3 Tips About File Transfer Services You Can t Afford To Miss

Files are getting larger - especially photo files, and other graphic files for example those created in page layout programs. And also the result is that we have been starting to hit the limits of what can conveniently be sent as e-mail attachments.

So there is a requirement for "a better way" regardless of whether the file you wish to send is several pictures of your kids for Aunt Daisy or the leaflet that you want printed ready for the launch of your new product.

Conversely, we should still be asking the obvious questions:
Why is it a sizable file?
Can it be made smaller?

In several cases that picture through your latest 10 megapixel video camera is much more detailed than Aunt Daisy will ever want to see, even when it is shown on the plasma TV within her lounge room. As well as more detailed than may be seen on the more likely 15-inch monitor of her five-year-old Dell.

Unless it is a picture with numerous straight lines or maybe even sharp slightly curved lines like your new Ford Taurus, you will be surprised just just how much JPEG compression you can create prior to deciding to see any of those "artifacts" the photo gurus keep warning about.

You may even try the new JPEG2000 format which creates smaller files with less loss of information. And after that there will be click the next document old fashioned solution - simply Zip the file, or create a zipped folder of it in Windows XP or 7, which will be about the same process but just a little easier.

Even as a result, you may still reach the limits of e-mail.

Few email servers will accept attachments larger than 10MB. Many are limited to 2MB. Some are limited to 1MB or less. But it is not only that you may not be able to send a huge file -- larger files tend to be more prone to be delayed.

They may take longer than snail mail. Let me give an example which occurred all too close to home. A graphic designer had a piece of artwork we needed for a book cover. I tried to describe the workings of FTP (I will get to that later) but he insisted he had sent many files of this size, around 2MB, by e-mail and not had an issue.