable to me...I have spent lots of money on a good camera and lens, (because the photographer sucks) only to be shocked at these differences.

Not good Photobucket. Even thought they make it pretty easy to post, I am NOT happy with what they do to our images.

Anyone know about this or use something different?

[chronoluvvv]

have you asked on PB's support forum ?

[KB]

Yes I would be inclided to show them the quality difference too and ask for an explanation.

Ken

[jchurch]

I prefer smugmug or and flickr for my photo hosting. There is a large difference though.

[vafarmer70]

What a difference. I am going to have to look into this.

[jchurch]

I think the issue is some of them compress the images when you upload them. Smugmug doesn't do anything like that but I know that flicker does and pretty sure photobucket does the same. I would be willing to bet that is where the problem comes from.

[Ronin]

I would be curious if Imageshack or Imgur does the same thing. Test?

There is a checkbox on imageshack to auto resize / compress. I wonder if the same is true on PB.

If you wish to test further with one of your images here are the hosting sites.

imageshack,us (if you upload 2 or more at a time you won't get nagged to register for direct link)

imgur.com

[Jkay]

Shameful .. to compress something so hard on a PAY for use site. It's insulting, really. They expect you to not notice .. to just take your money and smile in your face.