Adding pictures to your posts - one option

Birchall

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There are several ways to do this but I am not comfortable with putting a link to my images on a hosting site (and I like the simplest way)
So I use this approach.


Enter your text and then when you get to the spot where you want to post a picture (or click once on the spot you want it to appear)

Click on the "Insert Image" icon (the one to the left of the "film strip")
Then select the "From Computer" tab (not the URL).

Click on "Select Files" and you can then select the picture/s you want (Up to 8 maximum) from your computer directories
Select the ones you want all at the same time (by holding down the Ctrl key while you click on each one)
Then select Open
(or if you want you can just select one and repeat the process for the others one at a time)

When you have selected the picture/s you want click on the "upload file/s" button and your images will be added to the post.

Note that the images will be small, to make them larger you can check out the How To How to increase the size of images you post on here


NOTE

Your images MUST be less than 2meg in size, ideally around 1.5 meg to be sure.
If your image file size is too large the upload will fail for that image.
To reduce your pictures to a smaller size you can use an image editor (you normally have one as standard - such as Microsoft Paint)
Open the picture in "Paint" (or similar) and use the resize option in there to reduce the file size. In "Paint" you enter a percentage reduction (I use a reduction of 50 and that is often enough) Save the image and THEN recheck the file size (in properties) AFTER you have saved it. Repeat until the image properties are less than 1.5 meg in size). The image should then upload when you try again.

If your image is upside down or on its side when you have added them to your post this can be corrected (or better still avoided) by merely opening the image in Paint (or similar) and rotate it (even though it may well look right anyway) then rotate it back again so that it is correct and then save the file again (you can do this at the same time as you resize if you want, but resizing often saves it correctly anyway.)

Corrections and additions / comments welcome!

Steve B
 
Good write up Steve.

There are some websites that will resize images which are good but many have advertising that can dupe you into visiting suspicious web sites. The method above is better.

If you pictures are upside down ect. your are best turn them around with the default picture viewers from your operating system. They usually have a left and right curved arrow, press them and it will turn it around and save in one click.

If you wish to edit sizes and other things about about your images like removing number plates etc. I recommend Photoshop.

On the other hand if you don't want to spend a lot on a programs like Photoshop. I recommend you try GIMP it is totally free from https://www.gimp.org and there are plenty of tutorials around the web even video ones on YouTube. GIMP is a million times better better than ms paint.

If you need to do this type of stuff online (say your work computer won't let you download or install programs) I recommend you try Pixlr from https://pixlr.com/editor/ their advanced editor is great for those times you need a powerful online editor.

Euan

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A lot of the functions referred to here don't work from a mobile device, or at least don't on mine. The add picture function on the forum just doesn't respond when using a mobile device.

The only way I can upload photos is to host them on photobucket and link the image code. In that respect the photobucket app is really quick and I can recomend it.
 
If you use an internet browser on your phone instead of an App you should be ok to do the same process, it just takes you to your phone images / library.

But that might just be if you are using an iPhone?

Steve B
 
If you use an internet browser on your phone instead of an App you should be ok to do the same process, it just takes you to your phone images / library.

But that might just be if you are using an iPhone?

Steve B

using via a browser works on both Android and iPhone, but only if you are viewing in --A2OC (selected as 'full site' when in the mobile view) as apposed to mobile web version (selected as '--default mobile site') from full site
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