NCFPC Common

IMPORTANT! Please read.

All NCFPC member photos are welcome. Photos will be posted on the site on the 2nd Tuesday of the month (that is the Tuesday following the meeting). Any photos submitted after that date will be posted in the next month.

If you want any credit for your work, each image file MUST have the following IPTC information embedded in the file:

Competition photos:

Photo Title

Your Name

Contest Category

Contest Date

Ribbons Won

Non Competition photos:

Photo Title

Your Name

Use the table below to determine which IPTC fields to use in your specific image management software.

	Photoshop CS	Photoshop 7	Photoshop 6	Thumbs Plus	Elements
Photo Title	Title	Title	Object Name	Object Name	Document Title
Your Name	Creator	Author	By Line	By Line	Author
Category	Category	Suppl. Category	Suppl. Category	Categories	Suppl Category
Competition Date	Date Created	Date Created	Date Created	Date Created	? Date Created ?
Ribbons Won	Description	Caption	Caption	Caption	Description
Copyright	Copyright	Copyright	Copyright	Copyright	Copyright

Other management software will have similarly named fields. Use a little common sense and you can probably figure it out. If not send me an email and we can work on it. -AL

Send NCFPC gallery photos to: al@trans-micro.com

How to name your image files:

Each file name must include the first 4 letters of your Last Name plus a two digit sequence, the title of the photo and the file extension.

Example:

John Smith submits 2 files, "Bird of Paradise", and "The Child", in a JPG format. He would name them as follows:

SMIT01-Bird of Paradise.JPG
SMIT02-The Child.JPG

Please put all files in a ZIP archive named per below:

YourName-month-year.ZIP

Example:

JohnDoe-January-2007.ZIP

You may also upload files here: UPLOAD
Please use the UserID and Password that was emailed to you. If you do not have the information please click on a contact link.

What file formats and resolutions can I submit?

Any standard image format, any resolution. Image size should be 1024 x 768 or larger. JPEGs are preferred. Those of you with humongous mega pixel rigs need to scale down to no more than 3000 x 2000 just so the files are easier to deal with. We will scale them down to 1024 x 768 for the web anyway. Please no native Photoshop, Paint Shop or other non standard or program specific formats.

JPG, TIFF, PNG, BMP are the most common.

Other methods to deliver gallery photos:

Snail Mail:

Send your CD via US mail to:

NCFPC Newsletter
7700 NW 135^th Street
Reddick, FL 32686

EMAIL:

WARNING: Your email service may not allow large uploads:

Place all your images in a ZIP file named as above.

Email to: al@trans-micro.com

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT CONTEST PHOTOS BEFORE THE MEETING WHEN THE PHOTOS ARE TO BE JUDGED!

What if I shoot film or slides?

Most processing labs offer images on CD for a couple of bucks more. For your already processed stuff, find a friend with a scanner. Some modern scanners often have the facility to scan negatives and slides too. Your local lab may also offer a service. You might even get out your spouses’ point and shoot digital camera, set it for close up and just take a copy photo. Do a white balance preset shot of a blank white piece of paper in the same light and the colors will turn out great. See your camera docs under White Balance. It’s a digital world out there – y’a gotta start sometime!

When do I submit my images?

No later than the 2^nd Tuesday of the month. Images submitted after the 2^nd Tuesday will be published in the following month.