Best Site For Posting Photos Here???

[Derek Arita]

I've been trying to use Imgur's new site, but can't make heads or tales of how to load and resize my photos for forum use. Please give me suggesting on the easiest apps to use for this?

[Michael Burnside]

I use https://postimages.org/

[Derek Arita]

I use https://postimages.org/

Thanks Michael. Seems pretty straightforward for a computer dummy like me.

[Lee Schierer]

I use https://postimages.org/

It is best to actually upload your photos to SMC. That way they will always be there. Sometimes due total number of files and allotted file space your photos get taken down by you or when a sharing site shuts down, which then leaves gaps in your posts here.

I generally don't resize photos that I post here. The software will do that for you when you upload a file to SMC.

[Rich Engelhardt]

It is best to actually upload your photos to SMC. That way they will always be there. Sometimes due total number of files and allotted file space your photos get taken down by you or when a sharing site shuts down, which then leaves gaps in your posts here.

I generally don't resize photos that I post here. The software will do that for you when you upload a file to SMC.

+1 to this.

The late Nissim Avrahami was a creative genius at solving problems with shop made jigs. Since English wasn't his native language, his "how to" posts told the story in pictures.
Sadly, when he passed away, a lot of his posts went dark and we are left with only what he uploaded to SMC.

[Keith Outten]

I can't remember how many people have contacted me through the years asking about their fathers or grand fathers who have passed and when they did an Internet search on their names found them here. Most are not woodworkers just close family who found out that their loved ones were very talented and want to know more about them. Most are really interested in getting copies of pictures and text shared here for family photo albums. I always offer to create an account here and provide some free time so they can capture text and pictures, every one has been very appreciative and most found treasure here that they were excited to share with their family.

There is valuable history here!

I am the only one here that has easy access to every picture uploaded. The first week of January every year Aaron extracts all of the pictures from the previous year for me and includes the owners name in the file name. The pictures are captured and stored by forum name, and they are an amazing resource. I often run a slide show that I can transfer to my television, and I am always impressed by the talent here. I must admit that I try to update my galleries here as best I can given my time restraints but I can't keep up with every project and my responsibilities here as well. My grand daughter or possibly a great grandson might visit to see what my shop was all about in the years to come. One day my computer will turn into digital dust but The Creek will still be here.

SMC picture capture 2018.jpg

[Edward Weber]

It is best to actually upload your photos to SMC. That way they will always be there. Sometimes due total number of files and allotted file space your photos get taken down by you or when a sharing site shuts down, which then leaves gaps in your posts here.

I generally don't resize photos that I post here. The software will do that for you when you upload a file to SMC.

The site automatically resizes for you, are you sure?
I only ask because IME, every site has size limits on photos, unless it's a photography site you pay for.

I think it may resize for viewing purposes, screen size but I don't think it changes the files physical size.
Hopefully one of the Admins or mods can clarify. They're the ones who have to deal with slow loading pages and storage issues that large photos can cause.

[Lee Schierer]

The site automatically resizes for you, are you sure?
I only ask because IME, every site has size limits on photos, unless it's a photography site you pay for.

IMG_9013.jpg
The file for the photo above was 9,242 KB when I uploaded it.

The photo below was 19,580 KB
IMG_1114 Stitch.jpg

They both uploaded in less than 40 seconds.

[Edward Weber]

IMG_9013.jpg
The file for the photo above was 9,242 KB when I uploaded it.

The photo below was 19,580 KB
IMG_1114 Stitch.jpg

They both uploaded in less than 40 seconds.

I don't understandthe photo sizes you mentioned, typically once you go above, 1,000 bytes, you stop listing as KB and start listing aa MB

Data Storage	Units
Bit	1 or 0
Byte	8 bits
Kilobyte	1,000 bytes
Megabyte	1,000 kilobytes
Gigabyte	1,000 megabytes
Terabyte	1,000 gigabytes
Petabyte	1,000 terabytes
Exabyte	1,000 petabytes
Zettabyte	1,000 exabytes
Yottabyte	1,000 zettabytes

9,242 KB = 9.2 MB
19,580 KB = 19.5 MB

It looks as if the software reduces everything down to about the 225-300kb size range judging by what has been posted recently.
I wasn't aware the software did that, thanks.

[glenn bradley]

I agree with Jim that posting the pics to the forum provide a consistency for those coming along later. I do wish you could post 10 or 20 pics at a time like on other forums. I find the awkward posting mechanism here makes me post a minimum of pics and only when I really want to share something. I use PIXresizer (a freebie I have used for more years than I can recall) to locally batch re-size pics to a max of 1200 pixels in height or width and this seems to give a good image with an adequate size for viewing. If only we could post more pics more easily I would post much more well developed journals . . . hint, hint . I know there are work-arounds but . . . why should we?

[Lee Schierer]

I don't understandthe photo sizes you mentioned, typically once you go above, 1,000 bytes, you stop listing as KB and start listing aa MB


It looks as if the software reduces everything down to about the 225-300kb size range judging by what has been posted recently.
I wasn't aware the software did that, thanks.

When you look at the file size in windows file explorer it shows file size in KB. I know that 1,000 KB is 1 Mb. I don't know the upper limit of the site software for photo conversion, but the ability to upload at least a 19.5 Mega byte file would seem to cover many photo files of woodworking.

[Jim Becker]

Yes, the software that SMC uses resizes files...there is an upper limit and I forget what it is, but with reason, it does the job. The single thing that folks need to pay attention to is that uploading directly from "devices" (phones and tablets) sometimes results in photo orientation issues because of how mobile devices store them...the SMC software doesn't "read" the metadata properly...which is why bringing them into some other application and resaving them "fixes" that issue.

[Edward Weber]

When you look at the file size in windows file explorer it shows file size in KB. I know that 1,000 KB is 1 Mb. I don't know the upper limit of the site software for photo conversion, but the ability to upload at least a 19.5 Mega byte file would seem to cover many photo files of woodworking.

My file explorer shows the size in kb or mb depending on the size.
Unless you're a professional photographer with the latest gear, 19.5 mb is a HUGE jpeg file, very rare, this is the closest I've seen.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File...80622_20mb.jpg
Typically, large .jpeg files are between 8-10 mb. Anything larger is usually a .raw file type

[Jim Becker]

I use Lightroom locally and upload to SMC. That way, the photos stay with the content "forever". Photos hosted elsewhere can go missing, just like happened with the big PhotoBucket debacle a number of years ago.

[Michael Burnside]

I use Lightroom locally and upload to SMC. That way, the photos stay with the content "forever". Photos hosted elsewhere can go missing, just like happened with the big PhotoBucket debacle a number of years ago.

Jim, isn't there a limit to the number of photos you can upload?