Help! How do I post photos please?

[fuaran]

Adding to that,  I don't think i've run into the pixel limit

Inline images are limited to 640x640 pixels.

so that bit of info might be out dated.

The forum sets the display size to 640 pixels. You can still use a higher resolution image, it just won't show any bigger (and will use more bandwith etc). Though you could click on it to view it full size, depends on your browser.

For sharing pictures. I think easiest option is Imgur. It gives you the BBcode, so you can just copy that.

[salar55]

Imjur for me, would be better if this forum used an efficient form of image capture. Only started to upload pics as i am bored being locked up and not interested in cycling the same boring routes.

[L CC]

It's one of the best things about Tapatalk - they do it all

[Ham]

I host images on Google Photos whichy has an annoying "feature" that linked pictures are only visible to other users if they're logged in to Google.  There's a neat workaround:

Here's another workaround, up to you to decide which you prefer. (my method sounds worse than it is in practice, honest)

Create a google blogger.com account if you don't have one, and create a draft post in a blog.

"Insert picture" in the edit window and you will get the choice to select from google photos, which will display in reverse chronological order.

Select your photo with the default display options. You will have lines something like this in the post

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MpKwX-VVAJc/YFDe-zJD_eI/AAAAAAADZh8/UUluYqEFJpUk7ASqVZM2rtQotW1RazL9QCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/PXL_20210304_183447936.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MpKwX-VVAJc/YFDe-zJD_eI/AAAAAAADZh8/UUluYqEFJpUk7ASqVZM2rtQotW1RazL9QCPcBGAsYHg/s320/PXL_20210304_183447936.jpg"/></a></div>

Select the bit I have highlighted in blue and paste into the image tag and use that (it's an image link using the blogspot.com url). You can also change the loading image size at this stage (which is what makes it particularly useful), the "s4032" bit refers to the long side size of the image, by default the maximum image size. You can change this to whatever - s640 would scale to 640, the maximum default display size, but a larger number like s1024 will allow the reader to click for  a bigger image.

[Mr Larrington]

For sharing pictures. I think easiest option is Imgur. It gives you the BBcode, so you can just copy that.

Flickr does that too, with the caveat that the copy bit is b0rked on older versions of iOS.  Doesn’t work on my old iPad Mini but does on this 'ere newer one.

[el]

testing
IMG_8763[1] by Norman Ton, on Flickr

[Kim]

Chain's a bit ...absent.   

[meddyg]

Is there an optimum size for posting on the forum?

Occasionally someone will comment 'can't see your picture - huge file.'
It seems that iPhone photos might be anything between 1.5Mb and 6Mb
I've been compressing them lately by 50% https://compressjpeg.com/ *
but only down to 1.5Mb prior to posting.

* this software offers compressed image as .jpeg .png .gif or .pdf

[Jaded]

There are two aspects to file size - the level and type of compression, and the image size in pixels.

For here (YACF), no more than 1024 pixels wide is usually fine - unless the image has lots of detail necessary.

Your latest image is 3,024 x 4,032 pixels, so 9 times too big for what is needed. It is 2MB, and I reduced it to 340KB by reducing the pixel width to 1,024 - see below

If you don't have software to reduce the size of the images, have a look at how you are scanning them. Reduce the scanning resolution. Image sizes are a bit of a dark art - seemingly impenetrable, but easy once you know how and if you have the right software.

[meddyg]

So, Jaded, good morning !

This is the next screen I get on hosting the image on https://imgbox.com/

100x100pixel square up to 800x800 pixel square or
100x100pixel resized up to 800x800 pixel resized

I thought choosing the lowest pixel size 100x100 was the way to go?


what should I choose ?

[Kim]

I thought choosing the lowest pixel size 100x100 was the way to go?


what should I choose ?

Consider that most people are browsing the forum on a screen or window that's of the order of a thousand pixels across.  (Maybe smaller for phones, much bigger for high-spec desktops.)  A 100 pixel square is about a tenth of that size, which is either going to appear a little on the small side or lacking in detail if zoomed to fill the screen.

IIRC the forum defaults to 640 pixels wide for inline images, so for best results you want the closest size up from that.  800 pixels would be ideal.  1000pixels would be reasonable.  4000pixels would be wasteful.

[Jaded]

OK, you are on a Mac, so you have the tools already...

(I am assuming that you upload the images somewhere for the hosting - this will make the images a sensible size for that)

Preview will do what you need, it is a very versatile tool!

I'll do it step-wise, so apologies if it is teaching you to suck eggs. I'll use the latest beach one as the example.

With the original image, Kx01lIyu_o.jpg in Finder -  Right or CTRL Click on the Image and choose Open With > Preview

When Preview opens it will show the whole image. There are now two steps:
1) Resize it to a more appropriate size for the forum

Tools : Adjust Size

Choose Fit into: 1024 x 1024
Click OK

2) Save it as a new file

File : Export

Export As: type in the name you want, and choose the location
Choose Format: JPEG
Choose Quality: about 80% of the way across
Click Save

That is the file for you to upload. It won't need any changes.

[lissotriton]

So, Jaded, good morning !

This is the next screen I get on hosting the image on https://imgbox.com/

100x100pixel square up to 800x800 pixel square or
100x100pixel resized up to 800x800 pixel resized

I thought choosing the lowest pixel size 100x100 was the way to go?


what should I choose ?

On that upload page, you could choose the option for 800x800. Then on the next page, click the option for 'Thumbnails'. That means it will give you BBcode for smaller version for the forum page, plus it will link to the full-rez version. So anyone can click on it if they want to view it bigger.

[meddyg]

OK thanks for the tips.

I fear you will now be marking my homework !

[meddyg]

test transmission

fulll size

[Jaded]

"meddyg discovered the error when he opened the picnic box"

[alfapete]

Reviving an old thread, but any help available for posting pictures from Google Photos.
I can view the picture and create the link but when I insert it here only the link rather than the photo comes up. I've posted pictures before, a LONG time ago but not from Google, and I'm sure there's a simple solution to this - I just don't know what it is.

Example:
https://photos.google.com/u/1/photo/AF1QipN1Ppcn4jN7Q6J7ekOP88JgNVhSl--Yq-JIaGDa
https://photos.google.com/u/1/photo/AF1QipN1Ppcn4jN7Q6J7ekOP88JgNVhSl--Yq-JIaGDa

[Mr Larrington]

Can’t even see those by clicking the link! 404.

[phantasmagoriana]

I didn't think linking directly to Google photos was possible, but maybe it is? Testing...

[alfapete]

I didn't think linking directly to Google photos was possible, but maybe it is? Testing...

So how did you do that then?

[Jurek]

Reviving an old thread, but any help available for posting pictures from Google Photos.
I can view the picture and create the link but when I insert it here only the link rather than the photo comes up. I've posted pictures before, a LONG time ago but not from Google, and I'm sure there's a simple solution to this - I just don't know what it is.

Example:
https://photos.google.com/u/1/photo/AF1QipN1Ppcn4jN7Q6J7ekOP88JgNVhSl--Yq-JIaGDa
https://photos.google.com/u/1/photo/AF1QipN1Ppcn4jN7Q6J7ekOP88JgNVhSl--Yq-JIaGDa

Take a screengrab of the image in question and upload that to the host of your choice.

[phantasmagoriana]

In Google photos, right click the photo and click "Open image in new tab". Copy & paste the (v long) URL from the tab that opens.

I've been using ImgBBB for a while now, but if I can save having to download & upload pictures to there each time, that's a bonus.

[phantasmagoriana]

Oh, and the photo URL needs to be inside [ img ] [ /img ] (without the spaces): clicking the Mona Lisa above the reply box will put those in automatically.

[alfapete]

In Google photos, right click the photo and click "Open image in new tab". Copy & paste the (v long) URL from the tab that opens.

I've been using ImgBBB for a while now, but if I can save having to download & upload pictures to there each time, that's a bonus.

Wonderful, thank you so much. It's not exactly quick, is it, but I'll get a process going and then you can see all my recent tour pictures in Ride reports. Don't hold your breath.

[alfapete]

Actually, posting from Facebook rather than from Google Photos in the same way generates a shorter url which is a bit easier for me as I'm replicating a series of Facebook posts.