OS X and forum incompatability

[Jean Kelly]

Carol, are you confused yet? My husband had to walk me though every single click of the mouse (after showing me how the "mouse" worked). I understand your question.

Geary, I don't think I qualify for dudess status yet, maybe that title only applies in California.

Jean

[Geary Wootten]

Carol, et al,

This is just like drawing or painting. The more you work with something, the better you get at it. Try practicing everyday by sending emails with different files you've saved in your different graphic programs. You can see how big they are by right clicking on them and doing a "get info" (or in Windows..."properties") and viewing the kb size. If you get them all at 100 kb or less you can post in the threads. If you get one of yourself at 15 kb....you can use it as an avatar.

Jean: Since my nick is geeDub ....and you used a sunny smiley....I now DUB thee.......DUDESS!

Geary....aka geeDub

[Elizabeth Schott]

Carol here is the Photoshop Elements process (which is a great program by-the-way, it just doesn't have the technical things Graphic Artist use for PrePress).

1. Go to "File" pull down the menu to open.
2. Find the picture you want and click open
3. Go to "image" pull down to "resize" arrow should point you to "image resize"
4. First change the resolution to 72 pixels/inch, make sure you do this first. You should have the "constrain proportions and re sample image" boxes clicked.
5. Now go to the top where it says "Pixel Dimensions" for the requirements here your image may not exceed 400 x 600, so type in 400 in the width box, double check that the height is under 600. If the height is larger, type in 600 in the height and the width box will "come with" since you have "constrained the proportions". Remember before you click OK, that you have changed the resolution to 72. If you forgot to do this you will see that the height and width will change when you do, so put the 400 x 600 in again before you close the window.
6. Now you are ready to save your image.
7. Go to the "file" menu and pull down to "save as". change the name of your file to a new one
8. Pull down the "format" bar and save it as a JPEG, this should add the correct ending ie; .jpg.
9. You will get a pop up window that says "Quality" that has a numerical box a pull down and a slider bar. Since Cynthia has reduced the size I usually use the highest MEDIUM which is a 7 to upload. Type in a 7 and click OK.

10. You are ready to upload, I think it has been explained above.

I hope this helps.

Beth

[Carol Norton]

Thank you all. HOWEVER, I still have been unable to complete the posting of an image. Geary: I followed your directions until I got to "additional options" at the bottom of the page. No such animal. The bottom of which page? No such animal in either iPhoto or email on my computer.
Beth: I was able to follow all directions until your #5 direction: "Pixel Dimensions". Not there. Not anywhere.

Dang! Thought I had it with ease.

Any further help to untangle this nasty web of confusion would be wonderful!!!

[Geary Wootten]

Originally Posted by Carol Norton

Geary: I followed your directions until I got to "additional options" at the bottom of the page. No such animal. The bottom of which page? No such animal in either iPhoto or email on my computer.

Hi Carole,

I know this can be confusing at first. Sorry you're having so much difficulty. Stay with us here.

What we're doing is "multi-tasking". You can have two or more different applications going at once. I mention this because you can have "this page" open and your iPhoto AND an email page .....ALL at once....open.

Going back to the first thing in my list ....."starting with post reply" ...that means you hit the post reply button at the bottom of the forum page.

So, again....the bottom of "this" page means the SOG page ....it's the heading for managing attachments on the reply. Not the bottom of your iPhoto or the email page.

Hang in there. You're almost there!

Gear

[Elizabeth Schott]

Sorry for the confusion with #5 Carol, we must differ a bit.

If you just see the "inches" as illustrated below, perhaps you can change your measurements in preferances to be pixels.

However I found this wonderful site that might help you it is Jay Arraich's site tips:

http://www.arraich.com/elements/pse_ppreBeginner1.htm

The image is from his tutorial.

I hope you figure it out, Geary has really walked you throught the site stuff. Once it clicks, you'll never forget how to do it anywhere.

Good luck!

[Carol Norton]

Dear Geary, Beth, Leslie and ...
Well, I still am not posting anything but words, words, words. Geary, I followed your directions and...
-dragged the photo to the desktop from iPhoto (and Photoshop2), then hit Post Reply on the SOG page, went to "additional options" and then to "Manage Attachments", to "Choose file", then to the desktop picture... clicked on the picture.
Your directions and Beth's said to hit "Upload". ??? Where do you see that? I see "Preview Post... Submit Reply", all the icons, etc. I assumed that the message is written before clicking on the picture from the desktop.

My attempt this morning (Teddy 1) shows in the "Oil Critiques" section minus the picture. Duhhh. I'll understand if you are tired of my questions, but I am determined to make this work. I just am missing a/some step(s) somewhere and am so appreciative of all the help. It seems that we are CONSTANTLY students, which, of course, is what makes painting so challenging and fun.