Newbie questions

TonyCooper

I'm asking this for someone who wants to set up a site to sell their photos but is not going to have internet access for a few weeks. He wants to get a jump start on knowing what he will be doing with the site.

Question: What size image should be uploaded? If the prints can be ordered in 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10, these are different aspect ratios so one image isn't going to work for all three sizes. Or is it?

Question: Same as above, but for digital downloads. Is there a size specified?

Question: Most of his photos will be sold locally and some buyers will want a CD of multiple photos of the event they were in. I know SmugMug doesn't do CDs yet, but is there any problem with stating on his home page that he will hand deliver a CD for $ xx if the buyer contacts him by email? Any TOS aspect with that?

Thank you.

TonyCooper

Whoops...forget a question. If there are previous threads on these issues, please point me to them.

Andy

TonyCooper wrote: »

Question: What size image should be uploaded? If the prints can be ordered in 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10, these are different aspect ratios so one image isn't going to work for all three sizes. Or is it?

Question: Same as above, but for digital downloads. Is there a size specified?

Question: Most of his photos will be sold locally and some buyers will want a CD of multiple photos of the event they were in. I know SmugMug doesn't do CDs yet, but is there any problem with stating on his home page that he will hand deliver a CD for $ xx if the buyer contacts him by email? Any TOS aspect with that?

Thank you.

Upload original size photos. Block the originals in gallery settings, use watermarks as well.

They can sell anything they like, including CDs

TonyCooper

Andy wrote: »

Upload original size photos. Block the originals in gallery settings, use watermarks as well.

They can sell anything they like, including CDs

Sorry, but I'm still not picking up on this. My originals are 3008 px x 2000 px (and he's using the same model of camera). The cropping would be different for a 4 x 6 compared to a 5 x 7. Not much, but some.

Would I then crop to best image at 3008 x 2000 and figure that either size will work?

What does "block" the image in gallery settings mean?

Andy

Tony, cropping is done in the shopping cart and then again (if the pro wants) after the order in his order page.
http://www.smugmug.com/help/digital-prints
http://www.smugmug.com/help/cropping
http://www.smugmug.com/help/proof-retouch-replace

Block the sizes in gallery settings - block originals from being displayed
http://www.smugmug.com/help/image-protection

jfriend

TonyCooper wrote: »

Sorry, but I'm still not picking up on this. My originals are 3008 px x 2000 px (and he's using the same model of camera). The cropping would be different for a 4 x 6 compared to a 5 x 7. Not much, but some.

Would I then crop to best image at 3008 x 2000 and figure that either size will work?

What does "block" the image in gallery settings mean?

Upload your originals and then, if required for a particular image size, the buyer specifies a little bit of crop to match the print size in the shopping cart.

It's not ideal to put the buyer in this position, but there is no other way to work it unless you disable all print sizes that don't match your 3:2 image aspect ratio (which eliminates a bunch of popular sizes).

In gallery settings, you can set the maximum viewing size on the web. I would suggest setting it to X2 or X3 so people can still get a good view on the web, but aren't able to access your originals. The originals will still be used for sending to the printer.