So photobucket sucks, but...

[Orrex]

Is there any way to get away from the fucked up image naming-format they impose on users?

If I upload three pictures of a carnival, I want them to show up as

carnival01.jpg
carnival02.jpg
carnival03.jpg

Instead, I get:

carnival01_asdfr6469a40as4d4f84049840.jpg
carnival02_qpeojdpoijasidjfpijp12g8898as.jpg
carnival03_hf49849479a834aojagkjqojefc.jpg

WTF?

I understand that this is some sort of ill-considered ploy to make users' galleries less vulnerable to casual browsing, but why don't they let me opt out of this idiotic format?


Or maybe they do allow me to opt out, but their increasingly fucked up interface prevents me from figuring out how to do it?



Help!

[Xyzse]

1. I haven't used my photobucket in a long time.

I didn't know they changed things that way.
Kinda scared to check now.

[onehandle]

2. Use Imgur. Much easier.

It does change the name, but to shorter gibberish.

http://imgur.com

[Orrex]

4. Thanks. but ultimately that won't help either

I used "carnival" as an example, but I'm actually looking to upload a large number of small images that need to be sequential in an identifiable way. Photobucket used to allow this, but not any longer.

Probably because they want to monetize me in some way.

[Locut0s]

3. I doubt there is any way around that. The reason for it...

is likely to prevent naming conflicts. They will have an internal SQL (or similar) database of all the images on the site. They need to be able to index this database on some "primary key". This key needs to be a unique identifier for every image on the site. It's likely they are appending this key to the end of the image name to prevent namespace collisions and the like.

[rug]

5. Good question. I've found it impossible to use since their new version.

What else is out there besides photobucket and imgur?

[Orrex]

6. There's flickr, which recently added 40% more suck

I also use imageshack for one-off uploads.

I'm leery of shopping around for image hosts out of fear of inadvertently posting my nice vacation pics on some porn hot-spot.

[rug]

7. Thanks, I'll look into imageshack.

I just need a host for smartass pictures. I rarely look at them again.

[Orrex]

8. Then imageshack might be perfect

I use it any time I want to post an individual snark-pic. You can upload to it without creating an account.

[rug]

9. Excellent!

[OriginalGeek]

12. for that i use tinypic

one-offs are easy there and you don't have to sign up for an account

just click upload and either give a url or browse for a pic on your computer.

If you let it, it will also show you your last 3 or 4 images uploaded for easy access in case you needed to see what that was (I use that feature in place of my short term memory which is shot all to hell.)

www.tinypic.com

I will say their captcha anti-robo-posting images are getting more and more annoying though. They now use both audio and video whether you want to hear a Mr Clean commercial or not. They also use the regular funky letters thing but it's just random as far as I can tell whether you get that or a loud commercial waking up your co-worker.

[Photubucksupport]

10. You can turn it off!!

Hi Orrex,

That's called scramble file name. You can disable that feature! Here's how:

The option to turn off the file name scrambling is available on the new Photobucket site. You will find the steps to disable that feature in the following article: http://photobucket.zendesk.com/entries/21598190-how-to-turn-off-the-scrambling-of-your-file-names

Hope this helps!

[Orrex]

11. Whoa!

That's called scramble file name. You can disable that feature! Here's how:

The option to turn off the file name scrambling is available on the new Photobucket site. You will find the steps to disable that feature in the following article: http://photobucket.zendesk.com/entries/21598190-how-to-turn-off-the-scrambling-of-your-file-names

I searched and searched and wasn't able to find that. I even looked for answered on google with no success.

If I can switch off that feature, then I retract my earlier statement re: suckage. Can't do it from work, but I'll try when I get home.

Thanks!

[marzipanni]

13. Whoa, someone registered with DU to help you with photobucket?

Welcome to DU, Photubucksupport!
Did a bell go off at Photobucket Security Agency HQ to alert you to a derogatory remark made on the internet?

[Orrex]

14. LOL--I wondered the same thing!

And it's especially strange because I had previously submitted a similar (though less profane) complaint/comment on the Photobucket feedback applet, with no response.

Can't wait to try it out!

[rug]

15. Who do you suppose would show up if we asked a technical question about PRISM?

[madinmaryland]

16. I thought agent Mike had an account here.

[Wounded Bear]

17. Agent Mike's cover was blown years ago....

Had to load a new alias. I think Anonymous is still mining for it.

[Orrex]

18. Thanks! Just got around to making the switch!

Very helpful. I'd searched for that function for quite a while without success!

[libodem]

19. I'm still in awe

That "Photobucket" showed up personally to assist. That's magic. Whoa!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. dude!

wicked cool

and kinda scary