I had a picture or two I would like to share but not sure how to do it. My son ask if I need something like picture bucket[?] Ok yea, I don't have a clue what they are talking about.
Jodi

When you are ready to post a picture you go below the text box you are typing you post in and look for the BROWSE button. Hit that BROWSE button and you will be taken to your computer to look for the photo you want to post. For example if you have the photo on you DESKTOP or in a PHOTO FOLDER on you desktop you will be able to CLICK on the photo you want to post.

Once the photo you want to post has been selected you will CLICK a button that says OPEN. Once you do that you will have the photo back into the forum ready to load. Below the BROWSE button you hit the button that says ADD THE FILE. You will have a short delay! You will be prompted when the file is ready to SUBMIT.

It's fairly easy. SIZING the photos is another story! If you submit the photo too large we will resize it for you but in a perfect world you will need to learn how to resize the photos. Maybe CONNIE can make a post with a little lesson on resizing photos.

Good Luck! Let's see some pictures!

The Pond Digger

I'd love to tell people how to downsize their photos, the only problem is that everyone has different software. As far as the size goes, I downsize everything to a maximum of 640 pixels wide or tall. Sometimes I crop the image to allow the focal point to be larger. If anyone wants specific details as to how to downsize, just let me know what software you have and I'll try to research and let you know what to do. If all else fails, upload it large and when I see it I'll downsize it.

Connie

Ok Connie, I know your talking about me . I dont have any certain photo editing software. I tried downsizing my pics on my paint program. Is there something I can DL for free?? I swear I'll give it my best shot scouts honor

Well, let me know what operating system you're using (Windows XP, Vista, MacOSX, etc.). Did your camera come with any software? What paint program do you have? I'll see what I can find out for you.

I really wasn't talking about you... Eric just suggested that I could post instructions. I don't mind resizing photos. I work at the computer all day and it gives me a break from my other projects, it just that sometimes I'm on deadline and don't see them when you first put them up.

Connie

Im using windows XP. The paint program I play with is just the program That comes with windows.I dont know if the camera came with any photo programs, But I do have an photoshop program thats pirated. I just cant open the files anymore. I'll try again. I guess I can try Utorrent to see if they have any photo editing programs I can DL...


I was just messin with you about talkin about me. I just really dont know how to DS them. I realoly would like to know tho. Im sure it can get busy at times with all the pictures I up on here. Im sorry

I looked into resizing pictures in Paint. It is possible, but that program isn't designed for that purpose. I can give you the instructions if you'd like, but while researching I found several people suggesting this free program to resize photos.

http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

If you try downloading this and still have trouble let me know and I'll install it on one of our computers and see what you need to do. FYI, the screen shot on the linked page is set up with the options you'll want (i.e. Custom size, Maintain Aspect Ratio (you can use 640 instead of 600), jpg).

Connie

Yes, the pixresizer program would do the trick. The problem isn't in cropping, it's in the resolution. The cameras today take such wonderful pictures, but have greatly increased the resolution in the process. You really wouldn't want to change the settings in your camera to take lower resolution photos, so you'll need software to reduce the pixel size. I currently re-size your photos to 640 pixels x 480 pixels.

As an added bonus, after you re-size your photos, you'll be amazed at how fast the upload!

Connie