SCULPTORS QLD

• Create your own Photo gallery
• Upload or delete your photos
• Add your descriptions
• Receive Comments from registered viewers

To create a Gallery and upload photos please:

• First log in to the SQ website (you will need to be a member of SQ).
• click on menu option CREATE YOUR OWN GALLERY.

Photo Format:

• "JPG" preferably optimized for the WEB.

Photo Dimensions:

• Maximum Width.........500 pixels
• maximum Height......500 pixels

Photo File Size:

• Photo File Size should be no larger than 70Kb. This may require a "JPG" file to be compressed.
• The easiest way to achieve a suitably small file is to "optimize it for the WEB" (see instructions below).

Program to Resize and Compress Photos

If you do not already have a program to size and compress images there is a free program called IrfanView

Go to......... www.irfanview.com    to download and install a free copy of  IrfanView

Using IrfanView

• Now explore and try the many IrfanView "Image" options such as:
• Rotate
• Colour correction
• Sharpen

Now Crop the image if needed:

• Place the cursor at the top left-hand corner of the area of the image to be kept.
• At this location press and hold the left mouse key
• With the mouse key still pressed, move the cursor to the bottom right corner of the area to be kept.
• Release the mouse key. A rectangle will then define the area to be kept.
• If it is wrong, simply repeat the process.
• To crop to this rectangle select "Edit" then "Crop selection"....done.

• Select "Image", then "Resize/Resample"
• The following screen will then appear:

• Use the parameters shown. above, except for height and width.
• For Height/ Width set the largest dimension to 500 pixels. The other dimension will auto-scale.
• Then click 'OK". The image is now reized.

• Select "File" then "Save for Web".
• A box will then open showing two images. The left is the original image. The right is the compressed image.
• Save the new image giving it a new name (so it does not overwrite your original)

The image is now ready to be added to your gallery.

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