photbucket alternative?

[shortCummins]

anyone got a photo bucket alternative as they now want $399 a year to allow you to post photos on forums

[Gb64c]

I use Blue Melon and I pay to have a large amount of storage on their site but think they offer small storage free.

I have not done it in a while but there was a way to copy and paste the link thing to the forum

[shortCummins]

I use Blue Melon and I pay to have a large amount of storage on their site but think they offer small storage free.

I have not done it in a while but there was a way to copy and paste the link thing to the forum

thanks Gb64c

I've found UltraIMG, UltraIMG is a free image hosting platform. UltraIMG supports almost all image formats that are currently operation in the photography industry including JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG and much more. However, UltraIMG only supports of the uploading image of up to 10 MB only, I don't think I need to upload an image of over 10 MB?
They also allow direct links to a forum...



http://www.ultraimg.com

[Gb64c]

Where do you find the instructions on how to upload them on this site? I can't seem to find them

[Nev]

Flickr

[Gb64c]

[*IMG]http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/5258946.jpg[*IMG]

[Gb64c]

Doesn't work. I recall having so much trouble uploading a GB I participated in that I never joined a GB again and pretty much only use Facebook.

I have done it before but always have trouble with it

[Gb64c]

http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/5258972-T19201080.jpg

[Gb64c]

Still nothing.

It is the link for the photo but I think I am missing some code

[Gb64c]

[*IMG]http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/5258972-T19201080.jpg[*/IMG]

[Gb64c]

Oh well back to Facebook

[shortCummins]

[*IMG]http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/5258972-T19201080.jpg[*/IMG]

remove the * and you should be good to go



[*img]http://ultraimg.com/images/2017/06/30/G1Q2.jpg[*/img]

[Gb64c]

Thanks. What a pain

[Gb64c]

So the conclusion is yes Blue melon photos works here too but the link does not give you the [IMG] portion which you have to type in for each photo making the process unpleasant

[shortCummins]

So the conclusion is yes Blue melon photos works here too but the link does not give you the [IMG] portion which you have to type in for each photo making the process unpleasant

you can use the "image button" which is located just above reply box, 9 options in from the left on the "full editor" section

[Tomcat64]

Flickr's been working well for me and you can share photos that you've uploaded onto Facebook onto the forum as well if you want to.

[ElCapitan]

I'll be switching to Flickr, it works the same way as Photobucket. It's going to be a long slog re-uploading everything and linking to the build threads.

[BobM]

I'll put in another vote for Flickr. My experience with it has been just the opposite of my short experience with Photobucket. I've used Flickr for several years, but mostly over the last year since I started participating in this forum. Prior to that I had used it for family photos and had been paying for a Pro account in order to have enough space. That is until they greatly increased the space on free accounts, currently 1TB. At that point I stopped my Pro subscription and have been happy ever since.

I'd like to do a tutorial on how to use Flickr, but I'm heading out the door for vacation. On another thread Paul mentioned he will be putting up a tutorial on using Facebook. I think that is great, but I'm not a Facebook fan and my fear with that is that everyone will move to Facebook and this forum will become a ghost town. I hope I'm just being paranoid!

Here is a quick 1, 2, 3 on my Flickr workflow.

I take most of my pictures with an iPhone. These are easily upload directly from the iOS Photos app using the "Share" button. I think this comes with iOS, but you may need to install the free Flickr app. When you upload, by default, your photos end up in two places on your Flickr account, your Camera Roll and your Photostream. There is also an option to add it to a new or existing Album. Multiple photos can be uploaded at once.

If your images are on your computer, I think you can upload using the Flickr website. Or, in my case, directly from Photos on MacOS; Flickr support is builtin to Photos via its "Share" menu item. Select one or more photo's and use either "File > Share > Flickr" from the application menu or "Share > Flickr" from the popup menu (right-click or control-click). These also go to your Flickr Camera Roll and Photostream and there is an option to add to a new or existing album.

Once uploaded I go to my desktop browser, in my case Safari on MacOS, but it works the same on Windows as I occasionally post from my work machine. There you locate you image, click on it and you'll find a sharing button in the lower right. That brings up a form with "Share", "Embed", "Email" and "BBCode". Select "BBCode". There is then a drop down to select the image size, I use "Medium" which appears to be pretty standard. There is also a text box containing all the "code" you need to copy/paste into your post. Make sure you select ALL the text. It should look like this:

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/V1wdUM][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4278/34792805493_54c419f66b_c.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/V1wdUM]Friday June 16 Live Show Update[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147400048@N06/]Bob Mortensen[/url], on Flickr

After pasting I always make one change, I insert a return after:

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[/img][/url]

and before:

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[url=https:...]

so that it now looks like:

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/V1wdUM][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4278/34792805493_54c419f66b_c.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=https://flic.kr/p/V1wdUM]Friday June 16 Live Show Update[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/147400048@N06/]Bob Mortensen[/url], on Flickr

Here is what you get from that:


Friday June 16 Live Show Update by Bob Mortensen, on Flickr

Hmmm... I guess that kind of turned into a full fledged tutorial! I hope this helps someone!

Keep on modeling and posting!

[Gb64c]

Great,

[TommyKillander]

Flickr seems to work great - part from that it's a little bit funky to work with the picture quality gets better (higher resolution)


Tommy

[digger303]

I'll be switching to Flickr, it works the same way as Photobucket. It's going to be a long slog re-uploading everything and linking to the build threads.

What a pain..... Lets hope flickr doesn't follow the same road as PB.

[digger303]

Thanks bob, I shall try that .

[BobM]

Thanks bob, I shall try that .

No problem. It's really not difficult. If people are still having issues in a day or two I'll try to put together something with screenshots and more details; once I get to our final destination that is, and assuming we have internet.

[StuartClark]

either imgur or flickr would be good choices. They both have mobile apps which make uploading from a smart phone very easy.

[Twokidsnosleep]

I don't find Flickr as user friendly.
I downloaded all 19 of my Sea King pics, made an album for them went back to look at them.....and it isn't there, I can't find the photos??? maybe they take a bit to upload I don't know.
Just not as intuitive and easily negotiated. Now PB was a royal pain as well with ads and stuff that hindered you doing anything. I had to close the window and open a new one quite often to deal with intrusive ads.

[BobM]

Yes, Flickr does have a few issues. Sometimes you need to refresh the page to see new images. Oh, and their photo editor has worked for some time. Maybe this will encourage them to fix it.

I really suggest keeping at it. Once you are used to It, I think you'll like it.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Okeee fine will do

[Nev]

I am getting the hang of it to, just different interface. Once you bring images into Flickr you have to upload them to your photo stream. From there you can make albums and add images to them.

[Twokidsnosleep]

I am getting the hang of it to, just different interface. Once you bring images into Flickr you have to upload them to your photo stream. From there you can make albums and add images to them.

Ya, I made an album and posted all the Helicopter pics, but bugger if I can find where they are now
I am thinking Flickr is stupidly busy at the moment with PB committing suicide like it has

[TommyKillander]

Hi guys!

This is the workflow that I use for Flickr - I don't know if this is useful for people but here goes anyway


I'm using my Android mobile to snap photos of my WIP. I haven't figured out how to batch-upload pictures from my phone to Flickr yet, so I connect the mobile to my computer and move them by dragging-n-dropping. I want to keep local copies of the pictures on my server so I have to do that anyway...

The workflow is that I upload all the pictures I have and create an Album in Flickr.

I then go to the Organizr and sort all pictures in that album according to Date (oldest first).

After that it's possible to browse the images in the correct order.


To be able to copy-n-paste a link to ISM forum I first select the picture, then click on the Share arrow in the lower right corner menu bar. Click on the BBCode tab, copy the Tag-code with Ctrl-C and paste it into the forum post using Ctrl-V.

The Tag-code looks like this:

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/V5mYKZ][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4279/34836267863_cb7f56b80f_k.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/V5mYKZ]IMG_20170405_183744[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/152211097@N08/]Tommy Killander[/url], on Flickr

And the picture comes out like this:
IMG_20170405_183744 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

If you want to remove the "ugly" footer you will have to manually edit the Tag-code into this:

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[img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4279/34836267863_cb7f56b80f_k.jpg[/img]

It will then look like this:


You basically only want too keep the URL and the img and /img tags

Hope this helps someone. Good luck!


Tommy

[Paul]

Yep as the guys above say I've started using Flickr and it works great, so theres the solution.

Bob I'm going to copy your guide and add it to the forum how to guides, hope thats ok with you mate

[DikDolan]

Someone told me I can use google photos to share pics online too. Upto 16mb pics are unlimited, larger pics use up your google space.
Apparently I just upload there, click to open the pic and right click/properties/address. copy paste that using img tags....
Here's the test.
*crosses fingers*

[DikDolan]

Lol double post.

Stupid computers. They hate me.

[DikDolan]

Hmmm, now my pic isn't showing up unless I click on "show picture".... so it's not all that useful. Sorry guys.
Scratch that one off the list.

[CJSomerset]

Now I'm confused

I've got pics on Photobucket that still show here??

[shortCummins]

Now I'm confused

I've got pics on Photobucket that still show here??

you might not have triggered an amount? not sure how photobucket works out how to charge, I have quite a few photos stored on there

[Technophobe]

As many have already said, Flickr!

I've been using it for a while and have had no problems with it, once I got used to using it, which I guess is going to be the same for of the hosting sites!

I wonder how many accounts Photobucket have lost since the change?

[digger303]

When I accessed PB yesterday. The first time you a while it came up with the change in terms of service placard. I didn't read it , but I guess I am on a count down now..then they will be gone. I took the opportunity to download some pic's I wanted to keep.

[Stokesy44]

When I accessed PB yesterday. The first time you a while it came up with the change in terms of service placard. I didn't read it , but I guess I am on a count down now..then they will be gone. I took the opportunity to download some pic's I wanted to keep.

Scary stuff mate. I only used PB for forum posts, never saw at as a way to store pics for anything else. Everything I put on PB I still have on my laptop, thankfully (and backed up on a little external drive).

I still cannot believe they have been so stupid with this $400 BS. The fact that some dickweebles sat round a board room table and said, hey, this is a good direction to take the company in, well it just beggars belief.

The advertising on their site really sucks, sorting that out could have been just as profitable and would have ensured they didn't lose accounts. But hey, what do I know. I don't have many brain cells to rub together but I would wager I have at least one more than the spanners who dreamed this sh** up.

Heard a new epithet for stupidity the other day - he's not the fizziest drink in the fridge - sums them up beautifully.

[OneSmallStep1966]

It's a pity there's no way to link photos stored in my iCloud or OneDrive from the forums. That'd be a permanent solution for me.

[sheppsea]

I still cannot believe they have been so stupid with this $400 BS. The fact that some dickweebles sat round a board room table and said, hey, this is a good direction to take the company in, well it just beggars belief.

I saw somewhere the other day that big companies have been affected as well (for example, some Amazon and eBay products didn't have photos), so I wonder whether this is actually all aimed at charging businesses. Lets be honest, in terms of the cost of running an organisation $400 is hardly going to be missed, and is probably worth the money if the business can keep all of its photos in a single place and publish them on third party websites just by copying the link

I can't imagine any individual in their right mind paying that much, and PB must know that too, which is why I think this must be aimed at businesses