sending digital pictures

[banana]

I have tried several times to send some digital pictures via email and/or post onto message boards etc.They either dont arrive or arrive in a corrupted form.Is it my software/computer or the website?

[Worker]

Not knowing exactly the trouble you're experiencing it's difficult to advise, but save your photos in the .jpg format rather than the BMP format. They take up a small fraction of the size with very little degredation in quality. If you find this is the problem it's very easy to convert. Open your image editing software, select your image and RESAVE it. This will open a dialogue box with a pull-down menu offering various formats, .jpg being one of them. Select this and save it. Hope this works for you.

[LeMarchand]

I have the same problem, and I tend to send JPEGs. I suspect that the problem is at the other end, as when the file doesn't arrive it's usaually to someone who barely knows how to turn a PC on - I'm wondering if their mail isn't configured correctly. Also certain accounts have limitations on file sizes. Re uploading pictures, I also had the same problem (on NTL 600k broadband). Apparently this is a common problem, and is easily solved by changing your proxy when uploading. If by chance you are on NTL this could be your problem; if you repost here I'll post the details on how to change your options.

[banana]

Yep - I am on NTL 'broadband'.Had thought in passing this might be part of the problem since those I send to are usually computer literate.Hotmail is awkward since it does limit what you can send but even when Ive sent to web sites the problem is still there. Will be very grateful for advice on changing the options.

[LeMarchand]

banana, try this which has worked for me uploading pictures to my website. I use IE, but there should be a similar option in other browsers. Tools>Internet Options>Connections>Lan Settings. Tick the proxy server box, and enter the address as 62.252.32.5 and Port as 8080. My "Advanced" tab has "use the same proxy server for all protocols" ticked. That cured my problems with uploading pictures, but various sources recommend only using those settings when you need to. I have found that if you leave those settings in place, some sites will not work (watching trailers on Apple.com for instance) so it IS best to only alter the settings when necessary. I haven't experimented with whether this helps with emails. Oh, once you have input the settings, when you "untick" the settings seem to be stored, so next time you need to alter them, you can just tick the box. Hope this works for you, if it doesn't try signing up here: http://www.nthellworld.com/forum/ where there are lots of people who really know they're stuff about NTL problems. Do a search first, as they sometimes get a bit snotty about repeated questions!