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  Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
Hello! (URL) about it. Kudos to Holger! Jojo (18 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.general) !! 
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
(...) Thanks JoJo and of course HoMa, That sums up my feelings about BS lately in an amusing way. Love the second image to make the point. I'd love to see a filesize limit imposed for images. Or at the least to ban BMP files. Tim (18 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
(...) I totally agree! .BMP should be banned everywhere. About large pictures (not large in file size), it's might be ok in some cases when you want to show something extra but not on ALL the pictures! There's actually free software out there that (...) (18 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
(...) It could even be done at the Brickshelf end (and already is for the thumbnails). Tim (18 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
Hello! (...) I'm sure quite a lot of people who send up uberbig pictures got the impression BrickShelf DOES resize them. At least it seems to do, in that it compresses the dimensions of the 2000×1000px pix so that they fit into the 800×600px screen. (...) (18 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.general) ! 
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
(...) Yes! More of this sort of thing! I would just love to be able to view with the option to exclude a category. Then I could search for 'not-bionicle'. I'd have the triple-whammy of elimintating all that un-lego (sorry, ;-), all the s'kiddies, (...) (18 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
I noticed when you add the demensions of the file size to the file name, the image doesn't get resized in the Brickshelf page image placeholder browser window. As if the image was meant to be seen in a large format. Ie.. Desktop or Wall paper sized (...) (18 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
(...) Hi All- Does anyone know how to delete a single image from a brickshelf folder? Is this possible to do without removing and replacing the entire folder? Sorry if this is stupid/already answered long ago. Thanks- Cyndi (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
(...) Cyndi - While you are logged in, get to the folder where the image is. Click on the word 'Delete' in the top right-hand side of the screen. You'll see some red bars pop up around your gallery, and then just click on the image you want to (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
Thanks Mark! -C. (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
(...) I personally use IrfanView since it's free: (URL) If you go to the FAQ page on the IrfanView site, and scroll down to the very bottom, you'll find several tutorials on batch resizing and batch conversion. I used IrfanView to batch resize the (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)  
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
(...) Okay, I have read the followups to this post, and I have read a recent followup to another post of mine over at Lugnet Announce Creation/MOC's where ALE Linus Bohman kindly gave me some tips on photography for my MOC's. I am not camera savvy, (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
--snip-- (...) Exhibit A (URL) B (URL) really not that hard [1] to keep people unannoyed but good photography requires practise and, most importantly, chucking away crap pictures. I usually shoot about 3 or 4 times as many as I use and I know for (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
Hello, I've recently started posting pix on Brickshelf myself, and I'm not sure I understand what exactly constitutes "annoying" pix. I posted a bunch of pix that were 1600 x1200 pixels, and they are listed as "Image resized from 1600x1200" When I (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this? Some more photography basics
 
Hello! I'm happy that this issue seems to be an issue which is starting to be discussed here and elsewhere at 1000steine. There have been some valueable informations in this thread concerning online pictures of MOCs. To show your great MOCs online (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX) ! 
 
  Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
Hello, while surfing Brickshelf recent galleries another "highlight" could be found: An broken, 3504x2336 picture! (URL) No, your computer isn't broken, the picture someone uploaded was allready broken before uploading or brickshelf broke it ... The (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) Hi Holger, Your request may not be heard. Most of the people uploading such junk, whether it's out of focus, poorly lit, too low or too high resolution pictures are mostly kids who don't read Lugnet...it might be better if you posted this on (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this?
 
Hi Magnus, (...) I tried to write some basics about online pictures here: (URL) If you only use Brickshelf for presentation the display-resize function might be fine. But most of use use Brickshelf also as "storage" room for LEGO pics which are (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) Hi Calum, yes, I know. Most of the users which really should read this are not acitve on lugnet or 1000steine. But I do not have the time to go to all other forums to do my missionary work. Jojo did a good job while linking my gallery here at (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) I notice a number of sample "bad" images are Bionicle-related, not surprising given the number of BZPower members using Brickshelf. This is an ongoing education issue for BZP, and one that we are constantly trying to educate the younger (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) Hi Kelly, I do not say that there are only BZPower "kids" uploading problematic pics at brickshelf. I know a huge number of AFOL galleries (ok, the content seems to be build by an AFOL) which could be improved. I am not that familiar with (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) This would be a horrible idea. It would be so abuseable to delete pictures from people that for some reason are disliked, or content that someone objects to. Can you imagine how quickly Brendan Powell Smith's Bible pictures would be voted (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this? Some more photography basics
 
Holger "HoMa" Matthes wrote: Lots of great advice snipped... Though one comment - not everyone has the time or inclination to do all of this. Though certainly are a few thoughts that don't really take all that long to do. (...) This is one of the (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) I have now idea if it's practicly feasable, but maybe have a text file automaticly uploaded in every new brickshelf acount, containing basic reccomondations plus a link to more extensive information, would be another chanel to educate at least (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) I would've thought the most logical place to put an article about how best to upload pictures to Brickshelf, would be on the front page of Brickshelf itself. May I suggest to Holger that he emails a cut down version of the post at the top of (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) Agreed. However, I would think if it would ever be there, it would have already been put up. In my conversations with Kevin from a couple of BrickFests ago, he indicated a desire to keep text to a minimum and allow the content to be the main (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this? Some more photography basics
 
(...) WRT to time, I think if you're prepared to spend hours building a great MOC, it's not all that much more time to prepare nice pics. Of course that falls down when it's not a great MOC or it only took a few minutes to build. Inclination is (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) No, that was my fault. I implied that. Sorry Holger. Calum (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) I agree. But there could be a voting without consequences, like at mocpages. One category could be "artwork and presentation". So blurry pics could cause a "negative" vote. (...) If the photographer takes both overview and detailed pics there (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)  
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
If brickshelf were to completely ban BMP files, that would be a good start... (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) Or auto-convert them to JPG when they are uploaded. But that takes lotsa CPU cycles. Steve (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) [...] (...) Hi Holger, Don't forget that some users use BS as a storing facility for their own needs or just to exchange stuffs with friends...and not for the pleasure of the "spectator" you are. But this thread is a great one and I agree most (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) Yep. That's part of it. I'm pushing those pictures out in part to have an additional backup (I'm horrible at writing CDs for backup, but if I have a copy of my pictures on BrickShelf, on my work laptop, and on my home computer, I've got a lot (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this? Some more photography basics
 
Although most of your advice is sound I'd like to make one comment : You make quite a few save steps before the end result... specially with a format such as JPEG (which is what comes out of most consumer level camera's) loads of info gets lost on (...) (18 years ago, 9-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) NO! Imagine people putting up sticker scans, which you'd want as sharp as possible for reprinting. Using JPEG and having them scaled would kill the details there. Why not educate the clueless user instead of killing features power users might (...) (18 years ago, 9-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
 
(...) I never said anything about scaling the image. For things like sticker scans or anything else where you don't want lossy compression, there are image formats like PNG. PNG can be used just fine for anything where you don't want to loose (...) (18 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)

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