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Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

04/18/2004 05:13:36 PM · #1

I need to put 350 photos up for sale. I would love to do this through DPC but ... if anyone's put 1 photo up, they know 350 just isn't feasible. What are my options?

Thanks

Mav

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

04/18/2004 05:39:08 PM · #2

If you have any kind of outside website where you can post your photos, you can do it through DPC prints. Try this:

1. Make a 4x4 pixel JPG image named for your first photo. Put that in your portfolio ... should be pretty darned small.

2. Upload a printable image linked to the above placeholder image. That image must be less than 14(?)mb. (Check the Sellers' FAQs on this)

3. Put Normal-sized thumbnails and/or previews of your images on your own website. You could use pBase or almost any free site ...

4. Link the images on your site directly to the image in your DPC Prints gallery. Customers will see a preview there which is generated from your print image. No one else ever has to see the tiny placeholder image in your portfolio.

5. Direct people to your own site.

Message edited by author 2004-04-18 17:40:14.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

04/18/2004 05:49:05 PM · #3

lol

Ok, I need to clarify.

1. I can make thumbs pretty simply.
2. I can link to dpc prints pretty simply.
3. I can write my own html for whatever page I use pretty simply.

What I can't do is make 350 images that D&L need to approve. The process is time consuming and even if we're talking 5 mins per photo, we're talking 1750 mins. Ouch.

I need a FAST way to gallery this stuff and make it sellable.

M

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

04/18/2004 05:59:47 PM · #4

Well, it depends on what kind of processing you want to do. If they all just need to be re-sized or something, you can use the Batch operation in Photoshop.

If you're talking about the upload time, then write to the admins and see if you can mail them a CD with the printable images; if you use a logical naming/numbering system it shouldn't be too hard to put them up.

04/18/2004 06:02:53 PM · #5

A cd might be a good idea. I'm talking about manually uploading each of 350 photos (printable) to DPC is a bit much because you can't use zips, right? So you have to do 350 by hand AND make them "dpc worthy" - I'm putting up shots that people want, period. Regardless of what came out, that's what we have and we want it for sale. :)

M

dwoolridge

04/18/2004 06:04:09 PM · #6

I think he's talking about the time it takes to actually approve each and every photo. Presumably, this is done on a per-image basis by an admin. Based on some of the prints available on dpcprints though, they must spend considerably less than 5 minutes per image (and probably close to 5 seconds).

dwoolridge

04/18/2004 06:05:20 PM · #7

In lieu of a site change, you should be able to whip up a batch upload script anyway.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

04/18/2004 06:12:26 PM · #8

Another problem is I have to set each one up as far as ratio, price...It's my 5 mins of processing, not the admins, that I'm talking about. What I really need is:

350 photos for sale from clickable thumbnails without the general public seeing each and every one. Is this even possible? At ANY site? Or am I going to have to do it manually? (bleh)

I really don't want to "take orders" for pics - I'd rather people be able to place their own.

M

dwoolridge

04/18/2004 06:42:26 PM · #9

Well, I suppose the admins are working on those features. Until then, you can checking //www.dotphoto.com/ and //www.printroom.com/

moodville

Nikon D100

04/18/2004 06:49:45 PM · #10

You could always set up a page with the thumbs of all 350, use paypal to charge them and send you the request (ie a shopping cart system), you then upload the shot to DPC where you dont need to get approval (ie not in the public print section) and then have it sent to the address that the person put in. Or else just go to a local printer and print out and send it yourself.

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

04/18/2004 06:54:36 PM · #11

//gallery.sourceforge.net/

With this gallery script you can upload the original files thru a windows program and leave it running overnight. There is then the ability to password protect the gallery to stop unwanted visitors. Most importantly for you, you get to choose a printing service, then people simply click "Order this print from shutterfly" on the photo they want, and as far as I know, shutterfly do the rest.

The only problem is that you would need 350mb of webspace to host it. Try asking someone who has a 1and1 account, as they may be able to spare 350mb temporarily if you ask nicely :)

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

04/18/2004 06:55:06 PM · #12

Originally posted by GeneralE:

2. Upload a printable image linked to the above placeholder image. That image must be less than 14(?)mb. (Check the Sellers' FAQs on this)

I think the limit is 16mb