Questions tagged [imgur-image-hosting]
For questions about the now-deprecated use of Imgur's service to handle image uploads for Stack Exchange.
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"For security reasons, framing is not allowed; click OK to remove the frames." on Imgur upload
Ok first, there's that lugubrious use of the semicolon; not necessary.
Second, I didn't open a frame! You did! Alls I tried to do is upload a 5MB animated .gif file via Imgur.
Looking further into ...
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Exactly what metadata is preserved when uploading an image on the network?
This old question "Is EXIF data removed from uploaded SE pictures?" claims that
Imgur will strip the EXIF data once the image is uploaded to their server
Recently, a question posted on the ...
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What are the factors that cause SE's Imgur instance to reduce the resolution of uploaded images?
I have been converting several images that are larger than 2 MiB to be less than or equal to 2 MiB to make them compatible with SE's Imgur instance, which has a 2 MiB file size limit. This is because ...
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i.imgur converting png to jpg?
I've often uploaded png files to i.imgur to display on Stack Exchange.
There has been an issue for some time where it will mess up the smaller m versions making alphas black, but today I'm seeing a ...
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To find old images in chat, you still have to search with the Imgur URL
I was recently looking for a graph I had posted to a private chat room several months ago. In order to find it, I went to search for messages posted by me containing i.sstatic.net in the room I knew I ...
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Profile pictures uploaded from computer still (sometimes) get a black background
The black avatar image background bug that "Alan at IMGUR" (via Geoff Dalgas) said was fixed last March isn't. Apparently, however, whether or not it gets triggered depends on the exact method used ...
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Associate uploaded images with the uploading user account
Currently, all the data posted by a certain user is clearly associated with his/her account - questions, answers, comments, edits and tag wikis. Reaching any of those directly, one can easily tell who ...
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Why are some images and GIF files hosted on i.stack.imgur.com larger than 2 MiB?
The upload limit for images and GIF files is 2 MiB. However, some images and GIF files are larger than 2 MiB, e.g.:
This 9.9 MiB GIF file posted in this question.
This 9.6 MiB image posted in this ...
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Images from stack.imgur.com are not displaying
Few images from https://i.stack.imgur.com are not displaying.
For an example: This answer contains two images from stack.imgur. One image is displaying properly the other one is not displaying. This ...
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User image is too heavy
Just noticed on this user profile:
Yes, all we know that internet is fast nowadays, but ... 1.5Mb for (scaled) 164x164 px image is too much.
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Unable to translate error message when post contains a non-https image
If you place the following code into the post body:
[![text][1]][1]
[1]: http://1
you will see an error message:
Text of this message is not available to translate via Transifex.
All image ...
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Imgur image processing after uploading an image is slow again
Imgur image processing after uploading an image is slow again: it used to be below 1 second for the past few weeks, and now it is back to over five seconds. Tested on different connections, different ...
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Why is image downloading instead of just expanding?
The SO question hide and show jquery - DOES NOT WORK But works fine with fiddle contains two images. There's an image of the form in the web page, and clicking on it links to a new page, which shows ...
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All Imgur accounts are "Pro" nowadays: should we still move regular Imgur uploads to the Stack Exchange account?
In August 2010, Stack Exchange started providing user uploads to an Imgur Pro account:
Alan Schaaf, the man behind Imgur, generously provided us a network-wide "pro" account that keeps any images ...
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Why can some people not see images that I upload?
I have recently tried illustrating answers on stackoverflow with images created by:
Drawing image in Inkscape
Saving image in Cairo .png format
Uploading it from my computer to an answer via the ctrl-...
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