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05/15/2004 11:33:29 PM · #1 |
Can we please have a way to upload shots to prints WITHOUT having to go through our portfolio, I am just about out of space in portfolio and like the variety of what is there. I would like to get some prints made it is SO cumbersome to do it this way.
Anyone agree an upload link straight from prints would be awesome?
Please drew and langdon please : ) |
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05/16/2004 12:44:22 AM · #2 |
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05/16/2004 12:46:05 AM · #3 |
I'm glad you brought that up. Would make it a whole heck of a lot easier really because it would eliminate a step that really isn't needed. I am glad to know that I am not the only who thought this.
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05/16/2004 01:08:07 AM · #4 |
Damn, it's hard to be original! I third this motion.
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05/16/2004 01:11:49 AM · #5 |
IMHO I believe (and an admin could prove me wrong...) the whole concept of posting into the portfolio is to make us the photographers 'commit' to the photo that we wish to sell. We have to commit some of our portfolio space in order for the site to commit it's server space...
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05/16/2004 01:12:09 AM · #6 |
I agree. I have 8.8mb used up. What happens if I get to 10? Yikes. I don't even want to think about that. I have even made my uploads 35k to keep it down some.
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05/16/2004 01:22:39 AM · #7 |
I sort of could agree with Too Cool, but what if you want to print shots of something more personal i.e. your child, and want lots of prints, but don't think the dpc community want to see 12 shots of your kid, or dog, or cat.... anyway u get my point : ) |
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05/16/2004 01:30:04 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by TooCool: IMHO I believe (and an admin could prove me wrong...) the whole concept of posting into the portfolio is to make us the photographers 'commit' to the photo that we wish to sell. We have to commit some of our portfolio space in order for the site to commit it's server space... |
Also limited space means that 1 person can't up load everything they have onto the DPCprints site. You would have to pick and choose thus making the confirmation process easier and the quality higher. |
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05/16/2004 01:50:23 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by ellamay: I sort of could agree with Too Cool, but what if you want to print shots of something more personal i.e. your child, and want lots of prints, but don't think the dpc community want to see 12 shots of your kid, or dog, or cat.... anyway u get my point : ) |
You deal with this by following the following steps:
1) Make a very small "thumbnail" of the image, say 64 pixels wide (could be a blank as small as 4x4). Save at high compression to it's about 10k or less, and make sure you name it descriptively.
2) Upload thumbnail to your workshop folder, or make a new folder and "hide" the collection.
3) Upload the printable image linked to the small image. DO NOT submit for approval for public sale.
4) Order prints from your private print store.
You can follow a similar plan for "public" photos -- the portfolio image can be tiny if you refer people directly to the prints page, as they will then see a separate preview generated from the print file itself, and they never have to see the portfolio version of the image.
Message edited by author 2004-05-16 01:51:12. |
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05/16/2004 11:56:56 AM · #10 |
thanks general e
I think i can follow those steps |
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05/16/2004 12:03:40 PM · #11 |
This may be true that it aleviates the space issue, but it sure doesn't make it any more convenient, you see what I mean? It would be really helpful if a lot fo those steps were eliminated and we could just upload the printable file from the very beginning, rather having to go through so many steps.
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05/16/2004 12:06:24 PM · #12 |
Excellent idea!
Originally posted by goinskiing: This may be true that it aleviates the space issue, but it sure doesn't make it any more convenient, you see what I mean? It would be really helpful if a lot fo those steps were eliminated and we could just upload the printable file from the very beginning, rather having to go through so many steps. |
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05/16/2004 12:18:19 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by goinskiing: This may be true that it aleviates the space issue, but it sure doesn't make it any more convenient, you see what I mean? It would be really helpful if a lot fo those steps were eliminated and we could just upload the printable file from the very beginning, rather having to go through so many steps. |
It makes it conventient for the admins, as they don't have to write two completely separate sets of code to interact with the one site. It has to work with DPC, your entries, your portfolio, etc. It's all integrated ... and to create a separate interface for the Prints site is perhaps less important than some of the other enhancements they've been working on for some time already. |
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05/16/2004 12:23:20 PM · #14 |
I guess I never really thought about that, and true, I realize they have been working on that recently. I wasn't sure how difficult of a thing it would be to do (as far as coding is concerned). I was just expressing that it seems like a few more steps than it should, that's all.
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05/16/2004 12:49:20 PM · #15 |
If enhancments are on the way i would also like to see ' cards' added to the gift items on prints, not post cards, but the kind with envelopes (just to be clear). And maybe a bit of detail on the puzzles-- how big is a print puzzle? |
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05/17/2004 02:01:36 AM · #16 |
bump--any chance of cards as a gift item? |
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05/17/2004 02:15:19 AM · #17 |
We are at the mercy of our print supplier so far as product line goes. I'm pretty sure greeting cards have already been (frequently) requested, but so far I know of no news on that.
If you need something right away, my suggestion would be to get some foldover cards with a pocket for a 4x6 photo to slip into (I know you can order them through Ofoto.com, and probably at better stationery/paper/card stores -- you end up with what looks like a framed (approx. 3x5) photo. |
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05/17/2004 08:22:57 AM · #18 |
what would be really helpful is not having to upload three different versions of the same photo for three different aspect ratios (4x6, 5x7, 8x10) to sell on dpcprints. it requires 3x the server space in your portfolio AND 3x the time to approve new prints for sale.
it's nice to see some other people have questions about dpcprints. whenever i ask them, i can't get a response. i'm sitting on a ton of images that i'd like to upload and contribute but i can't/won't do it until i get some "official" answers.
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05/17/2004 09:20:15 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by muckpond: what would be really helpful is not having to upload three different versions of the same photo for three different aspect ratios (4x6, 5x7, 8x10) to sell on dpcprints. it requires 3x the server space in your portfolio AND 3x the time to approve new prints for sale.
it's nice to see some other people have questions about dpcprints. whenever i ask them, i can't get a response. i'm sitting on a ton of images that i'd like to upload and contribute but i can't/won't do it until i get some "official" answers. |
Are you saying you want to be able to upload one print file for multiple aspect ratios? Or one portfolio image?
-Terry
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05/17/2004 09:27:29 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by ellamay: Can we please have a way to upload shots to prints WITHOUT having to go through our portfolio, I am just about out of space in portfolio and like the variety of what is there. I would like to get some prints made it is SO cumbersome to do it this way.
Anyone agree an upload link straight from prints would be awesome?
Please drew and langdon please : ) |
You may wish to consider reducing the size or increasing the compression on the images you upload to your portfolio. While for a challenge entry, you want to use the full 640 pixels on one side, and get as close to 150k as possible, there is no real reason to do so for a portfolio upload. This is especially true if it is an image you are only uploading to make prints for yourself.
-Terry
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