Team-BHP - Uploading photographs directly to Team-BHP

The facility of uploading pictures directly to Team-BHP has been enabled. Please do not use imgur or any other external photo hosting websites.

HOW TO UPLOAD PICTURES:

Step One : Click on the paperclip icon to open the Manage Attachments pop-up window.

NOTE: When editing an existing post, you'll need to click the "Go Advanced" button to make the paperclip icon appear.

Step Two : Select the pictures you wish to upload from your computer. Then click the "Upload" button.

TIP: To select individual files, keep the CTRL key pressed whilst clicking on them
(Use the command key on Macs OR long-press the first image on mobile)

Step Three : Your attachments are now uploaded and will be included in your post. You can close the pop-up window.

NOTE:

Please be sure to "submit" your post within 48 hours of uploading attachments. Else, your attachments will expire.
To prevent the Team-BHP watermark from covering the information in the bottom-left corner of uploaded graphs or charts, do add some extra white space to the bottom of your image.

Including photographs within the text body & adding captions:
(Optional)

Click on the arrow next to the attach icon and either choose "Insert All" or choose the specific picture you wish to insert.

The picture/s will then be inserted at the position of your cursor in the post.

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NOTE:

If you wish to do this on an already submitted post, you will have to first click the "Go Advanced" button.
The pictures that you do not insert inline will be displayed at the end of your post.

Photo Upload Rules:

Each post may include a maximum of 30 pictures.

Technical Information:

There is absolutely no restriction on the image resolution (e.g. 1920×1080). However, within posts, the uploaded image will display in a maximum size of 800 pixels. To view the larger resolution copy, simply click on the image (within the post) and the original size photo will pop open in a separate tab.
Images smaller than 800 pixels will be displayed in their original size only.

How to resize images:

Several BHPians have written in asking for a guide on resizing large pictures down to our file size limits. Here are the simplest ways of going about it:

Option ONE : Download one of the many photo resizing tools available (google 'image resizer for Windows'). Click here to view an excellent tutorial on using resizing software.

OPTION TWO : Open the picture in Microsoft Paint (standard on your Windows OS), then press "Ctrl" & "W". Under "Stretch", enter 50-75% (as needed) for the horizontal and vertical fields. Click Save.

*NOTE* : If you're a power user, check out the FastStone Photo Resizer. A lot of us use this one.

Why we require images to be uploaded directly to Team-BHP:

Expiration of photographs : Most free photo-hosting websites delete photographs after a year of use. This will render most travelogues, supercar reports, long-term reviews etc. useless.
PhotoGallery : If pictures are not uploaded to our server, they will not be included in the Team-BHP PhotoGallery.
Inappropriate content : Recently, some photo-hosting sites were bought out by unscrupulous organisations, who replaced all existing photographs on their servers with inappropriate / adult content. This is certainly not ideal for a child-safe community like Team-BHP, which enjoys a varied audience from all backgrounds.
Convenience : It is far more convenient to use a single interface / website for including pictures within your posts.
Bandwidth Theft : Hotlinking to photographs from other websites results in us using their server resources. This is popularly termed as Bandwidth Theft and is frowned upon by Website Administrators.