Hello everyone,
How do you go about inserting an image or drawing to your post? I have a drawing of my workbench that was done with Microsoft Paint. I want to show it and have questions on.
Thank You in advance for your help.
Louie
I just got it to work. I tried several times before without success, but here’s what worked for me:
Step #1: Find a website
You need to find a website that lets you store (upload) your photos. There are several “hosting” websites and many are free. The only one I got to work was www.shutterfly.com; it is free (they hope you’ll someday order prints from them) and easy to use. The other sites didn’t work with my cookie/ad blockers.
Step #2: Upload your pictures
Sign in to the website, create an album, and add your digital pictures.
Step #3: Get ready
You need to create a link between this forum and the website. I launch Internet Explorer TWICE so I can see my forum reply and my photo album at the same time (2 separate windows). In the windows with your pictures, find the image you want and double-click it so it gets bigger. NOTE: What You See Is What You Get. If it’s a tiny view it will be tiny in the forum.
Step#4: Copy and paste the link
Reply to a message on this forum. In the message box, type something like:
This is a test
[img]
Stop after the right bracket ( ] ) and switch to the website window where the picture is displayed large. Right-click the picture and choose Properties. In the middel is Address. Drag your cursor to highlight the Address. Press Ctrl+C (hold Ctrl key and press “C”) to copy the Address to the clipboard.
Now switch back to the forum reply box, place your cursor after the right bracket and press Ctrl+V (hold Ctrl key and press “V”) to paste the Address.
You should now see this in the Message:
This is a test
[im g]whatever-you-copied-and-pasted-for-the-link[/im g]
Note: omit the blank between m & g. It’s here to prevent a real link.
Click Submit Reply.
I you do this with many images, put a blank line in between for easier viewing. My first attempt can be found at photo fun for last Sunday 2/6.
Oops. A couple of typos.
Here’s the Properties+Address for the image shown above. It’s what gets copied and pasted between [ i m g ] and [ / i m g ] (but omit the extra spaces)
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dc26b3127cce9fa2176c91f900000016108BatXDZq5bo
Thank you TBat55.
I will try that post later.
I saw your last post and wow it looks great. I see your doing New York Central. Are you from New York? I’m in New York also. Let me know.
Louie
Thanks!
I live upstate in the Finger Lakes (Lehigh Valley turf) and love NY Central’s 4-6-4 Hudsons.
I don’t model any prototype scenes, most seem boring to me, can’t compete with God! I prefer to model freelance, mix steam and diesel, unknown time period, and like scenery over operations. Dream is floor-to-ceiling mountains.
I posted a bunch of photos on this site:
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=-1&TOPIC_ID=30343&REPLY_ID=304703#304703