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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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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) !
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--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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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Thanks Mark! -C. (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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