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just a little advice

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:44 pm
by Jumperwire
Not to step on any ones toes or anything, but if you right click your pictures and click "resize pictures" and just play around with that,
1) Your pictures will load up quicker for you
2) Your pictures will load up quicker for me
You can do this when your loading them as well and then just pick the pic with (medium) for example. :ugeek:
Just sayin' :biggrin:

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:10 am
by Rongo
I'll have to try that.

I always just use Photoshop. :wink:

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:13 am
by Junk Yard Dog
Yea, I use photoshop as well, it's easier, and I have an archive of my pics that is not connected to my PC. I would have lost quite a few of them during the recent crash otherwise.

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:08 am
by pacanis
There's a tool by Microsoft, called power tools or something, that will allow you to rt click any pic on your computer and have the option to resize it. Very simple and a free download. I can try to track the exact name down if anyone is interested. I have it on all my PCs.

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:48 am
by blackwolf97
Remote hosting FTMFW. I use Photobucket.

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:52 am
by MN Fan
All the images here are hosted off site :)

Even then, having to load up ten 20 MGP images can bring an old laptop to its knees!

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:31 am
by Chumlee Bumsnag
I better look into this. I rarely make a post without adding a picture. I belong to a Canadian gun forum that enables me to post my pics as thumbnails. I'll get my teenagers on it right away.

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:32 am
by MN Fan
:lol:

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:37 am
by desdem12
:lol: :lol: :lol: My kids just shake there head at me like i should already know how to do all this. :no: :no:

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:20 pm
by popgun
GOOD POST! still do not have camera but will. thanks for heads up. popgun :popgun: :popgun: :pop: :pop:

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:25 pm
by millman
I downsize my pics using the Paint program that came on my computer, and then post them using the upload attachment button that is right below the box where you type your post. I can never remember my photobucket account info to log in.

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:40 pm
by bunkysdad
How long is it taking your pictures to load? I thought the forum automatically reduced them. at least that is what it says it is doing.

Ya gonna pull those pistols, or whistle Dixie?~ Josey Wales

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:46 pm
by millman
bunkysdad wrote:How long is it taking your pictures to load? I thought the forum automatically reduced them. at least that is what it says it is doing.

Ya gonna pull those pistols, or whistle Dixie?~ Josey Wales
It does downsize them for viewing on the forum, but it takes a long time to upload a series of 3-4 meg pics. I downsize them to about 30%, and they go on a lot faster, and are still pretty big if you click on them here on the forum.

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:47 pm
by Izhevsk762
blackwolf97 wrote:Remote hosting FTMFW. I use Photobucket.
This, photobucket FTW

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:59 pm
by Jumperwire
pacanis wrote:There's a tool by Microsoft, called power tools or something, that will allow you to rt click any pic on your computer and have the option to resize it. Very simple and a free download. I can try to track the exact name down if anyone is interested. I have it on all my PCs.
I think that is what I did, but it was a long time ago.
bunkysdad wrote:How long is it taking your pictures to load? I thought the forum automatically reduced them. at least that is what it says it is doing.

Ya gonna pull those pistols, or whistle Dixie?~ Josey Wales
BD, part of it is my internet connection, but obviously a smaller file loads so much quicker. :biggrin:

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:07 pm
by MN Fan
Jumper, you should check into CenturyLink and ask them what you are actually getting. I too have CenturyLink and recently upgraded to 7 meg. from 3 meg. When my daughter was playing her Xbox, I noticed she was lagging bad (ok, ok, when "I" was playing Call of Duty, "I" was lagging!) and I checked the Xbox settings. I was only pulling 1.8 meg. So, I called CenturyLink. They confirmed that yep, I had a 7 meg account and that I was paying for 7 meg. But, wait, Omaha only has 3 meg service. I thought "WHAT?". So, I was paying more for 7 meg, but getting 3 meg max, which was actually only about 1.5 meg. So, we talked. I found out if I upgraded my modem, I could get 10 meg. I asked her...is that really 10 meg? Or 3 meg for a 10 meg price? To make a long story short, by upgrading the modem, I was able to access the higher grade DSL line and am now pulling...get this, 56 meg :)

It only costs me $7 more a month. I dropped HBO and it more than covered the difference.

Just some thoughts for you...

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:19 pm
by Jumperwire
I called them twice, some time ago. The last call kinda started with me telling them "not to tell me to use a shorter phone line" The guy proceeded to tell me just that. I think the conversation went south about that time when I said something like "listen you idiot, my phone line is 2 inches long ." :very mad: I am fine running off my phone and saving $40 a month I'm blazing at about 1mbs right now, but that's a whole lot faster than I get with Century Link. :biggrin:

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:54 pm
by popgun
jumperwire== i am getting 400mg dd asd and so on (ha ha) i just have a laptop sitting here typing this out to all of you. the pic. info is great. do not know what the h--- all that speed is! know firearms better than comps. believe it or not. i will get a camera after the first of the year. i know you all need to know this. popgun :popgun: :popgun: :pop: :pop: :big shock:

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:20 am
by pacanis
Wow Jumper... I didn't know they still measured stuff in kilobytes/second... :lol:
It doesn't sound like that Century company is worth having.

Re: just a little advice

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:08 am
by Junk Yard Dog
I have no idea what the hell you boys are going on about. What kind of camera are you going to get Pop's? Don't go cheap, get something nice from Nikon or Canon I can recommend the Canon 50D DSLR, or the powershot A780, or is it 760, I forget.