Trying to upload shots!

[icarus2]

Can anybody tell me where Im going wrong now? Is the tutorial same for Win7 64bit?

I click on select files, then navigate to my pictures, open, fsx files (in here are all my screen shots), click on open, all i get is "no items matching your search criteria!" which is incorrect.

It says only jpeg allowed if i click on my shots they are described as bitmap images ....



what now?


also i noticed on the instructions the demo files were like 194.2 KB mine are 7 -8 MB!!


what the ?

[///PESSO]

Can anybody tell me where Im going wrong now? Is the tutorial same for Win7 64bit?

I click on select files, then navigate to my pictures, open, fsx files (in here are all my screen shots), click on open, all i get is "no items matching your search criteria!" which is incorrect.

It says only jpeg allowed if i click on my shots they are described as bitmap images ....



what now?

there is a difference between JPEG and BMP images...BMP images are a lot larger in term of file size then JPEG pics so they need a lot of time to load if someone has a weak internet connection. This is why most fo the websites don't allow this format. So you either use a converting tool or stop saving the screens as BMP images if they don't automatically save themselves like that.

[peer01]

Stephen, very welcome, if you follow Simons (Smutley) tutorial on top of this page it should be OK. I have also Windows 7 / 64. Is the seize of your pics within the forum limits?

[icarus2]

there is a difference between JPEG and BMP images...BMP images are a lot larger in term of file size then JPEG pics so they need a lot of time to load if someone has a weak internet connection. This is why most fo the websites don't allow this format. So you either use a converting tool or stop saving the screens as BMP images if they don't automatically save themselves like that.

great..

ok thanks anyway


steve

[fxsttcb]

You will need to convert the *.bmp files to *.jpeg format and reduce the file size to 195KB or less.
Reducing the file size can be done by making the image smaller(max is 1280x1024) and/or reducing the quality.
I use PaintDotNet(freebie) to scale the image, then reduce Q to under 195KB. It's easy and the price is right...Don

What it looks like:


Finished...

[///PESSO]

Take my advice if you want. I said it before, uploading the pics to an image host is a lot easier then attaching the images to this website. This way you won't have to deal with image size (my Pics are larger then 1MB). Go to Imageshack.us , upload your pics (you also have the option to resize them without losing quality) and then simply add the image URL here, between this codes: [img] bla bla bla [/img]

[schick]

I've always been using Miscrosoft's Paint to "Save As" JPEG. Is there a way for FSX to save screenshots in FSX directly instead of Bitmap?

[icarus2]

Take my advice if you want. I said it before, uploading the pics to an image host is a lot easier then attaching the images to this website. This way you won't have to deal with image size (my Pics are larger then 1MB). Go to Imageshack.us , upload your pics (you also have the option to resize them without losing quality) and then simply add the image URL here, between this codes: [img] bla bla bla [/img]

I'l do that, also thanks for making taking the time to put together this post

[icarus2]

[QUOTE=fxsttcb;1636430]You will need to convert the *.bmp files to *.jpeg format and reduce the file size to 195KB or less.
Reducing the file size can be done by making the image smaller(max is 1280x1024) and/or reducing the quality.
I use PaintDotNet(freebie) to scale the image, then reduce Q to under 195KB. It's easy and the price is right...Don

QUOTE]


Hi

can you add a quick and easy way to reduce the size to the post please, i have installed this great bit of kit, my pics are still 1920 x 1018 i tried reducing size to 50% where does it show the new file size?

I have some truly beautiful snaps that i have taken mid flight, some of them good enough for 'photo' competitions!! with REX and the rest, obviously there is no point posting them if i have to considerably reduce the quality.

I have seen some realy good screen shots on the forum of late, how'd they do it?



muchos


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ok i think iv sussed it out, but the origianl snap is over 5mb, granted too big for any forum, but when i bring it aaaall the way down to 200 to 500KB the picture is tiny

[icarus2]

Take my advice if you want. I said it before, uploading the pics to an image host is a lot easier then attaching the images to this website. This way you won't have to deal with image size (my Pics are larger then 1MB). Go to Imageshack.us , upload your pics (you also have the option to resize them without losing quality) and then simply add the image URL here, between this codes: [img] bla bla bla [/img]

I went to image shack, and as soon as i tried to upload, it simply said "file too big to upload"

i think i need to change the file from a bitmap but not sure how, il get googling