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I'm trying to post a picture from another website, specifically this one, to illustrate a story, but I can't get it to embed.

I'm using the code from the new user guide, ie a href="http://www.eurotrib.com/"> < img- src="http://www.eurotrib-.com/images/eurotb-logo.png"></a<p> but it doesn't work (code error introcued to display code not picture.)

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 01:46:16 PM EST
you need to save it as a .jpg, or .png or .gif or .tiff

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 02:17:53 PM EST
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Oh, okay. Well I can't save it anywhere except on my C: drive, so I guess I'll just have to pass that one.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 03:04:21 PM EST
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Here's the link:
http://www.eurotrib.com/files/3/090622_gAyTM.png


In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 03:17:09 PM EST
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thanks, it was just to make the point that the White house seems determined to insult the LGBT community with its more-than-slightly-insincere efforts to make nice. There has been pretty much the complete opposite of the "fierce advocacy on gay rights" Obama promised during the campaign and the DoJ paper on support DOMA, which seemed to take its ideas from the far-right, was just about the last straw.

So the WH has been engaging in pretty piss-poor attempts to make "nice", not understanding that when the straw breaks the camel's back, simply removing the straw anin't gonna cut it. A lot of people initially suspected that it was just because this is the 40th anniversary of Stonewall and there are a lot of planned back-slapping opportunities in DC upcoming.

now it turns out that fund raising has been flatlining since the Inauguration and the Dems were expecting a traditionally generous segment of the "base" to open up their wallets and replenish the coffers.

Well, guess what ? As per the picture above, it ain't happening until the LGBT community see real progress on DADT (including an executive order to stop the sackings soon), DOMA & ENDA. And Executive "memos" that promise the earth and deliver nothing don't cut the mustard.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 03:40:27 PM EST
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  1. Download to C drive

  2. Open in suitable photo editing program (Photoshop in my case)

  3. Allow program to rasterise (convert text to uneditable image)

  4. Adjust image size

  5. Save as jpg

  6. Upload to your  photo file sharer

OR

Forget all that and wrap your img src around this:

http://www.eurotrib.com/files/1549/GayTM_copy.jpg

I've done all the above (had to to find out how to do it) and loaded it onto the ET server, ready, I hope, for an ET diary  ;) (Pretty please, if you're planning to make  much use of it elsewhere, download it and upload it to photobucket or flickr or something...)

by Sassafras on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 03:38:37 PM EST
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LOL.  Note to self. Check current situation after taking a phone call in the middle of a posting.  ;)
by Sassafras on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 03:40:27 PM EST
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Line 2 is a problem. No image programme except Paint which I doubt has anything like file format conversion in it.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 03:44:42 PM EST
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I'll have to hand you over to the experts on that one, sorry, because I only know how to use what I've got.  If you do a Google search for free photo editing software pdf conversion there seems to be lots of options.  But I don't know which work, or are safe.
by Sassafras on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 03:57:47 PM EST
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'sokay. I used JaP conversion-ware. I didn't even have to work out how to use the software ;-))

thanks Jerome.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:21:06 PM EST
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I just go shift-Apple-4 and select on the screen the area I want to copy, and it becomes a png file on my desktop.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 05:32:52 PM EST
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Actually, if you look at the toolbar across the top of the pdf, you'll see a little camera icon called snapshot.

Click on snapshot, then select the area of the pdf you want.

This copies it to the clipboard, from where it can be pasted into Paint.  Adjust size in Image/attributes, then save as a jpg.

(waits for experts to say there's a much easier way)

by Sassafras on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:20:35 PM EST
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No, that's the best. :)
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:24:38 PM EST
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Well, apart from JaP conversion, obviously  ;)
by Sassafras on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:30:29 PM EST
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What's the use (for posting here) of a png file compared to a jpg, anyway? But there's no talking to MacSnobs. ;)
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 07:45:44 AM EST
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PNG is a replacement for GIF, not for JPEG.

PNG and GIF use lossless compression, JPEG uses lossy compression.

JPEG is inappropriate for pixel-based images, bitmaps, screen captures, etc. If you use JPEG on images with sharp edges the lossy compression introduces aliasing. It is appropriate for photographs.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 07:49:30 AM EST
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I did say for posting here - jpegs will have smaller filesize than pngs, in general. If I do a screen capture or pdf image copy, I make a jpeg of it for that reason.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 08:04:20 AM EST
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Well, for a non-photo, PNG should be smaller than JPEG, I think. That was certainly true of GIF. Suppose it might not be true now with all the shaded user interfaces and things.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 08:16:34 AM EST
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JPEG destroys computer fonts (and the points and lines in charts) through aliasing, so if the screen capture involves text or narrow lines, it's better to use PNG.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 08:29:36 AM EST
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While I bow to your superior knowledge <bangs head on keyboard>, I just saved a screen capture in png and also in jpeg (at top file quality, 100 on the cursor), and I can't see any difference between the two on a 1680x1050 screen. However, the png file is 46Kb, the jpeg 28Kb.

But I have an awful image on the front page at the moment, I should do something about that... :\

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 08:57:59 AM EST
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OK, I now flee the field in disarray, since the png file I just made to improve (slightly) the timeline image in the COE story, is only 5Kb.

Run, run, run!!!

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 09:59:20 AM EST
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Brave Sir Robin...!

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 23rd, 2009 at 10:03:00 AM EST
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Oh well, if paint does the job, that's cool. I hope photobucket take jpgs

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:39:34 PM EST
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They do  :)
by Sassafras on Mon Jun 22nd, 2009 at 04:45:26 PM EST
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