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How to take and post pics on the boma

Posting pictures on the Boma

  • Download the program MWSnap from the MWSnap website. Install the software in your computer.
  • When you start using it, you might get black images, to get rid of this, go to tools in your windows media player click, options, performance, advanced and un-tick use overlays.
  • Start snapping shots on live streaming video and save images to your pc and select jpg format for your images.
  • After you have saved your images you choose an image hosting site to host your pictures e.g. tinypic (www.tinypic.com) or any of your choice.
  • Upload the pictures through your image host.
  • Compose a new message on the boma where you want your picture to appear.
  • Copy and paste or enter the IMG link manually e.g. [IMG]http://110.tinypic.com/40f66wl.jpg[/IMG).
  • Click the preview button to view your pictures before you submit, to check whether the pictures appears on your message.

(originally posted by Raymond, Africam Admin)

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This webpage might also help if all you capture is black images:

How to fix a blank capture from a movie player

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There are again questions about how to get screenshots.
I am using a program (free) not mentioned here still :!:
Do not know about, if I can "advertise" freely at the Boma Puzzled:



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Swift wrote:
There are again questions about how to get screenshots. I am using a program (free) not mentioned here still :!: Do not know about, if I can "advertise" freely at the Boma Puzzled:

Please submit your suggestion to any of the Moderators and we will add the programme to the How To's page if we feel that it is appropriate to do so.

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Hallo. I am using Screenrip 32 [SRip32],and for 80% of the time ,it works perfect. I upload the screengrabs using Tinypic,and paste the link into the message, but how do you actually get the image to show on this site rather than click on the link to Tinypic.,..that i provided with my replies. Is it better to use the screengrab software you have suggested..?



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4EverEden wrote:
Hallo. I am using Screenrip 32 [SRip32],and for 80% of the time ,it works perfect. I upload the screengrabs using Tinypic,and paste the link into the message, but how do you actually get the image to show on this site rather than click on the link to Tinypic.,..that i provided with my replies. Is it better to use the screengrab software you have suggested..?

To post a pic in the boma,
In tinypic or any other image hosting site, you have to copy/paste the IMG code instead of the URL link.
or you
1. click on IMG button
2. paste the url link
3. and click on IMG button again.

It should look like this :
[IMG]http://110.tinypic.com/40f66wl.jpg[/IMG).

Hope this helps you out.

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I just posted my first cam pics last night and then a couple more this morning. Everything went fine and the pictures went up as expected, by my uploading them to tinypic.com and linking to them there.

Then, about 11:00AM (board time) today, my last two posts just show the placeholder for an image, instead of the photos which had been there. The other photos I posted last night and the first one from this morning are all fine.

I'm using tinypic.com -- do they have issues with occasionally "losing" images that had been uploaded, or having their links get corrupted? Does history tell whether those photos might re-appear? Or was it somehow something I might have done without realizing it? Not sure what that could have been, but anything's possible. Smiling

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I just work with microsoft photo editor, works fine for me......that way no need to use a webhosted program.

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I have a few different photo editors but, as far as I can see, I still need to upload them to a place on the web where they can be linked. The fact that the photos went up successfully the first time and then were gone a couple of hours later and replaced by an image placeholder is what made me think it to be a tinypic.com issue.

Are you saying that, with MS Photo Editor, you upload straight from your PC to the boards, without using [img] tags to link off-site?



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No I'm sorry Jan001 for being confusing :oops: , I have to upload the pics to my account on photobucket, and then to the forum by copying the img code , it is fast and easy, also there is no chance your pics will get messed up or dissapear since they make it a point not to interfere.( unless it's pornographic) Eye-wink

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Thanks, Vicki. So tinypic.com does have a history of this happening?

Ironically, tinypic.com is part of photobucket, according to the line at the bottom of the tinypic.com page. Go figure.

I have a few websites of my own I could use for uploading and storage but sooner or later would have to start deleting older ones to make room. Still it's another option if it comes to that.

Since so many others here apparently are using tinypic.com without any significant problems, I think I'll keep trying for a little while longer. At this point, I don't have an account at photobucket, snapfish, flickr, etc., but it could be time to look into them! Smiling

(PS: Just call me Jan -- I started using the added-on 001 when a few places wouldn't let me use a three-letter user name, but I'm just "Jan".)



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jan001 wrote:
Thanks, Vicki. So tinypic.com does have a history of this happening?

(PS: You can just call me Jan -- I started using the added-on 001 when a few places wouldn't let me use a three-letter user name, but I'm just "Jan".)


Eye-wink O.K. Jan,
I don't know about tinypic never tried it since the other thing is working fine for me..... I have noticed that other peoples pics have also dissapeared occasionaly. Photobucket is free and very easy to use if it ever comes to that....Good luck!

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Tinypic.com alternative...

no need to log on...no problem to delete old pics...It works always well...
The only problem is that the url is tooooo long

http://www.onlinestuffs.net/index.php?page=upload

....and yes it is a german site :roll:

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Well... just to keep me on my toes, the photos are now back. Hooray, but Puzzled: but mostly hooray. Smiling

I guess it is an issue at tinypic.com and nothing I can do anything about.



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jan001 wrote:
I'm using tinypic.com -- do they have issues with occasionally "losing" images that had been uploaded, or having their links get corrupted? Does history tell whether those photos might re-appear? Or was it somehow something I might have done without realizing it? Not sure what that could have been, but anything's possible. Smiling

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It happened sometime...but it is OK after a day or two...So there is no need to correct them...

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I downloaded mwsnap and dont know what to do next. When I bring up the live cam and right click on it, nothing happens...what am I doing wrong?

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Quote:
When I bring up the live cam and right click on it, nothing happens...what am I doing wrong?
When MWSnap is running, you can snap pictures by clicking on "Any rect. area" and then marking the area you want to snap with your mouse.

Next time you want to snap and your live cam window is still in the same place, you can click on "Repeat last".

To save a snapped picture, choose "Save as" from the from the File menu or press CTRL-S. Then choose a directory and a file name.

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Movie and picture making, Here what I use FRAPS .
It was made for gamers but it will take movies and pictures of whats in windows media player, with sound.

The trial goes forever but puts limit 30 sec only on movies,but its easy to press F9 again.
Pictures in the trial are captured as BMP, But are easy to change in PAINT.

So here how easy it is F10 to take a screenshot of whats on and F9 for a 30 sec movie with sound.

I use Windows movie maker to convert movies to reduce the file size.

Paint to change from BMP to JPEGS TO put on the web.

Small note I'm not shore it will work with windows media player 10,9,8
I'm using the latest windows media player 11 and I have not tried it before, you can get it here.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1d224714-e238-4e45-8668-5166114010ca&DisplayLang=en

hers some pictures off the settings

You can get the full working version below, the trial goes forever Smiling

http://www.fraps.com/download.php



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Colmaca, the 2 pictures didn't show up for me? Is it my computer?

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Pencil wrote:
Colmaca, the 2 pictures didn't show up for me? Is it my computer?

Its not you, I think Imageshack hosting is playing up, they should come back.



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katja wrote:
Quote:
When I bring up the live cam and right click on it, nothing happens...what am I doing wrong?
When MWSnap is running, you can snap pictures by clicking on "Any rect. area" and then marking the area you want to snap with your mouse.

Next time you want to snap and your live cam window is still in the same place, you can click on "Repeat last".

To save a snapped picture, choose "Save as" from the from the File menu or press CTRL-S. Then choose a directory and a file name.

May I butt in on this thread? I'm having problems too with the same capture programme. Does it only work if you open the webcam up in WMP? I don't normally view that way but if I try to capture using the Wavelit.com link to open the webcam,and save as a JPEG I just get a black screen image. Doing the 'Remove overlays' in WMP, I find when I go back in there the 'overlay' command has switched back on again. I'm not very good with all this technology as you can tell, so it's probably just me, but I'd love to be able to make it work and capture some of those super views we get. Thanks in advance, to anyone who can help.

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Hi Sue..i always have the cam on in WMP..but MWSnap works fine for me
if i open it from the link on the AfriCam homepage or Wavelit..I'm sorry i don't know why it doesn't work for you. But just to let you know it does work in all of them. Hope someone can help you! Smiling

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Sheila wrote:
Hi Sue..i always have the cam on in WMP..but MWSnap works fine for me if i open it from the link on the AfriCam homepage or Wavelit..I'm sorry i don't know why it doesn't work for you. But just to let you know it does work in all of them. Hope someone can help you! Smiling
Thanks for reply Sheila. I'm sure it's just me!! I have no trouble capturing 'still' webcam pics, uploading and posting onto various sites, but I've never tried this streaming type before. I'll keep on playing around and maybe it will 'click' somewhere in this challenged brain! Laughing out loud

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Ok.Thanks! Sue.. Smiling

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I tried the MWSnap programme with the animal planet online videos and it works fine.....but those are not live streaming videos so it doesn't really help with this site I guess.

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camcrazy wrote:
Does it only work if you open the webcam up in WMP? I don't normally view that way but if I try to capture using the Wavelit.com link to open the webcam,and save as a JPEG I just get a black screen image.
It should also work when you watch the cam using wavelit.com.

This webpage might help you save the problem:

How to fix a blank capture from a movie player

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Thanks for all the help. I've got it sorted now and it's working fine. All I need are some animals to snap now Smiling

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When in photobucket I put titles above my pictures, but they are not
transferring over. What am I doing wrong? I would like people to
know why I picked a particular picture. Thank You.

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Never mind I am good. Learned how to do it myself. OK husband showed
me. :lol: :lol:

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Could someone tell me wut type of bird this is

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Hi there,

that is a southern ground hornbill

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