Why crop and resize your images?
1. crop--so the object will be maximized (very important if the image is for eBay gallery or website title image or forum thumbnail image. Please see the attachment. Assume they are eBay gallery image. Which one will get more clicks by potential buyers?
2. crop & resize--So your page is loaded quickly. Remember, a lot of potential buyers (or forum members) are using dial up. They'll walk away from your page (product or info) if it taks forever to load.
3. crop & resize--so the traffic of the internet will be better and everybody will be happy
So please crop and resize your picture before upload your picture to photobucket or to this forum. Below is the thread about how to resize images. Most of the time, a simple crop will do.
How to resize image size in bulk
Thank you.
Michelle