Randy B
Road warrior
What I do from imgur is to open the picture I want and then right click on it and open it in a new tab. Then copy the complete address in the address bar and paste it into the image HTTP box. Works every time.
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It's the image located on Imgur. As Randy pointed out, when on the Imgur site, you can open choose the option to open the image in a new tab and copy the URL/address for the image. In your case, the address is:offroadfx4_imp said:
When creating a new post, you select the Insert Image option/icon and a popup window is presented where you can then paste the address that you've copied and the software takes care of the rest. (If you're interested, the software is basically just placing the address for the image inside of "IMG" tags for proper display inside of your post.) This then presents the image in your post even though the file is located on Imgur's server. This also has the added benefit of re-sizing those images if they are excessively large. That keeps such images from blowing out the forum formatting because they are so large. Viewers can choose to click on the re-sized image if they want to see the actual image size, but they aren't subjected to the monster-sized images if they don't wish to be.
Randy B
Road warrior
My picture above is a perfect example of this. The picture is very large, so if you click on it, it will open a secondary window where you can click on it a second time to see it full size.Guth_imp said:
Tev62
Road warrior
If you don’t want to use an image hosting service and have a Windows PC
Right mouse click on an image and select the very last item on the menu Properties. This will tell you how big the image is. The maximum size the forum will allow you to attach directly to your post is 250 KB.
Let’s say your image is a typical phone picture. Here is one of mine and its size is 7.15 MB (7,503,914 bytes), way too big for the forum direct attach feature. just right click on the photo or image, Choose Edit not Edit with Photos or Edit with Paint, just Edit.
Choose to resize from the menu. Enter an amount you want to resize too. In my case I went 10%. You can play around with the number as you will get a real size image on the screen. You can keep undoing and redoing till you get a size that you like. If it is a reasonable size on your screen, it will come in under the 250KB forum limit when saved.
Save the image as a JPEG giving it a different name so you do not overwrite the original. Now right click on the new image and choose properties, the new size in my case is 103KB, well within the limit.
On the forum on the attachments banner you need to then Choose File, select your newly saved image, next Add Attachment then Insert into post.
Right mouse click on an image and select the very last item on the menu Properties. This will tell you how big the image is. The maximum size the forum will allow you to attach directly to your post is 250 KB.
Let’s say your image is a typical phone picture. Here is one of mine and its size is 7.15 MB (7,503,914 bytes), way too big for the forum direct attach feature. just right click on the photo or image, Choose Edit not Edit with Photos or Edit with Paint, just Edit.
Choose to resize from the menu. Enter an amount you want to resize too. In my case I went 10%. You can play around with the number as you will get a real size image on the screen. You can keep undoing and redoing till you get a size that you like. If it is a reasonable size on your screen, it will come in under the 250KB forum limit when saved.
Save the image as a JPEG giving it a different name so you do not overwrite the original. Now right click on the new image and choose properties, the new size in my case is 103KB, well within the limit.
On the forum on the attachments banner you need to then Choose File, select your newly saved image, next Add Attachment then Insert into post.
GoldOxide_imp
Road warrior
Here is a sample Forum-hosted photo with no photo editing (other than an arbitrary crop) that is about 163 kBs in file size ...
Cormanus_imp said:
j3gq, methinks thou dost protest too much.
I did resize it, down from 5MB to 250kB. The problem is more stubborn, I guess there is a trick how to make it look smaller on display (change the
width wrt the page width, regardless of file size. No ? won't protest no more, never again, nunca más, plus jamais.
BUT ... you will miss it !
Django
Road warrior
First picture of mine after signing the contract, still in the showroom.
Few days later with 1,000 km on the clock
Few days later with 1,000 km on the clock
J3gq, it’s likely I don’t understand image resizing at all, but can’t you also resize the dimensions of an image?
GoldOxide_imp
Road warrior
I took Randy B's specimen which is over a 1.3 MBs in file size ...
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=16716&pid=292687#pid292687
... and quickly zoomed in on the essentials to get a better screen smattering. The resultant file shown here is only about 214 kBs in size and the image quality is still pretty good, or arguably good enough.
Quick sample:
... and a quick sample of Randy B's lump (a mere 123 kBs, but decent enough) ...
... and Randy B's cylinders at just 70 kBs ...
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=16716&pid=292687#pid292687
... and quickly zoomed in on the essentials to get a better screen smattering. The resultant file shown here is only about 214 kBs in size and the image quality is still pretty good, or arguably good enough.
Quick sample:
... and a quick sample of Randy B's lump (a mere 123 kBs, but decent enough) ...
... and Randy B's cylinders at just 70 kBs ...
Randy B
Road warrior
Dang son.GoldOxide_imp said:
FYI that was taken with a Nikon D610...24.3 mp DSLR.
GoldOxide_imp
Road warrior
I seeRandy B_imp said:Dang son.GoldOxide_imp said:
FYI that was taken with a Nikon D610...24.3 mp DSLR.
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So, to return to the earlier theme of the thread, I downloaded j3gq's large image and resized it to an image 800 x 577 pixels to see what would happen when I uploaded it to the forum. It's lost a fair bit of resolution, but it is not so large on the screen.
Likewise, I took Randy B's photo (taken apparently with a Nikon D610) and reduced it to 800 pixels across. It seems to fit OK too.
It seems to me there are two challenges for those who don't want to use a photo hosting service: to reduce the file size to less than 250 kb; and to reduce the dimensions of the image in the file to something in the order of 800 pixels or less in width. In this case, reducing Randy B's 6016 x 4016 pixel image to 800 x 534 pixels also reduced the file size to 66 kb.
Likewise, I took Randy B's photo (taken apparently with a Nikon D610) and reduced it to 800 pixels across. It seems to fit OK too.
It seems to me there are two challenges for those who don't want to use a photo hosting service: to reduce the file size to less than 250 kb; and to reduce the dimensions of the image in the file to something in the order of 800 pixels or less in width. In this case, reducing Randy B's 6016 x 4016 pixel image to 800 x 534 pixels also reduced the file size to 66 kb.
Randy B
Road warrior
What program are you using to reduce the image size? Every time I do I either end up with a very small image, or a file that is too large to upload.Cormanus_imp said:
Apple's native Preview on a Mac. Not at all sophisticated.
I wonder whether you could also do it easily with the image reducer power tool on a PC?
I wonder whether you could also do it easily with the image reducer power tool on a PC?
Randy B
Road warrior
I generally use paint to resize things easily. Didn't know about this tool.Cormanus_imp said:
Jan, 2015 :
My first day pic - riding my 14 dlx home from a fly and ride purchase.
Day 3, spent a few days here researching this University for my son to attend. 2 years later, he got accepted to go here.
Day 7, enroute home pic. That duffle bag contained about 2 cases of wine, spirits, souvenir & gifts purchased along the way.
Going on yr #7 !!! :clap: Thanks Guth & all the mods keeping this place humming along - Very grateful for all your work
My first day pic - riding my 14 dlx home from a fly and ride purchase.
Day 3, spent a few days here researching this University for my son to attend. 2 years later, he got accepted to go here.
Day 7, enroute home pic. That duffle bag contained about 2 cases of wine, spirits, souvenir & gifts purchased along the way.
Going on yr #7 !!! :clap: Thanks Guth & all the mods keeping this place humming along - Very grateful for all your work
the Ferret
Road warrior
wow THAT is one serious bag! lol
GoldOxide_imp
Road warrior
... and good (?) back support.
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