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Posted by tankcarsrule on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:33 PM

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:07 PM

Just read an article that many Amazon and eBay images also lost to Photobucket's 'ransom demands' lol

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Posted by RR_Mel on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 7:47 PM

Still working at finding a 3rd party host
 
    
 This is from Flickr
 
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Posted by peahrens on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 7:37 PM

SouthPenn
Once you log into Prime Photos, click on the picture you want to post. It should open in a window and the picture will be full size. Right click on the picture. Inthe menu that opens, click on 'copy image address' Then paste this address into the 'source' box in the insert image menu on the forum. I hope my feeble description helps you out.

Can you clarify, please? I uploaded one photo to Amazon Prime Photos.  (I did not put it in an album, if that matters.)  Using Windows 10, I opened the picture to large size. When I right click I get 8 options, including "share picture", "copy Picture" and "copy".  Not "copy image address".

I'm semi-married to Amazon (don;t tell Jeff) with Prime, Echo, etc and might lean in that direction.  But my current leaning is (1) flickr, (2) imgur and (3) imgbb.  I'd like to make a decision that I will ride quite awhile, so I'd like to adequately compare Prime to Flickr.

P.S. - Thanks to all in the patience to sort out this change (for many).  With the many options this thread is quite informative, though a few of us are definitely feeling our way.

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Posted by SouthPenn on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 7:22 PM

Yannis

 

 
SouthPenn

 

 
Yannis

Yep, i fixed it now. In the original post i tried/tested one could not see the picture unless I was logged in.

Thank you for letting me know.

Yannis

 

 

 

I cannot see your picture.

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately i cannot seem to make it work, despite changing extensions. Anyone else having more luck with google photos?

 

Once you log into Prime Photos, click on the picture you want to post. It should open in a window and the picture will be full size. Right click on the picture. Inthe menu that opens, click on 'copy image address'

Then paste this address into the 'source' box in the insert image menu on the forum.

I hope my feeble description helps you out. 

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Posted by RR_Mel on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 6:22 PM

Sorry guys, I did some research and found out Google Photo doesn’t permit 3rd party hosting.
 
I guess the reason some see my picture and some don’t is that if you have a Google Account it works.
 
I reposted the picture from my Google Blog, let me know if anyone can’t see the picture below.
 
  
   
 
 
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Posted by maxman on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 5:37 PM

RR_Mel
The picture above is from my Google Photo Account

Was there supposed to be a picture in this particular post, or in another previous post?  If it is in this post and is a white elephant in a snowstorm, then I'm seeing it, otherwise..............

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Posted by BigDaddy on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 5:17 PM

richhotrain
Mel, your photo does not appear on my screen.

Rich

I see it, but then I believe in ghosts and magic.  I also have a google account, but magic is my story and I'm stickin to it.

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Posted by richhotrain on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 4:57 PM

Mel, your photo does not appear on my screen.

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Posted by RR_Mel on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 4:01 PM

BigDaddy

 

No one has posted that they got google to work and here is how to do it.

 

 

Google Photo Hosting is working on this Forum.  I have many pictures posted on the forum.
 
First upload your pictures then create a shareable album, I named my shareable album "Forum".
 
Next move the photo wanted to the shareable album, select the photo you want to move clicking on it, next go to the upper right corner and click on the three vertical dots to get more options.  From the drop down menu select “Add to Shared Album”.  Select your shared album and select the picture you want to post on the Forum.
 
Right click on the picture in your shareable album and select "Copy Image Location" then paste that to the Forum "picture insert".
 
 
   The picture above is from my Google Photo Account.
 
Hope this helps.
 
Send me a PM and I will be happy to walk you through the process if you have any problems.
 
 
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Posted by richg1998 on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 3:14 PM

This PB issue just popped up in the Google News page. Interesting.

Since I deleted my account, all kinds of PB email offers comming in.

Rich

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Posted by BigDaddy on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 3:10 PM

Yannis
Testing google photos,

Picassa (owned by google) has been discontinued; it supported links ending in jpg.  I looked through the google help forum and there were a lot of people switching to Imgur when it happened.  I see no mention of jpg (which is the essential file extension to post in this forum)

People have posted sites that work: Trainboard, Imgur, Flikr and one or two more.  You may find one more user friendly, for you, than another. 

No one has posted that they got google to work and here is how to do it.

EDIT: Mel has gotten it to work.  I understand his instructions, I followed them exactly and it doesn't work for me. His pic does not end in a picture extension that is usually required.  He understands all things electric and infrared so there is obviously magic involved in his trick.

Your mileage may vary, I'm sticking with Imgur.

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Posted by peahrens on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 12:31 PM

-E-C-Mills
There is an easier way: Go to flickr, click to open your image and select the share icon. In the pop up share window, pick the bbc code option. Select the desired size. Copy, then paste the code right in your MR post just like text. Its code, you will not see the image until previewed or posted. Thats it, here it is links and all. Chrysolite Metals Mine and Mill by Eric Miller, on Flickr BTW HO-Velo. In this way you can edit the code right in your MR post, if you want, getting rid of the links. Just save the stuff between and including the img commands. Now its just a dead image, no links.

I tried imgur and imgbb and leaned so far towards the former.  But I'm trying out Flickr here before deciding.  Seems easy enough (I hope).

 IMG_4571 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr

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Posted by -E-C-Mills on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 11:45 AM

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This is very convenient. I loaded Flickr into my I-Phone. Now my cell phone photos can easily be loaded into my new Flcikr account.

Looks like you have it down now!  Yeah the flickr app works pretty well.  And now that your on flickr, you can join groups and follow individual photographers.  Its a photographers site, showing the type of camera and all the camera settings of the picture.  The other thing I like about flickr is that you retain the copyright to your images unless you choose to release it.  I think the reason flickr puts all that linking code (that you removed) is so that people can find you and follow you, giving you traffic to your images.  Here's a little sample of the railroad people / groups I follow if your interested:

John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library

https://flic.kr/ps/2veAr2

North American Prototype Modelers

https://flic.kr/ps/3321vq

Mike Danneman

https://flic.kr/ps/BcHmT

Colorado Trains

https://www.flickr.com/groups/coloradotrains/

 

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 8:39 AM

This is very convenient. I loaded Flickr into my I-Phone. Now my cell phone photos can easily be loaded into my new Flcikr account.

Below is a photo I took with the phone several months ago of a Union Pacific train on my layout. 

If I open Flickr in the I-Phone I can use the I-Phone to take a picture that goes immdieately into my new Flickr account. I took the following picture last night doinng it that way. 

GARRY

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 7:06 PM

All my photos were removed by Photobucket last week. On the weekend I deleted them all from Photobucket (didn't like that site anyway). Enjoying my summer and my trains.

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Free photo hosting website?
Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 7:06 PM

Well, Photobucket decided to permanently lock me out from embedding photos on forums like this one unless I'm willing to pay them $100 annually.  Of course, I don't post enough photos to pay anywhere close to that (in 12 years, I've only used 9% of my upload limit!!), so I think I'll just delete my account and transfer everything to a different website.  They've become a bloated mess anyway.  Who would you all recommend?

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Posted by Rusteespikes on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 6:38 PM

Giving imgur a try so here it goes...

Just a couple of trees for the test.

Randy

Edit: Seems large to me.  It was under the size limit though.

Edit: What happens when someone else clicks on the picture?

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 5:55 PM

A lot of smoke on this one. I think I smell a rat!

Besure that the links in the emails link back to PB and are not being scammed by some hacker.

We are not doing 3rd party HOSTING,

We are doing 3rd party LINKING.

In anyeven LION uses BROADWAYLION.com to host the wonderful pics of HIM.

 

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Posted by zstripe on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 4:29 PM

yankee flyer
Good morning Frank, When you click on the picture, do you get the arrows on each side of the new picture? Thanks Lee Edit: New try

Lee,

You have an arrow on the right side of the pic'....but when You click on the arrow, it continues to show the same pic', nothing else. That's how it should be.....I had mine set that way for Private.

Take Care! Big Smile

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Posted by BRAKIE on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 1:29 PM

Testing 1,2,3..

Test #2.

 

Cool!

 

 

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Posted by Yannis on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 10:14 AM

SouthPenn

 

 
Yannis

Yep, i fixed it now. In the original post i tried/tested one could not see the picture unless I was logged in.

Thank you for letting me know.

Yannis

 

 

 

I cannot see your picture.

 

 

Unfortunately i cannot seem to make it work, despite changing extensions. Anyone else having more luck with google photos?

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Posted by SouthPenn on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 9:45 AM

Yannis

Yep, i fixed it now. In the original post i tried/tested one could not see the picture unless I was logged in.

Thank you for letting me know.

Yannis

 

I cannot see your picture.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 8:34 AM

EC Mills ... Here is the same picture after removing what you said to remove. 

 

 

 

OK ... Thanks ! 

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Posted by yankee flyer on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 7:56 AM

Lee,

I believe You got it.......All I get is the same pic' You posted when I click on it.

Take Care! Big Smile

Frank

 

Good morning

Frank, When you click on the picture, do you get the arrows on each side of the new picture?

Thanks

Lee

Edit: New try

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 6:56 AM

Yannis

Yep, i fixed it now. In the original post i tried/tested one could not see the picture unless I was logged in.

Thank you for letting me know.

Yannis

 

Sorry, but I can´t see it!

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Posted by Yannis on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 6:24 AM

Yep, i fixed it now. In the original post i tried/tested one could not see the picture unless I was logged in.

Thank you for letting me know.

Yannis

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Posted by CGW121 on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 6:03 AM

I can see the picture and I do not have a google account.

 

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Posted by Yannis on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 3:45 AM

Thanks Dave!

I think that i cannot see the picture unless i am logged in my google account. If i log out, i cannot see the photo. Go figure...

Ok, i figured it out, should have changed the extension on the link.

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Posted by hon30critter on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 3:24 AM

Hi Yannis:

I can see the photo. Nice car.

Dave

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