I have just purchased a digital camera and would like to post pictures of the sternwheeler I am building. I have clicked on photo gallery, your personal gallery then clicked on upload pics. I then clicked on browse and selected the picture and clicked onto submit and NOTHING!
Help please for a computer idiot
Ian

How large are the photos your trying to upload Ian?

We currently have an unresolved problem with our host, so any image much larger than 300Kb will fail - If they are smaller than that all should be fine.

Around 2.5 Mb so obviously too big. I am not getting a failure message though, just a blank screen.
Ian

Quote from: molestranglerAround 2.5 Mb so obviously too big. I am not getting a failure message though, just a blank screen.
Ian

The blank screen is normal for the photo gallery Ian - Basically our hosts server has run out of memory trying to process the image

Reduce the images to less than 300Kb and everything should be okay - Sadly this is an annoying problem that I'm powerless to do anything about!  :rant

Hi Eddy,
Thanks for the reply. How do I reduce the file size to what is required?
Ian

Most digital cameras will come with image editing software provided on a CD. But they can sometimes be difficult and confusing to use.... If you want something that's fairly straightforward, go to:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Look down the right hand side of the screen, and near the bottom you will find ImageResizer.Exe - Download it, and use it to resize your images.

Hope that helps?

Ian, I've posted a tutorial on using ImageResizer which may help.... You can find it at: http://www.paddleducks.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2656

Eddy,
Thank you so much, especially for the tutorial. Downloaded the program no problem and posted some pictures.
Really appreciate your assistance
Ian

No problem Ian, that's why I'm here....

For those using the Microsoft Office suite, a resizing facility is available within Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
Click on the button 'Picture'
Select resize
You now have a choice of techniques: percentage reduction, or custom.
I use custom, and nominate 800 for the larger dimension
The other is adjusted to match.
I then save under the original name, with the extra word 'small' so that I don't lose the original, but do have a reminder to delete the second version after I have posted to Paddleducks.

The new posting rules allow both vertical and horizontal (ie 800 x 600 and 600 x 800 are both acceptable).  For a week I had to tip vertical shots sideways to be accepted by the software.

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor