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Holdplease2
Big Wall climber
Yosemite area
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 23, 2005 - 02:11am PT
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Hi Guys:
Sorry I'm lame and don't know this, how do I post a picture? I know I host it somewhere, like photobucket, but what do I type in the message to post the picture?
Additionally, how do I make sure that it isn't going to be huge and screw up the thread?
Thank you so much.
-Kate.
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Lg
Trad climber
NorCaL
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Oct 23, 2005 - 03:06am PT
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like this?
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Lg
Trad climber
NorCaL
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Oct 23, 2005 - 03:13am PT
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That took me three times...this time I deleted the text below it I guess that was screwing it up, so I paste it here instead:
Really, once you upload to ? site, and you are viewing the pic you want to post, in the size you want it to be seen (the one above is 480x360) You right click, then goto properties and get the url address, you need to copy and paste in between specific brackets.
]img[ url address ]/img[ Just reverse the brackets and NO spaces on either side of the address. When you post, you can remind yourself by clicking on the Help button to see what it really looks like.
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Holdplease2
Big Wall climber
Yosemite area
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 23, 2005 - 04:38am PT
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Hey Guys: Thank you.
I can only see red "x" for your pics, I tried to post one in the trip thread, it is a red "x", so maybe it works for you.
Either way, even if I just made the dumb red x, its a step in the right direction. :)
Thanks again,
-Kate.
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Oct 23, 2005 - 08:17am PT
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Kate, I think that did not work because it requires a login to get to that URL.
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Ditch Trad
Trad climber
CA
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Oct 23, 2005 - 10:31am PT
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Take a look at the code
View>Source
Or send it to me via email and I'll put it up on the TT thread.
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kimgraves
Trad climber
Brooklyn, NY
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Oct 23, 2005 - 10:38am PT
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Example 1
Example 2 (not really the same)
Hi Kate,
Your original question also asked to post a picture that doesn't overwhelm the screen.
There are three things to consider when showing an image on the web. The first is the height and width; second is how fast the image loads; the third is the quality of the image.
I use Photoshop for my image processing, but almost all other image processors will have the same facilities.
The size of the image is measured in pixels up and down, left and right. For example, the images I get out of my 5 mega pixel camera are around 2592 pixels wide by 1944 high and 751 Meg in size. The pixel density is 180 pixels per inch. This translates to around 14" by 10" - too big for the normal computer monitor. So the goal is to decrease both the length and width of the image and make it smaller in size so it loads quickly.
In general, I try to make my images no bigger than 500 pix high - 400 is better. That fits comfortable on a 19" monitor which is the standard now. In order to do that (in Photoshop) select IMAGE; IMAGE SIZE; then change the height to 500/400. The width is linked so it changes proportionally. Then hit OKAY. You can show 100% of the image by changing the number at the lower left to 100. The image will now fit on a normal computer monitor without having to scroll.
By decreasing the size of the image we've decreased somewhat how big the file is. But we can go much farther. The pixel density is still 180. But computer monitors can't show more than 72 pixels per inch. So you want to decrease the density to be compatible - there is no reason to carry around and ask people to load information that they can't see.
Photoshop has a facility called "save for web" which does this for your. Other programs will have the same facilities. Under FILE; SAVE FOR WEB. Saving for Web automatically changes the density from 180 (or whatever your camera is) to 72.
Note under SETTINGS you have a choice of the kind of image you want to save and how good it is. For photographs choose JPG. The "how good" setting indicates the amount of compression you get in the image. The more compression the smaller the file the LOWER the quality of the image. In general, you want images to be small so they load quick. With high speed access this has become less of a problem, but I always try to keep my images below 100K in total size. It's very difficult to see the difference between a MED and a High. I almost always choose MED.
So the image above that started out as 3000 by 2000 with a density of 180 and 2.1 meg in size was eventually saved as 400 tall by 600 wide and 72 dpi. The image on top was saved with the maximum compression and lowest quality and is 27K in size. The image on the bottom was saved with the least amount of compression and highest quality and is 138K in size. You can clearly see the difference. But the question is, does it matter? Right click on the picture and select properties to see the difference. In terms of size, this is about the max size that fits on my monitor at SuperTopo.
Regards, Kim
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deuce4
Big Wall climber
the Southwest
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Oct 23, 2005 - 08:47pm PT
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As far as posting pics, I have found http://xs.to/ to be a very easy uploading site--no sign-in or anything. Cut and paste the resulting link between IMG tags:
[+IMG]http://yourlinkhere.com/yourpic.jpg[+/IMG]
Note: delete the plus signs in the IMG tags above, placed here so the tags don't do what they're supposed to. Note also that the ending IMG tag has a slash.
Make sure there are no spaces between the tags and the link.
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loads
Trad climber
Phoenix AZ.
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Oct 23, 2005 - 11:25pm PT
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