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How to get photos and videos from your computer or phone into an album: pick an upload style that fits your batch size, check supported formats, and use a few habits that keep transfers reliable. After upload, photos and videos are shown right-side up using orientation from EXIF (typical for JPEG and many camera files) or comparable embedded metadata for video—matching how each shot was taken—in thumbnails, enlarged view, and slideshow, for both Standard and Enhanced layouts.
What is uploading Uploading means transferring files from your computer to an ImageEvent album. Files should be in a supported format (for example, JPEG/JPG). You can also send files to your account by email. If you use a digital camera or camcorder, first transfer files to your local drive. If you scan printed photos, save those files locally before uploading. Before you start uploading your images, you must first create an album. No software download is required for standard uploads. Upload directly in your browser using Easy Upload, Mega Upload, or FTP Upload. Easy Upload and Mega Upload can upload much faster than before: the server uses a background queue for processing (building thumbnails and other image sizes). That work no longer blocks the uploader, so the next file in your batch can start uploading without waiting for the previous file’s processing to finish. File formats supported and limits ImageEvent supports file types. More types are always being added. Supported file types
Images JPEG, PNG, GIF, HEIC, WebP, TIFF, BMP, SVG, PSD - plus many more
JPEG/JPE/JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF/TIFF, HEIC/HEIF, WEBP, ART, AVS, BMP, CGM, DCM, DCX, DIB, DPX,
FAX, FIG, GPLT, ICO, JNG, MAT, MONO, MTV, OTB, P7, PALM, PCD, PCDS, PCL, PCX, PGM, PICON,
PICT, PIX, PNM, PSD, PWP, RLA, RLE, SCT, SFW, SGI, SVG, TGA, WBMP, WPG, XBM
RAW Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji, Panasonic, DNG, and other camera RAW
Canon (CRW, CR2, CR3), Nikon (NEF), Minolta (MRW), Olympus (ORF), FujiFilm (RAF),
Sony (ARW, SRF), Panasonic (RW2), Pentax (PEF), Leica (RAW, DNG), Digital Negative (DNG),
other RAW file formats
Video MP4, WebM, MOV, AVI, WMV, MKV, M4V, MPEG - and more
Microsoft Media (AVI, WMV, WM, ASF), Real Video (RM, RAM), Apple QuickTime (MOV, QT),
MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 / MPEG-4 (MPG, MPEG, MPE, M1V, MP1, MPEG2, M2V, MP2, MPEG4, M4V),
3GP (3GPP, 3GP, 3GPP2, 3G2), DivX (DVX, DIV, DIVX), AVCHD (MTS, M2TS, M2T),
Matroska (MKV), WebM, MOD, TOD
Office Formats Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, HTML, OpenDocument, and more
Word (DOC, DOCX, DOT), Excel (XLS, XLSX, XLT),
PowerPoint / Slide Shows (PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX, POT),
Portable Document Format (PDF),
Rich Text Format (RTF), Open Office (ODT, ODS, ODP),
Lotus Spreadsheet (123, WK1, WK2), Novell WordPerfect (WP, WPD),
HTML
Use JPEG whenever possible for best compatibility and predictable browser rendering.
Only Premium members may upload Videos, RAW files and Office formats. For video, videos are encoded to streaming files (H.264 MPEG4) in multiple bitrates which include HD. Using bandwidth detection, the highest bitrate file is selected. For Office Formats, the registered application must be installed or may be viewed as PDF using Adobe Acrobat Reader. For Other Formats, Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed to view PDF. Macromedia Flash Player must be installed to view flash (SWF), and Adobe Photoshop must be installed to view PSD. Each video counts as 1 image Upload limits and guidance:
Using Easy UploadIn-browser upload with per-file progress. Use multi-select in the file dialog. Open uploader Open the album -> Easy Upload. Add files Browse (Ctrl/Shift on desktop) to add files. Go Start Upload; keep the tab open. Refresh if status stalls. Tips
Using Mega Upload In-browser upload for large batches, with per-file progress. Use multi-select in the file dialog or drag files into the upload area. To use Mega Upload, create your album and then click Mega Upload. It uses the same in-browser uploader as Easy Upload, with no Java applet.
Tips: do not close the browser mid-upload. For very large batches, closing other heavy apps can help reliability. Mega Upload matches Easy Upload here: processing runs in a background queue, so the next file can upload without waiting for the server to finish thumbnails and other sizes for the previous file. Using FTP Upload Use any FTP client to move files or entire folders- ideal for very large libraries. To use FTP Upload, create your album and then click on "FTP Upload". Choose FTP Option:
FTP Client Software. Download client software for your operating system if you need it. Send images by email You may choose to send your images by email as attachments.
Due to security reasons, you may only send from the email that appears in your account. If you want to email from a different address than the one you used to create your account, you must go to your Account Settings and update your email address. Once you finish emailing, go back to your Account Settings and change it back. Automatic Image Descriptions Image Descriptions can be automaticaly generated from the EXIF Image Description. If your software program that you use to organize photo on your PC has support for EXIF Image Description, descriptions can be automatically added to ImageEvent. For instance with Adobe Photoshop(R) Album when you edit the caption, the caption will appear in the description at ImageEvent. Which is the best browser to use ImageEvent works best with all browsers. It is supported among all platforms AOL Users: It is best to use an external browser rather than the built-in browser. Please use AOL version 6.0 or higher. Sending in a CD or DVD for us to upload You may send in a CD or DVD of your images for us to upload. We'l upload it to your account for free Please click here for details |