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Trying to upload cool confocal microscopy image, but I keep getting an error message (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago by moosepuggle@startrek.website to c/microscopy@mander.xyz

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Error message is SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'R', "Request er"... is not valid JSON

Are image uploads not allowed here? Only URLs? Thanks! Hoping this community grows and flourishes! :)

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[–] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is odd.. Can you upload the image to imgur.com, post it, and then I can try to upload it myself to see what happens?

[–] moosepuggle@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can upload my image to imgur, and I can post that, but the pretty image doesn't show, it's just an imgur link. Is it possible to show a thumbnail of the pretty picture? imgur link here https://imgur.com/a/H7KjOJ6

Thank you for your help! :)

[–] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I was able to upload it with both an admin and a non-admin account:

https://mander.xyz/post/747592

One idea: microscopy image files can be very big. Perhaps imgur compressed it considerably, and that's why I was able to upload it after downloading it from there. How big is the original file that you tried uploading?

[–] moosepuggle@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh! i'm on the startrek.webpage lemmy site, i dont have my account here in mander. does that explain it?

[–] Sal@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, I just tested. The .tif format is not supported by lemmy. When it is uploaded to imgur it is transformed into a .png, so it works then!

[–] moosepuggle@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hmm, I exported the .tif into a .jpg, and into .png, and I still got the Syntax error when trying to upload in a new post?

[–] Sal@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Then I think it may be a problem with startrek.website

[–] moosepuggle@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

original image is 3.9Mb, its a tif made from the z stacks of the super huge .lsm files. is 3.9Mb too big for here? Sorry, I'm a new reddit refugee, learning how this lemmy thing works :)

[–] Sal@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And cool image, by the way!

[–] moosepuggle@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

thank you! i love the new in situ HCR method for showing gene expression, the images are always so pretty! :)

[–] moosepuggle@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

undefined> https://mander.xyz/post/747592

when i click on this link, it says i have to log in. hmm

[–] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, sorry, I thought you had already looked at that. I deleted the test post after a bit - it was simply a post of the image made by a test account.