A Preferred Method of Uploading/Posting Screen Shots

[rover3500]

I don't understand some peoples reactions...I use many image sites including imageshack,and it is definitely easier to just click attach,browse to file and upload.How can it be easier to go to a new site(while ur writing a post anyway)get the link,come back to the post and add it?Unbelievable.
I would have thought people would want to do it out of courtesy for the site.
Sorry for getting bit wound up but it's not much to ask,is it?
I'm the same as mr grim,the image takes much longer to load.I don't bother waiting for it if it does that.

 

[duke444]

Thanks for the nice guide Airbot and showing newbs like me how its done.

 

[Airbot]

You're welcome duke444.

 

[celldweller1591]

Well , actually this may be due to most of the forums donot have the feature. Moreover i think the attachments has got a limited b/w for every user. So you can attach some fixed no. of files. That why people prefer uploading to picasa or imageshack , tinypic etc and post the forum url here .

 

[whyguy]

Opinion on the snip tool.

I think this is a great addition to Win 7; I think it's awsome that I can steal any thing I see on my screen and the authorities never contact me! I use it for grabbing pics,screen shots,error messages.Just expressin,thnx.

 

[Abhishek Ghosh]

Well , actually this may be due to most of the forums donot have the feature. Moreover i think the attachments has got a limited b/w for every user. So you can attach some fixed no. of files. That why people prefer uploading to picasa or imageshack , tinypic etc and post the forum url here .

I get the logic,but the problem is that,when one surf after 3-4 years (say the post was created in the year 2006,we are surfing now),many pictures says "image not available"...its very awkward to me Some times the "lost" image was the centre of discussion for next few posts.Even,some standard Photography forums suffers from this problem.
Today,when the forums are offering spaces to upload,I think its better to upload right in that very forum rather than using bb code to insert images from third party web site,especially when its not fully in your control.

 

[kucing13]

well another things to copy in my mind.thanx for the info Airbot

 

[iphone]

can i upload the images to a photosharing website and link to the thumbnail? :sarc:

 

[kucing13]

can i upload the images to a photosharing website and link to the thumbnail? :sarc:

I think you can

 

[Abhishek Ghosh]

I think this is a great addition to Win 7; I think it's awsome that I can steal any thing I see on my screen and the authorities never contact me! I use it for grabbing pics,screen shots,error messages.Just expressin,thnx.

Yes its a quite good "Basic" utility...
For advanced options you will need to use third party tools to save your time editing them in PS.

 

[Chris K]

Whilst we're on the subject (posting pics on the web and Windows OS) - when will MS include....

Right-Click>Send To>WebSpace

...as a right-click option - the web has been around for some time MS - come on - keep up

 

[xarden]

Nice tut Airbot.
I like this upload/attach image feature, it actually makes a thumbnail of the image and links to the original!

Thumbnails people!

A resized version of the original, not the original scaled down. Theres a difference, mostly with load times especially for larger HQ images. I've been through enough forums to see five 1280x1024 screenshots in a single post, then the next several posts quoting that including the pics. Takes forever to load...

And as I can also see the point of hotlinking from another site to use on multiple forums, which is a nifty idea...
but, when that site goes down, or removes the pic... all those forums now have a broken image.

I prefer to use the built-in tools at each forum, but each to their own if it works for you.

 

[dbseven]

To Brink (SysAdmin):
Re: dbseven sfcdetails.txt

I wrote a message to you in your Profile area with more info.
Thanks, dbseven