Uploading from Aviary to Etsy...blurry pics. Please help!

[mnoelker]

I am so freaking frustrated. I am using Aviary.com's Phoenix image editor to crop and save pics from my camera that I want to use on Etsy. Here's what I do.

Take the pic very close-up with my Nikon D50 with a macro lens. Upload the file to Aviary, zoom out to crop, zoom back and save. I then click on the saved pic and use "save as" to save it to My Pictures on my computer. Then I go to the Etsy listing and use Browse to upload the pic to Etsy. The images are not too small. I made sure I was above the low limit that makes them blurry when etsy resizes them

I'm ready to throw my computer out the window. Please help! Thanks.

Mary-Here's one of the images.

[mnoelker]

I tried pixlr.com this morning and it worked like a dream in a fraction of the time. Go figure! I'm off to try to get a refund from Aviary.

[sislonski]

Mary,
You've saved your image as 644pix by 577pix
The size you want for Etsy images is no bigger then 430x430 pix

I've never used Aviary , I use photoshop.
In photoshop I go to Save for website and then make sure I've sized it to 430x430 pixels. Perfect every time.

this should be the right size.

[Brandywine]

Hi,

If your image is not square, then when etsy resizes it, it will become distorted.
I would always cut my first image square for Etsy so that it would show well as a thumbnail.

Chris