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Images intended for Photo
Forum uploading should be -
sRGB colour space
Max width 1024p, Max
height 768p
A maximum file size of
275kb - larger files will not be accepted by the system
It is important to
adhere to these
requirements otherwise your images will not look as you intended or may
not even appear at all
Uploading
Click 'Upload file'
Click 'Browse' and locate the
image file on your computer then click 'continue'
You will be notified if the
upload was successful, then click 'continue'
Next page will show a
thumbnail of your image,
Select the correct portfolio
album from the drop down menu, enter your title and, in 'File diescription'
any additional information you wish to give viewers.
Click continue - you should be
notified if the image is successfully loaded in the album.
How to prepare
your image files
Converting to a new
profile
If you shoot in jpeg and have your camera
colour space set to sRGB then you can omit this stage.
Otherwise >
If an image has any other profile, for example adobe RGB,
you will need to convert in PhotoShop. This is a very easy process >
Open image in photoshop
From the ‘Edit’ menu choose ‘Convert to Profile’
A dialogue box
will open >
'Source
Space' is the current embedded profile of your image file. 'Destination
Space' is the profile you wish to convert to.
In the
drop down menu locate and click on sRGB IE61966-2.1
(There's a long list of profiles but all the common ones are grouped
together near the top)
Conversion
options are safely left as default.t
Click OK but do
not save the file yet.
Resizing the image
Images should
be no wider than 1024pixels and no higher than
768pixels
From the
'Image' menu, choose > Image Size
In the
lower part of the dialogue box,
check the three
boxes, 'Scale Styles' 'Constrain Proportions' and 'Resample
Image' then
from the drop
down menu, choose 'Bicubic Sharper'
Now, type
in the pixel dimensions. In the example, the image is portrait format, so
we need to think about the height. It should be no more than 768 high - so type in
only the Height 768
[pixels].
For an image
that is landscape format, type in only the Width 1024 and check that the
number in the height box is no larger than 768..
Click OK
Now,
File size should be no greater
than 275kb
Saving an image to the
required file size
From the 'File'
menu, choose -'Save As'
Type in your
filename > From the Format menu choose, JPEG > then click Save
The Jpeg options dialogue box
appears >
In the example above the file size is shown by the
figure 123.4k
In 'Image Options'
adjust the slider or select a number (quality) to achieve a figure below
275k
All other
options can be safely left at default setting.
Now click OK.
Your file should now be ready to upload to Photo Forums.
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