Several times, in the past several months. I have wanted to compose a post, or wanted to make a pointed comment to another's post, for which graphical info was either required or would be more supportive of the point I wanted to make. I tried any number of procedures and failed, so I stated nothing, since it would have seemed I was armchair musing or simply speculating without the graphical visualization.
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@bee You seem to have it down. What database(s) do you use, and how do you bring it onto the Board? (And how to you add further your own arrows and color bars to what you produce? very effective)
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@chip You've probably tried this and that. What do you recommend? Are the graphics generated on some sites more easily assimilated/accommodated by the Board's interface with the outside world, so to speak?
3) anyone have suggestions on what
not to use, and things that are a pain in the rump to try? Not very good as a wrestler, but I'm educable (although my mind could be deceiving me on that point).
Perhaps we could form a Best Practices for these procedures, and
@Old_Joe could add them to his very fine operational manual, in the MFO Resources section, on using the MFO posting tools?
Comments
First, I kinda wished that the Met's first basemen had made a better throw to the plate in the ninth inning last night. If he had, well, "heezeout"!
Getting back to your question...
The displays I generate and embed into a MFO thread are captured and edited (with arrows, text, etc.) using a video capture tool called Jing. Back in July of 2014 I submitted this discussion which should still be accurate and might be a good place to start, especially the tutorials.
mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/14459/a-ping-for-jing#latest
mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/12722/a-jing-ping-for-new-mfo-members#latest
Video Comments on Price Trends of SGGDX
Sometimes there's a graphic which due to the formatting used cannot be linked. A workaround for that is to take a screenshot of that graphic, and post it to Jing (see bee, above) or a similar utility. You can also use that technique to take a screenshot of any graphic or chart which you develop yourself on your own computer.
As to the incredible graphics which Charles posts on his side of things, that's well beyond my pay grade, I'm afraid.
1) Use Windows
2) Snipping Tool
3) Free Image Hosting, e.g. postimage.org
That's what I do when I need too. What else do we need?
@VintageFreak Of course I'm still doing it (like you aren't?). You know very well the moment you let it go for any length of time is the moment before the moment when YOU "get ANALyzed," if ya know what I mean. I like to avoid as many of those surprises as possible (I'd have said "accidents," but that might still be a tender subject for you; still having to do those range-of-motion exercises for the fracture, or has it become a distant memory?).