How to upload/post a picture

chuckwk · Jan 14, 2004

Here are the basics steps.

1. Left click on Post Reply,
2. Type a message or short note in the "Your Reply" area,
3. Below the "Smileys" on the left going down the page you will see the area: "Attach file: to the right of that there will be a "Browse..." button, left click the button 1 time.

Now you will have a file from your hard drive open up.

4. Find the file/picture on your hard drive you want to post on WeldingWeb.
5. Double click or left click to select the file/picture, then hit the enter key.
6. You can then check your spelling or Submit your Reply.
If you picture is within the parameters of WeldingWeb.com 800 x 600, your picture will be posted, if not you will get a message that your picture is too large.

If you get the message that your picture is too large you will have to resize the image. You must have a software program that allows you to edit/manipulate images.

Rocky D · Jan 14, 2004

Chuck are you talking physical size in pixels, or space size in Kb?

wes · Jan 14, 2004

Rocky D,

Chuck said 800x600 which is picture size in pixels. However I just checked and file size is 150kb so as long as you don't exceed that you should be fine.

Everyone luvs pics!
Wes

chuckwk · Jan 14, 2004

Space in kb *153600* , 800 x 600 size limit... this helps prevent page scrolling and is pretty much standard format. *IMO*

Should be plenty... believe it or not some people have bitched cuz they could not upload their 8MB 2048 x 1536 pic they snapped off their new $900 digital camera.

chumly2071 · Jan 15, 2004

is there a way to put more than one pic in a post without linking them from a website?

Jadecy · Jan 16, 2004

Let's try this

picture 1:

picture 2:

picture 3:

I did this using embedded html and using the path to my pictures on my website.
Here are the html lines used to post the pictures:

&ltimg src='http://www.skyweb.net/~djcvelbar/images/thumbnail/parts_etc.jpg'/&gt
&ltimg src='http://www.skyweb.net/~djcvelbar/images/thumbnail/parts_bumpers.jpg'/&gt
&ltimg src='http://www.skyweb.net/~djcvelbar/images/thumbnail/parts_etc.jpg'/&gt

If you couldn't tell I program for a living. I'm a real geek sometimes. I know the proper term is computer nerd, but my degree is in EE so I guess I'm a nerd and a geek!

echo8287 · Jan 17, 2004

Jadecy, ok so teach us a little html. What is the src= ? then What is skyweb.net. In other words if we wanted to type or copy the code explain how and where we would put it? Give us a lesson, David

Guest · Jan 18, 2004

echo8287 said:
Jadecy, ok so teach us a little html. What is the src= ? then What is skyweb.net. In other words if we wanted to type or copy the code explain how and where we would put it? Give us a lesson, David

You don't have to be a geek to do this stuff (fortunately), so I'll algore this question.

Type in the (without quotes) "img src=" (unless it is already in place) then copy & paste the picture address from your personal web space. For instance I have this picture posted to my swbell space :

http://home.swbell.net/traderod/motorandplate.jpg

so if I add it's address to the html above, I get the proper form to post the picture here using the img button on the reply form:

img src=http://home.swbell.net/traderod/motorandplate.jpg

The problem with doing that is I have to be willing to keep that picture on my limited webspace for as long as I want it to be viewable whereas if I upload the picture here, it is not taking up any of my personal space.

chumly,

If you look at my picture you see that it actually consists of 2 photos pasted together. The easy way to do this is to use my favorite photo manipulation (free) program - Iview. With minimal practice, you can learn to crop, re-size, lighten & darken, increase/decrease contrast, compress the files sizes down to help meet the max file size requirement, and paste pictures together and much more. I used to do quite a bit of selling on ebay & this kind of program is essential for handling pictures. For that matter I had to have it for buying too because so many ebay dabblers post pictures that are so dark & muddy I couldn't tell what the hell they were trying to show without gamma correcting them when viewing.
Iview is available here for anyone ambitious enough (ducking) to download it and learn to use it.

http://www.irfanview.com/

Read the info carefully & be sure to dl the plugins too. I will happily be as much help as I can be to get you started using it.

echo8287 · Jan 18, 2004

Thanks Cutter I'll try that the next time I take some pictures for yall. David

Robert D · Jan 20, 2004

I use Adobe photoshop 7.0. With a Sony Syber-shot 5.0 mega pixels. I found out with camera you have to resize the pic everytime and use the vga. I just need to also learn to post several pic

Guest · Jan 20, 2004

That's way more camera than you need to post pictures, Robert D. so You'd do yourself a favor to take the pictures using the lowest resolution. Then crop out all unneed area & then compress it.
Sure makes it easier to load for the guys on dialup.

Guest · Mar 16, 2004

How would I go about posting a short video? (mpg)

I do not have a personal web space to put it on. Any ideas?

Andrew · Sep 19, 2004

Photoshop and many other programs will also allow you to change the resolution of your photo. If you've taken the picture with a digital camera, it's a high resolution photo. When you change the image size in photoshop, there is also an option to change the resolution. set it to 72 dpi as this is the optimal resolution for a computer screen. This makes the files a lot smaller

Andrew

smithboy · Jul 23, 2005

I just wanted to be clear, this is not my work, but, I thought some folks would get a kick out of this. There is a guy in my town that does some welding art. Notice the use of oxygen tanks. I have been admiring this guys work for a few years now, but I have never actually met the guy. Small towns arent what they used to be. I'll try to find out if he puts some of his work on-line. If he does, I'll post the website. Maybe one day I'll buy a good camera also, instead of borrowing a crappy one. I should probably be more selective of my friends...they should have better equipment, right.

smithboy · Jul 26, 2005

His name is Gordon Chandler. He has stuff on exhibit all over. Google him and check out his work.

Garauld · Dec 22, 2005

Hi Chuck, I was curious, when I upload an image, is it permanently stored on the server? The reason I ask is that there is more flexibilty in placing an html img reference in the thread body than using images as attachments.

I found that after I upload an image and viewed it, I can then copy the url of it and paste it in my thread. I wish I could then hide the attachment - is there a way to do that?

FIREGUY270 · Jan 13, 2006

Bbq Cookers

Do not know if the pic's came through or not. New to the show. Started building cooker. Long way to go.

TBD · Mar 15, 2006

park bench

this is a bench i made. i plan on making two chairs to go with it.

wrenchit · May 14, 2006

posting a picture

how do you post a pic that is in the thread, VS, an attachment that opens seperatly?

Bob at WeldingMag · May 14, 2006

To attach a picture, when you are posting/replying, click the "go advanced" option that appears below your reply box. When you scroll down, you'll see a box for "Attach files." Use that option; it's pretty self-explanatory after that.

Hope that helps. If not, let me know and we'll put together a more formal documentation for you.

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