Digital Image Upload Procedure:

• select photo gallery from the main menu
• select competition month on next screen
• select competetion category on next screen
• select submit media from the choices near the bottom of the next screen. Note: you must be logged into the site to see the "submit media" option
• on the following screen use the browse button to locate the desired photo from your hard drive (you can use the existing file name)
• in the title field type the name for your submittion using the convention below:

lastName.firstName.title (note the title can include spaces)

• in the description field type in any description you want to include (note: the description will appear below the photo when you double-click on it)
• click on the submit media file(s) link at the bottom of this entry form when you have entered information for up to 2 images
• status information will be presented at the top of the form when the upload is completed.
• once the file is uploaded, the webmaster checks the uploads for the proper naming convention, competition category, etc. before posting.  This may take some time depending on other commitments the webmaster might have.  Only after the files are posted by the webmaster, will they appear in the appropriate competition gallery.

Note: Only 2 photos may be uploaded at a time, since the maximum that can be submitted in any one category is 2. For additional photos repeat the above upload procedure, being careful to select a new competition category.

File Size:

• Landscape Images -- limit width to 1024 pixels
• Portrait Images -- limit height to 768 pixels

File Format:

Presently only jpeg (jpg) files are allowed for the galleries.

Color Space Requirement

sRGB only

The most common color convention used by personal computer systems is called "RGB" (Red-Green-Blue). The RGB model mimics computer display hardware standards. In RGB, all colors are composed of the three primary red, green, and blue; each assigned a value between 0 and 255. The personal computer hardware - at the time - were limited to 8-bits and could only measure a value ranging from 0 to 255. For example, Medical Imaging Systems use up to 14-bits per color. However, the home computer would round these values off to the nearest 8-bit equivalent. In either case, this range of colors that can be represented by a color model is called a colorspace.

Today most digital cameras default to sRGB until instructed otherwise via the menu. However, a special Note to users of Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. The color space option "Adobe RGB 98" is NOT sRGB. Please save a copy of your image off in sRGB mode.

Deadline:

Before 6:00 pm on the last Sunday prior to the club meeting

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Some Final Reminders...

No changes are made to images submitted. This includes resizing images. Images not meeting the specifications will be returned to the sender for correction. They may be resubmitted provided the deadline is met.

It is highly suggested you use a calibrated monitor in preparing your images. Otherwise what looks good on your monitor may not look so good when projected. The projector tends to show images much brighter than a typical monitor.

For those without imaging editing software such as Photoshop, Elements, etc there are free resizing programs you can download from the net. A good example is Photo Gadget Pro 1.5 found at http://www.xemico.com/photogadget/

Finally, Images are not held over for the next competition. If you want to use an image in another, or the next, competition please resubmit for the appropriate competition date and category. [/html]