Alternative Image Hosting?

[Aisu★Kurimu]

First off, yes yes, I know there's a small list already but none of them fit my standards (and some don't work). I've been using Photobucket for some time but for some reason it's compressing the quality of all my images!

(Removed old example; the quality is temporarily fixed for it.)

New Example! Left ImageCave, Right Photobucket

As of now I'm using ImageCave because it has multi-uploading and albums with non-randomized hotlinks, but the problem with it is it doesn't load my images half the time, which looks... Well, not very impressive on my board, and picks at my OCD. I'm primarily hosting graphics for my forum, so, I'd prefer a site that isn't entirely oriented to photography.

If anyone has other alternatives, that would be appreciative!

Places I've Tried:

Photobucket - Messes up my quality within a week or less.
ImageShack - The urls aren't all similar.
ImageCave - Doesn't load half the time.
TinyPic - Good for single images, but I need albums and multi-upload.
Picasa - Linked to my google account. Don't wanna share that with Staff members who need to upload too.
Imgur - Randomizes filename.

[alterheld]

It might just be where im standing - but those two images are the same.

I've been using photobucket for years, and never have had any problem with my pictures changing quality after I've uploaded them. I must admit, though, they've gotten a bit overenthusiastic when it comes to the placement of their ads.

what do you see, exactly, thats different in the pictures. i even copied them into photoshop and zoomed in - nothing different from the places i checked.

is it just me?

ive never had the need to try any other hosting site, so i cant help you there, sry.

[dude]

Got absolutely no idea how you can possibly see the difference between the two but you're right photobucket is compressing them a bit more. You might want to try imgur although I can make no assertions about whether it adds compression or not.

[Aisu★Kurimu]

Aug 30, 2011 21:51:15 GMT -8 alterheld said:

It might just be where im standing - but those two images are the same.

I've been using photobucket for years, and never have had any problem with my pictures changing quality after I've uploaded them. I must admit, though, they've gotten a bit overenthusiastic when it comes to the placement of their ads.

what do you see, exactly, thats different in the pictures. i even copied them into photoshop and zoomed in - nothing different from the places i checked.

is it just me?

ive never had the need to try any other hosting site, so i cant help you there, sry.

Actually, when I woke up this morning and read your post... I was in disbelief. I went back and looked, and sure enough, you're right. Somehow the quality is suddenly better for the time being, but, I have a feeling it won't stay that way; it's changed on me before. Well... I'm not sure what to make of this now. x___x!

edit: Turns out it just updated the image sometime over night; I re-uploaded it yesterday. But other images that haven't been re-uploaded are still bad quality; I'll add a new example.

Aug 31, 2011 5:45:02 GMT -8 dude said:

Got absolutely no idea how you can possibly see the difference between the two but you're right photobucket is compressing them a bit more. You might want to try imgur although I can make no assertions about whether it adds compression or not.

Well, it comes with being near-sighted... My eye for detail can frustrate me more than you'd eve believe. Thanks for the link-- I'll give Imgur a shot now.

edit: Imgur randomizes the filenames... Darn! ;; And it seemed like a good one, too!

[Toshiru]

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[Remixed ???]

webng.com always worked amazing for me.

[Kim]

You can also try pimg.in and mirrorimg.net, I use those regularly and can't say I've had any complaints so far.