Helen Bascom KMA

A while back I linked a few landscape oriented works to thumbnails in my portfolio only to discover that they were cut short on the right. I like to show what my work looks like framed because it shows the viewer how it will appear when they buy it. :)

I knew there had to be a way, and I found one! There may be a better, faster or more convenient way to do it, but for right now I think this is it.

PART I

Create a new folder on your computer and call it something easy to remember, like thumbnails, or any name that is easy for you to find. This is the first place you are going to store tiny images of your framed work.

Click on the BUY/PREVIEW button for the landscape oriented work of art in your portfolio that you want display in the image description.

Select Framed Print and chose your layout. I like the Large selection because it shows the work at it’s largest possible display.

Select the frame and mat color you like. Once you are satisfied with the appearance of your framed work, RIGHT CLICK on the image and select the SAVE AS option. Save the thumbnail in the folder you created to store your thumbnail images.

PART II

Open the thumbnail in your photo editing software and resize it to 1 inch width. the height will default to approximately 0.89 inch or thereabout.

Save the resized thumbnail.

PART III

You will need an off-site web location to save your thumbnails. I chose www.flikr.com because they have the option of making your files private and they have lots of free storage space. You won’t need much space since you are storing thumbnails and not full size images.

Upload your thumbnail to your off-site web storage address.

PART IV

Here is where you need to have two tabs (or windows) open in your browser.

Open your “art” tab in RedBubble and select the image where you want to place the thumbnail in the description of the work. Place your cursor in the description box where you want the image to appear.

View your off-site thumbnail in the second tab (or window). Right Click on the thumbnail and select properties. Copy the web address.

Now, Where your cursor is located do this:

1. type an exclamation point(!)
2. right click and select “paste”
3. type an exclamation point (!)

That will place the small thumbnail on your page (keep your “edit image” open and don’t save yet) . Now if you want to link that small image to the BUY/PREVIEW page, do the following right next to the last exclamation point with no spaces:

4. RIGHT CLICK on BUY/PERVIEW and open in a new tab or window.
5. Select FRAMED PRINT
6. RIGHT CLICK on the web address at the top of the page and select COPY
7. Go back to the tab or window where your open “edit image” is located and place the cursor at the end of the last exclamation point
8. type a colon (:) and then right click and “paste” the web address there
9. select “save changes” and then . . .

TA DA you have inserted a linked image of your landscape oriented art and it fits perfectly.

HERE IS WHAT THE FINAL LINKED IMAGE TEXT SHOULD LOOK LIKE (WITHOUT SPACES):

!http://farm3.static.flickr.com /2254/2051375013_75e5217a47_m.jpg !
:http ://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/1159808

Here’s the result:

COMPANION

PART V

Do this for each photo link you want to place in your profile.

I use this for landscape oriented cards and posters as well