# Photography Section #

yes - it's back.    This is really rubbish on a 'professional' website.

I agree, it's strange having to rename file extensions.

When I use Windows to rename jpegs/jpgs to GIFs, I get a warning message from the system that programs may be unable to open these files.

Renaming file names is routine, but changing file extensions is dangerous because extensions usually indicate the file type.

I'm going to try to upload an actual GIF file to see if it works.

no it is there its a tiny icon and when clicked on there are 3 people and a bid wolf

interesting - my photo has disappeared from the wolf thread - more incompatibilities?

Just did the re-name file thing to upload a pic - it works - but how can that work?    They are totally different technical formats -  What a cludge.

the file validation may be just checking the filename extension and isnt checking it contents so once it gets past the validation it is added and the rest of the software is ok with it.

I'm confused.  

I am uploading .jpg files which I have just renamed .Gif .  But they are still jpeg files.

The programs I used are either Fastone and windows itself.

Fastone still tells me that it is still a JPEG file, despite the .gif extension.

The following is a renamed gif.  Fastone says it has 211,312 different colours, file size 351kb

When I actually converted  it to gif, the colour count went down to 256 and file size to up 1,800kb.

i know because there is an error message saying "GIF only". I mentioned to "WebPM "but it has not been fixed. Can someone email them please i'm  sick of doing it

I tried to upload the big standard jpg files and this site did nothing.

I haven't found the help section on this site explaining what files it accepts.  Perhaps someone could help.

I wondered why I couldn't upload pics to this site any more.    GIF - that's the worst format possible - only 256 colours  - what is this?   1992?

Is this just the latest in site 'improvements'?

I agree they should.

they should allow all 3 types thats the sort of thing i test for !

I also tried renaming but it isnt working for me. I'm still getting used to Mac OS too. This is my first MacBook I am using. If they change it to allow other file formats I will try upload some pics I taken when I was out walking once.

me too .   i have no idea why they switched.  its a real pain renaming things. I need to collect up issues and email them to the community manager. previously it was png.

I'm puzzled why this website insists on GIF files?

I don't convert jpeg to gif.  I just rename them as gifs. 

I had a couple of photos I wanted to share but I'm having trouble converting them to gif on my new MacBook.

i got this from a bbc photography collection.  its so good i have to show it

Nikos Christidis: "I took this photo of my wife as she was making her way to the boarding gate. The monochrome effect nicely accentuates the urban feel of Bangkok's airport."

or what is "outside"?

the title could be "Help me" 

my neighbours *** being imprisoned indoors.  In fact I have never seen her outdoors.