TLF Quick Start Guide
To help you get started as quickly as possible, I’d like to explain how a few of the pages on the site works. First, once you’re logged in, you’ll notice an area labeled Dashboard near the upper right of the page. This will include links and other helpful information.Within this section, the first place that you should visit is the ‘Edit Profile’ page. This will allow you to set an introduction, email preferences, etc.
Once finished, the next page to visit is the ‘Manage Albums’ page. You have the ability to add, edit, and remove albums. You may name an album anything you want, as long as it follows the site guidelines. By creating one or more albums, you will be able to add images to them on the upload or edit images pages.
Next, please visit the Equipment Profile page. This will enable you to select your cameras, lenses, and software that you use to create your art. By writing a review on your equipment, you will be able to select these items from the Upload Images page. This will speed up the process of uploading images to your account and provide a great service for those wanting to research which camera or accessory that is right for them. If an item is not on the list, contact me, and I will add it.
Once your account is set up, you’ll be able to start uploading images, adding them to the appropriate albums, and choose which camera, lens, or art equipment that you used to produce the image.
Keep in mind that when you upload images, it’s a good idea to write a detailed description of your image as well as add keyword tags because it will improve your ranking within the TLF galleries, and search engines will do a better job when indexing your page. This will ultimately improve the number of visitors to your image.
What is the best way for beginning student to learn how to resize a file?
Thanks,
joe
Most photo editing software will allow you to resize a photo. I use Photoshop and you click on “Image” and then “Image Size”.
Photoshop is expensive though. There is a cheaper version called Photoshop Elements that will work out great for the non-professional. In addition, there’s a free program called GIMP that does a good job editing and resizing pictures. It’s not as refined as Photoshop, but it works on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Photoshop only works on Mac and Windows.