Digital Imaging Preparation
For the Stirling Camera club Competition Entries, you should use the following settings
Maximum Horizontal width 1600 pixels
Maximum Vertical height 1200 pixels
Mode RGB, 8bits
Srgb colour space profile
Jpeg File approx. 2Mb or less
Below are some of the many examples of Digital Image preparation videos available on You Tube, some are specific to a particular camera club while others are just general guides.
Durham Photographic Society preparation using Bridge
Ashford Photographic Society PDI preparation video using Lightroom
General resizing an Image by Karl Taylor, Lightroom, Photoshop and Picasa
Beaumaris & Menai Bridge Camera Club Projected Digital Image (PDI) competitions.
Lancaster Photographic Society Photoshop preparation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Qzn6LT17w&feature=youtu.be
Uses black borders, my experience was not so good
Another General Photoshop prep
There are many other photography videos on You tube,
The judge will use a colour corrected computer / monitor to view your images.
Our projector, although several years old is a 100% Srgb Canon SX 80 mark 11.
Colour Chart displayed at the start of each PDI competition [ link to SDCC chart ]
Colour correction the club has a ColorMunki free to borrow.
Marrutt provide the most basic of colour charts for image checking which is easy and free. This cannot compare with the accuracy of a colour corrected monitor using the clubs X-Rite ColorMunki but can get you close.
Marrutt have a short video to explain
Marrutt Web Site
Tom
