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July 6th, 2009, 12:47 PM
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Photo Contest Tech Talk, Questions and Posting Hints
This thread is for helping each other with questions regarding posting images for the Couples Resorts photo contest, talking about cameras, other techie issues or general chit chat about the Photo Contest not directly related to the Photo Contest entries.
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July 6th, 2009, 12:51 PM
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July 6th, 2009, 01:39 PM
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Unfortunately...wait, FORTUNATELY, that first link can fall into obscurity now that VBulletin is here.
I'm open writing to any other camera/posting FAQs that users would like, however.
I notice that the board isn't allowing the reading of EXIF data either, so tutorial 2 is also bunk. 
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July 25th, 2009, 09:59 PM
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Can not down load photos?
Im soo frustrated i cant down load my photos for contest ive tried 11 times now ! Keeps saying security ? Or unable to download whats up??????
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July 27th, 2009, 08:47 AM
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Post the exact error message, and the method you're trying.
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August 22nd, 2009, 10:01 PM
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Pic resizing Progran
Hello anyone! Many many moons ago maybe almost a year I saw a recommendation from someone in the pic thread who suggested this small shareware pic resizing program. was the easiest to use for me. Any suggestions, since I lost the program, thanks in advance..
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August 24th, 2009, 08:02 AM
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September 11th, 2009, 08:51 AM
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I would like to suggest something (A FAQ? or context rules) be added here in this specific board that gives more rules about the contest. I couldn't easily find any information about limits to how many pictures you can enter and so my entry was apparently disqualified. Also, while I assume you can only enter for the month you visited Couples, I can't find that detail anywhere. I am frustrated because I really wanted to enter but my "month" that I visited is now closed to entries and I was never told that my entry was being removed from the board.
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September 11th, 2009, 10:26 AM
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Hmm, I thought those were here:
You can enter any/every contest. You may enter 3 pictures. Please indicate when you stayed and where.
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September 11th, 2009, 04:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KrisJamie
Hmm, I thought those were here:
You can enter any/every contest. You may enter 3 pictures. Please indicate when you stayed and where.
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Thanks so much for this info!
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September 11th, 2009, 05:01 PM
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Okay, now I feel really bad! I just saw that my entry was entered, but in the September contest and not the August contest. I thought that was where I put it. Weird! Anyway, maybe someone can help with something else? I posted four pictures but can only post three. Can I remove my post and re-do it or something like that? Sorry for all the mistakes!
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September 14th, 2009, 08:39 AM
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Click "Edit" and just remove the one you don't want. I can do some screenshots if need be.
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September 14th, 2009, 02:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KrisJamie
Click "Edit" and just remove the one you don't want. I can do some screenshots if need be.
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Kris, thanks so much for your help! While I do see an "Edit" button at the bottom of my posts in this thread, there is no "Edit" button at the bottom of my post in the Photo Contest Thread where I posted my pictures.
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November 4th, 2009, 03:10 PM
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just wondering when you win the contest how do you claim your prize??
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November 13th, 2009, 10:09 AM
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I have a question. We have been to couples twice already and will be there a 3rd time in a few weeks. We were there in 2006 and in 2008. My question is that for this months photo contest, Can we post what we think are 3 of our best pics? Then the next contest, can we post 3 more? And so on? We have over 1000 pics and a lot of good ones, but we never knew about this contest. Anwyays just tryin to make sure we can do that.
Hello, This is Seandymon...yes, you can do that! We look forward to your pictures!
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November 13th, 2009, 11:48 AM
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Also...
I notice that there is a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for October and for Septemeber, when you click on each 1st place picture it says that they each won a 3 night stay. I thought the contest was bi-monthly? Is it now every month? Please adsvise and Thanks so much! A shot at winning a 3 night stay every month is pretty cool!
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November 13th, 2009, 01:18 PM
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It is monthly.
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January 21st, 2010, 02:00 PM
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I just want to enter the photo contest but don't understand how to it. That's right I'm a computer dummy and always will be. HELP!
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January 22nd, 2010, 08:09 AM
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1. Find the Photo Contest Thread in this forum:
http://www.couplesjamaica.biz/mb/forumdisplay.php?f=11
2. Start a new post in the current contest by clciking "Post Reply"
3. Add your pics and descriptions
Let me know of any specific issues with photo uploading, hosting, etc that isn't covered and we'll make sure to get you sorted out.
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February 6th, 2010, 04:40 PM
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why are some of the pics small and some larger?
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February 8th, 2010, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by BUDMAN
why are some of the pics small and some larger?
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Can you clarify? Could be crops, different resizes, etc...
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March 2nd, 2010, 09:20 AM
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Photos
Why do some of the pics come out small and others large on the posts?
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March 2nd, 2010, 09:23 AM
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Some pics on here are like thumbnails and others are much bigger. I downloaded from the same camera and just wondering why they may be different sizes. Thanks! Far from photo savy here!
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March 3rd, 2010, 10:04 AM
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Can you post an example in this thread? Also, are you using the message board uploader, or hosting offsite?
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March 4th, 2010, 12:03 PM
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I posted some on the February contest that turned out small then tried again and a few were larger the second time. Not really sure what to do. Thank you for your help!
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March 4th, 2010, 01:32 PM
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I found them, and it looks like you used the uploader here on the board, so I can't get any actual pic info from those.
Try this, and you can do it here or in the "Sandbox" thread in the Help forum...
1. Find a pic you want to post.
2. Right click on the picture, choose Properties.
3. Go to the Summary tab and note the size (like 800x600 etc)...you may have to click advanced to see this.
4. Open www.imageshack.us
5. Browse to your picture and then upload with Upload Now
6. Copy the link (it will end in .jpg)
7. Open a post here and use the Insert Image (looks like a mountain) feature.
8. Paste the URL in
THEN
9. Use the uploader once more and upload the same pic as you are used to.
10. Submit your message.
We'll figure it out, and we're looking forward to the pics.
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March 12th, 2010, 09:35 PM
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Ok thanks Kris! I will try this and see what happens! I really appreciate your time!
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March 12th, 2010, 09:46 PM
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Posting Test
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March 13th, 2010, 08:41 AM
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Guess I didnt do something right Kris?
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March 15th, 2010, 08:08 AM
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I see the link when I quote your post, but I'm not sure what "yfrog" is.
Typically the link will look like www . imageshack . us/mypicturenamehere.jpg
Then that will get put in the image link box. The link you used isn't a valid link, and doesn't end in .jpg.
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March 16th, 2010, 04:18 PM
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Quote:
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Hello anyone! Many many moons ago maybe almost a year I saw a recommendation from someone in the pic thread who suggested this small shareware pic resizing program. was the easiest to use for me. Any suggestions, since I lost the program, thanks in advance.. |
That may have been me. If not, I still have a good recommendation on a real fast, easy-to-use freeware/shareware program. It's called FastStone Photo Resizer. There are other good image viewers/batch converters out there, but FastStone is my favorite for quickly performing batch operations on a lot of photos at once. It's also a great thumbnail viewer. You can download it from here: http://www.faststone.org
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April 5th, 2010, 10:01 PM
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so I'm still confused on the rules of posting though ... if I'm reading the earlier post correctly, you can enter three photos every month, regardless of when (month/year) they were taken? Which would mean, I could choose three photos from our 2006 and/or our 2008 visits to CN in the current/open April contest? Just as long as I only enter three photos once/month?
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April 6th, 2010, 09:19 AM
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Yes.
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April 14th, 2010, 10:36 AM
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Paradise!
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I need help. I uploaded 3 pics, the 3rd one was wrong one... tried to delete all from msg. go back to upload again - but that window that comes up to let you load the pics - seems to still have all my photos in it. it says something like "all images owned by AndreaInVA" and how much memory they take up. tried logging out and in again and that number was still there and I could not upload a new picture. I'm really stumped... wish I could take a beach / daqueri break about now!
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June 30th, 2010, 11:43 AM
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May photo contest winners
What happened to the May photo contest winners?
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July 2nd, 2010, 09:08 AM
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They have yet to be announced.
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July 2nd, 2010, 02:20 PM
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has anyone successfully done this from a mac? I'm having problems, and I'm not sure if it's because I'm on a mac or if it's because my photos are too big. Also, do they need to be in any certain format?
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July 6th, 2010, 09:13 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ayslinn
has anyone successfully done this from a mac? I'm having problems, and I'm not sure if it's because I'm on a mac or if it's because my photos are too big. Also, do they need to be in any certain format?
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They need to be in .jpg format, but the hosting solution I posted is universal.
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