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Follow these instructions
to add a photo to your post.
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on the logo to open up the web site ImageHosting.us
Scroll down to the box that is
colored light green, click on the browse button and locate your
image file. Please
read the digital image section below to see allowable file
types and image sizes.
Once you click the upload button,
you will be given a string of text that you can paste into the image
field of your Concrete Pumping Advice Forum message post.
If you provide your email address to ImageHosting.us they will
send you an email with your link address for later reference.
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Capturing Digital Photos
There are 3 ways
to capture photos and save them 'digitally' on to your computer:
Digital camera
A digital camera is just like a regular camera, except that it does not
use film. Instead, images are stored digitally in its memory. Once you
take a picture, you can connect your camera to your computer and save
the photo to your computer in a .gif or .jpg format. Remember to make
note of where you saved the file. Digital cameras are the easiest way to
capture and transfer digital photos to your camera.
Regular camera with Flatbed Scanner
Take a picture with your regular camera, get the film developed, and use
a scanner to convert the photograph to a digital image. The scanner will
then ask you to choose a location and file name to save the image. If
the item you are selling is small and flat (like baseball cards or
stamps), you can just put them directly on the scanner. Remember that
you must save the photograph in either a .gif or .jpg format in order to
use it on eBay.
Regular camera and Digital Film Processor
There are a couple methods you can use to transfer images from regular
film to your computer.
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You can ask
your local digital film processor to scan copies of your photographs
onto a computer disk (CD) to take home and transfer to your
computer, or... |
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You can ask
your film processing service if they use a web service that can
digitally post copies of your photographs to a website. You can then
copy these from the website to your computer to use whenever you
like. |
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A photo can save a 1000
words.
The addition of a photo to
your post can be an effective way to illustrate a pump job, equipment
for sale, or a pumping technique.
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With the use of
ImageHosting.us, Concrete Pumping Advice Forum users are able to
enhance their posts.
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Editing your Photo
Once your
photo is on your computer hard drive, you can often improve it with
photo editing software, which may have come with your digital camera or
scanner. Better yet, use eBay Picture Services for basic editing.
Tips:
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Crop
your photos to remove any unnecessary background. |
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Balance the
contrast and brightness. |
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The
Rotate
or Flip
command will turn your picture right side up (if necessary). |
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Resize
your image files to approximately 330 pixels tall by 440 pixels
wide. |
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Save your
edited picture as a .gif or .jpg file. |
Max image size: 1024
KB
Allowed extensions: jpeg, jpg, png, gif
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