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How to - Adding Inline Images to Your Posts

edited 2015-02-16 11:24 in General Discussion
Adding Inline Imagesto Your Posts
A picture might be “worth a thousand words” as the old adage goes, but a picture and a few well chosen words can be priceless when it comes to electronics projects. Inline images can help get the point across or communicate information others might need to assist you. Here are links to a few examples that include circuit schematics, illustrations, and project photos:

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Source Images
Whether it’s scanned hand drawings, screen captures from a cad program, digital photos, or bitmaps drawn in Paint, they should all be converted to the web-friendly JPEG format. If you don’t have any photo editing software on your computer, not to worry, the Paint program that comes with Windows can convert just about anything to a .jpg file. After you’re done editing, cropping, annotating and resizing the image, click File, then Save as… In the Save As window, choose JPEG from the Save as type menu.

All the images in this post were processed with Paint. Working with Paint takes a little practice, but it’s amazing what you can do with it.

Capturing an Active Window or a CAD Circuit
You can convert just whatever you see on your monitor to a JPEG with the help of Paint and the Print Screen (Prt Sc) key. The Prt Sc key captures what you see on your monitor and stores it to the clipboard. Alt + Prt Sc captures just the active window. Once you’ve got the image on your clipboard, paste it into Paint, clean it up, and save it as a JPEG. That’s how the image above was captured.

Circuit CAD programs tend not to have an export to JPEG option, but you can use this technique to get a quick JPEG copy of what you drew:
- If you are capturing an active window, set it to a screen friendly size.
- If you are capturing a circuit or layout from CAD software, make sure to zoom in/out to a useful size.
- Press Alt + Prt Sc to copy the window.
- In Paint, click Edit and select Paste.
- Clean up the image and save it as a JPEG.

Inserting JPEGs into Your Posts
The Quick Reply field at the bottom of existing threads doesn’t work real well for HTML editing. Use the Post Reply button instead, or New Topic if you want to start a new thread.

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As far as I know, a post with inline images requires two passes.

First pass:
- Enter the text portion of your post. It’s a good idea to write the filenames of the images you plan to insert as place holders.
- Use the Attachment manager to upload the files you plan to include.
- Click Submit.

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Second pass:
- All your images will appear at the bottom of your post. Open them and copy their hyperlink addresses (http://forums.parallax.com/forums/attach...)

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- Click the Edit Post button to go back into your post.
- After you have placed your cursor where you want to insert the image, click the Insert Image button.

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- Paste the image’s hyperlink into the Image URL field, then click Add Image.
- Try to keep the original images 6 inches wide or less; that’s usually 624 pixels wide.

Please Observe
- Use hyperlinks or references to existing material instead of images whenever possible.
- Downsize high resolution photos before posting. Again, 6-inches wide or smaller. Even breadboard close-ups should only take 250 KB.
- Crop any part of a screen capture that isn’t necessary.
- Try to keep images 6 inches wide or less.
- If you are using a photo editing software, use compressed JPEGs.
- If your post is applicable to more than one group, post it in the most appropriate group only. Post references to it in the other the other groups.

Post Edited (Andy Lindsay) : 11/15/2004 6:25:38 AM GMT

Comments

  • RaymanRayman Posts: 13,798
    edited 2010-08-06 15:47
    I think this is going to need updating for the new forum...
  • Jessica UelmenJessica Uelmen Posts: 490
    edited 2010-08-07 11:10
    Yep! Consider it added to the 'To Do' list. :]
  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2010-08-09 00:36
    That image might be sitting in your browser's cache. I see a generic image placeholder icon in the post where the image should appear. I get a "Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator" error when I try to click on the area where the image is supposed to go.
  • Kevin WoodKevin Wood Posts: 1,266
    edited 2010-08-10 00:36
    Speaking of attached images...

    Attached images open in some type "black box", and whenever I try to scroll, the box+image disappears. Since many images require scrolling, this is kind of a problem.

    Thanks.
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2011-05-28 17:13
    I'm hoping this thread can be updated.

    Whenever I attach an image, it is always small. I'm hoping to figure out how to attach a full sized image inline.

    Off to the test form to experiment.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-05-28 17:21
    1. Put [noparse][img][/img][/noparse] placeholders in your post where you want the images to appear.

    2. Upload your images.

    3. Preview your post. The image thumbnails will appear at the bottom of the preview.

    4. For each image, right click on its thumbnail, and select "Copy link address" -- not "Copy image address."

    5. Paste this address between the img tag placeholders from step 1. above.

    That's all there is to it!

    -Phil
  • tdlivingstdlivings Posts: 437
    edited 2011-09-01 20:08
    Phil
    I do not see how to do number 4.
    When I use the attachment manager to upload images if I right click on the thumbnails all I
    get are standard windows context items "Copy link address" or 'Copy image address appear
    nowhere.
    I must be doing something wrong like using the wrong thing to upload images.

    I tried a test message tonight to play aound but still do not see the number 4 selections

    Thank's for any info
    Tom
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-09-01 20:41
    Tom,

    Which browser/OS are your using? BTW, Firefox says, "Copy link location."

    -Phil
  • tdlivingstdlivings Posts: 437
    edited 2011-09-01 20:48
    Phil
    IE 8 on both Win 7 and Vista

    Tom
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-09-01 21:25
    Tom,

    Post what you can in the Test forum, and I'll see what I can ferret out.

    -Phil
  • tdlivingstdlivings Posts: 437
    edited 2011-09-01 21:39
    Phil
    I have a post tonight in the test area all I can get is them inline .
    I was going to try and get a link to put between and [\img] but did not see any way to get it.  I am now guessing that even using Xp and IE you do not get a context menu with the copy link menu items. I wonder if you do  Thank's Tom
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-09-01 21:46
    Sure do, by right clicking on the thumbnail:

    attachment.php?attachmentid=84762&d=1314938755

    -Phil
    594 x 630 - 45K
  • tdlivingstdlivings Posts: 437
    edited 2011-09-01 21:56
    Phil
    Interesting, see my last post in the test area where you answered

    Tom
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2011-09-01 23:37
    Tom,

    Phil's method didn't work for me either.

    I skip Phil's #1.
    2. Upload your images.

    3. Preview your post. The image thumbnails will appear at the bottom of the preview.

    Here's my #4.

    4. Right click image you want pasted. Select "Open Link in New Tab".

    5. Select new tab. Drag mouse over image. The image should turn blue indicating it has been selected. Press ctrl+c (copy).

    6. Return to editing window on previous tab. Click inside edit area where you want the picture to be placed. Press ctrl+v (paste).

    That should do it. It works for me anyway.

    I'm using IE8 on Win7.

    Duane
  • tdlivingstdlivings Posts: 437
    edited 2011-09-02 07:12
    Trying Duane's method

    attachment.php?attachmentid=84779&d=1314972341

    First one worked
    Second one also, I see I need to scale down Agilent Scope Images

    Sept 3, I deleted the large scope pic no need to take up space here for a test
    800 x 539 - 29K
    320 x 234 - 19K
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2015-02-15 19:00
    Is there anyway to do this now? I see other people doing it - some way, but I haven't figured it out since the recent Forum upgrades.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2015-02-15 19:21
    Whit,

    My method in post #7 still works for me on Firefox.

    -Phil
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2015-02-16 05:31
    Thanks Phil! Works on Chrome too!

    Any ideas about video?

    Nevermind...

    You da man Phil!

    How about strike text? Couldn't figure that one out...
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2015-02-16 08:19
    For strike text, use the [noparse] ... [/noparse] tags, like this.

    -Phil
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2015-02-16 11:24
    Checking Thanks Phil!

    Never had to do this stuff - with all the "modern" conveniences! Fun to learn though...
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