How to prepare and post photographs/images |
How to prepare and post photographs/images |
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 - 00:00
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Member Group: Administrators Posts: 9,760 Joined: 30 Mar 2003 From: Wiltshire, UK Member No.: 4 |
How to Format, Resize and Post Images in a Forum Thread
Many members have been asking how to post photographs/images/scanned images, so here is a quick guide to the process using a free online editor to prepare your images, and either of two popular (and free ) services to host them: tinypic and ImageShack. To add an image to your PePiPoo thread, you need to host it online first. To do this it is recommended that you have a reasonably sized JPEG (.jpg) image. Step 1: Capture your image
Step 2: Decide what details you need to remove When asked to post a scan of a document you will usually be advised to "wash" or "scrub" it. What this means is that before you post it you should remove any details that would enable whoever issued the document to connect it to you. The reason is fairly obvious: posts in internet forums can be viewed by anyone, including people (e.g. the police, "safety camera" partnerships, private parking companies, councils) who you may not want to read posts discussing your options, what you did (or didn't) do, and what action you intend to take! Peoples' initial reaction is often that this is simple - remove details like your name, address, registration mark and and driving licence number and the job's done. However the person or organisation issuing the document has all the information about it that you do; can they fill in the blanks using that knowledge? You need to consider a lot more than those obvious details, including:
Step 3: Edit your image
Step 4: Host the image online and insert into your post TinyPic
ImageShack
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Sat, 13 Apr 2013 - 20:56
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Member Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 8 Apr 2011 Member No.: 45,759 |
I am using photobucket to host & edit the images - When i posted the IMG code the unedited image was showing my personal details - Instead, I have posted the IMG THUMB Code which has edited the images correctly. Is this the best way? how can i correctly post the IMG Code so that the image does not contain personal details and is a larger size for viewing easily on the forum?
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Sat, 13 Apr 2013 - 22:23
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Member Group: Members Posts: 6,178 Joined: 1 Jan 2013 From: Glasgow Member No.: 59,097 |
I am using photobucket to host & edit the images - When i posted the IMG code the unedited image was showing my personal details - Instead, I have posted the IMG THUMB Code which has edited the images correctly. Is this the best way? how can i correctly post the IMG Code so that the image does not contain personal details and is a larger size for viewing easily on the forum? Thanks I don't understand what you mean ..Do you mean personal details on the images ...If you masked the details digitally before uploading them on Photobucket the full size images and the clickable thumbnails should be exactly the same although I believe that you can edit them in Photobucket but I have never done it this way ..I do it before uploading them . e:g and |
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