IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE ELECTRONIC IMAGE CHAIR
As the 2009-2010 Electronic Image Chairman, I’d like to directly provide you with some clarification of our procedures for this year.
On October 5, the categories are: Pictorial, Travel, and Nature. Download the Information Booklet from the club website at http://www.villagescameraclub.com. The detailed descriptions of the categories, limits on entries, formatting of images, and submittal directions are provided in this document.
Here are the electronic image submittal requirements for this year:
Enhance your original full resolution image to your satisfaction; then save the full resolution file since a display print may be required later. Make a duplicate for competition. Flatten the image if you have used layers. Confirm 8 bits per channel. When ready to submit, there are three items to consider: (1) Image Size, (2) Profile and Color Space, and (3) Naming and File Format.
Image Size for Projection: For the most favorable presentation of your image by the Club’s Projector, the image is to be sized so that it is 1024 pixels in width, and/or 768 pixels in height.
To resize your image in any of the Photoshop Elements or Photoshop versions, go to the IMAGE menu and click: IMAGE>RESIZE>IMAGE SIZE. Make sure RESAMPLE and CONSTRAIN PROPORTIONS are checked. Under PIXEL DIMENSIONS type 1024 for width if your image is landscape or 768 for height if your image is portrait. Click OK.
Profile and Color Space: The profile we use for our competitions (Color Space) is sRGB. In Photoshop Elements go to IMAGE> CONVERT COLOR PROFILE>APPLY>sRGB. In Photoshop 7 conversion is by IMAGE>MODE>CONVERT TO PROFILE>sRGB. In Photoshop CS go to EDIT> CONVERT TO PROFILE>DESTINATION PROFILE>sRGB. File Name: The format for naming your image file is
Category+Title
where Category is one of the following: Pictorial; Nature; Monochrome; Travel; PJ (for Photojournalism); Creative; or, Challenge. The + sign is used without spaces and is followed by the title. For example, suppose a member wants to submit an image titled “Golden Gate Bridge” as a Pictorial image. The member would assign the following filename to the image:
Pictorial+Golden Gate Bridge
The total filename is not to exceed 100 characters.
Format: Select JPEG>SAVE>JPEG with a Quality of Maximum (10 or 12). Before clicking OK, check the size of the file at the bottom of the page. The file size should be around 700 KB. If too large, choose a lower value for Quality.
Submitting Images: Submit the images to me by noon on the Saturday before the Monday competition (for this month, by noon on Saturday, October 3). If sending via e-mail, include the name of the image creator, date of competition, and the number of files in your covering note, and then attach the files to the message. If submitting via storage devices, provide a cover sheet that includes the name of image creator, filenames, and the date of competition, the number of files, and their categories and deliver to my address. I will e-mail back a confirmation of receipt for both email and storage device entries. All images for the competition by a member should be sent at the same time.
If you have difficulty with the submittal process please contact me.
Here is my contact information:
Phil Grote
Electronic Image Chair
philipandpeggy@sbcglobal.net
8488 Grenache Court
408-238-7446 |
