Uploading images question

[Kizaragu]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, so no whining ok? It'll get moved if it's not. 'nuff said.

Is there a way or knack, to stop the quality of my images decreasing when uploading onto the net?

Not sure If I worded that right but I'll put it in another way. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif
Say I have this lovely image saved on my hard drive and then I upload it. The difference is quite substantial... and not in a good way.

Any tips?
Wouldn't have anything to do with my webspace would it?
(It's provided by aol. Please don't give me another reason to hate them.)

[Deathscythealpha]

Your not changing the format of the picture as you upload it are you? If your making an image as a Bitmap, then sva eit for uploading as a JPEG or a GIF you get considerable colour and quality loss (espcialy when changing it into a GIF).

Otherwise im not sure why its changing.

[Kizaragu]

I've uploaded images both as JPEG and GIF before on numerouse occasions, but it never seems to make much difference.
It's usually luck if there's no decline in quality. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

[Zzzzzz]

try www.photobucket.com and upload an image from there. it's free. The only problem is that it resizes any picture larger then 250k.

[Sagasu]

http://www.uploadit.org

Its free, and it doesn't reduce your image size.

[Solstis]

Yeah, but uploadit has a nasty habit of only accepting jpg images.