[Old Goat 67]

Originally Posted by Formulabruce

Here is what I do for this forum.
1. Take the pic of say a Pontiac Block Code with a Samsung smart phone at 12MP ( Megapixels)
2. Either direct cord, or wireless download to my desktop.
3. Open the picture on say "PAINT" ( there are many viewers you can use for this) which is a JPG and beacuse its a JPG and the way JPG are saved, its a stacked file, so it only takes up 6 MP ( Mega pixels) of "floor space"
4. I then Reduce the photo by 80% making it 20% of what it was , so its now around 1.2 MP file. ( 1 . 2 MP)
5. This size File is perfect for PY Forums. It will Not fill a screen and make the text so long you have to move screen to right because the pic is so big.
6. Then I make the post, or reply to thread and used advanced and upload it.
7. I DELETE the photo from my Desktop.
8. Now it shows up as a thumbnail, and Its Not on my Computer, I click the thumbnail, and make it big. Then I Right click it and copy to my cursor the "Image location"
9. Then close the pic and open "Edit your post" After the text I simply use HTML and link the pic to its Host( PY forums)
Looks like this ( which Photobarf had already done when you copy it.)
[IMG] the Image location from your cursor ( right click and paste it here) [/IMG]
10 Done! Now pic shows nice and normal, and the thumb is still available. I am not hosting it and PY doesnt get overloaded with pics that are actually over 2 foot wide.

So, that's how you guys do it!

[frankenglide]

Sorry I don't know how to post a link. I use a service called Postimage.com. it allows you to select the size of the image, copy on the hotlink for forums and paste directly into the body of your current post. I'm such a computard that if it's easy for me, it should be really easy for most of you. Stan.