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- Thread starter oldranger
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Hi, its a bit of a pain but you should be ok, as long as the file size isnt too big. im also a bit new to this and i am a young un lol. i would say create a file on your computer desktop and put them pics in there, then while you are on this page, when you click upload file, you can go to desktop, preview and then select the image. also click on the add link when youve selected it. hope that helps. Chris
Its easy as long as you can get them downsized to less than 420k. Experiment around with the resolution settings on your camera to find which one works best for web use. I take mine at 3 or 5 mega-pixels and crop them down using a phot editor to less than 420k. One you get them on your PC and reduced in size posting is as easy as clicking the "Upload File" link and then finding and clicking on the photo you want to attach. If you organize your photos as you download them to your PC it will be easier to find them when you want to post them.
Get busy and I expect some photos soon.
Chris
PS Rename your photos in some way that makes sense to you. For hunts I use dates. Photos from a hunt on January 2, 2010 would be named 010210-1, 010210-2 etc. That way they stay in order by date because I sort my photo directories by file name. You need to use the same number of digits in every date. I use six digit dates. Making folders to sort them by month is good too. In no time you'll have a large archive of well organized photos at you fingertips.
Get busy and I expect some photos soon.
Chris
PS Rename your photos in some way that makes sense to you. For hunts I use dates. Photos from a hunt on January 2, 2010 would be named 010210-1, 010210-2 etc. That way they stay in order by date because I sort my photo directories by file name. You need to use the same number of digits in every date. I use six digit dates. Making folders to sort them by month is good too. In no time you'll have a large archive of well organized photos at you fingertips.
You can scan and downsize your photos by useing a free on line piece of software called
Irfanview. I've used it for years. Its a great piece of software and it IS free. I've never heard of anyone
getting a computer virus from downloading it. I've even seen it at someublic libraries I've visited.
Just type into google Free Irfanview software and it should take you to the site.
Kats
Irfanview. I've used it for years. Its a great piece of software and it IS free. I've never heard of anyone
getting a computer virus from downloading it. I've even seen it at someublic libraries I've visited.
Just type into google Free Irfanview software and it should take you to the site.
Kats
JOHNMARKHAM
New member
i have to say thanks for the tip too as ive not been able to upload any pics either cause of size..ill check out site..
BigCatDaddy
New member
Your Olympus camera should have come with the software you need to edit and reduce your files. If not, it's a free download from their website, way better than Infranview. Always shoot at the highest resolution possible and then edit and reduce the file size with your software so you end up with great pics!!
Congrats on the new camera. I just got one about a month ago. Actually
I bought two of them just alike as I plan to modify one to use as a trail camera
this spring. I bought store demo's off fleabay, and basically got two for the price
of one. The first was almost like new. Just a few very faint scratches on the LCD.
You can't see them unless the light is right, and with it on, they vanish.
The second I bought was mint in the box and still has the tags on it.
Mine are Sony DSC-W290's. One reason I got those was the 720p HD video
they will record. Looks pretty good. The stills are 12.1 MP..
Already some good suggestions. I'd also suggest looking for a different site
to store your pictures, rather than uploading them to the different forum sites.
IE: photobucket, etc.. Myself, I use my own web site server room. That way
I can do anything I want, including videos.
Being I use my own server, I'm not really up on using the sites server, but judging
from what I see, I think it has to be uploaded as an attachment. IE: the "upload
file" that you see highlighted in blue.
But if you use your own server or photo site, you use the "insert image URL"
button that has the envelope looking thing on it. You have to hold the pointer
over those icons to see which is which. The one I'm talking about is the one
to the right of the "globe and binoculars" looking button.
I just made a sample image of my 250 gear in the garage. It started out as a
12 MP , 5 MB size image, but I processed it, and shrunk it down to an appx
85 kb or so file. Fairly small as photo's go..
So now I will click on that "insert image URL" button, and when it pops up
I will paste my photo URL into that box. I paste over the "http" it has in the box
to begin with. My URL already has that, as I "copy" the URL directly from the
browser that is showing the image. You don't want the http: stuff twice..
So here I go..
I just did it, and you can see the "img" text that tells the forum to show the pix..
When you preview, or actually look at the post, you just see the picture in
place of that text.
I did a preview, and yep, it worked..
BTW, that pix shows the 250, the 9x12 coil, the sniper coil, and the
V2 pinpointer.. My probe and digger stuff is in the trunk of my car.. Too
lazy to get that stuff out.
I bought two of them just alike as I plan to modify one to use as a trail camera
this spring. I bought store demo's off fleabay, and basically got two for the price
of one. The first was almost like new. Just a few very faint scratches on the LCD.
You can't see them unless the light is right, and with it on, they vanish.
The second I bought was mint in the box and still has the tags on it.
Mine are Sony DSC-W290's. One reason I got those was the 720p HD video
they will record. Looks pretty good. The stills are 12.1 MP..
Already some good suggestions. I'd also suggest looking for a different site
to store your pictures, rather than uploading them to the different forum sites.
IE: photobucket, etc.. Myself, I use my own web site server room. That way
I can do anything I want, including videos.
Being I use my own server, I'm not really up on using the sites server, but judging
from what I see, I think it has to be uploaded as an attachment. IE: the "upload
file" that you see highlighted in blue.
But if you use your own server or photo site, you use the "insert image URL"
button that has the envelope looking thing on it. You have to hold the pointer
over those icons to see which is which. The one I'm talking about is the one
to the right of the "globe and binoculars" looking button.
I just made a sample image of my 250 gear in the garage. It started out as a
12 MP , 5 MB size image, but I processed it, and shrunk it down to an appx
85 kb or so file. Fairly small as photo's go..
So now I will click on that "insert image URL" button, and when it pops up
I will paste my photo URL into that box. I paste over the "http" it has in the box
to begin with. My URL already has that, as I "copy" the URL directly from the
browser that is showing the image. You don't want the http: stuff twice..
So here I go..
I just did it, and you can see the "img" text that tells the forum to show the pix..
When you preview, or actually look at the post, you just see the picture in
place of that text.
I did a preview, and yep, it worked..
BTW, that pix shows the 250, the 9x12 coil, the sniper coil, and the
V2 pinpointer.. My probe and digger stuff is in the trunk of my car.. Too
lazy to get that stuff out.
Software came with my camera too, a cheapo from Walmart, but since
I already used Irfanview I stayed with it. The software that came with the camera
is more for people who like to play with their photos and do neat stuff. Its a cheap version
of Photo Shop I guess but since I'm not into all the fancy stuff, Irfanview is fine. Keep it simple.
But I guess it depends on what your used to.
Good Luck.
Katz
I already used Irfanview I stayed with it. The software that came with the camera
is more for people who like to play with their photos and do neat stuff. Its a cheap version
of Photo Shop I guess but since I'm not into all the fancy stuff, Irfanview is fine. Keep it simple.
But I guess it depends on what your used to.
Good Luck.
Katz