POSTING PICTURES FROM YOUR COMPUTER

Just a quick update... I checked the size of the two Apple Compressed File (HEIF) pictures that I took for a different thread on OGR Forum that got me into this discussion, and their size was 1.2MB. Assuming that if I had used JPEG settings, I would have gotten a similar size to the above picture of 3.4MB, it sounds like Apple is using to 3 to 1 compression ratio which is not "that" bad. So my previous guess of 10 to 1 compression was not correct. Looking at the two Apple compressed files on a 24 inch monitor, I can see great details including counting rivets on a building.

As I posted earlier in the this thread, I converted the 2 pictures from HEIF type to PNG to post them on the other thread, and the size of the PNG files are 2.1MB, so again I don't think there was a whole lot of "loss" details.

OK, finally figured out how to export the pix in their saved format (JPG or HEIC). Settings>Photos>Transfer to Mac or PC - check keep originals. This scene isn't a great example - not a lot of fine detail - but here's a comparison of one pic shot in HEIC, and one in JPG. Opened both in PS, cropped to a little under 1,000 pixels on a side, and saved as the highest jpeg quality.

First is HEIC:

Second is the jpeg:

The jpeg out of the phone was 4.6 MB, and the HEIC was 3 MB.

And, just to confirm what DG wrote, uploading the HEIC file to the forum didn't work. It shows a page with the corner turned down where the image thumbnail should be under files, when in edit reply.

David

Apple starting using their version of HEIF in their phones because it is much better than JPEG at compression without losing image quality, among other advantages over JPEG. Google and Microsoft are starting to support it now.

I agree with Jim, I have uploaded Apple compressed pictures to Windows 10 computers with no problem, posted them on camera forums with no problems (not surprising), and text/emailed them to Android based devices with no problems for the receiving party, so that is why I was surprised when OGR forum software didn’t seem to like the files.

In fact the way I converted the Apple compressed pictures to PNG files to post here was to upload them to a Windows 10 computer and then convert and post them

There is nothing  in these directions that seem to apply to my Imac Thanks Tho

@fastman posted:

There is nothing  in these directions that seem to apply to my Imac Thanks Tho

Maybe not exactly the same, but the process is basically the same on an Imac.

not here. when I click on post I get a box with 5 windows asking me if I want topic, resource ,survey ,event, or private msg

Topic.

Many times I just drag-n-drop a photo into the reply box, that works fine with Windows 10 and Firefox.

Here's an example, the NPOG Modular Club Group Picture.

Yes, I should update these instructions to add the drag-and-drop option. We could not do that when I originally wrote this procedure.

Copy (ctrl - c) & Paste (ctrl - v) pictures from the clipboard works too.

@H1000 posted:

Copy (ctrl - c) & Paste (ctrl - v) pictures from the clipboard works too.

I did that - copy/paste into the body of the message (topic).  I can see the photos just fine on my Windows PC, but not when viewing the post on my Android phone.

Don

This is a drag & drop test. iMac with Google Chrome. CN turntable at the Pontiac Michigan Yard.

Hope to see you out rail-fanning. Gary 🚂

@dmestan posted:

I did that - copy/paste into the body of the message (topic).  I can see the photos just fine on my Windows PC, but not when viewing the post on my Android phone.

Don

How about on another Windows PC?  Can you see them there?  Why not do that in this thread so we can see if we can see the pictures?

If you can see the pictures you post on a Windows PC, but not on your Android phone, that suggests more of a problem with your Android phone settings than an uploading problem.  Maybe you have some security software that is "blocking" the photos from your phone, or maybe it just takes a while longer for your phone to "download" those photos.

Chuck

@PRR1950 posted:

If you can see the pictures you post on a Windows PC, but not on your Android phone, that suggests more of a problem with your Android phone settings than an uploading problem…

If this is the case, then you definitely have an issue on the Android device and do not have an upload problem.

What I did was just a copy/paste from a previous post into the message body, I did not attach/upload.  I think that may have been the problem.  Another member was not able to see the pics from a windows pc.

Is there a way to preview a post you have added pictures to? Several times I landed up posting a post where the pictures did not show. i am sure it was my error, just want to verify my work before i post. Thank you.

I've been attempting to post a reply (Firefox browser and Dell laptop computer) including photos and a video to the OGR Forum during the day and evening on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. On Tuesday evening, I attempted to upload a post having two photos (about 1.5 MB each) and one video (about 35MB) between about 6 PM and 12 Midnight EST. On numerous attempts (probably 10), the photos are taking unusually long times upload and process. On other attempts, the uploads are fast (say one second) but the processing step takes a long time (a few minutes). The video has been failing altogether. The video upload may be quick (less than one minute) but the processing step takes excessively long (say 5 or 10 minutes) and the posted video window either appears black or turns black when playback is attempted from the Forum. I've had enough for tonight and will try again on Wednesday morning.

I've posted thousands of replies, photos and videos on the OGR Forum since 2016. The photographs have been taken with the same I-phone I've been using for years and they play properly on my Dell computer, which I've been using for three years. Uploading as described above also seems to be erratic lately - not just on 01/30/2024. Has anyone else had problems lately?

MELGAR

Edit: 01/31/2024 9:58 AM EST - Same files posted quickly and properly this morning.

MELGAR, not sure this was the cause but I was on the forum last night, I think somewhere between 8 and 9:30pm, and had problems just browsing the forum.  Wasn't sure if it was my internet - didn't have other issues so might have been a short-lived outage.

@Rich Melvin posted:

Maybe not exactly the same, but the process is basically the same on an Imac.

• Click the button which says, "Insert all photos and videos into post body (large size)" (TOUCH 4)
• Click "Finished" (TOUCH 5)
• Click "Submit Reply" (TOUCH 6)

DONE.

I wish that everyone would do this step every time that they post pictures!

Or maybe it could be made the default rather tan an option.

FWIW: I've found that with my new 15" MacBook Air M2 with Sonoma, all I have to do is find the photo I want to post in my Photos app, then with the split screen, just side it over into the body of the post. So much easier.

I've used drag-n-drop for years here for graphics.  However, if you want the photo to be clickable and expand if you click on it, you have to use the Add Attachments link.  If I'm posting a diagram, I normally use that link so it can be expanded.