Photo Uploading
This tutoral applies only to Webtv Plus models. Sorry Classic users, you cannot upload photos with a Webtv Classic.FOR SITES WITH A PHOTO UPLOADERUPLOADING FROM STARBLVD CAMLOADER |
Now that you have found the photo uploader be
sure your camcorder, digital camera, or VCR is
connected to the video input jacks on the back of
you Webtv Plus. Now click on the camera image.
This will bring up the same photo feature pop-up
you use in your e-mail. Be sure the switch below
the lower left corner of the picture is in the
video position. If it isn't just click it then
put your cursor box on the "FREEZE" button. Put
your camera or VCR in play mode and you will see
the picture on the screen within your screen.
When you get to the frame you want click the
"Freeze" button. To undo it just click it again
and try again. When you have captured the frame
you want click on the "ADD PICTURE" button at the
top. The photo pop-up will drop and your image
will be overlayed on the camera image. Now all
you have to do is click the "UPLOAD" button and
your picture will be transferred directly into
your file directory. If your site is at The
Globe then you will have to click one more time
on "Click here to continue" to return to your
file manager.
Your image will be distorted in the width
and height when you use these on-site uploaders.
When you view the image it will appear to be
stretched out to the sides. This can be fixed by
taking the image to Image Magick and re-sizing it
back to it's original dimensions of roughly 400
width by 300 height. Of coarse you should be
familiar with Image Magick Studio and the use of
a transloader to do this. Otherwise, you can
correct for the distortion by using the width and
height attributes in your <img> tag such as
<img src="images/picture.jpeg" width=400
height=300>. You can also rename the image
once it is in your directory. Follow the procedure above to capture you
image using the photo pop-up. Then enter the
information in the form. Your photo will not be
named "picture.jpeg" as it is when you use the
on-site uploaders, you have to name it on the
first line of the form. Remember, this is a JPEG
file so your file name must end with ".jpeg" or
".jpg". The rest of the form is the same as
discussed in the "Art of Transloading" tutorial.
Be sure you check the "Adjust x - y ratio" check
box. This will prevent your picture from being
distorted in the uploader so that re-sizing will
not be necessary. Click the "UPLOAD" button and
when the operation is finished click the "ZAP"
button. Your photo should now be in your
directory.
Now, wasn't that easier than you thought?
ONSITE PHOTO UPLOADER
Uploading photos to your website is probably one
of the easiest things you can do with a Webtv
plus. If you don't master it on your first try
after reading this page I'll send you a "Net
Dummy Award" and you won't even have to fill out
the request form which would probably be too
difficult for you anyway. This is really going
to be easy. The first thing to do is to find the
photo uploader on your site. At Angelfire and
The Globe it is right under your file directory
at the bottom of the page. At Talk City you have
to click on "UPLOAD" in the orange bar near the
top of your file manager page then scroll down.
If your site is on Tripod or Geocities then you
don't have one as far as I know and you will have
to use the one at Starblvd Camloader.
NOTE: Your new photo will be uploaded
with the file name of "picture.jpeg". Be sure
you do not have another image in your file with
the same name or it will be overwritten.
UPLOADING FROM STARBLVD
CAMLOADER
If you are already familiar with using the
Starblvd Transloader then you should have no
trouble with this at all. From the transloader
you can scroll down below the FTP Pallet and
click on CL or CL/NPW or CLICK HERE to go to Starblvd
Camloader.
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