most of you already know that i have little, if any, knowledge about the tech world in general …that is why i have michael couvoursier on my side…mike answers all of my tech questions and is ready to answer yours….i just received word from mike that there are some small errors in the tech info we provided for photographic submission on to Digital Railroad….please look into the comments of my last post for tech corrections on submissions….for one thing, the password "upload" should be in lower case…
in any case, mike will help you through this just as he helps me everyday in my studio….please just check the "comments"….and ask away….
i leave london now and will be back in new york late this afternoon…..i will post a story on editing over the weekend….editing i can write about, dpi i know nothing about!!!
haha, dpi, dpi, that was precisely my doubt. i also find 2000px to huge for screen and too tiny for printing… why 2000 if i may ask?
2000px is close to the size of a 23 in monitor (slightly larger). And also it allows us to look at an image closer if we want to. It was just a way to leave our options open. We also do not need printable files at this point in time.
hey michael, you’re working overtime with all these tech questions! I hope all is well there, long time no see. In a couple weeks i’m hitting the road for a couple months for a photo project but when i get back i’ll get in touch with you. If you need any help on the technical side of david’s project i’d be happy to volenteer some of my time.
Michael-
I guess since people are questioning whether all their files have made it or not, I should confirm you recieved all 20 of my images. Let me know when you get a chance.
Thanks,
David
Michael Couvoursier,
Your specifications call for 2000 pixels on the longest side and 72ppi. I’m working with Nikon Capture. I can change the size, but the respolution remains at 300ppi. When I try to change that to 72ppi the size changes. Any helpful hints? Or is it ok to send 2000 pixels at 300ppi?
Thanks.
MK
Hi all,
We have a great opportunity here to enjoy being involved from the start and will be able to watch it all evolve. My thought is that at this point David and Michael probably have more than enough to deal with just from the regular readers of this blog so if anyone is tempted to advertise this throughout the web it’s probably not a good idea. Don’t you think? Maybe it will grow to the point that that’s what happens but for now it could be overwhelming to say the least. My opinion for what it’s worth.
ps Michael, don’t know if you saw my comments to you on the previous thread…about Santa Fe…your site, Jerry.
To MK: 2000 pixels is 2000 pixels, so it really doesn’t matter what the resolution is. It should be possible, however, to set the resolution the way you want it. There might be a checkbox having to do with resampling.
At least I think that’s right.
MAS
Thanks Michael…um, Shapiro! (Sure have a lot of Michaels here! Might have to start falling back on last names.)
I always thought ppi was more for printing, so 300 or 72 shouldn’t matter. Not sure…just wanted to check.
Thanks again,
Kircher
Copyright info???
There is a selection as to whether the image is (legally?) copyrighted vs public domain, etc. and then below a place to add a copyright notice. If we put our name and copyright does that make it official? And how does one get the c with circle icon?
Cathy,
In the U.S., the rights to an intellectual work are owned by the originator at the time of its creation.
Putting a (c) symbol protects you somewhat and registration with the copyright office protects your work even further.
To put the copyright symbol on a document using a P.C., you can go to the character map in windows and copy and paste. Another way is to hold down alt and plus sign while typing 0169.
BTW, I’m getting in on this at the last minute so my upload is really small — 7 photos. My project(s) might take a few summers to complete and the very best ones fell outside the deadlines — before and after. LOL. So, my pics are just a small sampling. 1 or 2 of them are iffy and the other 5 I’m able to defend.
Cathy-
Try option+g on a Mac, maybe alt+g on a PC? Or just cut and paste this: ©
Cathy,
I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, but…
If you took the picture it is copyrighted. It is yours. Yes, someday you should gather a whole bunch of images together and get them registered…at least, some say you should. Nevertheless, when you click the shutter your work is copyrighted. Legally.
As to the little ‘c’, Photoshop has it in there somewhere…I rarely use PS but I know it’s there!
Are you looking to put it on your images or just in the metadata?
Mike Berube,
I don’t think your first image uploaded all the way that is the only number missing from your sequence. Once it is uploaded you will have a total of 13 images let me know if that is right.
Michael
Michael – hate to bug you but did my 20 make it?
Thanks,
D
Dpi really does not matter that much I was just hoping to get consistent submissions.
Michael
David McGowen,
Yes I have all of your images.
Michael
Seth,
Good to hear from you. Hope your trip and project go well. When are you going to be back in NY. I will let you know if i get to swamped.
Michael
Thanks everyone for the copyright info.
It’s just for the metadata Michael K.
LOVE the cut and paste idea with your c David but Photoshop isn’t letting me do it. If all else fails I can just spell out the full word. Or use parenthesis.
Jay, don’t worry I think many of us have started projects for this assignment that we are nowhere near finished with.
Yes, © option +g on the mac. Thanks David.
Cathy,
Thanks for the kind words about my site. Yes Jerry is my father.
Michael
Copyright
Mac hold down the option key and press the letter g
PC Hold down the alt key and press 0169 while still holding alt then let go.
Michael
Jakob Doman,
I am actually missing your number 17 in your sequence.
Michael
Chris Hinkle,
I think I may be missing your number 14 only had 19 uploaded for you.
Michael
david mcgowan…
thanks mate…for the cut and past copyright symbol…was having abit of a problem.
ozzy al
Anyone..about the 10 day window for submission, what is the final day/hour? thanks
We will let you know what the final deadline is in the next couple of days. Since this is an experiment we will see how it unfolds.
hello all…
since so much seems to be happening at the same time, please relax a little about the deadline..
again, we are all collaborating…obviously , there are some decisions that only i can make, but in the true spirit of “forum”, your input and ideas are not only welcomed but necessary…..
i will give you plenty of warning about the “closing”, but the absolute tightest deadline it would be is 10 days from now…
Thanks so much David, that makes things much clearer.
peace..
Still, it would be nice to know if our files were received ok. I submitted 6 image files.
Did you get them? The FTP directory access seems to be setup so that getting a list of files in the folder is not permitted. At least that was my experience using the ftp command line application.
Thanks. I know this all must be a bit trying.
Richard we did receive your Six pictures
i attempted to send 15 pics did you receive them? thanks
Hi Michael…transferred number 17; could you confirm it is the right one, perhaps, if you have a moment…
We all owe you a corona, me thinks…and David, too//
jakob
Hi Mike
I didn’t want to do this but now after hearing some images haven’t made it I’m a little worried. Are my 16 images there?
Thank you so much
Jay nowakowski,
I only have 13 of your pictures number 6 is missing and it ends at number 14. I need number 6,14,15.
Michael
Andrei,
i have all 16 of yours.
Michael
Jakob,
I have all of yours now 17 arrived.
Michael
Thanks, i have now sent number 6,14 and 15. let me know if you get them.
Jay,
I have then all now.
Michael
David (& FYI Mike C.)
I’m finishing editing and will be uploading my work ASAP, but wanted to mention that, along with my photos, I will upload an Image #0 in lower quality .JPG format containing a brief note about my project and a few other related thoughts. Please let me know whether you have any problems with it…
If not, maybe that is something everyone else might want to consider to overcome the DRR limitation with text files.
Have a good trip back to NYC. I will be there the first week in Oct and will call you to get some coffee/dinner together, if you have time… Please let me know how to get in touch with you when I am in Manhattan (email or else…)
Cheers!
Giancarlo
Michael, I should have just uploaded 20 images, please confirm :)..somehow I put my first image in the folder belonging to Jakob Doman. I tried to delete it, but to no avail. It should be a duplicate of erica_mcdonald001.jpg that is in my folder. Sorry for the added confusion.
Giancarlo, I believe something was said by David or Michael about putting the story text if you have it, in the description field.
Giancarlo,
Are you using photoshop to make the jpg file because if so save yourself the trouble and go to the file menu go down to file info and input whatever text you want into the description field. This will be much easier for us to view because then we can see that information along with copyright info right next to your picture.
Michael
Erica,
Have all 20.
Michael
Hi Mike,
I am actually using Lightroom for this task but have PS too.
I’m not sure how much text the Description field holds (never used it for more than 15-20 words), so I was thinking to use the system I described for the few paragraph intended as a project “statement”.
If the fields holds more than just a paragraph (can’t find exact info on it in the Help) and/or you prefer I use that Description field of course no problem at all…
Thanks!
- Giancarlo
Giancarlo,
Use the headline field for individual image descriptions and the description field for the few paragraphs you want to write.
Thanks,
Michael
Giancarlo,
Use the headline field for individual image descriptions and the description field for the few paragraphs you want to write.
Thanks,
Michael
OK. Thanks Mike.
Michael, I was having a lot of connection problems. I wanted to be sure you got my images. There are only nine. Thanks. -Rush Jagoe
David… i have one very important question…
i started photographing my story last year.. but now i did some new part of pictures for this story…
I sent you already 6 brand new pictures.. but if it’s possibility to send also pictures from last year (part of this story) i will be very glad to do it…
please let me know…
hope all is fine and my six pictures are already on ftp
aga…
i think it best for me to look at the new pictures first…just to be fair to all the others who are submitting new work..however, if i see a story that seems good overall, i will ask for the rest of the story…right now, i think i will have so much to see, that it is better to do it like this…do not worry, i will look very very carefully at all work and will be interested eventually at seeing everything you shot….plus, i am going to see you in new york soonest….we can go over everything then too….