Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool

To share an image online, besides uploading images directly from your device, you can also upload your image to a photo sharing application to store and get links for that photo. And among many such photo hosting applications, Imgur is almost becoming the most popular because of its free and simple yet versatile features. Through this article, you will know how to use Imgur and understand why this is the best online photo sharing tool.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 1

How to register an Imgur account

It is not required to have an account to upload images to Imgur, but of course registering an account will bring some additional benefits. For example, it allows you to keep track of everything you've uploaded more easily, and can comment on and like or dislike images of other users.

To register for an Imgur account, visit
https://imgur.com/register

There are two ways to register an account:

- Using an existing social network account : You can create an Imgur account by linking it to your existing social network account on Twitter, Google, Facebook or Yahoo.

- Create a new Imgur account : Enter the required information to create a new Imgur account, then click Next .

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 2

Soon, your phone will receive a message stating the verification code. Enter this code and check the box I'm not a robot then click the Register button to complete the account registration.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 3

How to upload images to Imgur

You can upload Imgur images that are stored on your device or publicly available on the Internet.

To upload photos to Imgur, you may not need to log in, just click on New post in the upper left corner.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 4

However, in this article, I will log in to guide you specifically about many other features.

- After logging in Imgur, you can click on New post to post photos as always on the image above, or click on the avatar image and select Images to go to the photo management page.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 5

- At the photo management page, click Add Images in the upper right corner.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 6

- Upload photos you want to save on Imgur. You can upload in many ways, such as browsing photos on your device, dragging and dropping photos, copying and pasting, or filling out image URLs (in case images are available on the Internet).

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 7

Create photo albums on Imgur

To create a photo album, click on All Images , select New Album .

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 8

Enter a title and description for the album (optional) and then click Save .

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 9

After the album was created, of course it was still empty. Click Add Images (not the green button) to add photos to the album.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 10

Click All images , select the images saved on the Imgur that you want to add to the album, then click Save .

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 11

Switch between photo management and album management

There is a drop-down menu with the initial default of All Images . Click on it to switch back and forth between image management and album management.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 12

This drop down menu includes the following values:

1. All Images : Display all images.
2. Non-album Images : Displays images that have not been added to any album.
3. New Album : Create a new album.
4. And below is the list of albums created.

Crop, resize and rotate photos

Imgur support some features basic photo editing like cut ( crop ), resizing ( resize ) and swivel ( rotate ). To edit an image, move the mouse over the image and then click Edit .

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 13

Feel free to edit as you like. The Reset button helps restore the image to its original state if you are not satisfied with the recent edits. Once done, click on Apply and Save .

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 14

Share photos and some other helpful tips

Although Imgur is a very simple photo-sharing utility, it also comes with a number of other optional features that you might find great.

Share

On every image page on Imgur, there's a bunch of little icons to share that image on your favorite social networking sites, including Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and Reddit. Click on the corresponding icon to share on that social network platform.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 15

Links and codes

After uploading an image, click on it (in the image management page) and you will see on the right is a series of text boxes containing the image's link, as well as the specific code snippet to embed the image ( HTML ) on the web or share it on forums ( BBCode ). Copy and paste the links or code to suit your purpose.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 16

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 17

Title and description

For each uploaded image, you can add a title and description for it. After clicking on the image (in the image management page) to view information, click on View and edit post to view and edit the title and description of the image.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 18

Publish photos and community features

Immediately after uploading images to Imgur can be shared anywhere. However, you can also publish your image right on Imgur for other users to see and evaluate. To publish an image, open the link to the image and then click Share to community , select Post publicly .

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 19

Every public image on Imgur can be "Liked" ( Like ) or "disliked" ( Dislike ) to earn certain "points" ( Points ). You can also "Favorites" ( Favorite ) photos and post comments, and each comment can be liked or dislike.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 20

Create meme

After clicking on the Add Images instead upload new photos, you'll see a button to create a meme called Meme Gen . Click here to select an existing popular meme image or upload a new wallpaper for your meme.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 21

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 22

Then you can edit the text as you like, then click on make this meme!  to save the resulting image.

Imgur Manual - The best online photo sharing tool Picture 23

Not only the manipulations I have just guided, there are many other interesting things that you can discover on Imgur. In short, besides popular photo-sharing websites like Flickr or Photobucket, Imgur is also a great way to store your unique photos online. It is especially popular with funny images and memes.

Hopefully after referencing this article, you will be able to use Imgur proficiency to share to the community lots of good and meaningful photos.