How do I get my pictures to open on mylot? I try/stalls/nothing happens.

@writersedge (22563)
United States
September 12, 2007 3:58am CST
I was so proud of myself. First, I put a picture on my scanner. Then I scanned it in under image. Then it came up on my computer. I saved it. Later, I asked the file to come up, opened it and it worked. I went to both mylot and helium and tried to open my picture for my profile and for my about me pages. I clicked on what I needed to, browse came up, I clicked on the name I had saved it under, on Helium, I hit upload and then my computer stalled out entirely. On Mylot, I filled out the form that goes with the picture and clicked on what I was supposed to underneath and my computer stalled out again. Minutes went by and nothing happened. If something had come up like an error code, it would have helped, but nothing. I retried a couple of times and did laundry thinking it was just slow, but still nothing. Any ideas? Thanks.
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@alamode (3071)
• United States
12 Sep 07
What format are your pics saved in? I can do nothing with bitmaps... they're too big. I have to save as jpg's or gif's to be able to use them on most sites. I'm still thinking.....
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
14 Sep 07
Just checked, my scanner put the pictures into bitmap. Then I checked Helium, they want jpgs or gifs. So B_I_N_G_O! You're right, But since I can't open anything my friends send me on jpeg, and I've never heard of gifs, I don't know where to go from here. But you did hit the nail on the head.
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@alamode (3071)
• United States
14 Sep 07
The animated stuff is gif format... but gifs don't have to be animated! Do you put the pics into a photo shop? Try doing a 'Save as..'... you can change the format there.
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
15 Sep 07
I'll have to see what my "save as" choices are. Take care