Image Hosting

[comet]

I am going to state the obvious.

If there are pictures that you have an interest in on this forum
NOW would be a good time to start downloading and saving them,
don't assume that someone else has done it.

1 Put your pointer over the picture
2 Right click once
3 one click on "Save image as..."
4 one click on Save button

The images will go to whichever directory and folder your downloads normally go to.

It is a good idea to create Folders, makes finding them so much easier in years to come.

[John H]

It looks like Photobucket images are back - for a limited time

support.photobucket.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004314254-Welcome-to-the-New-Photobucket-

Welcome to the New Photobucket!



Photobucket has new management, and we are liberating your images!

As of today, your hosted images are live.

Photobucket has a new management team that wants to do the right thing. We are committed to earning back your trust and offering comprehensive and flexible image storage and hosting options for our customers. We’ve taken your feedback and made some changes to our pricing model that allows us to offer competitively priced plans that fit the needs of all of our customers.

For a limited time, our current customers’ hosted images have been restored and Photobucket is introducing a new pricing plan that is built around everyone’s needs.

In an effort to improve our customers’ experience, we’ve also moved away from an advertising-based model and have eliminated a portion of ads from the site.

Photobucket pioneered the image sharing and hosting market 15 years ago, and our new management team is committed to returning Photobucket to the premier imaging service people had come to know and trust.

There are more positive changes on the way, but for now we are excited to share this new compelling subscription option, as a testament to our dedication to you, our valued customers.

Maybe they realised that people were reluctant to pay $400 a year for a service which used to be free.

[comet]

Ah yes the whole Photobucket incident prompted me to put away my "Precious material" SD cards in proper metal SD card storage cases.

Yes I put them away safely, oh yes, very safely it would seem,

I suppose they will turn up some day when I am not looking for them.

Anyway, you guys have been given a second chance.
Go through those threads on the forum and save the pictures you want.

Now is always a good time.

There is a line in a Rod Stewart song :
"Never wait or hesitate
Get in kid, before it's too late
You may never get another chance
'Cos youth's a mask but it don't last
Live it long and live it fast"

Curiously, my account was never suspended and no request was ever made for payment.

I did pay Mediafire for a while, €4.99 a month I think, but that was just because I needed to download a large number of files.

[comet]

From the Shepherds Bush Empire thread : Richard.

[cloudbusting.heights]

Ah Richard, whatever happened to that elusive man? Anyone know?

[comet]

Jun 11, 2018 14:43:23 GMT cloudbusting.heights said:

Ah Richard, whatever happened to that elusive man? Anyone know?

Still no news Paige.

[Libby]

What's happened to Richard, and now, where's Hayley?

[martindn]

Perhaps they've run off together!

[Libby]

If only that were it! Not.  

[Joe]

Hi all,

The Photobucket website is down...apologies for any missing pics etc.  

Joe 

[Joe]

Oct 5, 2018 22:51:13 GMT Joe said:

Hi all,

The Photobucket website is down...apologies for any missing pics etc.  

Joe 

Yay!  Photobucket is back and running!  

[Libby]

I was going to say, how are my pics still showing? LOL

[Joe]

Oh heck.  Now I see Photobucket has placed a watermark on my images that they so kindly host for me!

On my avatar and signature image, you will see a small, gray rectangle saying "proudly hosted by Photobucket". 

[comet]

Nov 15, 2018 4:29:40 GMT Joe said:

Oh heck.  Now I see Photobucket has placed a watermark on my images that they so kindly host for me!

On my avatar and signature image, you will see a small, gray rectangle saying "proudly hosted by Photobucket". 

I see in some of the concert threads that the watermark has appeared on some members pictures,
I suppose they will get to me sooner or later.

[Dave]

Flickr has recently announced that soon, they will be restricting the number of photos and videos on their free accounts to 1,000. Members with currently more than this number will have the oldest photos deleted in order to reduce their total to 1,000.

The only way to exceed this limit will be to upgrade to a Pro acount at $49.99 a year, for unlimited uploads.

My own account is well within this limit so I'll be OK, I only upload a few of my very best or most interesting photos. I use Flickr because it maintains the full size and original quality of all uploads with no watermarking - and with smaller options also available as required. Neither Photobucket, Instagram nor as far as I know anyone else's free account does all of that for really large full size photos, they all resize or recompress, I think.

It's pity for keen photographers but sadly, a sign of the times, it seems.

Dave