How to Upload to the Contest Gallery

[Duende]

Well I have her painted, managed to log on ok (which is a big achievement for a technophobe!) but I can't for the life of me figure out where or how to upload my entry!!!

Pictures say 1000 words...

Simple steps to uploading:

1. Go to main Gallery page

2. Click Upload Photos as seen in image below:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l236/Duende71/upload-step1.jpg

3. On the next page, use the dropdown menu to choose your category and the rest should be self-explanatory.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l236/Duende71/upload-step2.jpg

Hope that clears it up for you! Good Luck in the contest, and remember, you can always end up being a Random Schmuck!

:D

[Nathan Caroland]

Copied this into its own thread as its a good example on how to upload your entries. The contest is set on moderation, and after a small snaffu on my part, is now set that no one can see the gallery itself in order to keep things anonymous (otherwise it allowed you to know the title and the person that uploaded something but not see the picture - silly software).

Anyhow, as above, for this contest and all future ones, simply go to UPLOAD and then choose the contest and category which you wish to upload your entry.

Thanks Michelle for the visual.

-
Nathan

[callumrice]

Aye

Bum, I hit return and just posted "AYE"! Sorted now thanks to the amazing "edit" button!

Anyway, Aye, I noticed that yesterday that you could see who had uploaded into the gallery, and what they had written about their mini but thought that I would have embarrassed myself by pointing it out and realising it was me being stupid rather than a software error.

Turns out it was the computer that was wrong! Woohoo, 1 - nil to the humies!

[Duende]

Copied this into its own thread as its a good example on how to upload your entries.
I wondered how I started a thread without starting a thread. :thinking:



...and after a small snaffu on my part, is now set that no one can see the gallery itself in order to keep things anonymous (otherwise it allowed you to know the title and the person that uploaded something but not see the picture - silly software).

Anyway, Aye, I noticed that yesterday that you could see who had uploaded into the gallery, and what they had written about their mini but thought that I would have embarrassed myself by pointing it out and realising it was me being stupid rather than a software error.
I noticed that yesterday too! I was going to say something but I see FF beat me to the punch. Good, since I'll be getting my first entry in as soon as I take some pics of it.

[callumrice]

I wondered how I started a thread without starting a thread. :thinking:


That Majik Minksy FF has been playing wit his new toys again! I knew that update would give the big man more powers to play! Curse the pc gods!

[Wristaction]

How do you know for sure if it uploaded, i got a screen saying "You do not have permission to view the images in this category.".

[Nathan Caroland]

Then its uploaded. :D

[Jubilee]

Is there a way to see what I've uploaded? I just uploaded one and now I'm having a paranoia attack that I uploaded the wrong version of the file (I made changes to the model before entering it). Arg! Nathan, if I PM you the file name, can you check which one I uploaded?

I'm also not positive I've uploaded all of the entries I have here.

/ali

[Duende]

Yeah, a preview page in between would really be nice.

:idea:

[Nathan Caroland]

It would be nice - not that the coders could pull their heads out of their asses long enough to design one I'm of the opinion. When finances and time become a little better I'll see if I can find someone for the job.

[Jubilee]

What if it generated a confirmation email "a file named such and such was uploaded to this gallery today"?

/ali

[Nathan Caroland]

I'll take a look into it - one more thing to add to the list. :D

[LavronYor]

It's funny to see others suffer the "did it get sent" paranoia, that used to plague me. Sorry folks, I feel your pain. But Nathan being the outstanding person that he is, will probably make things right if you have fubared something. Good night all...

sniff, sniff......

I think I smell iron....... :-)

[matty1001]

I posted my entry into the correct gallery but my name is showing under it, not FF as usual. I can't seem to remove the photo either?

What have I done wrong? If anything?
I don't want to be disqualified!?

[matty1001]

$$$$$$$$, just noticed, iv put it in an older TT comp.
Pleeeaaaasssse don't disqualify me!?

[alrith72]

Right, i'm new here and i'm a divvy I can't find Femme Fatale III in the gallery options, help me please!
Hello by the way.

[Nathan Caroland]

Heh, ya'll are quicker than I am.

I'm making the galleries right now. Welcome to Wyrd.

[Nathan Caroland]

...................and now all the categories are up.

Remember folks, once you upload it, you will NOT see it. If you're worried that it didn't go through, holler at me in a PM. Long as you keep up within the guidelines though (size, etc) then you shouldn't have any problems.

When it comes down to it though, we do allow for a day after the contest deadline is met for everyone to make certain that your pieces made it up, etc. If not, holler at me, I can then follow through the backend and see when the last time was that you tried to upload something, etc, and if its within the deadline set, then we'll take care of you.

We haven't had any problems though in quite a few contests, I just put this up to assure folks we'll take care of ya.

[alrith72]

Nice one, thanks. Looking forward to entering this one, heard good things about these comps.

[Stratos]

Copied this into its own thread as its a good example on how to upload your entries. The contest is set on moderation, and after a small snaffu on my part, is now set that no one can see the gallery itself in order to keep things anonymous (otherwise it allowed you to know the title and the person that uploaded something but not see the picture - silly software).

Anyhow, as above, for this contest and all future ones, simply go to UPLOAD and then choose the contest and category which you wish to upload your entry.

Thanks Michelle for the visual.

-
Nathan

Newb question: Ok, so how do I upload another angle of the same mini being submitted into the contest?

[Nathan Caroland]

You don't.

:D

What you need to do is compile the different angles into one image, a composite photo if you would. You can do this with Photoshop or any other graphics program, or if you don't own one, you can get a free software called GIMP which is easy to use.

[Stratos]

You don't.

:D

What you need to do is compile the different angles into one image, a composite photo if you would. You can do this with Photoshop or any other graphics program, or if you don't own one, you can get a free software called GIMP which is easy to use.

ah! Can I resubmit mine as composites? Pretty please with candy corns on top?

[Nathan Caroland]

Yup, we just delete duplicates, happens every time.

[Darklord]

i have a question, i got an entry but not sure which catagory to put it in (1 of 2) should i stick in which i think and it will get magically moved if necessary or should i pm you first so you can pick?

[Ghool]

I've been trying to upload some images of minis I've painted recently for the current Rotten Harvest contest, but the category does not yet exist.
Should I be uploading to the Rotten Harvest 4 categories, or should I wait until there's a new one?
Any help or explanation would be much appreciated.

[Angus Khan]

I've been trying to upload some images of minis I've painted recently for the current Rotten Harvest contest, but the category does not yet exist.
Should I be uploading to the Rotten Harvest 4 categories, or should I wait until there's a new one?
Any help or explanation would be much appreciated.

I would say wait for RH 5, that way you're sure there isn't a mix up. ;)

On another note, I'm pretty sure the RH 5 galleries are open for submissions... Maybe you're looking in the wrong place?

[Nathan Caroland]

No, I've just been a putz and not created them. Give me tonight. Busy now.

[Vin]

So, I downloaded GIMP, any quick pointers or help on how to make the composite image for uploading to the contest results?

[Ratty]

Create a canvas the max size you want the composite image to be.
Open each image you want to add to the composite.
In each image select the area you want with the selection box.
Copy with Ctrl+c
Paste as a layer into the composite image.
Resize, move and use the selection box to crop (if you need to) the image in each layer
Save the working file in case you need to edit
Save optimized for web as a jpg
upload jpg

[Vin]

Thx Ratty, appreciate the help and the super quick response.

edit #2 - removed comment, figured it out