So steam decided to silently reduce the artwork size limit to 5mb. Requesting explanation from a steam authority.

[Siwkann]

We've been in limbo since mid-December, wondering when steam is going to restore the 8mb limit for artworks. Steam support told us they were aware of the situation and looking for a solution. Now out of nowhere they set a new, lower size limit, with no warning and no official note.
Are they testing if they can get away with this service downgrade? I think they need to be punished somehow, or else this downgrade will be normalized and unnoticed over time.

I would like for steam officials to explain what is happening and why. Is it a temporal limit? Some users say so, but I want to see an official steam employee explain.

[Shaggy]

Imagine doing this in 2023+ , when instead to increase it to at least 20MB...Valve involution lol

[The Commendatore]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Shaggy:

Imagine doing this in 2023+ , when instead to increase it to at least 20MB...Valve involution lol

If you need 20MB at minimum then that screams poor optimization on your part.

[UrbanMech]

Opprinnelig skrevet av The Commendatore:

If you need 20MB at minimum then that screams poor optimization on your part.

This. Lets not have poor optimization be the future...

Also Steam isn't really the place to be putting your original resolution uncompressed artwork.

[Raiden]

I feel special with my 6MB artwork now

[Nutty]

less anime ass on profiles - win win

[Nibiru]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Purple Heart - Neptune Shizune!:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Siwkann:

Said the dude. with no artwork to share whatsoever.

What does that have to do with anything? I mean he's not wrong, compression exists for a reason and graphic art compression also exists for a reason.

There's a reason why hitting print screen, compressing the image, reuploading that image and having more space is a thing, otherwise we'd be uploading 4 MB screenshots when compressed their like, 100 kb?

I'm curently trying to post a steam artwork but I can't because their funny little maximum size limit of 5mb is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ joke. I can;t upload half a second gif because it's 5.01mb. Some people want to post some nice artworks for their profile but we can't because valve is once again ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on us. Stop defending them.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Nibiru:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Purple Heart - Neptune Shizune!:

What does that have to do with anything? I mean he's not wrong, compression exists for a reason and graphic art compression also exists for a reason.

There's a reason why hitting print screen, compressing the image, reuploading that image and having more space is a thing, otherwise we'd be uploading 4 MB screenshots when compressed their like, 100 kb?

I'm curently trying to post a steam artwork but I can't because their funny little maximum size limit of 5mb is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ joke. I can;t upload half a second gif because it's 5.01mb. Some people want to post some nice artworks for their profile but we can't because valve is once again ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on us. Stop defending them.

Try exporting each frame so you can modify each frame. Slightly compress each one then remake the GIF animation with the newly compressed frames.

[Brian9824]

Opprinnelig skrevet av tomcat:

It is interesting that the FREE file size on Discord, which operates without income, is 25 MB. On the other hand, Valve, the billion dollar Valve, is going backwards. This kind of business policy towards people who have spent thousands of dollars on Steam is disgusting.
They limit those who have not spent money on their account.:csgogun::missy_al:

Not really, completely different businesses, Steam's main business isn't forums, or sharing files, discord's main business is and they have invested in far more storage for it then steam does.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Opprinnelig skrevet av tomcat:

It is interesting that the FREE file size on Discord, which operates without income, is 25 MB. On the other hand, Valve, the billion dollar Valve, is going backwards. This kind of business policy towards people who have spent thousands of dollars on Steam is disgusting.
They limit those who have not spent money on their account.:csgogun::missy_al:

Discord's 2023 valuation is double that of Valve's.

15 billion vs 7.7 billion.

[UrbanMech]

And also profits off "free users" by selling info of your system and you. They couldn't even keep themselves from not putting a tracker on their password recovery system.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Opprinnelig skrevet av tomcat:

It is interesting that the FREE file size on Discord, which operates without income, is 25 MB. On the other hand, Valve, the billion dollar Valve, is going backwards. This kind of business policy towards people who have spent thousands of dollars on Steam is disgusting.
They limit those who have not spent money on their account.:csgogun::missy_al:

Discord also doesn't have 300-500+ million users uploading images on a consistent basis. But I agree it's ridiculous as this is 2023 not 2000-2010. 4K and 8K images are much more common now. We shouldn't have to spend time outside of Steam with 3rd party apps down-sizing the res and compressing the images so we can share them. I often have to, after taking in-game 4K screenshots have to wait til I'm finished playing and go into the Steam folder, find the images for said game and resize to maybe 1080p so they are more suitable upload size. Again, needless BS from Valve and it makes using this service that more frustrating.

[Dura_Ace]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Start_Running:

Dude. A little fcompression won't kill you.

Using a reasonable compression most wont be able to tell the difference and it keeps HDD from spinning up at steam. People demand change for the planet but dont really want change when it affects them. 8 MB for a pic is huge resolution and the most commonly used steam resolution is still the 1920x1080.

[Crashed]

Those on mobile and other limited data plans say thank you for the size reduction. Still a bit much for a page load to be potentially bigger than the first Doom game.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Dura_Ace:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Start_Running:

Dude. A little fcompression won't kill you.

Using a reasonable compression most wont be able to tell the difference and it keeps HDD from spinning up at steam. People demand change for the planet but dont really want change when it affects them. 8 MB for a pic is huge resolution and the most commonly used steam resolution is still the 1920x1080.

You realize servers have been using all SSDs for years now right?

[Mont]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.