Comments on: Photos: Digital Media #2

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:57:49 +0000

I use Carbonite for automatic backup of files on my computer. This method works for me because I tend to be too flighty to remember to upload to Flickr. (even though I have an account with them and Photobucket!) Carbonite uploads automatically whenever my computer is on, doesn’t seem to slow down my computer and stores every kind of file on my computer unless I specify areas I don’t want it to touch. It can be shut off when needed, and it picks up where it left off on backing up my files whenever I turn it back on.
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By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:00:09 +0000

Thanks Darcy.

Maybe I’ll switch to Flickr. I don’t know much about either – you had just said that if you had to choose only one, it would be Photobucket.

By: Darcy

Darcy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:30:25 +0000

Oh Amy! That is terrible. I am so sorry.

In Photobucket, it is a little trickier to upload it at the large size than it is in Flickr. Underneath the upload box, there is a little drop down menu that has sizes. Just pull it down all the way to the largest one – which I believe is a 5MB file. This is a pretty big file size, so it should accommodate all but the most enormous resolutions.

I am so very sorry. I have been there, too, I lost all my photos from a trip to Italy. This is why I urge others to back up frequently – it’s such a loss!

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:12:45 +0000

Okay…I read this post last week and was going to get right on online storage. I waited 5 days too many – my hard drive went and I lost all of the pictures that we have from our 6 week family mission trip. Mexico, Grand Canyon, Disneyland, Redwood Forest…gone.

I know, I know. I’m still sobbing – especially because some of the shots were so great that I was going to get them printed on a canvas to decorate my home.

So here’s the deal…I’m wanting to upload my other photos to Photobucket. How do I do this in a resolution that is EXACTLY what I downloaded off of my camera? I want to be able to enlarge them and do other things with them afterwards. I know this is a basic question, but I am soooo not tech-savvy.

Thanks for your help!

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By: ....the Sassy Mom!!

....the Sassy Mom!! — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:54:00 +0000

I’m finally getting to your ‘Digital Media’ posts. Tons of info…off to upload pic’s to PB!! Oh, and read #3.:)

By: Beth@Pages of Our Life

Beth@Pages of Our Life — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:37:00 +0000

Um…So, glad I read this b/c I was going to eliminate Picasa off my computer! Thanks

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:44:00 +0000

yeah! great information!!!! i posted the questions to your answers and one of your loyal readers sent me to this post! keep the tips coming! i am adding you to my reader right now!

By: Marsha Marsha Marsha

Marsha Marsha Marsha — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:26:00 +0000

Whew! I’m glad I picked Photobucket the first time around!

By: Blue Castle

Blue Castle — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:04:00 +0000

Thank you for sharing this information.

There’s so much here that I didn’t know I needed to know, but definitely need to know.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:55:00 +0000

Great tips and reminders. BTW, Winkflash is good too.
Stacy

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:27:00 +0000

okie dokie. Getting them moved over to photobucket ASAP. This is no small undertaking!

By: Karabeth

Karabeth — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:47:00 +0000

I didn’t know I already had a Picasa account until you told me. Thanks! I decided to take them up on their offer since it is there for the taking.

I told you I was new to blogging. This just confirms it.

By: Eve

Eve — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:37:00 +0000

WOW-so glad I found this blog. Its amazing what a little networking will do..In this case, it lead me to finding tips on another one of my hobbies.
My husband thinks I am crazy because I take pictures of EVERYTHING. Glad to know that I am not the only “Soccer-Mom” with a passion for photos. I look forward to reading this blog for more tips!
(running in the room now to let him know that I am NOT crazy…)

By: karin

karin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:00 +0000

Yikes! That is a lot of wonderful free education you are providing.

I'm just trying to figure out how to organize my photos on my laptop. I have pic under My pictures and then different ones under IPhoto. I'd like to put them into albums in one place. Someone told me some of my pictures can get truncated if I move them around. I don't have enough knowledge yet to know what to do!!!

Anyone out there who can help??

Thanks so much!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:34:00 +0000

Another great post! Keeping coming girl! The PEOPLE need to hear this! LOL!

By: Teaching Diligently

Teaching Diligently — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:30:00 +0000

I'm loving this!

Thank you for sharing & I can't wait until the next post.

Tiff

By: dianne - bunny trails

dianne - bunny trails — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:33:00 +0000

Not that there aren’t plenty of services out there, but Shutterfly is pretty awesome. Especially because they let you store unlimited photos for free these days. You can also create your own little photoblog through them. Just like Snapfish, they’ll send all kinds of great offers for discounted prints and other products.

By: JourneytoFamily

JourneytoFamily — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:54:00 +0000

We back up our pictures on a separate harddrive periodically. But the idea of putting them all online in case of fire is brilliant. So when do I start to tackle this job of uploading 19,780 pictures onto Photobucket? Ugh.

By: SKELLER

SKELLER — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:17:00 +0000

At the risk of sounding really dumb (after all, I *SHOULD* know this stuff)… do you download full-res versions of your photos to Flickr, etc.???
I’ve actually never thought of using them as backup harddrive source. All the photos I’ve ever downloaded to them have been 70%, reduced size, 72 dpi – great for blog pics but no good for printing purposes.

By: Sandy Toes

Sandy Toes — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:41:00 +0000

I like photobucket too! I have used flickr through scrapblog…that has been fun!
Thank you for your wise tips!
-sandy toe

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:29:00 +0000

Thanks to your previous post, I spent a lot of time yesterday organizing my 2007 photos. It’s a great feeling to have that done. I scrapbook and was getting overwhelmed because I had no idea what I had not scrapped. (I use year-month-event organization) Now on to 2008. Then, of course, there’s pre-2007, which are stored elsewhere.

Since I’m only interested in photo storage, I use Snapfish. I almost always get my pictures printed at Walgreens, so this is very convenient for me. I’ve had my pictures stored there for years with no problems. Online photo storage is the main reason I don’t stress about losing my photos on my computer. Love it!

By: HeathahLee

HeathahLee — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:26:00 +0000

We keep all our pictures on our external hard drive in case our computer dies, but I didn’t even think about something like a natural disaster tearing EVERYTHING up! This is a great idea, Darcy!

By: Ruthanne

Ruthanne — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:08:00 +0000

I’ve got a Photobucket account and a Picnik account. I’ve been toying with the idea of Flickr – maybe I’ll look into it more now. Thanks!