Patricia Montgomery

I recommend printing these instructions so that you have them handy for reference. It is easier than switching back and forth to this screen.

Sometimes the examples of framed photos can take up quite a bit of room on our profile pages. Here’s how you can make them smaller to take up less room.

SHORT VERSION: Save the framed image to your computer and re-size it in a photo editing program. Then upload the smaller version back to RB using the “hide” feature. Once uploaded then you can right-click on the image to get the URL address in order to post the smaller version on your profile page. That was a quick-and-easy version for the more computer saavy.

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS: Below are more detailed instructions that explain how to add smaller examples (card, laminated, matted, etc.) to your profile. You can view my profile to see an example of the size I used.

Click on “my bubble”.

Click on “art” (on the 2nd row of links – not the top one).

You should see “My Art” page – this is the page where you can edit your pics.

Choose your photo and click on “Show Public View”.

Click “Buy/Preview”. (Note: You won’t actually be buying, only previewing)

Choose the frame of your choice, mat, color, etc.

When the image of your framed photo appears on the screen, right click on the photo. A pop-up box will appear. Click on “Save Photo As”. Be sure to save as a jpeg (.jpg) file.

A dialog box will appear. Choose a folder or location on your computer to save the framed pic. Remember where you save it.

You are done with RedBubble for now. You can close your browser window or leave it open for later.

Resize the Photo: You now will need to open the saved, framed image on your computer using a program such as Photoshop or Irfanview. You can use any software that will allow you to resize the image.

For this example, I will use Irfanview. You can download this free software by going to www.irfanview.com If you are using another program, you will need to use the resize/resample feature.

Open Irfanview. Open the framed image that you saved to your computer.

Go to “Image” (top menu bar) – in the drop-down menu, choose “Resize/Resample”

In the dialog box, you will need to change to a new size. For my own profile page, I chose approximately 175×141 pixels so that I could fit two images side-by-side. See my “profile page”: http://www.redbubble.com/people/patmonty/ for an example.

These numbers are not set in stone. You may need to tweak the numbers to suit your own needs.

Save your resized image in Irfanview, but be sure to remember where you have saved it.

Close Irfanview and open RedBubble in your browser window.

Add Smaller Image to Redbubble: Now you are going to upload the resized pic to RedBubble. IMPORTANT: Be sure to “Hide this work from others” When you upload, the resized image will be private and only can be viewed by you.

Once uploaded, then right click on the private, resized image. A pop-up box will appear. Right click on the photo.

In the pop-up box, click on “properties” (at the bottom of the list).

The “Properties” box will pop up – highlight the address (URL) . {Click & drag will highlight the entire address}

IMPORTANT: Be sure to highlight the entire address – only two lines will be visible, but if a third line of the address hidden, be sure you drag down to highlight all lines of the address.

Next copy the URL address. Press Ctrl-C (press the control key and the “C” key at the same time). You won’t see anything happen on the screen, but that is fine. Click OK to close the “Properties” box.

Go to “edit your profile”. Press Ctrl-V (press control key and the “V” key at the same time). You should see the URL address.

Put an exclamation point ( ! ) in front of the URL address and another one at the end of the URL address. It should be similar to this example, but without the spaces:

! http://images-0.redbubble.com/img/art/cropped/size:xsmall/view:main/993259-1-yellowstone-in-winter.jpg !

Remember, NO SPACES before or after the exclamation point (!) – the beginning of the URL should look like this:

!http://

The end of the URL address should look like this:

winter.jpg!

Now check the public view of your profile to see if the smaller-sized image appears. Now you can add the html code for your next image. Keep the html code for each image separated by one space.

If you have problems or questions, please don’t hesitate to let me know.

Have a blessed day,
Patricia

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