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Posting photos on a.p.b.o.
I was going to try posting photos on a.p.b.o., & after ages of first
trying to find it & then messing around with "Usenet Replayer", I finally found the page that lets you send a message. Then, I hunted through RGO for guidelines for photo posting, & found that the pictures should be jpegs or gifs. My scanner is on an old computer which doesn't allow the option of saving either type, so I usually e-mail photos to friends as Windows bitmaps. So, I scanned them, saved them, & then converted them in "Paint" to jpegs on the other computer. When I scanned them I made the picture sizes similar to those I saw on a.p.b.o., & they were generally 60-80K ... but then when I converted them to jpeg on the other computer, they have all come up at 6 or 7 KB. I have tried e-mailing them to myself & it seems to work, but one of my e-mail addresses doesn't seem to be working either, & Yahoo keeps asking me to verify that I am not a spammer...! It is 2 a.m. & maybe I'm just not doing this right due to being very tired & also distracted by the cat who wants me to shut off the computer & go to bed... but before crapping up on a.p.b.o., I thought I'd better ask... can I send them at that size? Can I send them as bitmaps? Assuming I can get it to work, how many pictures is it appropriate to post at once? I found a dozen that were good but didn't want to clutter up the group if there was a limit. I'll figure it out after a while.... :P Alison (NOT a computer whiz) |
Alison,
Send away. If anyone gives you grief, tell em that Kye said it was ok. As long as your pics are no larger than about 150K you will be fine. As far as I am concerned .bmp (bitmaps) are just fine and are probably even more easily read for some out there than jpegs. Well done on your research and I applaud you requesting assistance before you made an error. I only wish that many ppl were half as diligent as you are. Kye. PS - If your wondering why I suggest to tell them that I said it was ok, its because I made a.b.p.orchids. "Alison" wrote in message . .. I was going to try posting photos on a.p.b.o., & after ages of first trying to find it & then messing around with "Usenet Replayer", I finally found the page that lets you send a message. Then, I hunted through RGO for guidelines for photo posting, & found that the pictures should be jpegs or gifs. My scanner is on an old computer which doesn't allow the option of saving either type, so I usually e-mail photos to friends as Windows bitmaps. So, I scanned them, saved them, & then converted them in "Paint" to jpegs on the other computer. When I scanned them I made the picture sizes similar to those I saw on a.p.b.o., & they were generally 60-80K ... but then when I converted them to jpeg on the other computer, they have all come up at 6 or 7 KB. I have tried e-mailing them to myself & it seems to work, but one of my e-mail addresses doesn't seem to be working either, & Yahoo keeps asking me to verify that I am not a spammer...! It is 2 a.m. & maybe I'm just not doing this right due to being very tired & also distracted by the cat who wants me to shut off the computer & go to bed... but before crapping up on a.p.b.o., I thought I'd better ask... can I send them at that size? Can I send them as bitmaps? Assuming I can get it to work, how many pictures is it appropriate to post at once? I found a dozen that were good but didn't want to clutter up the group if there was a limit. I'll figure it out after a while.... :P Alison (NOT a computer whiz) |
Did you make the bitmap files 60-80K? If so that was probably a mistake.
Make the bitmap file the correct size in pixels (we generally keep our pictures no more than 800x600 pixels, sometimes a little more or less). The file in bitmap format will be much larger than 80K. Then convert that file to jpeg. The size will shrink dramatically. Jpeg uses compression to decrease the file size (the amount of compression can be selected in many programs, if your program doesn't give you that option don't worry about it). The 7kb pictures are probably really small, but you can try posting one on a.b.p.o. and see what happens. Once you get it figured out, I would post a few at a time. There is nothing wrong with posting a dozen pictures at once but if that is all the pictures you have, spreading them out will probably increase your chances of getting comments on each individual picture and increase the length of time you are interacting with the group. -danny "Alison" wrote in message . .. I was going to try posting photos on a.p.b.o., & after ages of first trying to find it & then messing around with "Usenet Replayer", I finally found the page that lets you send a message. Then, I hunted through RGO for guidelines for photo posting, & found that the pictures should be jpegs or gifs. My scanner is on an old computer which doesn't allow the option of saving either type, so I usually e-mail photos to friends as Windows bitmaps. So, I scanned them, saved them, & then converted them in "Paint" to jpegs on the other computer. When I scanned them I made the picture sizes similar to those I saw on a.p.b.o., & they were generally 60-80K ... but then when I converted them to jpeg on the other computer, they have all come up at 6 or 7 KB. I have tried e-mailing them to myself & it seems to work, but one of my e-mail addresses doesn't seem to be working either, & Yahoo keeps asking me to verify that I am not a spammer...! It is 2 a.m. & maybe I'm just not doing this right due to being very tired & also distracted by the cat who wants me to shut off the computer & go to bed... but before crapping up on a.p.b.o., I thought I'd better ask... can I send them at that size? Can I send them as bitmaps? Assuming I can get it to work, how many pictures is it appropriate to post at once? I found a dozen that were good but didn't want to clutter up the group if there was a limit. I'll figure it out after a while.... :P Alison (NOT a computer whiz) |
Hi, Alison,
I'm not the tech head that Danny and Kye are, but I do remember that posting bmp files doesn't work too well. If they are large enough to be seen correctly, then the files are way too big for abpo viewers. I think most of us post using jpeg, 800x600 pix as Danny said. You mentioned a scanner. Are you using a digital camera? If not, you can have your photos developed and returned on a disk. There will be software, so you can play around with them more easily. Forgive me if you already know this; just trying to help. Always want more photos over at abpo! Diana |
Ok, I tried... I re-scanned a photo, re-saved it as a jpeg & got one
of 33KB which sounded better. When I finally figured out how to sign up for Usenet Replayer (my e-mail was deleting the confirmation message as bulk/spam), I went through the "send message" thing, got this page: http://www.usenet-replayer.com/cgi/content/sendmessage , & entered the file name in the box for attachments. I clicked the thing that says "you have copyright permission to publish this", & clicked send. It told me the message part was too long, so I went back & deleted that, attached the photo again, & clicked send. Then it turns out that there was no photo in the message I sent. !???? AND, I messed up by putting inappropriate quotes in the name. Apologies for both. Alison |
Alison,
What news reader are you using to read the messages here, and through what service? You ought to be able to post to a.b.p.o without resorting to usenet replayer. -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "Alison" wrote in message om... Ok, I tried... I re-scanned a photo, re-saved it as a jpeg & got one of 33KB which sounded better. When I finally figured out how to sign up for Usenet Replayer (my e-mail was deleting the confirmation message as bulk/spam), I went through the "send message" thing, got this page: http://www.usenet-replayer.com/cgi/content/sendmessage , & entered the file name in the box for attachments. I clicked the thing that says "you have copyright permission to publish this", & clicked send. It told me the message part was too long, so I went back & deleted that, attached the photo again, & clicked send. Then it turns out that there was no photo in the message I sent. !???? AND, I messed up by putting inappropriate quotes in the name. Apologies for both. Alison |
"Ray" wrote in message ...
Alison, What news reader are you using to read the messages here, and through what service? You ought to be able to post to a.b.p.o without resorting to usenet replayer. I'm just using Google groups... I wonder if the antivirus program on this computer was part of the problem. I can't send pix in my Yahoo mail without shutting it down first. I can't remember if it was on when I tried posting that photo, but I think it was. I could try again with it off if people won't be too annoyed at another blank post if it doesn't work. Hmmm..... Alison |
OK, so what internet provider do you access the 'net with?
-- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info! "Alison" wrote in message m... "Ray" wrote in message ... Alison, What news reader are you using to read the messages here, and through what service? You ought to be able to post to a.b.p.o without resorting to usenet replayer. I'm just using Google groups... I wonder if the antivirus program on this computer was part of the problem. I can't send pix in my Yahoo mail without shutting it down first. I can't remember if it was on when I tried posting that photo, but I think it was. I could try again with it off if people won't be too annoyed at another blank post if it doesn't work. Hmmm..... Alison |
"Ray" wrote in message ...
OK, so what internet provider do you access the 'net with? -- It's called Aliant. It's Canadian. And I probably could get apbo through them but my dad, whose computer the has the internet connection, wishes to keep his e-mail private & not send it out into the wide world to collect spam... :) which is why I was using my Yahoo mail. Alison |
Alison wrote:
.........................my dad, whose computer the has the internet connection, wishes to keep his e-mail private & not send it out into the wide world to collect spam... :) which is why I was using my Yahoo mail. Alison Very wise. Never use an email address on a newsgroup unless you are willing to deal with a lot of spam to that address. It's always better to use an address that is either fake or disposable. Steve |
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