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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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 - 00:00
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Wed, 30 Nov 2011 - 12:03
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Member Group: Members Posts: 2,134 Joined: 16 Aug 2008 From: London Member No.: 21,892 |
Andy has posted the correct syntax. I suspect he has deliberately modified the tags so that it doesn't work, thus allowing you to see the syntax rather than simply get an image!!
Did you notice how the quote of of his post has an image in it? That is because his deliberate edits to stop the tags working are removed by the quote, thus allowing the syntax to work as expected. You effectively proved Andy's syntax works, whilst telling him it didn't. This post has been edited by Mortimer: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 - 12:05 |
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Sun, 21 Oct 2012 - 11:18
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Member Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 18 Oct 2012 Member No.: 57,771 |
I am attempting to upload 3 photos using tinypic.I have followed the step by step guide but am stuck at the part of share this image,i am unable to paste or anything.I highlight the relevent box and cant go any where. what am i not doing?
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Fri, 30 Nov 2012 - 12:50
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 29 Nov 2012 Member No.: 58,625 |
Is there a limit on how many that I can upload, I am having trouble uploading images
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Fri, 30 Nov 2012 - 13:07
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Member Group: Members Posts: 2,134 Joined: 16 Aug 2008 From: London Member No.: 21,892 |
I believe there is a limit to how many images can be linked to from a single post in a topic. Services like TinyPic, PhotoBucket have no limit, or at least not one that anyone is going to reach in a meaningful way.
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Wed, 19 Dec 2012 - 09:03
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Member Group: Members Posts: 962 Joined: 29 Aug 2007 From: England Member No.: 13,384 |
Hello, help please.
I've just tried to use both of these services to host an image, and neither work properly for me. Imageshack lets me create an account, then when I try to upload my image (tried in IE and firefox, with both their normal and alternative uploaders) it tells me that it failed. Tinypic/photobucket won't seem to let me click the 'join' button on this page http://tinypic.com/join.php?utm_source=hea...ign=join_button well it will let me click it, but I then get "internet explorer cannot display the webpage". Anyone got any advice? Could someone more experienced than me try either of the above services (as a new user) and see whether you can get past the steps I got to? Are there any alternative services that I could try? I did get the unregistered tinypic to work for me. But perhaps someone could still review? This post has been edited by jdfi: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 - 08:56 -------------------- Everyone on this forum (even those who may be professionally qualified as something) give advice that is their laymans' opinion. This is given without liability. Everyone will assume you are telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and try to assist you if they can. Photos of signs/the area and scans of documents can help. Never throw anything away even if trivial! Tell all your friends about PePiPoo please!
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Wed, 19 Dec 2012 - 10:21
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Member Group: Members Posts: 2,134 Joined: 16 Aug 2008 From: London Member No.: 21,892 |
It would appear that tinypic has a problem at the moment. I have an account with them, which is still working, but you're right the new joiners page doesn't seem to be loading. It would appear that TinyPic and PhotoBucket are the same outfit, and the join button redirects to PhotoBucket, but tries to many redirections, and my browser kicks it out, as a security risk. Going directly to PhotoBucket should work, though: https://secure-beta.photobucket.com/register
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Wed, 30 Jan 2013 - 01:18
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Member Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 27 Jan 2013 Member No.: 59,622 |
What do you guys think of hosting the pic on facebook and setting the picture only visible to yourself
You can then go to the image and copy the url of the image and paste it on a forum. The url will be something like "http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/486093_10152466153765315_1052608263_n" I'm not sure about whether the url contains and identifiers, but to me, it seems quite anonymous |
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Wed, 30 Jan 2013 - 08:53
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Member Group: Members Posts: 2,134 Joined: 16 Aug 2008 From: London Member No.: 21,892 |
It does seem reasonably anonymous. Is that image from your own photo Facebook photo library?
It looks to me like a advert image, which may have public viewing settings. Are we sure a photo set to private can be made public this way? The image link below is only normally visible to my friends, is anyone NOT able to see it? http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-s...083018856_n.jpg |
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Wed, 30 Jan 2013 - 09:50
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Webmaster Group: Root Admin Posts: 8,205 Joined: 30 Mar 2003 From: Wokingham, UK Member No.: 2 |
The Facebook sharing method works. There are many other options now other than just the old dedicated image sharing sites; both Dropbox and Google Drive allow you to create public links to files, for example, suitable to just paste into a post.
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Wed, 30 Jan 2013 - 10:55
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Member Group: Members Posts: 2,134 Joined: 16 Aug 2008 From: London Member No.: 21,892 |
Unlike the sites like Photobucket, Tinypic**, etc. Facebook doesn't create a copy/pastable link for you. You have to use the browsers contextual menus to get the URL. Whether this will be any easier to explain how to do, to some of the people we get coming here I don't know. That said, it is a useful alternative, and I like the more anonymous nature of the links Facebook uses.
** Actually Tinypic IS Photobucket now, isn't it? |
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Wed, 30 Jan 2013 - 11:38
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Member Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 27 Jan 2013 Member No.: 59,622 |
It does seem reasonably anonymous. Is that image from your own photo Facebook photo library? It looks to me like a advert image, which may have public viewing settings. Are we sure a photo set to private can be made public this way? The image link below is only normally visible to my friends, is anyone NOT able to see it? http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-s...083018856_n.jpg Its a snapshot of something I took and made private to post on another forum And I can see your photo of the autumn tree leaves I was also assuming I can delete my FB pics whenever I wanted which is another main benefit for using suggesting it. Thanks for the feedback guys |
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Wed, 30 Jan 2013 - 11:42
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Member Group: Members Posts: 2,134 Joined: 16 Aug 2008 From: London Member No.: 21,892 |
If you use Photobucket or other similar services as a signed up user, you can also delete them there too. The other benefit of these services is they also have web-embedded image editors, so all the redaction of VRNs, addresses and names can be done directly on the web stored image, which can be helpful sometimes.
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Mon, 4 Mar 2013 - 21:29
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Member Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 27 Jan 2013 Member No.: 59,622 |
I just to add some feedback as I followed this and was a bit TOO overzealous in scrubbing before posting my PCN.
QUOTE Now we'll obscure your details: You need to think carefully about what to leave and what to delete; it's not much use removing your name and registration number if you leave in details such as reference numbers or precise locations, dates and times, for example. I literally removed all the details and it limited advice given (I'd say gravely limited) For example I removed the Contravention time & Date of Notice perhaps leave the months and replace the dates with x and date of notice to x + no. of days difference I also removed the time of occurrence so only just been told the PCN should actually show a duration of observation so maybe remove only the hour of occurrence If you guys feel this post is irrelevant then feel free to delete accordingly |
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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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Sat, 14 Dec 2013 - 20:13
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Member Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 27 Oct 2010 Member No.: 41,623 |
Is it safe to add a photo taken with my I phone if i log on the site with my phone? Im trying to add a photo, but I cant save it on my computer. because the hard drive is full. Im worried bout doing it wrong an giving too much info.
Im not very technically minded and dont understand all the jargon in the posts. The instructions are a mix of old instructions and new updates which I havefound hard to understand and I dont want to add a photo with out being sure about it. |
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Sun, 15 Dec 2013 - 02:00
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Member Group: Members Posts: 6,178 Joined: 1 Jan 2013 From: Glasgow Member No.: 59,097 |
Is it safe to add a photo taken with my I phone if i log on the site with my phone? Im trying to add a photo, but I cant save it on my computer. because the hard drive is full. Im worried bout doing it wrong an giving too much info. Im not very technically minded and dont understand all the jargon in the posts. The instructions are a mix of old instructions and new updates which I havefound hard to understand and I dont want to add a photo with out being sure about it. Id suggest that you make an effort to remove some stuff from your hard drive ...it will help your computer to run properly ...Im surprised it is working at all if the HD is completely full..and everyone has things they can delete to free up space . Secondly you can upload an image using that facilty when you make a posting but that has limitations so few people do that and use an external image host like Photobucket and post the [IMG] links that Photobucket provides in your post and the images will appear in your message . I doubt what you are suggesting will work if I read you correctly ..I cant see how an image on your phone can be posted in here ..You don't say what phone you have but certainly with an iPhone you can attach it to a computer using iTunes and you can then transfer the image to your computer and upload it to the external image host I mentioned above ... That is by far the most straightforward way . |
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Sun, 15 Dec 2013 - 11:14
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Member Group: Members Posts: 2,134 Joined: 16 Aug 2008 From: London Member No.: 21,892 |
There is a Photobucket app for the iPhone that means you can upload images directly to Photobucket and get a url you can paste into the forum.
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Sun, 15 Dec 2013 - 12:53
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Member Group: Members Posts: 6,178 Joined: 1 Jan 2013 From: Glasgow Member No.: 59,097 |
There is a Photobucket app for the iPhone that means you can upload images directly to Photobucket and get a url you can paste into the forum. I'd forgotten about that iPhone App..lets see if it works It does although the copied link had to be edited down so it started and ended with [IMG] This post has been edited by StuartBu: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 - 15:39 |
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Thu, 19 Nov 2015 - 12:44
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Member Group: Members Posts: 191 Joined: 15 Nov 2015 Member No.: 80,659 |
The very first piece of advice given at the top of this thread is "do not use a PDF".
There are very good reasons for this. PDFs can easily be loaded with malware, and most detection software has a hell of a time finding it. However, I am seeing quite a lot of PDFs being uploaded recently. I wonder if the forum software should be set to prevent them being uploaded. This post has been edited by RottenToTheCore: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 - 12:44 |
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