easiest way to post a screen shot?

Alcibiades · 04-07-10, 05:14 PM

super nub here..

but what's the easiest way to embed a screenshot into a forum post?

razark · 04-07-10, 05:38 PM

Upload it to imageshack or somewhere, and then link to it in the post.

Alcibiades · 04-07-10, 05:58 PM

what I'm trying to link or upload is a PDF file...

anyone?

kylania · 04-07-10, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kicker40:
Hi just trying to post a screenshot. How is it done. Thx.

First you need to host your image online somewhere. http://imageshack.us is one possible place.

First click the gray button to Browse for your images then click the blue Upload button, as seen here:

Once the image is uploaded you'll see a form field called Direct Link, just copy the URL from there.

They reply to a thread and click the yellow "mountain" button for Images and paste in the Direct Link URL you'd saved earlier and tada!

For files like PDFs, a popular choice is to sign up for an account at http://www.filefront.com/ Once you have an account there you'll be presented with a "Upload now" button. It works similar to above.

Placoderm · 04-08-10, 04:35 PM

I cannot find anywhere in the forun rules if there are restrictions as to the size (dimensions and/or bit size) for photos in threads. (like this one)

Same for photos in the screenshot thread...or is the rule the same?

And lastly, is there a size limit (there must be) for signature images?

Any and all help/trashing is appreciated!!

kylania · 04-08-10, 04:41 PM

It's pretty lenient so far. Personally I love high rez, if it's not 1680x1050+ I don't know why the image was created, but most people don't.

The official website limits you to 1024 wide, and that seems to work pretty well here. Personally I'd suggest 1024xwhatever with maybe a link to the full 1920xwhatever or whatever?

04-07-10, 05:14 PM	#1
Alcibiades Watch Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 27 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	easiest way to post a screen shot? super nub here.. but what's the easiest way to embed a screenshot into a forum post?

04-07-10, 05:38 PM	#2
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	Upload it to imageshack or somewhere, and then link to it in the post. __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

04-08-10, 04:35 PM	#5
Placoderm Soundman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 142 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	I cannot find anywhere in the forun rules if there are restrictions as to the size (dimensions and/or bit size) for photos in threads. (like this one) Same for photos in the screenshot thread...or is the rule the same? And lastly, is there a size limit (there must be) for signature images? Any and all help/trashing is appreciated!! __________________ ....and on the eight day, god created merchant ships to ply the waters between the lands, and unto which was created a weakness to the holy torpedo so that man could blow thy living snot out of them. ...And all was good. "Making a decision to not make a decision would still involve a decision-making process and such a thing has not happened." -sorlim, UBIsoft Community Developer

04-08-10, 04:41 PM	#6
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	It's pretty lenient so far. Personally I love high rez, if it's not 1680x1050+ I don't know why the image was created, but most people don't. The official website limits you to 1024 wide, and that seems to work pretty well here. Personally I'd suggest 1024xwhatever with maybe a link to the full 1920xwhatever or whatever? __________________

04-07-10, 05:58 PM	#3
Alcibiades Watch Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 27 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	what I'm trying to link or upload is a PDF file... anyone?