The section labelled “Preview or Delete a Picture” can be used to view or delete pictures currently held on deepsea.co.uk:
You can select any of the pictures associated with your web pages using the “Picture” menu.
will display the picture specified in the “Picture” menu.
will display the file size and dimesnions of the picture specified in the “Picture” menu.
will delete the picture specified in the “Picture” menu.
will provide a comprehensive report on all pictures belonging to the boat on deepsea.co.uk.
Upload a new Picture
The section labelled “Upload a Picture” can be used to view pictures on your computer and upload them to deepsea.co.uk:
Before uploading a picture, make sure it is the correct size for display on deepsea.co.uk. See
Working with Pictures below.
You can select any picture on your computer using the “Picture” menu.
enables you to browse for files on your computer and places the selected file in the “Picture” menu.
will display the picture specified in the “Picture” menu.
will copy the picture specified in the “Picture” menu from your computer to deepsea.co.uk
Only .jpg picture files can be managed with this facility. There are limitations on the size and number of pictures you can have on the system at any one time. If you have any problems with these limits contact info@deepsea.co.uk for assistance.
Before uploading a picture, make sure it is the correct size for display on deepsea.co.uk.
Deepsea does not provide any facilities for editing the content or adjusting the size of pictures. To edit pictures and get them the right size to display on deepsea.co.uk you will need to use a picture editing program (some examples are PhotoShop, PaintShop, PhotoImpact, PhotoPaint). The chances are that your scanner or digital camera will have come with a basic program for picture editing. (See also Managing Pictures above.)
Here are our tips for editing pictures to make them look good on deepsea.co.uk:
The size a picture is displayed at is measured in pixels. Use your picture editing program to adjust the image size of a picture to the size it should be displayed before uploading it to deepsea.co.uk. For a normally proportioned picture we recommend you should not exceed 450 pixels on the long side and 300 pixels on the short side.
Pictures of long and thin proportions may be sized differently, but in any case keep the maximum size of any dimension below 700 pixels.
Save pictures as file type.jpg. Your picture editor may ask you what jpg quality to use. Higher jpg quality gives a larger file. Lower jpg quality gives a smaller file. We recommend low or medium quality. If in doubt, begin with low jpg quality and only move up to medium quality if low quality looks too grainy.
The amount of computer file space used by a picture is measured in kBytes. The bigger a picture is, the longer it will take for people to view it on their web browsers. It is in your interest that visitors to your web pages should be able to view them as quickly as possible. Try and keep the file size of your picture files below 30 kBytes.
File size is a function of the image size and the jpg quality it is saved at. You will not have direct control over the file size of a picture.
To reduce the file size of a picture, use your picture editor to reduce the image width and height, or save it with a lower jpg quality.
You can also use image optimising programs like ImageReady to squash pictures into smaller files.
Note that the deepsea will reject uploaded pictures of greater than 50 kBytes.
You will have a limit on the total number of kBytes of pictures that you can have on deepsea.co.uk. (The actual limit depends on the number of notice boards and galleries you have). The system will reject uploaded pictures which would take you over this limit.
