We love photos of our customers and their rings. I notice a new member had an error code when trying to post a photo. We can't have that on our forum!

By the way, this is not html photos but photos you upload from your computer.

So, under the box where you type your post see

Additional Options... and click the black arrow.

Go to attach, click browse and select your photo.  There is a link for more attachments, too.

If your photo is over 500 x 500 pixels, it will not upload and it will tell you the photo is too large. Photos of a certain KB are too big as well (I'll go back and find out what the kb is as I've forgotten)

If you get this code, you have to go in a photo editing program and reduce the size to something like a .gif or .jpg file. These files compress the image.

Most digital cameras save files very large so they will print pretty.  So most any photo taken with a digital camera would have to go in one of these programs.

Suggestions coming soon.

Also, if you guys would post what software you use to do this task.

I use Adobe Photoshop but it costs several hundred dollars and I don't think it's standard issue for most. There is a less expensive version of this that is pretty awesome called Adobe Photoshop Elements.




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I think there is a limit. I'll go look.

Thanks Flash!  I'll let you know if I have any problems.

I'll take another look.

That did the trick, Flash!  Thanks!

One thing I noticed.. When I uploaded a few pics and they were too large? After I resized them (they are on my desktop at that time), and when I re submitted the smaller pics and hit submit, it mentioned something that I had posted that information before.  So each time (until I figured out a good size to make my pictures for this site), I had to just hit "home" (or some where else) and re do the thread... 

It might be me and my lack of computer skills

I could have sworn yesterday and in the past, I always size mine to 500x500, but perhaps when I had added all 10 pics the limit was exceeded? I like how you can add 12 now though! Keep it up Flash!

The easiest way that I have found to re-size pictures is with the Windows Paint program that comes with all Windows software. 

Just open the picture that you want to resize in My Pictures, and there is a little icon at the bottom, second from the right.  If you click on it, it opens the Paint application.  Once you get there, click on "Image", then "Stretch/Skew".  Type in 25 in Horizontal and 25 in Vertical, then OK.  You then should save your picture as a different version...I usually put DBL at the end.  Once you have done that, you can upload that version.  Pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

Alternatively, you could go to the Paint application, open it, and select your photo from there...then follow the instructions above.

Good luck!

I use  HP Photosmart Essential and just crop the images down within range.  I think it was a free download.

Once everyone has made suggestions, I'll compile the software suggestions in one list in one post. Thanks you guys.

Can you attach a picture to a pm? I was trying to show someone what I was looking for and there isn't additional options at the bottom of the pm.

that pic info just came in handy, i use infranview which i have been using for years because of myspace photo requirements, its free and does the basic photo editing stuff, just google for it and you should be able to find it for free at a download site!

This probably has to do with the minimum focal length of your lens.  Every lens has a minimum distance at which it can focus, and yours may be longer than your arm :-).

You'll probably need to get someone else to take the picture, then crop it.

--Robin