How do I post an image in the forum?

[Raindrops]

Often it is easier to illustrate a point by posting an annotated screenshot.

However, this forum does not allow pasting image from clipboard. It requires a URL.

The user could keep the image in my Google drive, but that would load his drive needlessly.
Another issue is that such the user cannot preserve the file for long, so such links get broken after a few months/years.

What is the best way to post an image?

Can this forum itself provide a storage space where I can save the file and then derive the URL for it, like Wikipedia?

[void]

There's no paste image feature with phpbb.

Run Paint (Start -> mspaint)
In Paint, Paste your Image (Ctrl + V)
Click the Save button in the window title bar.
Browse to the Desktop, choose a filename and click Save.
In your webbrowser, in your new forum post, click the Attachments tab under your message.
Click Add files....
Browse for your png file on your desktop you saved earlier and click Open.
Wait for the image to upload.
Click the Place inline button.

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[attachment=0]e1.5.png[/attachment]

[Raindrops]

Thanks for the prompt reply!

I use a wonderful utility called Snipaste, which can take snapshot and also annotate it.
The user can save the annotated image or copy it on clipboard.
It has other useful features too, like copying the color from screen.

I had not noticed the attachment tab at bottom.
Thanks for pointing that out.