PictureTrail

[postoak_imp]

I didn't want to hijack the Instagram thread but wanted to mention PictureTrail as an alternative to photobucket.

The thing about PictureTrail is that their business model from the start was to allow free hosting for 30 days and then give you the option of becoming a paying member in order to retain the photos, so their members support them financially.

The cost for a premium membership is $79.95 per year and that gives you enough storage to keep about 800 photos of 250K size in your albums.

So, to resize, I use the free software FastStone. This works very well.

Here's a photo of my GL1800c on PictureTrail.



I find it a bit easier to get the link into a forum than photobucket. You just bring up the photo and right click on it and select "Copy Image Address" then use the Image Icon here to past it into the field provided.

Link to FastStone Image Resizer Download:

http://www.faststone.org/download.htm

I don't see any options here so I assume it is only for Windows platforms.

Here's a youtube tutorial video on how to use FastStone Image Resizer. It sounds complicated but once you get it set up it is easy and fast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74PZ546wNeo

[CA200_imp]

I decided to use Smugmug ,Its easy to use and its just $4 a month.
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