In spectacular fashion, the Internet has produced some hilarious .gifs, memes and photobombs after the news broke that after a decade of a “intense” manhunt, Osama Bin Laden was located and killed by US Navy SEAL forces this past weekend. Here’s a collection of the funniest:
Warning: Yes, this makes light and finds levity in a serious and profound moment in United States history and the War on Terror. Do not proceed if you’re offended by this.
In both the comments and on the Facebook group I’ve noticed a recurring theme. Many of you seem to be having trouble with image uploading/editing. Even if you’re not a writer here this should provide some useful information.
For the thumbnail the image needs to be 455 pixels by 280 pixels. This will be at 72dpi. Easily put, dpi is a big part of the picture’s resolution. Let’s not go into dpi too much, just know that the web operates at 72 as a standard. This also means that if you want an image to take the whole column spread of your article it will need to be 455px as well and at full-size. Full-size is one of the picture editing options when you upload it.
When you re-size a picture watch your relative size. If it starts out tiny just because you can make it bigger doesn’t mean it will look good. Visible pixelation is not pretty! You will have to eyeball this which means you need a decent imaging program. Many of you have Photoshop I’m sure, and as the industry-standard it’s indeed dandy…if you know how to use it properly. However, Photoshop is expensive and I will not be writing an article on how to get a hacked copy anytime soon. Uh…try 4chan at your own risk? I dunno. Seriously, don’t. Therefore I have a couple of alternatives because if you are using MS Word or the ilk, you’re doing it wrong.
If you are on a PC you can use Thumba. You will need to install Silverlight first but if you stream Netflix you already have it, so not a big deal. Thumba is one of the best online image editing free-services I’ve found. Easy to learn, fairly intuitive, not an eyesore, unfortunately though…not for Mac.
If you’re on a Mac or just want something more heavy-duty try GIMP for Mac or PC. Gimp is damn near Photoshop for free. It’s an absolutely brilliant program. I can’t believe they give it away. It’s less user friendly than Thumba. Steeper learning curve. You might actually have to read the accompanying information a little but it’s great if you need to actually alter or repair your images which I’d not suggest on Thumba per se. Gimp also has a huge cult following including brushes & scripts on DeviantArt if you want to play!
I will happily answer other image editing questions. Keep in mind I am not a WordPress expert, just a computer artist.
Edit: Looks like the image source on a few different browsers actually lists the final header image size as 600×260 pixels. I apologise for using erroneous information!