Prism Photographic Club

This is a new venture for us and as such we are still learning. Please read the guidelines below and contact Carol, Merv or Jon if you have any queries or are really not sure how to go about it.

a) Colour space- sRGB

b) File Format- .jpg or .tif

c) Image Size- 1400 (SXGA) pixels horizontal (width), maximum 1050 (SXGA) pixels vertical (height). If you do a portrait image you must still have the height set at 1050, showing the width at 1400– there will be a blank space either side. Also note- Images of a smaller size will appear smaller on the screen.

d) Images must be flattened if you used layers.

e) The canvass area itself (image area 1400 x 1050) must not display the title or author name.

f) Image 'filename'- Your images must contain:-
The competition subject, followed by _ and the author's name, followed by _ and then the title (maximum 15 character with no spaces)
Example – spectruminterclub_JBloggs_PrintTitle.jpg
You may capitalise the authors name and title but please leave no spaces.

g) Write your files onto a 'CD-R, or DVD not a re-writeable disk and make sure that the 'session is closed'. Write your Name on the CD in indelible marker.

h) You should ensure that no 'Virus' is present within your CD. All CD's will be checked when submitted and any found with a virus will not be accepted.

Tip: If you intend to carry out work on an image in Photoshop or another editing package, it is best to save your image as .tiff or .psd until you have finished editing, only save as .jpg when you are sure you have your final copy of the image. Every time you save a .jpg image you will lose quality, but this is not so when Using .tif or .psd.

These details have been taken from the GPC website.