mycole Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Can someone help a brutha out and school me in pic posting? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CiscoKid Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Also, when you add the attachment, don't preview it. That removes the path to your pic. Brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mycole Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 ok gents, bring it down a level for me... I have pics on my hard drive. I want to post them in a thread. how in God's name do I do that? (I told you I was dense) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 (edited) First step - Open Windows Explorer and check the file sizes. The file Capture_12.jpg on my machine cannot be attached as it is too big The file Capture_13.jpg on my machine can be attached as it is 80Kb Note: The max file size has now been upped to 100KB since this post was made Edited March 18, 2008 by Andy Mullen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 (edited) Second step - Write your message in the enter your post then in the File attachments section (just above the add reply button) click the browse button, select your picture file, click OK then hit add reply. NOTE If you hit preview the file is not uploaded and you will have to browse and reattach the image. Edited March 18, 2008 by Andy Mullen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 thanks you Andy! I am going to pin this. Cheers Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mycole Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 ok... gonna try this one more time... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mycole Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 holy crap! it worked! I feel so... so... accomplished <pauses to let applause die down> thanks for the help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 WAY TO GO MYCOLE... I know how you feel. It's amazing how a little something like this can make you feel so darn good eh? :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mycole Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 yes, that's the truth.. here I am, a grown man, college and graduate school-educated, being bested by a d*mn computer function... but not anymore!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
npkhanh Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Nice day, mycole. I've just read your discussion site. I have also problem as yours because I'm newbie. Thanks to Habu and Andy Mullen. I'll try it as you made successful. Best regards, PKhanh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chomper Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 OK. I've read all the above. Tried it all, and still, no go!! What am I doing wrong?? chomper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 OK. I've read all the above. Tried it all, and still, no go!!What am I doing wrong?? chomper See my reply to your post below - you need to use WHAT you are doing before we can tell you what you are doing wrong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 First step - Open Windows Explorer and check the file sizes.The file Capture_12.jpg on my machine cannot be attached as it is too big The file Capture_13.jpg on my machine can be attached as it is 80Kb Note: The max file size has now been upped to 100KB since this post was made Ok, is there a simple way to reduce pictures on a hard drive to 100kb? (and I do mean simple :lol: ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 (edited) Col. firstly download and install this freebie graphic tool - IrfanView In this example I will downsize a picture taken directly from my camera. The intial picture is 1600 x 1200 and about 1012KB in size (I have already resized to 800 x 600 for this example) Edited March 18, 2008 by Andy Mullen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 (edited) Obviously this is too big, so open it up in IrfanView. Now either press "Ctrl R" or select Image/Resize/Resample from the menu... Change the resolution from 300 DPI to 72DPI (Monitors only display at ~72DPI), and for this example I clicked on the Half Button to change the resolution to 800 x 600. Next choose File/Save As from the menu (or press S) and save as new file. It is still 316KB in size, so change the compression ratio to 85% Edited March 18, 2008 by Andy Mullen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 (edited) The picture is now about 64 KB in size and can now be uploaded here with no problems Attached image(s) Edited March 18, 2008 by Andy Mullen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Thanks Andy, I'll have a play about with this and see what I can do. Nice tempest by the way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bucky Katt Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 (edited) Stupid question, I'm sure, but something I am curious about. Are the pictures stored on the posters hard drive, or are they actually uploaded onto a central server? I'm curious to know if I can remove any pics I eventually post (if I can get the nerve to post pics of my work) from my hard drive and move them to a CD without messing up a thread i post in. Thanks. Brian Edited December 15, 2005 by Bucky Katt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Mullen Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Brian, if you follow the instructions given and attach the pictures they are stored on the ARC Forums server. You can then back up your originals on to CD/DVD. If you add the pics using the image button (the tree icon), then they will appear as long as the server hosting the pics, is online. HTH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bucky Katt Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Thanks, Andy! Brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
modelmax Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Hi all, another green newbie here. need help with the following. the pic. I uploaded to appear next to my screen name (left side) does appear in my "profile options" screen, but it doesn't appear when I've posted stuff. Which of the problems discussed above does this problem relate to? oversized graphics, or previewing postings? thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 you seem to have a personal photo loaded, but no avatar - which is the pic that shows on every post Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Markus Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 test pic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Markus Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 test pic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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