Pixelfed

TL; DR; PNG resized to 1080 pixels on the short edge.

Just recently started dabbling with Pixelfed, but I couldn't find the best upload settings anywhere in the documentation, bar the 15MB upload limit. The server documentation states a quality percentage to use and boolean switches whether to resize and/or optimize images using aforementioned quality.

Turns out: images are by default resized to fit 1080 pixels on the short edge and are re-encoded using https://image.intervention.io/v2/api/encode set to the server's chosen quality percentage (which usually isn't advertised for instances but is 80 by default). Luckily, PNG is accepted nearly everywhere and its compression is lossless.

Those PNGs are way bigger than actual full resolution WebP's with a quality over 80% for my 24MP RAW exports. Most resized and optimized images tend to be smaller than 1MB, though, whereas the allowed PNG's are just shy of 3MB.

A full-res 24MP test image on 85% quality WebP dives well under that 3MB. Restricting to something more modern say 4K monitor resolution at 85% WebP would be well within current optimized file size ranges of about 1MB from my experiments with Darktable exports.

I've found a working Pixelfed discord link, here it is if people want to join it

Hope it gets fixed

I can't change my profile picture on gram.social, the account linked to my mastodon account. has anyone experienced the same thing? I have another account on the same instance which isn't registered/linked with any mastodon account (registered via email) and I can change the profile picture.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28252147

Fedicast / Podcast: https://audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefedi/episodes/dansup-pixelfed-loops-sup-etc

When creating a post, how do you tag users who are on different instances? For example, I'm creating a post on pixelfed.ca and I want to tag someone on pxlfd.ca. The tagging menu seems to only show users in the local instance. In the comments section, I have no problems mentioning users in other instances.

===Update - Apr 29, 2025===

I found a comment from dansup in issue 5885 on the Pixelfed GitHub. The inability to tag users on other instances is by design.

Pixelfed Groups. Available soon!

I just created an account on pixelfed.sdf.org, and every single time I upload a picture, the post gets marked as spam. I get the e_autospam.warning::1403355 warning.

I've contacted the pixelfed admins of that instance and they mentioned that on their end my account looks fine. Is another instance marking me as spam? I can't post globally at all...

Instead of Instagram I would like to embed my #Pixelfed profile in my website. This works so far. The goal is to display the latest 6 posts. But I searched a very long time for how to limit the displayed posts in the embedded iframe. Or - if possible - change the size of the images. Are the any setting or is there any documentation to this?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40192039

Pixelix is a third party android client for Pixelfed. I just got the update on Pixelfed, but you can also find the recent versions here:

https://github.com/daniebeler/pixelix/releases

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• New Post Page Redesign – A fresh, streamlined look for creating new posts.
• Settings Redesign – Improved layout and usability for a better user experience.
• AMOLED Theme – Enjoy a true black theme for battery efficiency and a sleek look.

🛠️ Bug Fixes & Enhancements

• Fixed: Losing Likes Issue – Your likes now stay as expected in the timelines.
• Big Image Modal – Clicking on an image now opens a full-screen preview.
• Various Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements – Smoother and more reliable app experience.

Last couple of days when I go to look at my notifications, the app crahes out. As in it closes and then I get a crash notification. Doesn't happen when I go to the desktop site.

Is this happening to anyone else? Do I need to update the app?

Pixelfed.social and .de Tried with Pixelfed app and Impressia but they use Safari anyways iOS 18.3.1

I archived some photos from my profile, and I can’t find them anywhere. Went through the UI, no clue whatsoever. Where is it stored? Anyone have an idea ?

Pixelfed app gives an error about the server not being compatible. Web just returns a blank page. Anyone else? Same with other servers?

Hi folks,

It seems like my pixelfed.social account no longer exists (tried opening it in different browsers and the app.) Is there someone I can reach out to to try and get it back?

I can access the collections page but it just says "No collections found."

How do I make/add to collections?

I've started to get into Pixelfed these past 2 weeks but one thing I don't quite understand yet, is what content is getting federated and what isn't. Under "Discover" I can see some trending posts from other instances but most are from the one I'm on and most have barely any interactions in terms of comments etc. I'm a bit surprised, as it's supposedly bigger than Lemmy now but I can see much less content and interactions than on Lemmy. So am I actually getting all the content from instances my instance is federated with, or is it maybe just the specific accounts being followed by members of my instance? And are interactions like hearts getting federated or are they just local?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24928035

When i post a comment and someone like it. I get a notifications saying that someone liked my post and when click on it, it is just the comment i wrote. I have to always click view post to see the context of my comment

I made an account on gram.social where I want to share stuff from my band to divert some traffic off of Instagram.

Everytime when I try to post a picture through the pixelfed app ot shows up as "unlisted" and not "public" even if I flag it correctly in the posting menu.

Does my new account have to get verified or is there a setting I'm missing? The account is public and you can find stuff by searching, though I think my forst lost doesn't show up in feeds or hashtags or anything else.

Cheers and have a good one!

Edit: So I opened Pixelfed on PC and got a notification that the first post needs to be approved by an human to appear as public from then on. The topic can be considered solved but I'll leave the post up for anyone being as confused as I was.

I can't wait to officially launch :pixelfed: Groups, and the companion mobile app. It's a game changer, imagine FB Groups, it's exactly the same! Compatible with Lemmy, Mbin and Smithereen. Available Q2.

I’ve tried two emails to register on pixelfed.art. I picked this because it’s a smaller instance and I will generally be posting just art. Has anyone else had issues being accepted to a smaller instance? They seem to do it manually and it’s been two weeks.

[Update] If I write the exact name of the group (like lovecraft_mythos@lemmy.world) it shows the page with the description, but still no posts.

I've also posted a picture in the group after following it, but it didn't show, except for the note about the last update

I haven't been able to get on for about 2 days. If it goes down permanently or if I want to switch instances, is that possible? I have like 100 pictures uploaded and I'm starting to get worried.

Beautiful sharing platforms that puts you first. No ads, no algorithms, no tracking – just pure photography and authentic connections.

A couple of days ago i registered my moniker Sepix on Pixelfed.de with its own Mailadress. A short while after i noticed i could also log in through Mastodon which i prefer because i mostly post pictures through Mastodon anyways.

I have two accounts now, one by logging in directly into Pixelfed as @sepix and another through the Mastodon login as @sepix@chaos.social - BUT when i login through Mastodon now i end up in my @sepix profile and not in my @sepix@chaos.social profile.

I cleaned my cookies and tried logging into the site private mode but i always end up at the Pixelfed account no matter what. Searching for the accounts shows both of them, most of the content i posted is visible on the federated account timeline, the other timeline being empty.

What is going on? Shouldn't i be ablo to login the site with both?