Gallery Guidelines

[MissMint]

Welcome to the Peppermint Creative Gallery!

OUR GOAL:
To provide a space for our customers to gather ideas and inspiration for how to use the products they have purchased here.

POSTING GUIDELINES:
All layouts and/or projects must include a significant portion of Peppermint Creative products in order to be posted.
Layouts not meeting this requirement will be removed without notice.

CREDITS & LINKING:
Please be sure to credit all designers accordingly however, please DO NOT INCLUDE URL's TO OUTSIDE WEBSITES and/or blogs unless you are linking to a scraplifted layout. You are welcome (and encouraged) to include links to products anywhere within Peppermint Creative.

UPLOADING:
Please do not upload more than 5 layouts per day.

AVATARS:
Avatars should be sized at 100x100 pixels

SIGNATURES:
Please do not include blinkies or links to competing digital scrapbook designers stores, websites or blogs.

[MissPotts]

No problem!!!

[SkRiders]

Ok Ladies I'm having issues uploading.
I've tried a few times but for the life of me can't figure it out.
I've resized my layout to 350x350 and changed the dpi to 72 but it tells me my file size is still too big.
Can someone please help me out I'd appriciate it :D
Thanks

[MissMint]

You shouldn't have to resize so small.
Are you using Photoshop or Elements?
Select SAVE FOR WEB and lower the quality slider till it's under 135k

[SkRiders]

I use PSCS3.
I tried the save for web and I think I got it :)

[*Kathy*]

No problem

[Leah]

I can't access the gallery? It flashes on it then switches back to the homepage instantly :(

Ok, nvm, it works now lol

[Jodimc]

Why can't I seem to get my images to upload??
I'm using PSE 6, and trying to resize with that and also using irfanview to try and resize but I can't get the kb below 150kb
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I don't see anything when I try to save to web for quality slider??

[shutterspeed]

here's what i do Jodi!

after i've completed a layout, it's usually 3600x3600 pixels at 300 dpi. well that's WAAAAY too big for the PC gallery. this is what i do to get it ready:

with my image open in photoshop, i select IMAGE from the top tool bar. scroll down and select IMAGE SIZE. change the pixel dimensions to 600x600. (if you were working with a 12"x12" layout the pixel count is 3600x3600 to start with).

then after i've resized, i go up to FILE in the tool bar. scroll down and select SAVE FOR WEB & DEVICES. another dialogue box will pop up. in the top right hand corner select the JPEG format if it isn't already the default. right under that menu you can select the image quality. i usually have mine set at "very high" and to the right of that there's a quality "slider". slide that slider up or down. the info underneath the image will change as you change the slider. i usually save mine around 146kb. once you get it at the level you need to meet the 150kb restriction, click save and choose a destination for the photo (i usually save the web ready image to the desktop).

then just upload the photo from your desktop to PC and add any credit info you need. :)

clear as mud?

[MissMint]

yeah that's what I do too - please let us know if you are still having trouble..

[Jodimc]

That worked perfectly!!! And to think I've been fighting with it for over an hour!!
LOL
should have just posted here to begin with!!! I like that it's not all pixelated!!

[shutterspeed]

:yay: YAY!!! :)