Using Pixentral to Post an Image on Forum

[Diana]

To post an image to this forum:
1. Go to www.pixentral.com (http://www.pixentral.com/)

2. Put your cursor in the blank provided for the upload (where it says your image)

3. Click on the Browse button

4. When the "Choose File" box pops up, navigate to where your photo is stored, click on your photo file, then at the bottom of the box, click the Open button

5. It will come back to Pixentral with the path to your photo shown in the blank

6. Now on the Pixentral screen, click on the Send button

7. Once your photo is loaded (you'll see it on the Pixentral screen) scroll down to the bottom of the photo where you'll see two lines of text, one that says HTML and one that says Forum

8. You need to copy all of the text in the box after "Forum"

9. An easy way to select it is to triple click on the text OR drag your mouse all the way from the first character to the last character of the text

10. Once it is selected, press Ctrl-C to copy it

11. Then go to your message on the forum here and paste your link by pressing Ctrl-V

12. You can preview it before you submit it by clicking the "Preview Post" button at the bottom of the message window

13. If it looks okay, be sure to then press the Submit Reply button to send it

Hope this is understandable and works for you.:)

Diana

[cats4jan]

Diana - thanks for posting this. It's information well worth repeating.

The only thing I'd add was something about resizing the photo - to save upload time and to make it easily viewed.

[Diana]

Good point, Janice. I usually make images I post on Pixentral no larger than 800 px on the longest side.

Diana

[kimi_boo]

How wonderful Diana, now we just have to take turns bumping it up. :D

[JulieM]

Great idea, Diana! I've saved the link to this thread to my desktop for easy copy/paste when someone asks for instructions.

[Rusty]

and, just to add illustration to those excellent instructions;
the first two are how to use Save For Web to resize your image:

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1rmObmSGYZRqFgIHqHkIc2dOdByp1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1rmObmSGYZRqFgIHqHkIc2dOdByp1)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1XrdnsXs2CcL7ir4nA1Gl1hrlJkq0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1XrdnsXs2CcL7ir4nA1Gl1hrlJkq0)

And, this is what it looks like on Pixentral:

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1IA5za2deFjqVtgQFMBR9mvHSCTof1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1IA5za2deFjqVtgQFMBR9mvHSCTof1)

[Chuck S.]

Good point, Janice. I usually make images I post on Pixentral no larger than 800 px on the longest side.

Diana

It's not really necessary to constrain your Pixentral image to 800 pixels on a side; the thumbnail that appears in your post will be much smaller than that in any event. There may be times, however, when you want to post a larger image in order to allow other forum participants to try editing the photo.

On the other hand, in deference to those who are still using dial-up, the 800 px image limit is good for helping to reduce download time.

[Diana]

[quote=Rusty;326361]and, just to add illustration to those excellent instructions;
[quote]

Thanks, Rusty. I thought about using examples posted at Pixentral in my tutorials, but the images at Pixentral don't remain out there very long. Of course, the thumbnails would still stay in the thread.

Diana

[dales]

What is the advantage of using Pixentral over the 'Save to Web' in PSE? Hope this isn't a stupid ? Thanks

[Diana]

Hi Dales,

There are no stupid questions on this forum.:)

The Save option in PSE is "Save for Web" and only saves it to your hard drive in a format optimized for posting on a web page, it doesn't actually put it out there on the web. After you use Save or Save for Web, you would still need to upload it to a web page for others to view the image. Hope this helps.

Diana

[goldstar]

To post an image to this forum:
1. Go to www.pixentral.com (http://www.pixentral.com/)

2. Put your cursor in the blank provided for the upload (where it says your image)

3. Click on the Browse button

4. When the "Choose File" box pops up, navigate to where your photo is stored, click on your photo file, then at the bottom of the box, click the Open button

5. It will come back to Pixentral with the path to your photo shown in the blank

6. Now on the Pixentral screen, click on the Send button

7. Once your photo is loaded (you'll see it on the Pixentral screen) scroll down to the bottom of the photo where you'll see two lines of text, one that says HTML and one that says Forum

8. You need to copy all of the text in the box after "Forum"

9. An easy way to select it is to triple click on the text OR drag your mouse all the way from the first character to the last character of the text

10. Once it is selected, press Ctrl-C to copy it

11. Then go to your message on the forum here and paste your link by pressing Ctrl-V

12. You can preview it before you submit it by clicking the "Preview Post" button at the bottom of the message window

13. If it looks okay, be sure to then press the Submit Reply button to send it

Hope this is understandable and works for you.:)

Diana
Hi Diana thanks for the tut.I tried my first one today and sent a photo to rusty old tractor in the gallery section.I think it was too large,and when I click on it nothing happens!Most of the other photos I have seen expand to full screen size when you click them.thanks again..Dave.

[Diana]

Hi Dave,

Adding an image to your Gallery is a different procedure than posting an example image in a thread using Pixentral.

For instructions to post images to your gallery, if you are a subscriber, login and then click on Gallery at the top of the screen. Then from the "Welcome to the Photoshop Elements Techniques Gallery..." screen, click on Create My Gallery. That will take you to the screen that lists the requirements in size, etc., for posting to your gallery and at the bottom of the page is a form to complete to upload an image to your gallery.

Hope this helps.

Diana

[Diana]

Dave,

I just saw the image you are referring to posted in the Rusty old tractor thread. It looks like you may have copied the wrong text into your post. After uploading a photo to Pixentral, to post it in a forum thread, you need to go to the bottom of the image and copy the 2nd line of code where it says Forum:
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1iAtYsUTIXQQTGlbExtzxC3kcYj0dm_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1iAtYsUTIXQQTGlbExtzxC3kcYj0dm)

As to the size, I usually resize my image so the longest side is no larger than 800 pixels when saving to upload to Pixentral.

Hope this helps.

Diana

[Chuck S.]

Diana, I think your tractor has at least two flat tires......:)

Not to worry, though - they're only flat on the bottom....:D

[Diana]

Chuck, you must be cut from the same mold as my DH!:D

Diana

[Dooley S]

I have been looking for info on the pixentral thumbs. Found one that answered my question, but still doesn't work.

When I click a link to a thumbnail, the thumbnail appears in a new window. If I hover my mouse over it, I get a zoom tool. If I right click I can save, print, etc. If I left click, it does nothing. I can save the thumb (as a thumb) but cannot get to the actual photo. "Open link" is not an option when I right click. Clicking on the thumb does not take me to the actual file.

So what is going on here and how does everyone get to these photos and I can't? boo hoo! Thanks in advance!

[Wendy]

Hi ..

You donlt need to right click or left click on the thumbnail ...

Just try clicking ... and see if that works. It should :)

Test it out on this one ..

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1rmObmSGYZRqFgIHqHkIc2dOdByp1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1rmObmSGYZRqFgIHqHkIc2dOdByp1)

EDIT ... I just switched over to Windows (I'm a Mac user) and with the mouse I am using I had to left click. However Pixentral is running a little slow and the image took a while to appear


Wendy

[Dooley S]

Hey Wendy! Thanks for responding. As I said in my previous post, clicking does nothing but get me a thumbnail. I clicked your link above, a new window appears with the tumbnail that has the pixentral logo. I click that and nothing happens.

Another lady is having the same problem on a recent challenge thread and doesn't seem to have resolved it. This seemed a more appropriate thread to ask for help with that problem.

[Karin Sue]

Dot-Tea,

The thumbnail you posted in the above post worked fine for me. Linked to a larger version.

This may be a browser thing. I often come upon things that work incorrectly because I am using an old browser (ie5 on Mac OS 9.2.2)

What browser are you using?

[kevq]

I use Firefox and find that the click 3 times method doesn't work.
I have to click just after the first [ and drag to select, then copy. When I paste into a post on the forum, I have to add the [ back in.
Do other Firefox users have this problem?
Kev.

[TonyW]

Kev: Clicking 3 times doesn't work with my Firefox either but you can right click and Select All and then either right click and Copy or Ctrl-C to copy and then right click and Paste or Ctrl-V to paste into the post. Doing it that way seems to get the whole of the link code.

Tony

[kevq]

Tony,
thanks for the info, will try it next time I post something from Pixentral.
Kev.

[Inspeqtor]

I use Firefox and find that the click 3 times method doesn't work.
I have to click just after the first [ and drag to select, then copy. When I paste into a post on the forum, I have to add the [ back in.
Do other Firefox users have this problem?
Kev.

Kev,

I also use FireFox and I find that the 3 click method does work for me just fine. I had figured it would work for everyone. I am sorry you and Tony are having problems that way.

[kevq]

Charles,
it's amazing that it works for you and not for us. Still we manage to post the thumbnails OK.
Kev.

[jhzich]

Diana's instructions are great...wish I had seen it early on--oh well. Here's a picture I made for myself to help remember:

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1Geo7IQ88YtgWdjIjmEhc9UVfgrsF_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1Geo7IQ88YtgWdjIjmEhc9UVfgrsF)

[Eos]

Thank you so much.......i' ll try next time.
I have saved the instruction in my computer now.

To post an image to this forum:
1. Go to www.pixentral.com (http://www.pixentral.com/)

2. Put your cursor in the blank provided for the upload (where it says your image)

3. Click on the Browse button

4. When the "Choose File" box pops up, navigate to where your photo is stored, click on your photo file, then at the bottom of the box, click the Open button

5. It will come back to Pixentral with the path to your photo shown in the blank

6. Now on the Pixentral screen, click on the Send button

7. Once your photo is loaded (you'll see it on the Pixentral screen) scroll down to the bottom of the photo where you'll see two lines of text, one that says HTML and one that says Forum

8. You need to copy all of the text in the box after "Forum"

9. An easy way to select it is to triple click on the text OR drag your mouse all the way from the first character to the last character of the text

10. Once it is selected, press Ctrl-C to copy it

11. Then go to your message on the forum here and paste your link by pressing Ctrl-V

12. You can preview it before you submit it by clicking the "Preview Post" button at the bottom of the message window

13. If it looks okay, be sure to then press the Submit Reply button to send it

Hope this is understandable and works for you.:)

Diana

[Stringbean]

Have been having problems using this on another forum. Hope it works here.

URL=http://www.pixentral.c[om/show.php?picture=107s5e9OytCKy36fLF6czmJVUfvFHw0]http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/107s5e9OytCKy36fLF6czmJVUfvFHw0_thumb.jpg[/URL]

[Stringbean]

Have been having problems using this on another forum. Hope it works here.

URL=http://www.pixentral.c[om/show.php?picture=107s5e9OytCKy36fLF6czmJVUfvFHw0]http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/107s5e9OytCKy36fLF6czmJVUfvFHw0_thumb.jpg[/url]
Would have liked to make it bigger. Did not see a preview as mentioned in one of the posts.

[Diana]

Hi Stringbean,

You need to grab the code beneath your image in Pixentral, the one labeled Forum, to get the thumbnail linking to your image.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/107s5e9OytCKy36fLF6czmJVUfvFHw0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=107s5e9OytCKy36fLF6czmJVUfvFHw0)

Great photo. I love old barns.

Diana

[Stringbean]

Hi Stringbean,

You need to grab the code beneath your image in Pixentral, the one labeled Forum, to get the thumbnail linking to your image.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/107s5e9OytCKy36fLF6czmJVUfvFHw0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=107s5e9OytCKy36fLF6czmJVUfvFHw0)

Great photo. I love old barns.

Diana

Thought that I did that but it does not enlarge when I click on the picture here.

[Diana]

It does show up larger in Pixentral than the thumbnail. But how large it shows in Pixentral depends on how large you make the image before uploading it. I usually resize mine 850-900 pixels wide for posting. But yours looks fine to me.

Diana

[Stringbean]

This is what i gewt on ImageShack. (I hope:))

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7264/2008octcopy2.th.jpg (http://img520.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2008octcopy2.jpg)

[Wendy]

Hi Stringbean ...

The trouble with Image Shack is all those annoying pops up that appear when you click on the thumbnail ..

Wendy :)

[Stringbean]

Hi Stringbean ...

The trouble with Image Shack is all those annoying pops up that appear when you click on the thumbnail ..

Wendy :)

Your right- That's why I am trying to use Pixentral. :)

[JAW]

Hi Stringbean,

I clicked on your old barn picture and went straight to Image Shack then I clicked on "Full Size".

Now that is a very large and nicely done picture with no pop ups to spoil the view. How very nice! :) It must be 7 1/2" by 9 1/2" on my screen.

Really like it!

I have not down loaded either Pixentral or Image Shack to my Mac but might just do one or the other.

Other than pop ups on Image Shack for the first page - when I click on "Full Size" just under the pictuer there - it goes to a very large and lovely photo all by itself.

Would there be a problem uploading both programs on the same computer or would that be a bit redundant? :confused: It's just a question I'm sure someone would ask but I apparently did it first.

I think they call that barn a fixer-uper. :p What do you think! :rolleyes:

[Wendy]

Hi JAW ...

Pixentral and Image Shack are not programs that you download ... they are sites where you can upload your images.

Most of us use Pixentral when we want to show images on the forum. If you follow Diana's instructions in the first message of this thread it will show you how to use Pixentral :)

Wendy

[JAW]

Hi Wendy,

Used Pixentral for my first upload photos. Did not resize, just uploaded my picture to see what it looked like here on the forum.

See my pictures: :D (just click on each picture)

(earth) Flower - Red, yellow, pink, & white (the eyes have it)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1TszcWtIXKLf6KmyzQIJHzJ8Ghiit1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1TszcWtIXKLf6KmyzQIJHzJ8Ghiit1)

(water) Foliage - Colorfull trees along a secluded stream in New Hampshire's White Mountains

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1AIYFzTTN4lDrRCCDUy2xoHPFaXA40_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1AIYFzTTN4lDrRCCDUy2xoHPFaXA40)

Glad I didn't have to resize my pictures (immages) for upload. When you upload - you are limited to using 4 images per post. I guess they mean the pictures and our little elves here on the forum. I did not know that till now. Maybe someone could explain that to me.

Found it very easy to post or upload my immage to the forum. I am very glad I fould this thread - now I should upload some photos into my gallery which I have not done yet. I know it is not the same process and hopefully I will get it done sometime soon. ;) See you!

[Diana]

Hi JAW.... your photos are very nice.... you should start a gallery.

Diana

[Wendy]

Oh very nice indeed ... you really should start a gallery here :)

Wendy

[JAW]

Thank you so much ladies,

I hope to get some in my gallery soon.

Glad I didn't have to resize my pictures (immages) for upload. When you upload - you are limited to using 4 images per post. I guess they mean the pictures and our little elves here on the forum. I did not know that till now. Maybe someone could explain that to me.

Why does this forum restrict the amount of uploads per thread. I can't see my little friends the elves taking up that much space when responding to a thread. As I understand it, it is the total amount that is counted - example: two smilies + two uploaded photos = 4. It doesn't matter about the size of the upload just the total uploads. I can't explain the rational but obviously, I can live with it but it seems so silly! :confused:

Maybe one of our highly educated, long time analysts here on the forum can drop us a line and explain this obsecure (not clearly expressed or easily understood) rule to us (I mean in laymens language so everyone can understand the rational). If I upload four pictures (with no restrictions on size or pixals), I guess - no problem - five maybe a problem? Why restrict us when we use the elves along with pictures? Sorry, makes no sence to me! :eek:

You will notice: If I add one more elf I get this:

You have included 5 images in your message. You are limited to using 4 images so please go back and correct the problem and then continue again.
Images include use of smilies, the BB code [img] tag and HTML <img> tags. The use of these is all subject to them being enabled by the administrator.

You will notice I used four elves + one picture = five (5) in this thread. What gives? Is it four or five? I am so confused. :confused:

New photo: Click to open.

(earth) Flower Amaryllis - also known as Belladonna Lily (house plant).

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1ZmD8l6p9kGdZ3UT6GqWcpp6zw4BH_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ZmD8l6p9kGdZ3UT6GqWcpp6zw4BH)

[Diana]

Hi JAW,

The format for the forum is a canned software and not customizable by those who run the forum. It's just a little annoyance I guess we'll have to live with. You can always create multiple posts if you want to display more photos in a thread. There is also a limit to the length, in characters, of the text you can include in one post. Sometimes when I have written a long post, I've had to divide it into more than one post.:)

Beautiful Amaryllis and such a sharp photo... very nice.

Diana

[JAW]

Hi Diana,

Out of coriosity, I went to the ImageShack site to see what was there and to compare it to Pixentral. Does one have to pay to subscribe (does $8/month sound right) to Imageshack :confused: or was I dreaming all that. I thought it was a free upload site. I guess the preverbal egg is on my face if I thought it was free. If I am wrong, please advise. Oh well, egg will wash off. :eek:

By the way, what it the max limit to the number of characters, text characters in a thread here on the forum? Just curious. You stated there was a limit but never stated the actual number. Hope it is not a secret! :p

[Inspeqtor]

Jaw,

I am curious... how are you able to get the colored text in your posts? I have wanted to do that before, but when I click on the 'A' with bold black line under it (shown below), nothing happens. Is this what you click on to get the colored text?

4990

Thank you

[Wendy]

Hi Charles ..

Type in a message ... then submit the reply ...

Now Edit it and the colors will work :)

Wendy

[Inspeqtor]

Wendy,

Thank you, but that seems crazy it has to be a 2 step process! I do hope Rick is able to fix this when he gets the NEW and IMPROVED Elements Village up and running! :)

I just found out NOT to click on Go Advanced because in advanced it again does not work. Now that is progress!! :)

[Diana]

Hi Diana,

Out of coriosity, I went to the ImageShack site to see what was there and to compare it to Pixentral. Does one have to pay to subscribe (does $8/month sound right) to Imageshack :confused: or was I dreaming all that. I thought it was a free upload site. I guess the preverbal egg is on my face if I thought it was free. If I am wrong, please advise. Oh well, egg will wash off. :eek:

By the way, what it the max limit to the number of characters, text characters in a thread here on the forum? Just curious. You stated there was a limit but never stated the actual number. Hope it is not a secret! :p

The limit is 10,000 characters... if you try to submit a post with more than that, you'll get a message telling you how many characters in your post and to please reduce it to 10,000 characters.

Diana

[JAW]

Now you didn't hear this from me. OK! You have to sware (no not that kind of swearing)! This color text information thing "was found in a very old ancient scroll (how old do scrolls have to be to be ancient - I don't know), hidden away amoungst my Father's first couson's baptismal papers". "Actually it was my Father's second couson's but, less I digress". Something like the "Dead Sea Scrolls". :twisted:

Actually I find it very simple: I write my text, then highlight the text I want colored, then click on the A that is underlined in bold. If you don't see a change in your text - tap A one more time. That shows me the present color.black[/B]"] I change "Black" to another color - go to preview Post - if satisfied - hit (click) Submit Reply. Remember, you didn't hear it from me! Mums the word! :p

Oh, one other thing, if you like the color to be a darker color just hit bold (remember it has to be highlighted to do so). That should do it.
You have my way and you have other ways. It's up to you how you want to do it. But once you learn and have it down, it's fun, fun, fun!

Ancient Rome

Click on the picture! Hope you like it!

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1Bm4IFSSVkyTVWWxkNVY3ehGId94p_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1Bm4IFSSVkyTVWWxkNVY3ehGId94p)

[JAW]

Hi Diana,

Thank you so much for the info

[JAW]

Hi Diana,

Originally Posted by JAW
Hi Diana,

Out of coriosity, I went to the ImageShack site to see what was there and to compare it to Pixentral. Does one have to pay to subscribe (does $8/month sound right) to Imageshack or was I dreaming all that. I thought it was a free upload site. I guess the preverbal egg is on my face if I thought it was free. If I am wrong, please advise. Oh well, egg will wash off.

Is this a free upload site or does one have to subscribe ($8.00) a month?