Take a DIGITAL picture or scan a real photograph and save it as a jpg file.
Remember where you saved it to....
Try to convert the photo to 72 dots per inch and 6 to7 inches high using some graphics program -
Go ahead and edit arrows, explanations, a date, your "Handle", captions,
WHATEVER into the picture, then save that file (remember the name you used).
Here is an example of some graphics editing I did and posted here a while ago:
This particular picture is 8 inches wide by 6 inches high and is 72 pixels/inch
done with PhotoShop LE and saved as a jpg file before uploading to Imageshack.
If a picture file is too large, it sort of blows the Forum page up too big and makes it
difficult for folks to page thru the Forum - "Trust me"
Then go to
www.imageshack.us
or
http://s70.photobucket.com
and join it. That only requires a valid E-Mail address. I use my Hotmail address. They are FREE
Once you are a member, you can 'upload' any number of images to that site FREE.
Once you "upload" the image(s), you are given several "Links" which you can copy and
paste into this or any other Forum.
When you click on UPLOAD in Imageshack, be sure to check the box labeled
"Remove size/resolution bar from thumbnail" - it should have a check in the box.
That stops it from putting image size numbers under your posted photos.
You don't want that !
Here is how you use them:
Click on the little tiny "i" in the photo you want to put into a Forum or E-Mail.
A new window opens up.
Use the IMG links right at the top of the window that opens when you click on "i" in the
small windows with your photos. The one labeled "forums". See the picture above.
Be sure the "Full Size" box is not checked!
Highlight the IMG (Forums) line and press Ctrl-C - that copies the line to your computer's memory,
otherwise known as the "Clipboard."
They are the [img].......info.......[img] type of links. Here is what one looks like:
IMG
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/6...edframefv5.jpg /IMG
I removed the brackets that make it work here....
Then go to "Post Reply"
here and write your message.
Within that text you wrote PASTE the img link from Imageshack.us that you copied.
Put the cursor where you want and press ctrl-V to paste the link into your text.
Finish with as many photo links as you want, then
save the changes or post.
Then when your post comes up, the Forum gets the image from ImageShack.us and
plops it into the post.
Try it...if you screw up, simply try again and use the EDIT function on this Forum until
you get it to work correctly.
Then - write down how you did it!
That helps me at least, because I have a mind like a sieve...I forget quickly and writing it
down keeps me from "rediscovering the wheel" each time I want to use something...
For E-Mails - use the http: link and then the person receiving just clicks the
link and the image shows up on their browser.
If you want to post an image here that you NEED BE LARGE, then post the http: link and tell
folks to click on the link. Then the big image can load as a
separate page all by itself.
The person can then scroll thru the big image and see what they want.
This way, you can send images anywhere w/o having to attach them each time.
Imageshack.us and Photobucket give you Images, links, thumbnails, etc that you can use ANYWHERE !
BUT - some Forums use different formats - you need to find out what format to use for
each different Forum. E-Mail can't use the IMG format - they use the http format.
There are quite a lot of these FREE image and file "Hosting" sites on the Internet.
They have Terabyte Hard Drives for storing Hideously large amounts of data.
You can store Pictures, Video Files (DVD, AVI, MPG, etc), Audio files, Data Files....you name it.
Most are free, some require payment....
Corporations do this as a "service" - why?! ...Only God Knows!
Remember - there are COPYRIGHT laws....so don't post business's pictures and claim them as
your own. Maybe cite where you got the image to keep the Lawyers at bay.
DoctorBill
PS - You can save images from here (or any other web site) by right clicking on the image and
use "Save as..." in Windows.