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This document explains how to name and prepare competition winners for display on the Club web site and in the Image Event image Gallery.

 

PREPARING DIGITAL FILES

Please name each file prior to upload as per instructions below. This makes it easy for the BCC website to link to the uploaded images.

The size of the longest side of the image file should not exceed 800 pixels, and the resolution should not exceed 100 PPI.

Save files in .JPG format with quality setting of 90%. A moderate amount of sharpening should be applied, and slides should be carefully cleaned with a blower bulb. If your slide scanner has digital ice, or similar dust removal software, use it.

Make sure you have correctly named the files, and place them in a folder in your computer that you know you can find easily.

 

NAMING CONVENTIONS

Each digital file generated from an original image (currently a scan for slides and a digital camera image for prints) should be named as follows:


SLIDES
Unlimited us
Novice ns
Placing 1 thru 6
Underscore _
Two digit month 01 thru 12
Two digit year 05...etc

Examples:

The from the 1st place unlimited slide for Sept 2005 would be named: us1_0905.jpg

The file from the HM placed novice slide for Jan 2006 would be named: ns6_0106.jpg


PRINTS
Unlimited color uc
Novice color nc
Unlimited mono um
Novice mono nm
Placing 1 thru 6
Underscore _
Two digit month 01 thru 12
Two digit year 05... etc

Examples:

The file from the 1st place unlimited color print for Sept 2005 would be named: uc1_0905.jpg

The file from the HM placed novice mono print for Jan 2006 would be named: nm6_0106.jpg

The file from the 3rd place novice color print for April 2006 would be named: nc3_0406.jpg

The file from the 2nd place unlimited mono print for March 2006 would be named: um2_0306.jpg

DIGITAL
Novice Digital nd
Unlimited Digital ud
Placing 1 thru 6
Underscore _
Two digit month 01 thru 12
Two digit year 06... etc

Examples:

The 1st place Novice Digital for Oct 2006 would be named nd1_1006.jpg

The 3st place Unlimited Digital for Jan 2007 would be named ud3_0107.jpg

**Please note - No titles, maker's names or dates should appear on the file names, only the numbers and letters designated above.

 

UPLOADING FILES TO IMAGE EVENT - CREATE ALBUM

Our galleries are hosted here- http://imageevent.com. When you first go to the site, you will see an Account Log In section. Contact the webmaster or club president for current user name and password details.

After you log in you will see a welcome page. At the top will be a link to Create Album. Clicking on this will bring up the create album step 1 page.

Fill in the album title as follows: Month Year Competition. Example: Gallery Album for Novice slide competition November 2005 would look like this, including capital letters:

November 2005 Novice Slides

Fill in the description field a short description of the contest, any notes e.g. 'no HM this competition' etc.

Fill in the Album By field with your name.

Make sure that Have Prints and DVD Ordering Support Is set to none.

Scroll down to Public Gallery Category select photography from the scroll-down list. All the other fields should be pre filled.

At the bottom, click create album. You will be taken to the upload page.

 

UPLOADING FILES TO IMAGE EVENT - UPLOAD AND NOTATE IMAGE

Select Easy Upload and follow the instructions. The Number to Upload field will normally be 6 (places 1-5 and HM).

If you have the files where you can find them, use the browse button to locate each file on your hard drive. Do this for each file in order of place. You can Preview each image to ensure it's the correct one.

Click Start Upload and wait until the upload is finished You will be taken to the album page, which will show your six images. Check that the order is correct. Go to the first image and click on Add Description. This will take you to the Description field where you can enter the following details:

Maker's Name
Title
Competition
Placement

The description should look like:

John Doe
Another Flower
Novice Color Print
4th Place.

Check the title, the image and the details, click Enter at the side of the box, repeat for the other images in the competition, and you're done.









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