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aardvark · **Posted:** Sat Oct 15, 2011 03:55:06 am

trial2

RobRoyH · **Posted:** Sat Oct 15, 2011 08:50:46 am

Very nice aardvark!

When we can read the imprint, you have mastered image posting.

aardvark · **Posted:** Sat Oct 15, 2011 21:54:16 pm

RobRoyH wrote:

Very nice aardvark!

When we can read the imprint, you have mastered image posting.

Thanks RobRoy. Just trying out my new scanner. So far, so good....

aardvark · **Posted:** Sat Oct 15, 2011 21:57:35 pm

Test of image after tweaking in Picasa:

Timbres · **Posted:** Sun Oct 16, 2011 14:45:26 pm

So how do I put an avatar on my profile? I can do all of it you said except I don't get the part about posting it to my "post box"? What's that? I don't have that...or do I? Timbres

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Sun Oct 16, 2011 14:52:32 pm

Full tutorial on adding or changing avatars is here -

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=67

crazylister1 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:17:43 am

just a practice

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MargoZ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:38:21 am

Perfect!

electric chook · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 00:23:51 am

Glen?
Margo?
Up until now I really didn't think I was such a dill!
I have had the appropriate scanner for some time now and have finally found time to use it.
I opened up the "Photobucket" site via the "add any image here" link and ended up in an area where I was being asked how I would like to make my payments?
I got out of there and when I tried again to open a new account, I was told my username was already taken.
When you use a system all the time every nuance is but second knowledge but when you try for the first time things that may seem so easy to others are mountains to me.
Do I have to go through all 25 pages of the tutorial to find out about updates etc or as the fist entry indicates, everything is updated to suit?
Cheers,
Frank (Electric Chook)
P.S. The answer I am after may well lie within the previous 25 pages but I do not have the time avail;able to read them all particularly if the answer is not there.

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 01:28:38 am

electric chook wrote:

The answer I am after may well lie within the previous 25 pages but I do not have the time available to read them all particularly if the answer is not there.

What if everyone thought the same about the Bible or the Koran? :lol:

The world would be athiest in a generation. :idea:

electric chook · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 20:20:19 pm

For 1:30 in the morning (or any time actually) that is a really good answer! :lol:

I'll dust off my reading glasses now and hopefully soon post up some pictures.

Cheers,
Frank (Electric Chook)

birder · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2011 03:25:28 am

Alwar SG1

and Alwar SG2

Hope they come out big.

Timbres · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2011 14:09:53 pm

Just practicing to see if I can get these bird stamps scanned and posted. So...how do I make the image bigger?

Timbres · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2011 14:19:06 pm

How do I make this my avatar?

crosscrescent · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2011 17:32:23 pm

To make an image bigger you have to scan it at a higher dpi.

With avatars, you use the same procedure as you have been using here but you will have to make the image smaller (try 160 x 160).

Timbres · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 09:14:47 am

Trying to post more than one at a time....

which seems to work...but how do I improve the sharpness/focus???

crosscrescent · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 13:21:20 pm

Try scanning at say 300 dpi (if not already) and the images will be larger for placing into your posts.

Regarding your avatar, you could crop the white spaces a bit so that there is not too much white around the image (just a suggestion) unless you like it that way.

78lam · **Posted:** Thu Oct 20, 2011 15:28:23 pm

with black

Croft · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 09:45:59 am

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

These are some stamps I have that are not cataloged or labeled in any way. Just seeing if I could post a decent image of them.

Is it best to use digital images or to scan them and upload the scanned picture?

crosscrescent · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 14:36:51 pm

Croft,

The majority of Stampboarders use Photobucket which seems to work very well here. With the image you just posted above, what I see is a frog in an ice cube and not the image you intended for us to see.

admin · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 14:48:15 pm

Yes photobucket for here seems to work best.

Croft · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 16:31:03 pm

Roger that. I will set up an account tomorrow. Thanks for the reply.

Graeme Morriss · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 17:43:18 pm

I have posted some photographs on another thread.

Photobucket seems to have changed since I last used it. I have rotated vertical-format photos in both my own computer's files and in Photobucket's editing process but they have still come out sideways in the thread. Here's an example.

I have read the last few pages of this thread but cannot find this problem referred to. Can anyone help, please?

Many thanks,

GUTTERS · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 20:40:05 pm

Graeme Morriss wrote:

I have posted some photographs on another thread.

Photobucket seems to have changed since I last used it. I have rotated vertical-format photos in both my own computer's files and in Photobucket's editing process but they have still come out sideways in the thread. Here's an example.

I have read the last few pages of this thread but cannot find this problem referred to. Can anyone help, please?

Many thanks,

Graeme edit rotate and save as copy should do it, then go back to your album and refresh it should work just did below

tikithindi · **Posted:** Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:03:00 am

Testing nice cover from M.Wrobel

Graeme Morriss · **Posted:** Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:04:21 am

Thanks, Gutters.

In future I will 'save a copy' instead of 'replace original'.

In the meantime, someone has fixed the problem on my 'holiday' thread, so thank you someone.

Graeme

aardvark · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 02:36:28 am

Trial of cropped images edited in Picasa:

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 02:39:43 am

Well done. :mrgreen:

As we advise the free google PICASA is a brilliant prgram to use and super easy to navigate!

It is all I ever use.

aardvark · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 02:43:07 am

GlenStephens wrote:

Well done. :mrgreen:

As we advise the free google PICASA is a brilliant prgram to use and super easy to navigate!

It is all I ever use.

Thanks Glen. I find Picasa really easy to use. The only thing that puzzled me for a while was how to save an edited image. I kept reverting to the original (crooked!) image. I've cracked it now: you have to click on File, then Save. Obvious really, except to a Dumbo like me.... :lol:

Croft · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 08:28:12 am

I will have another go at this. How does this image look and any tips on producing higher quality scans? Thanks for any feedback.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 09:50:45 am

The answer to 'how does this look' is excellent.

As far as tips for better quality scans, it would be best if you tell us how this was produced. We don't know the quality of the original so we don't know if it could be better. What resolution did you use on your scanner?

Croft · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 15:04:39 pm

Hello Kevin,

The scan was done on my HP scanner at 1200dpi. I cropped it and resized it in Picasa as mentioned here (fanatastic program by the way) to 800x600. I used the revenue stamp as a test because I thought the colors would display beautifully.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 16:28:54 pm

Croft wrote:

Hello Kevin,

The scan was done on my HP scanner at 1200dpi. I cropped it and resized it in Picasa as mentioned here (fanatastic program by the way) to 800x600. I used the revenue stamp as a test because I thought the colors would display beautifully.

Then I have no further thoughts on improving the image. As far as I can see it meets every requirement.

electric chook · **Posted:** Tue Oct 25, 2011 14:39:09 pm

After a quick browse through both the Bible and the Koran, here is what I have come up with.
Hope it works!!!!

Cheers,
Frank (Electric Chook)

electric chook · **Posted:** Tue Oct 25, 2011 15:00:10 pm

Second try with a couple of nice 1st Watermark 9d Roos with an odd fault on the first N of Nine.

Cheers,
Frank (Electric Chook)

brickfield · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 20:21:35 pm

richrock · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2011 02:37:15 am

Just checking - new to the site, and I tend to scan LARGE!!! So I've had to scale down, and want to see how well it fits - I've reduced this down about 4 times the size... :shock:

Looking good, methinks. Not the most shining example for a stamp, though!

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2011 02:50:17 am

Yes scanning a decent stamp does assist the end look somewhat .................. :idea:

richrock · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2011 03:02:07 am

Yes, but I was practising

Got plenty of scans of good stamps, just wanted to know that I can link them from my hosting (perks of being a web developer - never paid for hosting space, and it's (theoretically) unlimited

)

brendan1952 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2011 18:10:27 pm

Test Image

apride · **Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2011 06:31:41 am

kelvin1645 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2011 13:32:39 pm

Just practicing

I collect only the 1d Red Kangaroo....

cokie · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2011 18:44:12 pm

Testing

morningstar · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 09:20:34 am

Ok, here goes first try. Question about plate blocks - I think I understand the basics but what about these with the zip code guy and the copyright? Are they considered plate blocks? What about older stamps like from the 1940s or 1950s? These were scanned at 400dpi and then I used another program to scale it to 800 x 600 and to crop off the excess. Did not use Picasa yet, just Photobucket and GIMP (already on my computer which I use for work purposes).

They don't seem as detailed or up close as some others? Is that the scanning or is that re-scaling that I need to change. Old postcard next.

morningstar · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:19:29 am

So far had problems with the postcard. Trying again. Have realized that before uploading to Photobucket, to use whatever editing software (ie, Picasa or in my case GIMP that I use for work purposes). Still not as clear but were scanned at 300dpi or maybe 400dpi.

Brummie · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:32:40 am

I think you have done a good job on that card morningstar...perfect!

EDIT:I didn't see your blocks above but they are great too. I think you've got it

morningstar · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:08:40 am

Thanks! Now I just need to remember the proper process:

1) scan in at a fairly high resolution (300dpi or higher) with dark background
2) use Editing software (like Picasa) to crop excess and make any changes; save as .jpg
3) upload via Photobucket having set Customize to get 800x600 size and save image in album
4) go to Stampboards forum, choose Post Reply and write whatever text
5) go back to Photobucket, choose the image and copy IMG code (with ALT-C)
6) go back to my message and and paste the IMG code (with ALT-V); add any other text if desired
7) Click PREVIEW to make sure it looks the way I want
8 ) If all okay, then click SUBMIT

Even though most of you know all of the above, it will be helpful for me to have this in this forum for future reference.

And if some of it is wrong, please correct me!

Thanks!
Margaret

Brummie · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:31:26 am

You are so clever!

Just add 'I will never, never, never delete an image from Photobucket' and it's perfect

apride · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 14:17:14 pm

It sooooooo easy.... :shock:

Thank god for computers and cut and paste and a printer to print out the instructions. :lol:

Wucky100 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 21:38:47 pm

Just testing my newfound abilities


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