Help: Can't upload pictures...

[Hugomath]

Solved. Can be deleted!

 

[Ralle]

Upload to where?

 

[Hugomath]

In my album. It says "This BMP image has the incorrect file extension." if I try in JPG. I'll try something out that Ham Ham suggested me. I think will work. Thanks anyway, Ralle!

 

[Deolrin]

Uhm, how exactly do you 'convert' files? Please tell me you don't just edit the filename\extension manually.

 

[Hugomath]

Uhm, how exactly do you 'convert' files? Please tell me you don't just edit the filename\extension manually.

Well first I take the screenshot, then I paste it on Paint and cut only the interesting part, which is the image. Then I save it and try to upload here.

 

[Dr Super Good]

This BMP image has the incorrect file extension.

You have to change the encoding used, not just the file extension. BMP I think is uncompressed or uses conventional data compression, JPEG uses cosine compression.

Its like entering a cat in a dog show. You might tell everyone it is a dog and you might even believe that it is a dog but that still does not make it a dog as it is a cat.

You need to change the file format when saving the image to jpeg so it runs it through a jpeg encoder. This should automatically change the file extension. Manually changing the file extension will do nothing and not work as it is like changing a cat to a dog. The file extension is purly suffix added to the files name to make it easier to identify and use. Thus why usually the OS prevents you from changing file extensions.

 

[Tleno]

You can do this this way:
You make a screenshot, Alt+tab if you need, open paint and paste picture, then crop it and save as JPG.

 

[Hugomath]

I tried tleno's way, and didn't worked. I tried to do as Dr Super Good said, and still didn't worked...

 

[Cihparg]

I believe Hive doesn't highly-support .bmp files, and for screenshots - Use .png

 

[Hugomath]

Well, I tried .png and still no results ):

 

[Dr Super Good]

Save the file as the file format, do not just change the extension.

 

[Hugomath]

I don't know exactly what you said, but I tried like this:
-Just took the screen, edited on Paint and didn't modified the format, it was auto-set to .bmp. Failed, of course.
-Took the screen, edited on paint and saved as "Picture.jpg". Still no results

EDIT: Finally, got it! Thanks for the help guys.