I shared one of my battle-maps in some places just now (first time for that, really) and got the request to maybe share the full uncompressed version.
My battle-maps tend to be on the larger side and can easily go beyond 15-20mb at times.
I have two issues, mainly where I could use some pointers and input:
- I don’t want to lose all my rights (not even implicitly due to some vague TOS or EULA shenanigans) where I upload to and I am not willing to use any Google or Microsoft related services (nor any of the other large IT related companies, really - hence why I use the fediverse).
- I’d like to be sure I’m not just clogging someones server up with huge files like lemmy for example. Feels wrong to upload such huge files to a free service.
Got any advice? Should I use something like a (free) Patreon maybe?
Thanks in advance!
It’s okay to say, “No,” to that sort of request. Source files are something most graphic designers keep behind a paywall or under lock and key.
That being said, an expiring Dropbox link works pretty well.
Thanks for the suggestion. I don’t think they meant the source files, just a higher resolution (non-compressed) version of the image.
Maybe the MEGA cloud?
That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. Good suggestion, thank you!
You‘re welcome!
Yea probably a cloud storage site like mega or Google drive like others have said. The good thing with those is it’s much easier for people to bulk download your maps if you have them in the same folder
