
Photo Uploading
This tutoral applies only to Webtv Plus models. Sorry Classic users, you cannot upload photos with a Webtv Classic.FOR SITES WITH A PHOTO UPLOADERUPLOADING FROM STARBLVD CAMLOADER | 
 
Now that you have found the photo uploader be 
sure your camcorder, digital camera, or VCR is 
connected to the video input jacks on the back of 
you Webtv Plus.  Now click on the camera image.  
This will bring up the same photo feature pop-up 
you use in your e-mail.  Be sure the switch below 
the lower left corner of the picture is in the 
video position.  If it isn't just click it then 
put your cursor box on the "FREEZE" button.  Put 
your camera or VCR in play mode and you will see 
the picture on the screen within your screen.  
When you get to the frame you want click the 
"Freeze" button.  To undo it just click it again 
and try again.  When you have captured the frame 
you want click on the "ADD PICTURE" button at the 
top.  The photo pop-up will drop and your image 
will be overlayed on the camera image.  Now all 
you have to do is click the "UPLOAD" button and 
your picture will be transferred directly into 
your file directory.  If your site is at The 
Globe then you will have to click one more time 
on "Click here to continue" to return to your 
file manager.  
Your image will be distorted in the width 
and height when you use these on-site uploaders.  
When you view the image it will appear to be 
stretched out to the sides.  This can be fixed by 
taking the image to Image Magick and re-sizing it 
back to it's original dimensions of roughly 400 
width by 300 height.  Of coarse you should be 
familiar with Image Magick Studio and the use of 
a transloader to do this.  Otherwise, you can 
correct for the distortion by using the width and 
height attributes in your <img> tag such as 
<img src="images/picture.jpeg" width=400 
height=300>.  You can also rename the image 
once it is in your directory. Follow the procedure above to capture you 
image using the photo pop-up.  Then enter the 
information in the form.  Your photo will not be 
named "picture.jpeg" as it is when you use the 
on-site uploaders, you have to name it on the 
first line of the form.  Remember, this is a JPEG 
file so your file name must end with ".jpeg" or 
".jpg".  The rest of the form is the same as 
discussed in the "Art of Transloading" tutorial.  
Be sure you check the "Adjust x - y ratio" check 
box.  This will prevent your picture from being 
distorted in the uploader so that re-sizing will 
not be necessary.  Click the "UPLOAD" button and 
when the operation is finished click the "ZAP" 
button.  Your photo should now be in your 
directory. 
Now, wasn't that easier than you thought?
  
ONSITE PHOTO UPLOADER
Uploading photos to your website is probably one 
of the easiest things you can do with a Webtv 
plus.  If you don't master it on your first try 
after reading this page I'll send you a "Net 
Dummy Award" and you won't even have to fill out 
the request form which would probably be too 
difficult for you anyway.  This is really going 
to be easy.  The first thing to do is to find the 
photo uploader on your site.  At Angelfire and 
The Globe it is right under your file directory 
at the bottom of the page.  At Talk City you have 
to click on "UPLOAD" in the orange bar near the 
top of your file manager page then scroll down.  
If your site is on Tripod or Geocities then you 
don't have one as far as I know and you will have 
to use the one at Starblvd Camloader.
NOTE:  Your new photo will be uploaded 
with the file name of "picture.jpeg".  Be sure 
you do not have another image in your file with 
the same name or it will be overwritten.
UPLOADING FROM STARBLVD 
CAMLOADER
If you are already familiar with using the 
Starblvd Transloader then you should have no 
trouble with this at all.  From the transloader 
you can scroll down below the FTP Pallet and 
click on CL or CL/NPW or CLICK  HERE to go to Starblvd 
Camloader.
 
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