Can someone Tell me how to upload Pics?
 

Hi was wondering if anyone knows hows to upload pictures from my computer to the orchid fourm? I tryed through the manage attachements to no avail.
Clay

For Gallery:
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ead.php?t=1755

For resizing pics:
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...read.php?t=871

For thumbnails in posts:
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...read.php?t=872

Any questions, let me know :D

I can't get it to work myself.Have tried several times. Will figure it out on my own because the above info. still didn"t help.I am so computer challenged it hurts.

First and foremost! You have to resize your photos .. there is an easy application in this thread - http://www.orchidboard.com/community...-06-marty.html
then follow the attachment below ...
Give us the step by step of what you are doing and we'll help you out :D

y'know, I can't get it to work either. It keeps telling me the image upload failed. I've even tried resizing my pics to 80x80

Lisa, are you using the resizing program we've provided?

No, I use the microsoft program on my computer but...now I see my picture next to my name...huh, dunno. But thanks anyway.

Uploading Picks/1st Post
 

Hi all;

I am a pro photographer and work primarily in Minnesota, although I am beginning to look for work in warmer climates after the November elections.

I am not an orchid grower, but I lived in Hawaii while I was working for the US Navy, and we used to go to Hilo to pick up orchids for the officers' wives.

I shoot fine art, food, and, because of health issues, prefer to work on location outdoors.

Uploading files...

You need a photo application, and my preference is Adobe Photoshop CS2 or CS3. I also use Adobe Lightroom 2.

After you have photos in your computer, the better cameras capture the images in pixels. For email, your pictures only need to be 72ppi (pixels per inch) by 7" x 5", therefore yielding an image that is about 500kb in size.

My photos can be viewed at:

http://www.bachnickphoto.com

Have a swell day!

Alex Bachnick

I always save images as 640 pixels (long side) with a Photoshop action then save as jpeg level 8 or 10 depending on how large the final image will be. I try for approx 100K as a target just to keep from running out of gallery space. I also am a pro selling through several agencies world-wide.

Hi Alex, nice to see you here :)

Some tips:
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...chidboard.html

I'm looking forward to seeing your orchid photos...but we can not allow for the forums to become an advertisement for anybody's photography business so please refrain from doing so :)

:thankyou

Thanks for catching that Sue. For a second there, I got trapped, myself. I almost never advertize here and have taken all references out of my signature as well. People that know me, know me :biggrin:

I've seen Alex's pictures and they are lovely but this is not the place for anything but orchids...and our pets :)

Ok, I can upload pictures, and I can link them, and I can even link to my gallery . . but how do I get the expanding thumbnail in a post?

Check out the second link in this thread:

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...chidboard.html