Preparing Digital Entries for Shows- Post 3
PUT YOUR EDITED IMAGE OR
IMAGES ONTO A CD:
Digital images submitted should go onto one CD and must be labeled in abbreviated
format as described in the prospectus. CD must be mailed in same envelope as
usual entry form filled out with complete, not abbreviated, information. (Unless told otherwise
in the prospectus, you should put all images you are submitting to a
competition onto one CD.) There are several methods to burn a CD with your
images: using Picasa and using your computer’s CD burning program. Both are
outlined here.
Burning your images using
Picasa:
1. Blank CD’s can be
purchased at many stores -- Office Depot, Staples, Wal-Mart, even many drug
stores and grocery stores. You want to get CD-R’s (Recordable Compact Discs).
Do not buy DVD’s unless instructed to.
2. You will now need to
find the images you have edited and exported. Return to the “Library” of Picasa
by clicking on “Back to Library” at upper left.
3. Go to the Folder
Files on the left and find the “Exported Pictures” section in the list of files
on the left. You may need to scroll down the list.
4. Find the folder that
was created when you set the pixel width.
5. If you have your
images in more than one folder, you need to move them into just one. To move an
image from one folder to another, click, hold, drag and release (Position the
cursor over the image you want to move, hold down the left mouse button while
dragging the cursor to the folder you wish to move to, then release the mouse
button. You can
either drag to the left
and release over the folder name – the folder name will change to dark grey
when you are in the right position, OR you can move the cursor to some point
among the thumbnails that are in the folder you’re moving to, and release.).
6. Highlight all of the
images that you want to put onto the CD. (A single click highlights an image.
You know it is selected when it has a blue line around it.) If you are
highlighting more than one image, hold the control key down while clicking the
image.
7. When all of your
images are highlighted, go to the top of the page and click “Create.” Then
click “Create a gift CD.”
8. At the bottom of the
page in Selection and Settings, choose photo size "original."
9. In Box 1, make sure
you uncheck “Include slideshow,” and in Box 2 uncheck “Include Picasa.”
10. Click “Burn Disc.”
Progress of the burn is shown in the lower right of the screen.
11.
When the burn is finished, you will be asked if you wish to eject the disc or
show it. Click “show” and then click “import” in the upper left of the screen.
If the disc properly burned, your images will all appear in the Import Tray on
the left. You can click on individual thumbnails to see the enlarged image, or
can click the arrow at the bottom to go forward or back.
12. When you have
checked your images on the disc, click “cancel” at the bottom right.
13. Eject your CD. Label
the CD in permanent ink with your full name and names of the paintings (unless
the prospectus gives other directions).
Burning your images using
your computer’s CD burning program:
1. Blank CD’s can be
purchased at many stores -- Office Depot, Staples, Wal-Mart, even many drug
stores and grocery stores. You want to get CD-R’s. (Recordable Compact Discs).
2. Go to your My
Pictures or Pictures (as it’s called in Windows Vista)
folder on your C drive.
3. If you are submitting
more than one image to the competition, you will need to burn them on to one
CD. Make sure they are in one location on your computer, a task which
can be accomplished by creating a special folder and copying your edited images
into that folder.
4. Once you insert a
blank CD in your CD drive, you will get popup windows and you should follow
your computer prompts to burn the image(s) to the CD.
5. Be certain to check
the CD to see that the images were burned correctly.
6. Eject your CD. Label the CD in permanent ink with your full name and names
of the paintings (unless the prospectus gives other directions).
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