TheArtPile - e-commerce for artists

Help—Prepare Your Images

Prepare and Upload Your Images

  • Prepare your images using your favorite image editor. Resize your image to 800 pixels in the longest dimension.
  • Save it (Save as... or Export) as a .jpg file with a name that you can remember to a location on your computer that you remember.
  • Make note whether the image has a horizontal or vertical orientation
  • To Upload your images, go to your member control panel and use either the Horizontal or Vertical uploader.
  • Click the Choose File button and find your file on your computer.
  • Click the Submit button.

Image Size and TheArtPile

The image that you upload to TheArtPile is taken by the system and saved to 4 different sizes and made available through your store for use throughout your site. The sizes and uses are:

  • 600 pixels
    Used in your Portfolios for the large image that zooms out of the thumbnail and inside your store in the detail page--the page with the Add To Cart button. View a 600 pixel image.
  • 300 pixels
    Used as the zoom image inside your iPod section. View a 300 pixel image.
  • 100 pixels Bitey Boy
    Used as the Thumbnail images representing your portfolios on your home page and as the thumbnail images on your Portfolio pages.
  • 60 pixels Bitey Boy
    Used inside the customer's shopping cart and purchase confirmation page

Making Images for TheArtPile

We will not go into great detail about manipulating images because there are so many image making programs that you can use and they are all different. The ideal would be a sharp, clean image that looks good. Small objects should be photographed on a contrasting background. The photograph should be cropped tightly so that your artwork fills the frame. Poor photographs can be enhanced using a good image processing program, but will never be as good as using a good original photograph. Here are some links that may be helpful in getting a good photograph:

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