Posting Photos

[Victor]

I keep trying to post pictures in the different forums on this site but I keep getting error messages. I think that the files are to large or something . What am I doing wrong?

Hello Jerry, Welcome, You knocked me off the newest member board, thank you.

[Hugh]

If you wanna just post a link to it, get a photobucket account and upload your pics, then leave the link here for us to click.

If you wanna post it in the body of a post, it gets more complex.  You don't want to use the camera's raw picture size of 1 or 2 megabytes, as it will be too big.  You want to shrink it down to 50,000-200,000 or so bytes.

Here's what I do, since pic posting on this BBS software isn't point and click, as far as I can tell.

1. Make sure your picture is no larger than 200,000 bytes.  How do you do this?

2. Right click on your picture, and at the bottom left click "properties".  If it is in the range of 50,000 to 200,000 bytes, then go to step 8.  If it is much more than 200,000 bytes you'll want to shrink it.  How?

3. Double click your picture and it 'might' open up in MS Paint.  If it does, go to 5, below.  If it doesn't, then click your 'Start' button, click "All Programs", then click "Assessories" then click "Paint".

4. When paint opens, click 'File' in the dropdown menus.  Then click 'open'.  Browse for your picture on your machine, and open it by double clicking.

5. When your pic comes up, click on the 'Image' drop down.  Then click on 'Sketch/Skew' and if your pic was 1 or 2 megabytes (the size of most raw pics from digital cameras), use 20% in the horizontal and vertical 'stretch' boxes, then click OK.

6. Click 'File' and 'Save as', and give it a new name...something like 'Proline small1' and save it to your desktop.

7. Go to Photobucket.com and start a free account.  Upload your picture and follow directions.  You will be given a link for your picture that you can post in here.

8. Open this forum, and post it like this:

[lmg]http://name of photobucket file[/lmg]  Use lower case 'i' when you spell the 'img', not an l, like I just used.

Here's an example:

The link:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u262/92YJ/DSCN0334sm.jpg

With the [lmg] things put in front and back:



If you right click on this pic and go to 'properties' you'll see that it is 36,840 bytes...a little small for forums-60,000 to 200,000 is better.

[seabob4]

Photobucket is the best way for me, as Hugh alluded to.  That's how pics like this:

Get on here!

P.S.  On THT, they got onto me for pics this big...

[Victor]

URL=http://s834.photobucket.com/albums/zz264/vaa1630/?action=view&current=Picture282.jpg][/URL]

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[Victor]

[Victor]

Thanks guys,

 I still need some help. As you can see I got the pics in the message section. Yet no matter what I try I cant get the photo to show in my profile (like your cool gator Bob). Please help??

[Hugh]

Nice hull...I like those Hondas

Here's how you post a small pic in your profile.

1. Click the 'Profile' drop down menu at the top of the board.

2. On the left hand side there is a column titled 'Modify My Profile'.  Click on 'Forum Profile Information'

3. There will be a line that you can select click on that says 'I have my own pic'.  Click on it.

4. That little tiny picture you posted first...get it's URL from Photobucket and kerplunk it right in that 'I have my own pic' line.  

5. Click 'change profile' at the bottom RHS of page, and that should do it.

If your pic is too large, go back into MS Paint and shrinky it down until it fits.  Don't make a monster pic, otherwise it will take up huge space for every post you make.

If this has helped you, please feel free to thank me by sending along a new Lowrance HDS-10 Fishfinder/GPS chartplotter with optional transom mount dual frequency skimmer with built in temperature sensor

[Victor]

Hugh,

I have been trying through paint and I even got the picture down to 13.5KB /13,868 bytes yet it still will not work (for me ). I keep getting the following error message.

Your attachment couldn't be saved. This might happen because it took too long to upload or the file is bigger than the server will allow.

Please consult your server administrator for more information.

The only way I was able to get the other photos in the message was through photobucket. I even tried to post the thumbnail link from photobucket to my profile settings and I get the same error message.
I am going to try from my home PC tonight or a different picture.

[Hugh]

Send me the new Lowrance and I'll tell you how I did it  

13k is too big for a profile thumb 23, it needs to be the size of the thumb you have above-around 2.5 to 3Kbytes, or typically 120px × 90px, or smaller.

I grabbed your thumb from photobucket, which is http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz264/vaa1630/th_Picture282.jpg , and used it following the instructions above.

Keep trying, following the directions I gave you as that's what I did to get your rig to show up next to my profile.  Don't forget to click and make sure the little green dot is in the "I have my own pic" selection.  

Wow...I just upgraded my Proline to your Proline...please forward the title of the boat to me...and we'll forget about the Lowrance

[Victor]

OK Hugh,
 I got it, thank you   . It seems that I am better at operating my vessel then operating a computer, or my trailer for that matter (see bent outrigger). By the way, I informed the bank to forward you the title. Be sure to let me know when you receive it.  

[Hugh]

 

[ppaulg]

   Thanks for the pic help guys!

[Hugh]

 

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