***VERY CRITICAL MESSAGE FOR ALL FRACTALLERS+++

[Ria7]

HI EVERYONE, MICHAEL HAS JUST BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE SITE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCEING CONSIDERABLE
PROBLEMS. IT IS TOO LONG AND TOO TECHNICAL TO EXPLAIN BUT THE IMAGES WE UPLOAD FOR FRACTALLING TAKE UP
MUCH SPACE. THEREFORE IT IS REQUESTED TO ALL YOU FRACTALLERS TO PLEASE START USING PHOTO BUCKET
OR ANY IMAGE SAVING FREE INTERNET SITES TO PUT YOUR FRACTALS ON AND THEN LINKING THEM BACK TO OUR
FORUM LIKE PM AND I AND A FEW OTHERS DO.   SO IF YOU CAN ALL REFRAIN FROM USING THE UPLOADING ON THE FORUM
AND STORING THE IMAGES ON THE FORUM IT WILL HELP THE SITE TO RUN MUCH MORE SMOOTHLY. MICHAEL HAS HAD TO
BE UP ALL NIGHT WORKING ON THIS AND IT IS A HUGE JOB. IF ANYONE NEEDS HELP LEARNING HOW TO USE  PHOTOBUCKET
PLEASE DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK ME...OR ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR THAT MATTER. IT TRULY IS AN EASY SITE TO USE.
ALL YOU DO IS UPLOAD YOUR IMAGE THERE, THEN TAKE THE URL CODE FOR FORUM POSTING, COPY IT AND THEN COME
HERE AND PASTE IT ON THE TOPIC REPLY. IT WILL SHOW UP LARGER AND WILL NOT TAKE UP NEEDED SPACE ON THE FORUM.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK FOR ANY HELP NEEDED.....HERE IS THE URL FOR PHOTOBUCKET...REMEMBER IT IS FREE AND YOU
CAN UPLOAD TONS OF PHOTOS OR IMAGES THERE...HUGS...RIA

http://photobucket.com/

[Norma from Texas]

RIA I HAD QUESTIONS ON MY REPLY 1797 BUT AFTER READING THIS WE CAN STILL POST THEM ON HERE IF WE HAVE PHOTOBUCKET. RIGHT? I HAD USED IT BEFORE A LONG TIME AGO. BUT MADE THE MISTAKE OF REMOVING THEM OFF PHOTOBUCKET & THEY ALL DISSAPEARED. LIVE & LEARN. HAHA.. NORMA FROM TEXAS

[Ria7]

Yes Norma, Photo Bucket is really easy to use and you know if you had it before.
It is free and that is great. The images can be any size as long as the url is linked
to photo bucket and that way we are not clogging the site...thanks....hugs..ria


I POSTED THIS REPLY ON NORMAS PAGES BUT I THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO REPEAT IT HERE
JUST IN CASE ANYONE ELSE HAS THE SAME QUESTIONS...


NO NO NORMA, YOU AND NOT ANYONE ELSE HAS TO DO ANY TRANSFERRING OF FILES OR IMAGES.
MICHAEL SPENT ALL NIGHT WORKING ON DOING THAT AND THE JOB WAS MASSIVE TO SAY THE LEAST.
BUT FROM HERE ON IN WE WILL ALL HAVE TO USE PHOTO BUCKET OR ANY OTHER STORAGE FACILITY
AND POST OUR IMAGES HERE USING THE URL FROM THE PHOTO BUCKET SITE OR WHATEVER SITE WE
USE TO SAVE OUR IMAGES..THAT KEEPS THE FORUM RUNNING SMOOTHER AND DOES NOT JAM IT UP
WITH IMAGES..IMAGES TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SPACE. I AM GOING TO BE TAKING MINE OFF MY COMPUTER
AND PUT THEM AND THE FLAMES ALL ON CD'S IF I EVER GET TO IT LOL...THANKS FOR COOPERATING..
HUGS...RIA

OH I FORGOT TO REPLY TO THIS...PHOTO BUCKET HOLDS A LOT OF IMAGES..I HAVE OVER FIVE HUNDRED ON THERE NOW.
I THINK WHEN YOU GO ON THERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH SPACE THEY GIVE YOU...IT IS A LOT...
THE CHALLENGE WILL NOT STOP..WE ARE STILL GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE WANT TO DO AND WHATEVER SIZE
WE WANT AS LONG AS WE START USING THE STORAGE ON ANOTHER SITE . YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO BACK AND
UNDO ANYTHING BUT I DO THINK IN TIME MICHAEL WILL HAVE TO DELETE A LOT OF THE OLDER PAGES.
I HOPE YOU HAVE STORED ALL OF YOUR IMAGES ON YOUR PC OR SOMEWHERE. DON'T DEPEND ON THE FORUM
HERE TO HOLD THEM ALL UNLESS THEY ARE LIKE I SAID FROM ANOTHER URL LIKE PHOTO BUCKET..THEN THEY
CAN STAY ON HERE FOR A LONG TIME. IT IS DIFFICULT TO KEEP A FORUM RUNNING FAST AND SMOOTHLY WHEN
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE POSTING IMAGES BUT X AND MICHAEL DO NOT WANT TO TAKE AWAY ANY OF THE FUN
WE ARE ALL HAVING...I ALSO NOTICED THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE STARTED TO USE PB...SO THAT IS GREAT..BUT IF
YOU WANT TO SAVE SOME OF THE OLDER IMAGES AND NORMA YOU DO HAVE A  LOT OF PAGES..YOU MIGHT WANT TO
NAB THEM AND PUT THEM ON SOME CD'S......HUGS...RIA

HOW TO COPY AND PAST THE URL FROM PHOTOBUCKET
....WHEN YOU POST YOUR IMAGE ON PB
YOU COPY THE URL IN THE LITTLE SQUARE THAT IS NEXT TO THE PICTURE...MAKE SURE YOU GET THE
ONE THAT IS FOR A "FORUM"  IT WILL SAY " IMG Code"  ..RIGHT CLICK AND COPY IT.. THEN COME HERE AND POST IT RIGHT HERE ON
THE REPLY AREA...I THEN HILIGHT IT AND "CENTER" IT. VERY EASY.......

[Ria7]

EXAMPLE OF PHOTO BUCKET UPLOAD SCREEN
YOU WILL SIGN IN AND THEN CLICK ON "CHOOSE FILE"
YOUR COMPUTER FILES WILL SHOW UP AND YOU CHOOSE
THE IMAGE FILE ON YOUR PC TO UPLOAD,
.. YOU WILL THEN  COPY THE "IMG code"
AND  PASTE  ON  THE FORUM REPLY
IT IS REALLY EASY....

[Kiai]

RIA I HAD QUESTIONS ON MY REPLY 1797 BUT AFTER READING THIS WE CAN STILL POST THEM ON HERE IF WE HAVE PHOTOBUCKET. RIGHT? I HAD USED IT BEFORE A LONG TIME AGO. BUT MADE THE MISTAKE OF REMOVING THEM OFF PHOTOBUCKET & THEY ALL DISSAPEARED. LIVE & LEARN. HAHA.. NORMA FROM TEXAS

Hi Norma, another good thing about Photobucket is that you don't need to store your images on your computer. Once you've uploaded them to Photobucket, you can delete them from you computer, if you so wish. I had some animations I made, stored on PB, but lost them from my computer when my brother re-installed WinXP for me and accidentally wiped everything from harddrive.. loll.. His face was a picture... I didn't really lose anything of value so wasn't that bothered.. but I do wish I'd had a camera ready, his expression was priceless.. loll..
Well anyway, imagine my surprise when I later visited my PB account, only to see all the things I'd made.. loll.. Not that they were great animations, but they were my animations..
Sorry, I have gone on there haven't I?

[Kiai]

Hi Ria... 

[Ria7]

HI KIAI...SORRY I JUST SAW THIS NOW LOL...BEEN BUSY WITH FRACTALLING...LIKE
IT IS IN MY HEAD AND I CANT GET IT OUT LOL...HUGS...RIA

[Kiai]

HI KIAI...SORRY I JUST SAW THIS NOW LOL...BEEN BUSY WITH FRACTALLING...LIKE
IT IS IN MY HEAD AND I CANT GET IT OUT LOL...HUGS...RIA

Hi Ria, no worries...loll.. yeah.. *ahem.. anywayyyy.. I'm off to visit your fractals now so I can see where your head is at.. loll.. x

[Ria7]

THANKS KIAI....HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND...HUGS..RIA

[JM]

HI EVERYONE, MICHAEL HAS JUST BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE SITE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCEING CONSIDERABLE
PROBLEMS. IT IS TOO LONG AND TOO TECHNICAL TO EXPLAIN BUT THE IMAGES WE UPLOAD FOR FRACTALLING TAKE UP
MUCH SPACE. THEREFORE IT IS REQUESTED TO ALL YOU FRACTALLERS TO PLEASE START USING PHOTO BUCKET
OR ANY IMAGE SAVING FREE INTERNET SITES TO PUT YOUR FRACTALS ON AND THEN LINKING THEM BACK TO OUR
FORUM LIKE PM AND I AND A FEW OTHERS DO.   SO IF YOU CAN ALL REFRAIN FROM USING THE UPLOADING ON THE FORUM
AND STORING THE IMAGES ON THE FORUM IT WILL HELP THE SITE TO RUN MUCH MORE SMOOTHLY. MICHAEL HAS HAD TO
BE UP ALL NIGHT WORKING ON THIS AND IT IS A HUGE JOB. IF ANYONE NEEDS HELP LEARNING HOW TO USE  PHOTOBUCKET
PLEASE DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK ME...OR ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR THAT MATTER. IT TRULY IS AN EASY SITE TO USE.
ALL YOU DO IS UPLOAD YOUR IMAGE THERE, THEN TAKE THE URL CODE FOR FORUM POSTING, COPY IT AND THEN COME
HERE AND PASTE IT ON THE TOPIC REPLY. IT WILL SHOW UP LARGER AND WILL NOT TAKE UP NEEDED SPACE ON THE FORUM.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK FOR ANY HELP NEEDED.....HERE IS THE URL FOR PHOTOBUCKET...REMEMBER IT IS FREE AND YOU
CAN UPLOAD TONS OF PHOTOS OR IMAGES THERE...HUGS...RIA

http://photobucket.com/

Hey Ria, I don't know if all image programs do this but in photoshop you can save an image in "save for web", option and chosing your quality to high at 60. You can reduce a jpeg to just a few kb's after resizing to say 500px's then saving in the Save For Web option.

[Ria7]

That's interesting Joyce but I guess most people don't have Photoshop. I have it
but I don't use it. I took it off my PC because I like PSP better but PSP does not
do that...so I guess I will stick with photobucket...it seems to be serving me well
..thanks for the info...hugs...ria

[Patti]

Ria, I frequently use file compression tools for my images with PSP. In fact, almost always, because I'm dabbling in web design.  It greatly reduces files size. There are 3 little blue arrows - one for .jpeg, one for .gif, and one for .png. You have a lot of choices within each, plus a preview window to see the effects of each.

Michael may be able to shed some light on the correct toolbar that shows this, but I think it's the Web Tool Bar.  If you right click on an unoccupied place where the toolbars are located at the top of your workspace, and bring up Customize, you can check the box to activate this tool bar.

Starting with an image resized to between 400 and 600 pixels wide (this is a pretty big pic on the web,) finalize your effects and color tweaking. Then, if you want to save a .jpg, for example, just click on the blue arrow, choose 2 for file compression, keep the transparency set to alpha channel. You'll be able to see the file size savings with each adjustment. When you've got the image looking good, then click OK or Save. You can name the file there, too, and PSP automatically puts the file extension on it. You can save it to whatever folder you like.

I'm not sure if I can get screen shots of those, but let me know if you have any difficulty.

[Ria7]

Hi Patti, Welcome to the forum. I do hope you will stay and try out our fractal section. It is so much fun.
Yes I am aware of compression of files and zip files as I work with digital art and PSP all the time. The
problem was at Michaels end since he runs this board. Many of us were uploading large images in
the "additional options" bottom of this page and it took up too much space I think it is called bandwidth
and it was difficult for Michael so he proposed for us all to upload our images at Photo Bucket or
any such program and "store" the images there then posting the url here...that sure worked...now we
can show large images and the site will not be overloaded..thanks for the input It is very much appreciated.
Hope to see you here again...hugs..ria