Post by Ivory Fair on Jun 16, 2003 17:13:00 GMT -5
Ok gang, with all of us using Sharemation, we need to make sure we are enabeling public file viewing of our photos otherwise we get this VERY ANNOYING prompt when we try to view your photos. Please read the instructions on how to enable public file viewing in the second post in this thread.
Ok, one of the great things about this board is that we can post photos. One of the bad things is that you have to know rocket science in order to do it. ;D Here's how.....
The first thing you have take care of when you are posting a photo you've scanned or taken with your digital camera is the resolution, it needs to be fairly small. This is because often the default resolution for cameras and scanners is quite large (resolution is kinda of a way to say how physically big the photos is.) This is important here on the board because if the resolution of a photo is too high the image will be too big and it will cause the dreaded "scroll effect" where we have to scroll back and forth to read posts.
I have found that when scanning photos for the web, you really don't need to scan higher than say 75 dpi, and often, 50 dpi will do. You should find a way in your scanner program to change the resolution.
This is true with your digital camera also. If you're just taking a photo to post on the web, or even to send via emai, the lowest setting on your camera will be fine. This is usually something like 600 x 800.
Now, one thing that important to remember, especially if you are using a photo from your digital camera, if you are wanting to make a print of the same image later, you'll want to save the big version and then make another file that is the smaller version. Images have to be fairly big 1000 to make prints and you don't want to lose the image by making it web-friendly.
The size of the file itself is important too. 50k or less is ideal. But you'll find as you decrease the resolution that your file size will decrease also. Again, the default settings for many scanners and digital cameras can result in file sizes of a meg or more, much too large for posting on the net or emailing.
Finally, when you're ready to save your photo, save it as a .jpg or a .gif which are the two types of images that can be viewed on the 'net. A lot of times Photo software will save to it's own default image file type and you don't want that.
Next, how to get your photo on the net..........
Ok, one of the great things about this board is that we can post photos. One of the bad things is that you have to know rocket science in order to do it. ;D Here's how.....
The first thing you have take care of when you are posting a photo you've scanned or taken with your digital camera is the resolution, it needs to be fairly small. This is because often the default resolution for cameras and scanners is quite large (resolution is kinda of a way to say how physically big the photos is.) This is important here on the board because if the resolution of a photo is too high the image will be too big and it will cause the dreaded "scroll effect" where we have to scroll back and forth to read posts.
I have found that when scanning photos for the web, you really don't need to scan higher than say 75 dpi, and often, 50 dpi will do. You should find a way in your scanner program to change the resolution.
This is true with your digital camera also. If you're just taking a photo to post on the web, or even to send via emai, the lowest setting on your camera will be fine. This is usually something like 600 x 800.
Now, one thing that important to remember, especially if you are using a photo from your digital camera, if you are wanting to make a print of the same image later, you'll want to save the big version and then make another file that is the smaller version. Images have to be fairly big 1000 to make prints and you don't want to lose the image by making it web-friendly.
The size of the file itself is important too. 50k or less is ideal. But you'll find as you decrease the resolution that your file size will decrease also. Again, the default settings for many scanners and digital cameras can result in file sizes of a meg or more, much too large for posting on the net or emailing.
Finally, when you're ready to save your photo, save it as a .jpg or a .gif which are the two types of images that can be viewed on the 'net. A lot of times Photo software will save to it's own default image file type and you don't want that.
Next, how to get your photo on the net..........
) There is a button at the top that says "upload" and it looks like this.....
