Earlier today I wanted to post a PNG file that was 7 Mb and burggit basically got stuck uploading. I ended up resizing it so it would be under 4 Mb and that solved it but ideally I would like to preserve the size and quality as much as possible.
That got me thinking of using webp instead but I’m not sure how compatible lemmy is with it (not to mention 3rd party apps). Could an admin enlighten me on what format I should try to use for still images? Much appreciated.
For the URL bar you want to use the direct link example: https://shota.nu/ss/imagename.ext . You need to go to the actual image, right click it, copy link. For the post body you’ll need to use that  notation I mentioned earlier.
Ah, I think that might have been the issue. I just checked the URLs I posted weren’t direct image links even though they ended in the image extension. I’ll try with the direct link next time and see if that fixes the problem. Thanks!
If you’re talking multiple images like a gallery. You’ll want to post the next set in the body after the first one you put in the URL bar, I think. I’ve never done multiple images before so I’m just going off of memory.