Posting pics help

[shawncat]

I can't seem to post pictures yet.Tried to post two pics on ozarkhunters and all that came up was two square boxes.I downloaded to digimax and copied,pasted the picture to word prosessor and then tried copy,paste to the post.Can anybody help me out in laymen terms please.

[Kicknbass]

You need to load as an attachment. Click on browse, go to the location in your computer were the picture is filed, and upload to the system.

I don't think you can copy/paste a photo into the forum.

[Phil Lilley]

Hunters- it's a software problem, not yours. Still trying to fix it.

Here on Ozarkanglers, it should work.

[shawncat]

What should work?Copy/paste or add as attachment.Thanks

[shawncat]

Thanks guys load as attachment seems to have worked.

[Kicknbass]

Good looking Dog. What are the ducks, Gadwalls?

[LostMyWife]

Shawncat

If you plan on posting pics a lot, I suggest you use one of the online sites like photobucket. I had problems with loading large pics when I got inot the forum.

Now I load the pics online and eithe link the url or attach the img. Either way it is faster and the pics are larger. You are also not as restricted on pic size.

BTW, nice looking dog.

LMW

[shawncat]

Thanks for the help with posting pics it opens a whole new world for me.Kickenbass,nice call yes they are Gadwalls.I had trouble identifing two hens the day before that I had shot.Came home after the hunt and had to look them up on a waterfowl ID website.The next day I got the three but the drake confirmed my ID.Duck hens are a little harder for me as a lot are similer looking.LMW what does BTW stand for I'm sometimes slow to comprehend computer lingo.I'll investigate online sites like photobucket after a little practice.Thanks again.Check out the story on ozarkhunters under ducks if you get a chance.

[LostMyWife]

Thanks for the help with posting pics it opens a whole new world for me.Kickenbass,nice call yes they are Gadwalls.I had trouble identifing two hens the day before that I had shot.Came home after the hunt and had to look them up on a waterfowl ID website.The next day I got the three but the drake confirmed my ID.Duck hens are a little harder for me as a lot are similer looking.LMW what does BTW stand for I'm sometimes slow to comprehend computer lingo.I'll investigate online sites like photobucket after a little practice.Thanks again.Check out the story on ozarkhunters under ducks if you get a chance.

BTW = By The Way

LMW

[Aeronikl]

BTW is the acronym for "by the way", one of many you may find used by even us old folks on the forum. This is a good source for a current list accepted by most people.

http://www.namastecafe.com/computer/abbreviation.htm

You can also Google for computer acronyms or abbreviations. There are some sites that also talk about etiquette, etc., not that we have problems with this forum.

Regarding the picture posting, one thing that helps, even if you use Photobucket or another site to route the viewers to, I recommend that you "resize" your image files by saving the image in your photo viewing program using "save as" and just add "a" or another digit to the end of the file name, before the extension, saving the file as a lower quality file, which shrinks the file size and makes the pictures load faster on the page when they are viewed. Most software gives you an option somewhere in the window to change the quality, usually with 4 -8 options from low to best. Even Microsoft using Windows Explorer to view/save using "MS Photo Editor" allows for changing the JPEG quality in a range from 0 - 100. You have to click "More" at the bottom of the save as... window to get there. This is usually easier than photo software, and going to 50% or less still provides a very good image for viewing. Making the file size smaller is more important than ever, since even the most economical point and shoot digital cameras are now 5 megapixels or better. File sizes in normal shooting modes are 1 - 3 megs with many of these cameras, and that means very slow file transfers, loading on the page for viewing, etc., especially if you don't have high speed internet all the time. Try saving an image this way and see if it helps.