Uploading images to the forum using Imgur

Started by mmcv, 24 August 2020, 10:56:47 PM

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John Cook

Quote from: paulr on 30 March 2021, 09:22:40 AM
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My initial thought was 1920s but the markings and wireless version pointed me at early WWII

Yes, cigar to you, 1940, part of my BEF project.  Strictly speaking the wireless truck should be a Guy, insofar as I couldn't find a pic of Leyland version and nobody makes a Guy in 10mm, but they look similar enough.  Thanks all for the kind comments everybody.

mmcv

QuoteThe tags are the bits that say img in square brackets, you can add dimensions to those. So when you paste in the bbcode you'll see something like this:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/DlpV01p.png[/img]
What you want to do is put the height or width into the square brackets after the img, like so:

[img width=800]https://i.imgur.com/DlpV01p.png[/img]
[img height=800]https://i.imgur.com/DlpV01p.png[/img]

You can put both height and width but it's generally best to use just one as it'll automatically scale the image to that and keep proportion.
I have just discovered that with the new forum there's a default max size on images of 1000, which means by and large you don't need to provide these dimensions as 1000 isn't over large. If you do provide dimensions, just be aware that they may skew the image somewhat as the aspect ratio may try and push the other dimension past the 1000 mark, which it would max out at and look squished.

Leon

That's good to know, 1000 pixels should be an average computer screen so it must be an attempt to limit them to a screen-width.
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mmcv

Yeah, most modern computers, laptops and even many tablets would have a resolution bigger than 1000 so would only really require scrolling on mobile devices and older devices with lower resolutions. But that was already the case with an 800 width anyway, was just that fitting as a nice compromise on size. Regardless, adding images to the new forums much much easier now. You can pretty much just copy image and paste directly into the editor, or use the add image button to put in the URL if you have it. No more messing around with tags!

fred.

I'll have a try - as I've been adding width=800 for years. In part because the forum struggled at times with rendering large pictures. And native images can be 1000s of pixels across. 

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Viewing on iPad both are good, top one needs some scrolling to the right to see it all

But viewing on iPhone the bottom one is very distorted. 

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And that one was posted from my phone(no width tags) - and behaves the same. 

That takes a step out of posting images!
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mmcv

Yep I'm seeing the exact same on my phone too, the 800 looks distorted while the native is fine and limited to 1000. Makes life easier!

John Cook


mmcv

Native size just means the size it comes at without modification to the width or height. 

fred.


QuoteNative size just means the size it comes at without modification to the width or height.
Yep, the raw image, unmodified. 


Had to check back - had used it as a technical term without even realising that I had used it.
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