Post by dreadnought on Jun 21, 2018 2:23:27 GMT
Hi DD and everyone else who's interested! 
Imgur has two sides:
1. a website where you can share images to a public gallery, anyone can see them, comment on them, upvote, involves a community, etc.
2. a place where you can upload images and keep them to yourself, or share them only with people you want to share them with (you need an account for this)
Once you have an account and start uploading images, others can see them if:
- you post them in the public gallery
- if you ever posted to the public gallery or posted a comment, people can click on your username and go to your profile page (you can still hide stuff from your public profile)
- if someone knows your username can enter it directly in the navigation bar like: https://username.imgur.com
- you share images using the direct link <- this does not require knowing your username or accessing your profile (what we want here)
First, basic uploading of images:
You need to be logged in, and when you hover your mouse over your username in the upper right corner, go to Images:
After that, click on Add Images:
Once you have an image uploaded, if you click on it, you will see this:
If you are ready to post the image as it is, you can directly copy the link on the right side (1), which is already formatted for posting on forums and paste it in your posts.
If the image still need to be resized, or you want to modify it in any way, you can go to the edit mode (2):
In this basic edit mode you can resize the image (here i used 600x375 for example) (1-2-3) , or you can go to more advanced options (*) :
Here you can draw over the image, or add text to it, and some other stuff..
After you upload the images, in order to hide them from prying eyes, you will have to sort them out in albums, and adjust the settings accordingly. When you go to Images view, click on the All Images button and choose New Album:
Then you'll have to name the album and choose the privacy setting that you like. You have three options:
- Public: Anyone can see this album by going to your account page located at: http://username.imgur.com
- Hidden: This album is hidden from your account page, but is still accessible with the direct URL.
- Secret: You are the only person who can see or access this album and you must be logged in to do it.
After you created the album, you can start adding images to it:
You will have the option to add images that you uploaded from Non-Album Images or All Images, just select the images you want in this album, and click save:
After doing this, all images in the album will be seen by others or not seen, according to the setting you chose, and it's all done! 
I hope this was clear, and if it wasn't, i will do my best to clarify (hopefully in a more timely manner... 
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)-dread
