What's with Photobucket?

[Dallas]

They are always changing. I guess the owner of the site thinks if
you're not changing you're falling behind. Busy, busy, busy.

But now Photobucket looks like they made change that really ticks me
off, they are scaling my photographs down to 86%. The very thing I
loved about Photobucket is the thing they appear to have changed.

I go to the trouble to make a full screen photo and they change it in
to a wimpy version of what it was.

[rant on simmer]

I'm I missing a setting? Anyone else notice this? Is there any photo
hosting site that let's you keep your full sized photos?




--
Dallas

[ManhattanMan]

On 11/12/2012 6:25 PM, Dallas wrote:

>
> I'm I missing a setting? Anyone else notice this? Is there any photo
> hosting site that let's you keep your full sized photos?
>
>

I tried Shutterfly a month or two back, that claimed to keep your
settings. First couple of experiences weren't bad, but then started
having real problems trying to create new albums. Their procedures
either changed somewhat, or I'm having dementia, cause it seemed like
I'd go in circles trying to do a simple task. Fook it, went back to
Photobucket..


--
MnM

[Gregory]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:25:56 -0600, "Dallas"
<Cybnorm@spam_me_not.Hotmail.Com> brought the following:

>
>I'm I missing a setting? Anyone else notice this? Is there any photo
>hosting site that let's you keep your full sized photos?
>

As of a week ago, they were scaling my videos [smaller.] The PNG
images were full size. Not surprising with videos.. some were 50 - 90
MB files.


-G

[donbutts]

"Gregory" wrote in message
news:q873a8dfaerht2pp0...@4ax.com...

On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:25:56 -0600, "Dallas"
<Cybnorm@spam_me_not.Hotmail.Com> brought the following:
>
>I'm I missing a setting? Anyone else notice this? Is there any photo
>hosting site that let's you keep your full sized photos?
>

me too - I think I raised that topic sometime ago as I could never get full
size photo from my viewing end.

Butts
NZ

[MikeW]

Dallas wrote:


> Is there any photo
> hosting site that let's you keep your full sized photos?

I've just switched to PicFront......

http://www.findimagehost.com/imagehost.php?id=131

......which has image size settings from 80X30 to 1920X1080.

Not fully conversant with it yet; here is an example. This file on my pooter
is 358KB and has a resolution of 1024X768.

http://www.picfront.org/d/8RKU

I just uploaded it without altering any of the settings. Does OK for me, try
it and see if it suits your purposes.
--
MikeW
Shrewsbury, UK
If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash
as possible.

[Hominid]

I guess the appeal of photo sharing sites is they don't cost anything,
but you can now get free domain names from most ISPs, so for yearly
hosting charges - between 3 and 5 clams a month - you can have your
own URL and web site. It's getting easier and easier... With my
JamesPhotography.ca site, I get to put up pictures and movies of
WHATEVER I want, no "Terms of Use" barricades or restrictions to worry
about. I'm the boss.

On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:25:56 -0600, "Dallas"

[Danny]

I just tried the Picfront, Mike. It does not have any coding to display the
full pic in my clubs forum. I post a fair amount of screenshots which appear
slightly reduced with Photobucket. This site give me a code which displays a
postage stamp size thumbnail. The viewer must then click EACH thumbnail to
see a full size picture. With the code I get at Photobucket, I paste the
code for three or four pictures. The person viewing them in the forum has
only to scroll down to see each photo.


Shots I captured in British Columbia in the Cessna 185 float. Departed CAR4
to CAV7. One of several great float plane flights we are having this month.

http://www.picfront.org/d/8RMh

http://www.picfront.org/d/8RMi

http://www.picfront.org/d/8RMj








"MikeW" wrote in message news:mOydnYx9yoxqFz_N...@bt.com...

[MikeW]

Danny wrote:
> I just tried the Picfront, Mike. It does not have any coding to
> display the full pic in my clubs forum.

Bummer!

>I post a fair amount of
> screenshots which appear slightly reduced with Photobucket. This site
> give me a code which displays a postage stamp size thumbnail. The
> viewer must then click EACH thumbnail to see a full size picture.

Let me see if I have got this right, Danny. :-) When you say "This site",
I assume you mean PicFront. If that is the case, then use the slideshow
function. All you need to do then is click on the double black
arrows at the side of the images to scroll to the next full size shot.

http://www.picfront.org/u/skimmer/d/

> With the code I get at Photobucket, I paste the code for three or
> four pictures. The person viewing them in the forum has only to
> scroll down to see each photo.

As above, try using the slideshow function.

>
> Shots I captured in British Columbia in the Cessna 185 float.
> Departed CAR4 to CAV7. One of several great float plane flights we
> are having this month.

> http://www.picfront.org/d/8RMh
>
> http://www.picfront.org/d/8RMi
>
> http://www.picfront.org/d/8RMj
>

Nice.

[MikeW]

MikeW wrote:
>
> Let me see if I have got this right, Danny. :-) When you say "This
> site", I assume you mean PicFront. If that is the case, then use the
> slideshow function. All you need to do then is click on the double
> black arrows at the side of the images to scroll to the next full size
> shot.
>
> http://www.picfront.org/u/skimmer/d/
>

Bugger!

Now the links have got mixed up, or I have uploaded to wrong folder.
Try this.....

http://www.picfront.org/d/8RKU


--
MikeW
Shrewsbury, UK
There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold,
pilots!

[Danny]

I have posted a few slide shows with the ..Bucket, Mike, but the user is
taken away from the forum to another site. I use that feature if I have a
large number of screen shots to share. But for two or three pictures, I like
to embed them into the forum page so the reader can just scroll down to view
and not have to go to another site.

View our club's forum here to see an example of what I would want to
accomplish:
http://www.flyvifc.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5848&p=24731#p24731

It could be one needs only to request such a code and the admins at the site
can provide same.

Danny







"MikeW" wrote in message news:Ld6dneswI4FGET7N...@bt.com...

[MikeW]

Danny wrote:
> I have posted a few slide shows with the ..Bucket, Mike, but the user
> is taken away from the forum to another site. I use that feature if I
> have a large number of screen shots to share. But for two or three
> pictures, I like to embed them into the forum page so the reader can
> just scroll down to view and not have to go to another site.
>
> View our club's forum here to see an example of what I would want to
> accomplish:
> http://www.flyvifc.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5848&p=24731#p24731
>

OK, Danny, now I understand.

> It could be one needs only to request such a code and the admins at
> the site can provide same.

I dunno about that. I emailed them a couple of days ago through their
contacts page and I am still waiting for a reply. :-(
>

--
MikeW
Shrewsbury, UK
Flying is the perfect vocation for a man who wants to feel like a boy, but
not for one who still is.

[sambodidley]

"MikeW" <Mi...@spammenot.con> wrote

> OK, Danny, now I understand.
>
>> It could be one needs only to request such a code and the admins at
>> the site can provide same.
>
> I dunno about that. I emailed them a couple of days ago through their
> contacts page and I am still waiting for a reply. :-(
>>
>
> --
> MikeW
> Shrewsbury, UK

Mile,
I just opened an account there and posted these to pics for a test. How
did they look on your computer?
Sam

<http://www.picfront.org/u/sambodidley/d/>

[MikeW]

sambodidley wrote:

>
> Mile,
> I just opened an account there and posted these to pics for a
> test. How did they look on your computer?
> Sam
>
> <http://www.picfront.org/u/sambodidley/d/>

BIG! Very BIG! lol

Sam, I see only one photograph of you standing alongside the Cessna. Its a
very large photograph, 4000X2664 @ 1.99 MB. I think if you want to post more
than piccy on this site, then each one needs a separate link, unless you use
the sideshow facility.

I'm still playing around with this site to familiarise myself with it. So
far I like what I see.

[Danny]

Wow. That is proof the site did NOT reduce the size or resolution of those
two photos. A good test but too large for comfortable viewing on most
computer screens. Is Performance Helicopters teaching you to fly the
chopper, Sam?








sambodidley" wrote in message news:k80m1o$r69$1...@dont-email.me...

[MikeW]

Danny wrote:
> Wow. That is proof the site did NOT reduce the size or resolution of
> those two photos. A good test but too large for comfortable viewing
> on most computer screens. Is Performance Helicopters teaching you
> to fly the chopper, Sam?
>

Danny, did you get Sam's second photo, the helicoter one, to display? I can
only see it as a thubmnail, after I switch the slide show to off.
--
MikeW
Shrewsbury, UK
Life is simple. Eat, sleep, fly.

[sambodidley]

"MikeW" <Mi...@spammenot.con> wrote in message
news:Lu6dnW6G78TbdT7N...@bt.com...

> Danny wrote:
>> Wow. That is proof the site did NOT reduce the size or resolution of
>> those two photos. A good test but too large for comfortable viewing
>> on most computer screens. Is Performance Helicopters teaching you
>> to fly the chopper, Sam?
>>
>
> Danny, did you get Sam's second photo, the helicoter one, to display? I
> can only see it as a thubmnail, after I switch the slide show to off.
> --
> MikeW

Mile,
It worked on my computer when I clicked the double arrows. I could view
both pics. Danny said he could see them. Don't know what the reason is you
are nor seeing them.
Sam

[sambodidley]

"Danny" <drmckee@yahoo.c o m> wrote

Is Performance Helicopters teaching you to fly the
> chopper, Sam?

Nope, they were selling rides that year here in Milam at our annul
Settlers Day Fest. He offered me a free ride but I turned it down. I just
wanted to get my pic made sitting in it. This years event is this Saturday
but no chopper rides this time. Those pics are just the size I download from
my camera to my computer HDD. I haven't done anything to them. I have to
scroll a lot to see the whole pic on my computer. They sure do make a good
4x6 color print on my Kodak printer at that size, though.

[donbutts]

"sambodidley" wrote in message news:k80sq2$8lh$1...@dont-email.me...

Sam - I can only see the one photo and the thumbnail of the chopper. Click
on that and an upload box comes up.
Can't see any double arrows. The slideshow shows 'stop'

Don

[sambodidley]

"donbutts" <donneybutts...@hotmail.com> wrote

> Sam - I can only see the one photo and the thumbnail of the chopper. Click
> on that and an upload box comes up.
> Can't see any double arrows. The slideshow shows 'stop'
>
> Don
>

Don,
I just clicked on that link in my post above. When the first pic comes
up it has a double arrow in the upper right hand corner. It is kind of hard
to see because it blends in with the pic. When I click that the chopper pic
comes up full size. It has a double arrow in the upper left corner. If I
click that it goes back to the first pic. The reason these pics are so
large is because they are the native size made by my 12 mega pixel camera.
Sam

[MikeW]

Sorted!!

To Sam and Don (and Danny).

The reason the double black arrows do not show on Don's and my machine is
because the photograph is covering them. Have a look here, NO black arrows.

http://www.picfront.org/d/8ROu

However, by using the mouse wheel and Ctrl, to shrink the photograph, the
black arrows are now visible; see here.

http://www.picfront.org/d/8ROv

SORTED! :-)
--
MikeW
Shrewsbury, UK
Never fly the 'A' model of anything.

[sambodidley]

"MikeW" <Mi...@spammenot.con> wrote in message

news:BJSdnbLMGMIEhjnN...@bt.com...

Mike,
I can see them on my computer in Firefox at all sizes, from the smallest
to the largest. What browser are you using?
Sam

[donbutts]

Gotcha now - thanks Mike
Don

To Sam and Don (and Danny).

The reason the double black arrows do not show on Don's and my machine is
because the photograph is covering them. Have a look here, NO black arrows.

http://www.picfront.org/d/8ROu

However, by using the mouse wheel and Ctrl, to shrink the photograph, the
black arrows are now visible; see here.

http://www.picfront.org/d/8ROv

SORTED! :-)
--

MikeW
Shrewsbury, UK

[MikeW]

sambodidley wrote:
>
> Mike,
> I can see them on my computer in Firefox at all sizes, from the
> smallest to the largest. What browser are you using?
> Sam

Internet Explorer 8.

--
MikeW
Shrewsbury, UK
Keep thy airspeed up, less the earth come from below and smite thee.

[Dallas]

Danny wrote:

> Wow. That is proof the site did NOT reduce the size or resolution of
> those two photos

That's just what I was going to say. I didn't think any free ones let
you upload monster files.

I like it.

--
Dallas

[MikeW]

donbutts wrote:
> Gotcha now - thanks Mike
> Don

Took awhile, but we got there in the end. :-)

All's well that ends well.
--
MikeW
Shrewsbury, UK
Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on
a sunny day.

[Danny]

Had to click that black arrow >> on photo1





"MikeW" wrote in message news:Lu6dnW6G78TbdT7N...@bt.com...

[Danny]

You could reduce the resolution the camera saves. I have my 7 megapixel
camera set to capture at 1024 x 768 for the wrecked car photos I shoot. I
have printed to 4 x 6 at Walgreens and the prints are excellent and that
size is easily viewed on a computer screen too.







"sambodidley" wrote in message news:k80sq3$8lh$2...@dont-email.me...

[MikeW]

Danny wrote:
> Had to click that black arrow >> on photo1
>

Don and I did not see the >>, the photo was covering them. It's now sorted,
as you will see in other posts in this thread. :-)

--
MikeW
Shrewsbury, UK
Flying is the perfect vocation for a man who wants to feel like a boy, but
not for one who still is.

[sambodidley]

"MikeW" <Mi...@spammenot.con> wrote in message

news:MeOdneXqwY5RqTnN...@bt.com...

> sambodidley wrote:
>>
>> Mike,
>> I can see them on my computer in Firefox at all sizes, from the
>> smallest to the largest. What browser are you using?
>> Sam
>
>
> Internet Explorer 8.
>
> --
> MikeW

That's why I stopped using Internet Exploder. <g>
Sam

[sambodidley]

"Danny" <drmckee@yahoo.c o m> wrote in message
news:ocudnZdMNaNRoznN...@giganews.com...

> You could reduce the resolution the camera saves. I have my 7 megapixel
> camera set to capture at 1024 x 768 for the wrecked car photos I shoot. I
> have printed to 4 x 6 at Walgreens and the prints are excellent and that
> size is easily viewed on a computer screen too.

Danny,
I always save them to my computer in the native camera size and than I
can change them there any way I please. I can put them in Photoshop and crop
out just a small part of one of those large pictures and still print out an
excellent pic at 4x6 on my printer on photo paper. Looks just like a pic
made from film. I can also resize the whole pic to a smaller size file. I
uploaded those 2 pics at full size just to test the quality of that site.
I'll probably delete them later.
Sam

[sambodidley]

"MikeW" <Mi...@spammenot.con> wrote

>> Gotcha now - thanks Mike
>> Don
>
> Took awhile, but we got there in the end. :-)
>
> All's well that ends well.
> --

> MikeW day.

Mike,
I couldn't find any way on that page to edit or even delete a pic. I
guess once it is uploaded it is stuck there forever unless they decide to
remove it.
Sam

[MikeW]

I know what you mean, Sam, it took me some time to figure it out. :-)

So far this is what I have found.

You can change the picture size, not sure how to do this yet, :-( and you
can rotate and flip images. To find these commands click on "Upload", which
is the first command in PicFront's menu bar. Then hover your mouse over the
icons that appear, to see what they do.

To delete images, this is what I did........

In PicFront, create a new folder and name it. Drag the images that you want
to delete into this folder and then delete the folder. If you get stuck, let
me know, and I will post detailed instructions for you.

I think this is a fairly new site, there are no instructions or "help"
files, (at least I haven't found any) and their support sucks. I fired off
an email a few days ago, to their support asking how to delete images, and
I'm still waiting, but not holding my breath.

[Mad Mike]

Is that you Sam?
MM

[sambodidley]

"Mad Mike" <mco...@yahoo.com> wrote >>

Mile,
>>
>> I just opened an account there and posted these to pics for a test.
>> How
>>
>> did they look on your computer?
>>
>> Sam
>>
>>
>>
>> <http://www.picfront.org/u/sambodidley/d/>
>
> Is that you Sam?
> MM

In the flesh-----er, pixels, that is.<g>
Sam

[sambodidley]

"MikeW" <Mi...@spammenot.con> wrote in message

news:3KGdnfAXI_qGRDnN...@bt.com...

Mike,
I think that resize button only works on the file before you upload it.
I don't think it will work files already there. I still haven't figured out
how to delete those I have uploaded. I didn't intend to leave them there
when I uploaded them. I just wanted to test the site.
Sam

[MikeW]

sambodidley wrote:
>
> Mike,

> I still
> haven't figured out how to delete those I have uploaded. I didn't
> intend to leave them there when I uploaded them. I just wanted to
> test the site. Sam

Here you go, Sam......

Open up PickFront and click on "My Pictures"

1. At the bottom right you will see a box that says "New Folder". Type a
name in the box and then click on the green tick icon.

2. Your new folder will appear top left.

3. Drag and drop the photos you want to delete into this folder. See here.

http://www.picfront.org/d/8RRe

4. Click on the folder to highlight it.

5. At the bottom right, place a tick in the box, this is important and
easily missed, and then click on the red cross. Your photos are now deleted.
See here.

http://www.picfront.org/d/8RRf

Let us know how you get on.

[sambodidley]

"MikeW" <Mi...@spammenot.con> wrote in message

news:0-ydnYL1X9wNEzjN...@bt.com...

Ok Mike, got it. I like to never have found that little red cross. Being
blind sucks. Now I'll start over with some new folders and files.
Sam

[MikeW]

Glad to hear you got it sorted. :-)
--
MikeW
Shrewsbury, UK

[Dallas]

Hominid wrote:

> I guess the appeal of photo sharing sites is they don't cost anything,
> but you can now get free domain names from most ISPs, so for yearly
> hosting charges - between 3 and 5 clams a month - you can have your
> own URL and web site.


I guess you can stack them on top of each other to make a "page down"
slide show?


--
Dallas

[Hominid]

Whatever kind of presentation you want... all depends on the software
you want to use. I like "j-Album" myself - here's a sample:

http://www.jamesphotography.ca/2012_airshow/

[Danny]

That is a cool page you have there, jim.




"Hominid" wrote in message
news:h2eda8lk2kjb0bl47...@4ax.com...

[Gregory]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:33:27 -0500, Hominid <ja...@jamesphotography.ca>
brought the following to our attention:

>I guess the appeal of photo sharing sites is they don't cost anything,
>but you can now get free domain names from most ISPs, so for yearly
>hosting charges - between 3 and 5 clams a month - you can have your

>own URL and web site. It's getting easier and easier... With my
>JamesPhotography.ca site, I get to put up pictures and movies of
>WHATEVER I want, no "Terms of Use" barricades or restrictions to worry
>about. I'm the boss.

Yeah that's the way I go.. the ISP provides several UserIDs which
include email account and webspace. Then you simply use a FTP
client to upload your content. Like this for example:

http://home.comcast.net/~flightsim/Promise_TX4302_adapter.jpg


I grabbed the UserID "flightsim" about ten years ago. :))


Then registered a client: Ipswitch WS_FTP

You can probably find the Lite version on the web somewhere.
I still have some of the install files for WS if you want to use it.

www.google.com/search?as_q=WS_FTP+Lite (click on Images to see)


The content is backed-up onto the hard drive using SyncBackSE.


-G