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• New Products: Matted Prints & Interchangeable Frame
  by RedBubble

  Hello, We’re looking to introduce a matted print to RedBubble in a couple of weeks time. The print area would be one size to start (m…

  Hello, We’re looking to introduce a matted print to RedBubble in a couple of weeks time. The print area would be one size to start (max 10 by 15 inches) with an overall matte dimension of 17 by 23 inches. We’re aiming for the base price to be $25-$30. The matted print would be backed with thick card stock and would have a hanging device on the back of them (like mounted prints) so they can be directly hung on the wall. We’re also looking to introduce a ‘interchangeable frame’ that could be used to house the matted print – the theory is that it would be easy to swap a matted print in and out. The base price for the interchangeable frame is yet to be finalized but it’s likely to be $60-$80. The matt board and backing board will be acid free. The frame will be made of solid timber sustainably harvested in Australia (no rainforest timber). Mountain Ash for those who know their Australian timbers. So a few quick questions: 1. Is the matted print a product that you’d be interested in? / 2. Is the interchangeable frame something you’d be interested in? / 3. Do you want the want glass/perspex in the interchangeable frame (or nothing in front of the print)? / 4. Would you be happy to sell your art as a matted print? / 5. Do you want other sizes for matted prints? / 6. What other questions do we need to answer? Here are few images of the prototypes: - Peter

• HOW TO.....
  by Mariaan Krog

  Many RB members have asked me how I did my home page to look the way it does and I thought I would enter a journal to describe just how i…

  Many RB members have asked me how I did my home page to look the way it does and I thought I would enter a journal to describe just how it was done. I hope it will be of help to you all. HOW TO USE LINKS AND IMAGES TO ENHANCE YOUR RB HOME PAGE / (To get this, go to your own online gallery site, choose your favourite banner (usually supplied by the web hosts) , right click on the image, choose properties & copy the full URL-address. Then open your “EDIT MY PROFILE”-link, put an exclamation mark (!) and then paste the copied URL-address of the image and end again with an exclamation mark (!). It will look like this (remember, DO NOT PUT IN ANY SPACES BETWEEN THE ADDRESS AND THE EXCLAMATION MARKS!) ! http://www.imagekind.com/images/buttons/buy_my_art.gif ! / (These two icons, I got from the two RedBubble Groups in their Forum Postings. Go check & find your links there. Then do the same as above.) eg. ! http://images-1.redbubble.com/img/art/cropped/size:small/view:main/958066-1-pimt-logo.jpg ! and ! http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7122/1on1iu5.png ! To put shortcut images on your home page, follow the next steps: / 1) Go to your PUBLIC PROFILE (Open in another tab so you keep your EDIT PROFILE tab open to work on) / 2) Click on VIEW ALL ART (underneath your featured images – the big ones) / 3) Choose the pic you want to display on the front page, right click on the image, go to PROPERTIES, highlight the full URL-ADDRESS, close (OK). / 4) Go to EDIT MY PROFILE tab, type in an ! (exclamation mark), right click & paste the URL ADDRESS you copied. / 5) Now you can do one of two things: / (a) Just add the image without linking it to the picture (where people leave their comments) This is done by just typing the !, followed by the URL ADDRESS, ending with another ! (Remember, no spaces). Eg. ! http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/size:small/view:main/1580804-1-shed-a-tear-at-my-beauty.jpg ! Also remember to highlight the full URL-ADDRESS when you copy, i.e. see to it that you have a .jpg or .png or .gif at the end of the address and a http://images-0.redbubble.net ….. at the beginning as shown in the example. / (b) Add the image and the link taking the user to the page where your image is displayed. This is done as follows: Follow steps 1 to 4 above, type in an exclamation mark (!), followed by the FULL URL-ADDRESS, then another exclamation mark. Now add a colon ( : ). Leave as is and then go to the page (in another tab or a new page) where your photo/image is displayed to the public (the place where people can leave comments). Look at the top (all the way up where your Internet Explorer Page shows the URL-ADDRESS of the page you are on now) eg. http://www.redbubble.com/people/craftloft/art Copy this address by highlighting all and right click and copy. Go back to your EDIT YOUR PROFILE tab, paste this copied info immediately after the colon ( : ). No exclamation mark is necessary at the end of this procedure. / 6) Follow these steps with all the images you want to put on your front page. Remember to put a space between EACH image description if you want to put your images next to each other. And when you’ve added five images, remember to enter and then start with the next five images, etc. until you are finished. When you’re finished remember to save your work. I always save and then view my public profile in another tab to see if I made mistakes. / 7) As shown on my home page, I usually just put five xsmall pics next to another, but the size I explained above, is for small images. If you want the images to be as small as mine just change the small part of the URL address to xsmall by typing in the x* before the *small in the copied URL ADDRESS of the image (under properties). Eg. http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/size:small/view:main/1620163-2-swan-wannabe.jpg Change the small to xsmall and you get the same size pics as shown below. Newest Artworks – Not on my Home Page! / / / / / ________________________ ARTWORKS, DESIGNS & PHOTOS CHOSEN AS GROUP AVATARS / – the avatar (3 August 2008 to 13 August 2008) for the National Parks of the World Group hosted by Philip Johnson and Scott Robertson. / - the avatar for the Public Art Group hosted by Alan Findlater and Roslyn Lunetta and it’s web counterpart Public Art To do the above, do the following: / a) Choose the image you want (by going to the tab where your image is shown under VIEW ALL ART in your public profile. / b) Click on the image which will take you to the page where your image is shown to the public for commenting. / c) Next to your big picture, on the right hand side, there is a buy-banner ( ) which shows a choice between cards and prints. If you want to put a card on your home page, then choose CARDS. / d) When the card is displayed, right click on the image, choose PROPERTIES, highlight the FULL URL-ADDRESS and right click copy. / e) Go to the EDIT MY PROFILE tab – Put an exclamation mark, paste the copied info, follow steps 1 to 5 as explained above. / f) If you want to put a link to the group where your work is featured do the following: / i) Put quotation marks ( “ ) Type the name of the group, type quotation marks ( “ ) again, immediately followed by a colon ( : ) Leave as is for the moment. / ii) Go to the group’s main page in another tab. Use your Internet Explorer URL-ADDRESS (at the top of your page), right click and copy. / iii) Go back to the tab where your EDIT YOUR PROFILE tab is and immediately after the colon ( : ), paste the address you copied. REMEMBER: NO SPACES BETWEEN ANYTHING!!! eg.” National Parks of the World Group ” : http://www.redbubble.com/groups/ontario-provincial-parks-art / ________________________ VIEW PER GALLERY TRADITIONAL ART _PAINTINGS: People Portraits & Faces _PAINTINGS: Animals _PAINTINGS: Trees & Plants _PAINTINGS: Flowers (To do the above layout, use steps 1 to 7 as explained above) But instead of putting images next to each other, just enter after each image’s coding for display to show your pics as above. Also follow step (f) of steps a to f above, to link to the different sections you want to show! ) HOW TO CATEGORIZE YOUR ART / 8) When you upload an image, choose a TAG as description, eg. ANCIENTEGYPT and tag all the images fitting this description with exactly the same named tag. When you’re finished, go to the tab where you EDIT YOUR PROFILE. / 9) First, add your best image of this section, (by now you must already know how to do this) as follows: ! http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/cropped/size:xsmall/view:main/1076850-2-nefertiti-mysterious-and-powerful.jpg !, then space bar, then a quotation mark ( “ ), then the name of your SECTION, eg. PAINTINGS: People of ANCIENT EGYPT (Leave as is for the moment) / 10) Open in another tab any redbubble page (it could be the home page or your own profile page, it doesn’t matter). Check for the SEARCH-button. In front of it is an open space where you can type in the tag you just named, eg. ANCIENTEGYPT. / 11) Click on SEARCH. This will show all the work you tagged as ANCIENTEGYPT. / 12) Go to the top of the Internet Explorer Page, copy the URL-Address. / 13) Go back to your tab where you EDIT YOUR PROFILE. Immediately after the quotation mark ( “ ) , type in the name of your section, eg. Paintings:Ancient Egypt. Type in another “ , then right click and paste the address you copied in step 12. Now the closing will look as follows (Remember: no spaces before or after the name you give): “ Paintings: Ancient Egypt ” : http://www.redbubble.com/search/ANCIENT EGYPT_ ______________________ / You can do the same with the part below. Now just change the section (tagged description) with the group and group URL. IMAGES FEATURED ON RB GROUPS’ HOME PAGES (Shameless Self Promotion!) / In the 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture Group / In the National Parks of the World Group / In the Exotic Mammals Group / In the Exotic Mammals Group / In the Stop & Smell the Roses Group / In the Fine Arts Group ______________________ Below are images in my profile, that are very popular on RedBubble. Use the steps no. 1 to 7 to add your own marketing space as I displayed mine. ;D FAVOURITE REDBUBBLE IMAGES (click on image to go to the linked page) /

• Giving Birth to Mounted Prints
  by RedBubble

  I’m going to post a little series giving you guys a look behind the curtain, specifically how we make some of our products for you guys. ...

  I’m going to post a little series giving you guys a look behind the curtain, specifically how we make some of our products for you guys. Today – lets take a look at mounted prints. We start with a big box of Kodak Endura paper like this: Then we fire a big ‘laser’ at it: After that it gets processed, It’s pretty dark inside the machine… You’re just going to have to use your imagination abit here – lots of rollers and developer: We check and then laminate the prints: We mount it onto the gator: We trim and the edge the print: Finally, we test every product before it goes out: Ok, so it’s all true, except for the last part, though that really is me standing on that print … gator board … strong stuff ! James

• Exhibition!
  by Paul Vanzella

  Kustom Lane Gallery Presents “Bomshell Babes” – Pinup Art Exhibition featuring works from: / 
*Paul Vanzella, Jo O’Brien, Paula Delley, ...

  Kustom Lane Gallery Presents “Bomshell Babes” – Pinup Art Exhibition featuring works from: / 
Paul Vanzella, Jo O’Brien, Paula Delley, Helen McLean, & Matt Black Opens Sunday 28th September – 2pm / Monday 29th September to Friday 3rd Oct, 10am – 5pm / Saturdays 10am – 5pm & Sundays 12noon – 5pm / Closes Saturday 18th October 5pm / www.kustomlane.com – 8 Luton Lane, Hawthorn – Tony 0409 023 523 I will be displaying large format stretched canvas prints, printed on / 415 gsm high-grade artist’s canvas, with museum quality 12 colour pigmented UV inks. Hope to see and meet you there!

• Tutorial: What Size Images Can I Print?
  by Gracey

  This is a question I see on a regular basis in the forums; sometimes in the journal entries as well. I know that RB has posted this in…

  This is a question I see on a regular basis in the forums; sometimes in the journal entries as well. I know that RB has posted this information in the forums, though for most new people it’s difficult to find. When you run a search from “my bubble” it doesn’t pick up forum threads, and if you aren’t a forum watcher (or don’t know the forums are there) you don’t even know you can search there. For anybody looking for the base information for required image sizes, the forum thread to see is in The Learning Centre Forum – FAQ listing posted by Peter What the post doesn’t tell you is that the various print sizes differ from image to image, based on the uploaded size of your image. Below are the minimum redbubble required pixels for printing, as well as 3 images of my own showing the uploaded pixel size, and the resulting printout size at redbubble. I hope this will help give an idea of what you’ll get from the image size you have. NB: if you have images that aren’t large enough for what you want, please see the end of the post for help redBubble Minimum Sizes for Prints Cards: 1300 pixels X 900 pixels Small prints: 1600 pixels X 2400 pixels / Med. Prints: 2160 X 3240 pixels / Large prints: 2560 pixels X 3840 pixels Posters small: 2500 pixels X 3500 pixels / Posters medium: 3500 pixels X 5000 pixels / Posters large: 5000 pixels X 7100 pixels Clothing: 2400 pixels X 3200 pixels Here are 3 of my uploads with the uploaded pixel dimensions, and what I can print from them: Strokes of the Lily (uploaded size 4200 X 5067) Cards / Matted Prints 9.6 X 11.5 / All Other Prints: Small 8 X 9.65, Medium 12 X 14.48, Large 16 X 19.3 / Posters: Small 16.5 X 19.9, Medium 23.4 X 28.2 (large is not available) Softest Dreams (uploaded size 7200 X 5023) Cards / Matted Prints 12.6 X 8.8 / All Other Prints Small 11.4 X 8, Medium 17.2 X 12, Large 22.9 X 16 / Posters Small 23.3 X 16.2, Medium 33 X 23, Large 46.8 X 32.6 On The Wind (uploaded size 3900 X 2571) Cards / Matted Prints 12 X 8 / All Other Prints Small 12 X 7.9, Medium 18 X 11.8, Large 24 X 15.8 / Poster Small 23.3 X 15.3 (other sizes not available because the uploaded file is not large enough) What You can Do if Your Images are Too Small Please have a look at the links below – these are various methods and instructions for increasing your image size so you can print the larger image sizes on redbubble. WARNING: image quality must be excellent in order to increase from small to large, so be sure your original sized image is of good quality. Increasing your images too much will cause artifacting that will show up in your large print. Basic Resizing Tutorial / How I Enlarge Images and Preserve Their Quality by Steven Love I know there are other image size tutorials, but I wasn’t able to find them doing a search. Please, if you have (or know of) other tutorials that are relative to this journal, post a link to them in the comments.

• Monitor Calibration and ICC printing profiles.
  by David Iori

  I regularly calibrate my equipment. A Few links to help you understand all about Monitor Calibration and ICC Profiles in the *New Age…

  I regularly calibrate my equipment. A Few links to help you understand all about Monitor Calibration and ICC Profiles in the New Age of Digital Printing. Everything you ever wanted to know about ICC printing Everything you ever wanted to know about Monitor Calibration This Site has everything you ever wanted to know, as Digital Processing is a very complex subject. Gone are the days you drop your negatives into the Labs and they do all the work for you. It would be nice if REDBUBBLE could make the ICC profiles available of the printers they use so we can proof our work against their printers. If you go and read my other Journals I have more on this topic. I like to try to help people, and share my knowledge. David

• Pricing your photography
  by Leah Highland

  I found this article and thought that I would share. / Great information and a bit inspiring to those that might not have / the confiden…

  I found this article and thought that I would share. / Great information and a bit inspiring to those that might not have / the confidence they deserve. By Scott Bourne When photographers turn pro, they face an important issue: How to price their products and services. Unfortunately, photographers are at the low end of the pay scale because they usually don’t apply standard marketing and business strategy when pricing their work. The goal of this article is to give you advice that will let you earn what you are worth and at the same time, elevate the price positioning of the entire industry. START AT THE BEGININNG – KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SELLING Are we selling square inches of paper? For some reason, the first thing that enters a photographer’s mind when pricing is print size. This has cost more photographers money than you can imagine. The most important thing to know here is to build value in your product. You do that by considering ALL the factors that go into making a salable image. So what are we selling? How about that creative eye? Anyone can buy a camera but can they see through it the way you do? Are the hours you spent training for this moment worth something? Your mechanic, doctor and lawyer all get paid for their time, shouldn’t you? Then there is your present technical ability. The casual amateur may not be able to get the most out of the same equipment as the everyday pro. And speaking of equipment, you need to consider the value of all those gadgets you have laying around the studio. When you price, charge for your logistical skills, intelligence, time and your ability to translate your client’s desires into a visual statement. You should consider standard usage and copyright in the price as well as basic business economics. And here is one of the first places that photographers stumble. They aren’t honest with themselves about the cost of doing business. In order to price something, you must know what it cost to make. Here are some things to look at: Pricing Economics 1) Overhead / 2) Profit / 3) Market Type Calculating overhead requires you to consider all the costs that are associated with being a professional photographer. That means: 1) Equipment depreciation / 2) Insurance / 3) Rent / 4) Licenses / 5) Legal Fees / 6) Accounting Fees / 7) Payroll Fees / 8) Salaries / 9) Taxes / 10) Utilities / 11) Production / 12) Repairs / 13) Printing / 14) Postage / 15) Office Supplies / 16) Subscriptions / 17) Dues / 18) Advertising/Marketing / 19) Transportation/Shipping / 20) Travel / 21) Misc. Calculating profit is a bit easier. You consider your cost of doing business by allowing for a percentage of your overhead to be applied to the cost of each job. From there you add mark up. This can be based on any number you want but a good starting point is to double the cost of your product. Now you also need to adjust this figure based on market type. Is the image being used in a small or large market? Will thousands of people or just a few see it? What is the value to the client? What will the client do with your image? What choice besides you does the client have? Are there 50 photographers in town or only three? All of these factors go into calculating a price. STRATEGY Now that you know what you have, what you are selling and what it costs you to make it, you need to devise a pricing strategy. This can be as simple as jotting down some basic facts. 1) What is your overhead? 2) What is your marketing strategy? 3) What is the competition charging? 4) How much income do you need to survive? If you have a real business plan, you will have answered most if not all of these questions. If you don’t have a business plan, now would be a great time to write one. It doesn’t have to be fancy but you need to be able to articulate your goals or you won’t be able to measure success. EDUCATE THE CLIENT After you have decided on a strategy, you need to start educating your clients about your business. Most people have no idea what it costs to run a business, let alone a photo business. Share that with your clients. If you run a portrait studio, make sure they understand the differences between what you do and what the chain studios do. If you are selling fine art nature prints, discuss your education and training, the cost of dues to professional organizations, etc. When dealing with art directors, let them know when you have purchased new cameras or computers that feature advanced technology. Once the client can see a nexus between value and price, the higher rates become less of a stumbling block. You can embark on this education process in a number of ways. Issue press releases that tout your equipment acquisitions, attendance at seminars and new employees. Bring these things up in casual conversation when selling. Publish a studio newsletter. Conduct your business in a manner that exudes professionalism. CONCLUSION There is one last but very important step that you must take to profitably price your photography. Ask established photographers how they bid jobs. Smart photographers who have made a good living at photography will gladly help beginners with this information. They realize that if you are new, you might undercharge, thereby bringing prices down industry-wide. Ask for help. You’re likely to get it. Article Copyright 2005, Scott Bourne – Photofocus Magazine ABOUT THE AUTHOR Scott Bourne is the author of “88 Secrets to Selling & Publishing Your Photography” and “88 Secrets to Photoshop for Photographers.” Both are available from Olympic Mountain School Press, http://www.mountainschoolpress.com His work has also appeared in books, magazines, galleries, calendars, on greeting cards, web sites and on posters. Scott is a professional photographer, author, teacher and pioneer in the digital imaging field. His career started in the early 70s as a stringer covering motor sports for Associated Press in Indiana. Since then, he has shot commercial, portrait, wedding, magazine and fine art assignments. His new passion is wildlife photography. Scott regularly lectures on a variety of photo and media-related subjects. He’s appeared on national television and radio programs and has written columns for several national magazines. He is the publisher of Photofocus.com, an online magazine for serious photographers and also serves as the executive director of the Olympic Mountain School of Photography in Gig Harbor, WA.

• Hurray and Thank you!
  by Craig Goldsmith

  Just got back to lunch to find that I have sold my first framed print and it’s now my second sale to the US! Yippee, I did a victory lap …

  Just got back to lunch to find that I have sold my first framed print and it’s now my second sale to the US! Yippee, I did a victory lap around the office, only a handful of people in it at the time, and I’m really chuffed. The piece was Parisian Bike / / I’m really rapt, and really hope the nice person that bought it really can enjoy it. I’ve also got to thank those that have bought Front Row Seats, Parisian Bike and Eilean Donan as cards these are now some of my best sellers, and I thank you all. Yay!

• Yayyy I sold Jake
  by Lucindawind

  This is my first offsite sale .. well that I know of .and a matted print at that !! . a friend from another site Renderosity boug…

  This is my first offsite sale .. well that I know of .and a matted print at that !! . a friend from another site Renderosity bought Jake .. .. a big thank you goes out to him ... I appreciate it for the kittens at the shelter ..yayyy more food for them

• Selling Photography
  by Jo O'Brien

  This is based on my experience working at markets and in “painting and sculpture” galleries. I have heard of exclusively photographic gal…

  This is based on my experience working at markets and in “painting and sculpture” galleries. I have heard of exclusively photographic galleries (collaborative- not just for a single photographer) which are an easier market but I am yet to find one in Melbourne. DISCLAIMER: The opinions presented in this journal are not a substitute for professional advice and are based on analogical evidence Things that I have found help to sell photography are: / 1) Taking a strikingly lucky, creative and one off image that others would struggle to replicate / 2) Presenting your photos in an original way / 3) Providing support material to the seller about the image and yourself / 4) Signing the image and providing info on the back / 5) Having a variety of photos available for sale / 6) Only having one copy of each image on display Things I have found detract from selling photography / 1) Inferior or unsuitable framing or packaging / 2) You are selling a whole bunch of your images and most of them look similar- or more so, look like you took them all on the same day / 3) No information about the image is available / 4) No image about the photographer is available / 5) I hate to say it but photographers with birthdates in the 1980s should consider omitting this information from their biography because youth = inexperience in the minds of some buyers. The exception seems to be works using a lot of photomanipulation. / 6) Damaged prints or packaging / 7) And it might have seemed the most obvious point but images that are not interesting, or that do not fufil a decorative need There are many ways of presentaion your images including: / 1) Loose prints or posters / 2) Matted prints (and whether to sign the image or the mat) / 3) Canvas Prints / 4) Framed Prints / 5) Putting your images on other products (tastefully) Generally speaking, bad presentation will doom the sale of even the most amazing photograph and that the more creative and unusual your presentation, the more attention you and your work will recieve. Who has some other tips?

• The T-shirt Training Tutorial
  by Michael Alesich

  To make a t-shirt file in however many easy steps needed for Photoshop A rough and ready guide 1. The new t-shirt file / Downl…

  To make a t-shirt file in however many easy steps needed for Photoshop A rough and ready guide 1. The new t-shirt file / Download the t-shirt template from the t-shirt upload section or input 2400 wide by 3200 high at 200 pixels/inch in RGB into a new Photoshop file as below. Note: If you are making a black t-shirt ensure the background is blank and there is no background layer 2. Artwork Input / Place artwork file by copying and pasting the art in from another file, this part is entirely up to you. One recommendation though is to have a look at the chart below. This chart indicates how the different colours will work on the different coloured fabrics. Confused? well if you want to print black on any of the 9 plain t-shirts then it should print just fine(left row and right row to the second bottom) but yellow seems to be almost entirely lost on the red, the green and the olive t-shirts. The t-shirt with the big difference is the black one on the bottom right. Since it has white printed behind the text it doesn’t really matter what colour you print onto it. 3. Check your file over This isn’t really a step but I’ll put it in regardless. / Your file will finish up on the front of a t-shirt so be aware your borders will not be the edge of the visible space. This is the maximum printable area on a t-shirt. / / So don’t expect it to cover the sleaves or wrap around to the back just yet. 4. Save the file / The last thing to do is to save your file as a png file, this is the requirement to be able to output to a t-shirt. / If you wish to save an initial PSD file to keep any layers used seperated. Once you are definately happy put in save as and select PNG instead of PSD as below. Save the file then upload as a t-shirt.

• Canvas Prints and Email Signatures
  by RedBubble

  Another update to the site this morning. A lot of work in the backend to help deal with this rapidly growing community but with few new f…

  Another update to the site this morning. A lot of work in the backend to help deal with this rapidly growing community but with few new features to keep everybody happy: / Canvas prints have been added. For now they are canvas mounted on board. We have decided to leave it the artists to decide which works they want to sell in this form. If you want to sell canvas prints you will need to update your portfolio accordingly. / An automatic email signature. This is a random image strip of your portfolio such as this one from Paul’s work. It is still a work in progress and Xavier has explained here what it is all about. / / More sharpening of the small images.

• Sale... Matted Print Marmalade Cat
  by ginnymac

  Many Many Many Thanks to a kind person who purchased a matted print of The Marmelade Cat !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/matt…

  Many Many Many Thanks to a kind person who purchased a matted print of The Marmelade Cat

• Sold Laminated Print of "Camp Coffee #2" To NavyBrat!!!
  by Susan Bergstrom

  I walk away for five minutes and come back to a sale of a lamintated print of Camp Coffee #2...

  I walk away for five minutes and come back to a sale of a lamintated print of Camp Coffee #2 to NavyBrat one of my favorite people here at RB… Thanks so much NavyB. ( I have a hard time writing the Brat part for some reason!) for this wonderfu surprise and appreciated gesture… Susan

• Sold Laminated Print
  by Jeff Burns

  First Laminated Print Sale !http://www.redbubble.com/rbimages/laminated_product_preview/Heavens_Shine_Down_2.jpg?color=black&heigh…

  First Laminated Print Sale A huge Thank You to whoever purchased a print of Heaven Shining Down on Me. To this day I cannot believe I sold anything. I posted stuff to share with people and get critiques. This is simply amazing. I appreciate everyone who has commented on anything in my portfolio. :-) Click to view – Heaven Shining Down On Me

• Basic Resizing Tutorial
  by Gracey

  This is a very basic resizing tutorial for those wanting to enlarge work for print. Enlarging should be done PRIOR TO any other processin…

  This is a very basic resizing tutorial for those wanting to enlarge work for print. Enlarging should be done PRIOR TO any other processing of your image. This contains no gaussian blur layers, no processing tips – just how to resize your images, with very simple and non-technical information. It does explain (in the simplest terms) the differences between file sizes and image size, and how to change the resolution. Those already using a method to enlarge their photos won’t get much out of this, but those just learning might find it helpful The tutorial is in a downloadable .pdf format and includes screenshots with the instructions, to make it even easier to follow. Basic Image Enlargement in Photoshop Thanks goes to Shaida Parveen for the image used during the making of the tutorial.

• Printer Spam
  by RedBubble

  We have had an incident of a printer from China spamming the website seeking business. We would be grateful if you could report any such …

  We have had an incident of a printer from China spamming the website seeking business. We would be grateful if you could report any such instances to us at Bubble HQ by email (earswideopen@redbubble.com) or coded radio message. We are happy for members to use RedBubble to promote their art or events, to link through to other websites which they may have or for the sale of art originals. But we do draw the line at printing services as we need to fund the bubbles for the bubble machine.

• Christmas Season 2008
  by yanmos

  Greeting Cards / ...

  Greeting Cards / / T-shirts / /

• T-shirt printing colours
  by David Burren

  If you don’t care too much about colour management, feel free to ignore this. / The current RB T-shirt printing uses 4 inks, and relies on…

  If you don’t care too much about colour management, feel free to ignore this. / The current RB T-shirt printing uses 4 inks, and relies on the underlying white cloth to provide a white. The range (gamut) of colours that can be reproduced on a T-shirt with this printer is much smaller than that reproduced on the other RB printed products. How much smaller you ask? If you have a calibrated monitor and use software such as Photoshop which uses ICC colour profiles, here is the answer! / I’ll demonstrate with a few images from my RB portfolio. For each image I’ll show 3 versions: the original (well, in sRGB), as the T-shirt printing would produce it without correction, and lastly as the T-shirt printing will produce it with the corrections I describe further below. / Dolphin Pair / Breakaways at dusk / Snowgum patterns You’ll see that by default purples don’t come out very well! / The 3rd of each of those images is the “corrected” one: the colours are a little faded compared to the original, but not badly. To achieve the corrections, I have generated an ICC colour profile for the current RB printing process. You can download it in a zip file then extract the file RB_whiteT_070615.icc and install it onto your system. Simply copy it into the appropriate directory: WinXP: WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\COLOR / OS X: ~/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/ or /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/ Photoshop and other profile-aware software on your system will then be able to access the new profile “RB_whiteT_June07” (you may need to restart the software to pick up the new profile). Photoshop workflow: / How you use it is up to you, but my suggestion is to continue to work on your graphics in your favourite profile (e.g. sRGB, Adobe RGB) but before saving the PNG file to upload to RedBubble, make sure you use Convert to Profile… to convert the image into this RB_whiteT_June07 profile. I recommend you use the Perceptual rendering intent. Photoshop won’t attach the RB_whiteT_June07 profile to the PNG file which you upload to RedBubble, but the Convert to Profile step will have changed the pixel values to get the colour approximately correct. NOTE: this profile was measured from a white T-shirt freshly printed by RedBubble in mid-June 2007. It provides us with a starting point for understanding the colour behaviour of the current T-shirt printing service. If/when RedBubble change their T-shirt printing this profile will no longer be valid. Of course the T-shirt printing will fade over time. I may generate additional profiles as this happens, but we’ll see how useful that ends up being. Also note that the T-shirt previews shown on RB will be a bit weird although the T-shirt colour will come out correctly. Using the above 3 examples, the previews on RB would look like: / Hopefully when RB introduces the new T-shirt printing service (which will apparently have its own white ink for consistent colour across all cloths) they will do something to handle these colour conversions automatically behind the scenes as they do for normal prints. Given the above variables, no guarantees are provided that this profile is 100% accurate. But if you’re willing to give this a try with one of your own T-shirt designs, please let me know how you go!

• a way to show support to Axel's family-print and donations
  by sunset

  Dear all. The gift we would like to create in memory of Axel Moore, and in support of the family of a large canvas print of this “pho…

  Dear all. The gift we would like to create in memory of Axel Moore, and in support of the family of a large canvas print of this photo / / taken by Bill Fonseca can now be made. thank you all for your generosity. It is warmly received. Redbubble will contact people individually and facilitate through paypal. / ___________ update 31.12.07 Paypal donations. There are a number of unexpected expenses the family has incurred due to the event, such as the Careflight helicopter coming out, and time off work. These things put an added pressure on a family at times such as these. I have looked into paypal, and it seems it is easy to do if you have the email address, which is family@origoblue.com.au and sign up to paypal here All ways of contributing to the family are greatly appreciated, and really make a difference to their lives. It is a really positive way to help someone when you’re not sure ‘what you can do”-here another way. Thank you all for your generosity. ____________ Nothing will bring Axel back, however, the memory of the community support is the glue that binds us to this earth and each other. The ceremony today was an inspiration to the human spirit. It was touching, it was real and the love people offer just by their presence, I’m sure will help console the family in the smallest of ways in this huge time of change. I know so many people would like to do something ‘real’ to help. If this is you, please feel free to contribute in this way now. kind regards to all. xsunset

• My first print !!!Yahou !!!!!
  by micmac

  I just sold a print «Glittering» to a fantastic bubbler «Karenanderson» she makes the most beautiful flowwer’s shots,an amazing macro …

  I just sold a print «Glittering» to a fantastic bubbler «Karenanderson» she makes the most beautiful flowwer’s shots,an amazing macro photographe ,thanks again Karen…..Micmac

• Wow !!My first framed print!!!
  by micmac

  I’m all turned out ,I thought it would never happen….Maxhamish bought «Fog and fire » …Darren is a great photographer , it’s such a ...

  I’m all turned out ,I thought it would never happen….Maxhamish bought «Fog and fire » …Darren is a great photographer , it’s such a honnor ...thank you …you made my day ….Gigi… alias …Micmac / / If you got some time ,go see his marvelous work…

• Unisex short sleeve- Image to shirt size comparison chart
  by Chris Wahl

  Like my previous colour chart journal entry, I’ve tried something else to take the guesswork out of designing for RedBubble t-shirts. ...

  Like my previous colour chart journal entry, I’ve tried something else to take the guesswork out of designing for RedBubble t-shirts. This time I’m comparing the unchanging maximum print area (2400px x 3200px @ 200dpi = 30.48cm x 40.64cm or 12inches x 16inches) to the varying sizes of the Unisex short sleeve t-shirt, which ranges from S up to XXXL. This should help you envisage how your design will look across the varying shirt sizes. As you can see because of the unchanging print area, things look considerably different when comparing S to XXXL. In the coming weeks I’ll do the same for the Girly, V-neck and long sleeve shirts. To RedBubble, I’ve made every effort to get these measurements exact as possible. If you notice any errors, please let me know. Below: The blue area represents the maximum unchanging print area. As a result, the larger the t-shirt the more empty space surrounds the design. Note: The shirt preview we see on Redbubble is based on the Large size. Below: Here you can see how the same design at the same size looks on the smallest and largest t-shirt. / For a larger version of the Blue square chart, you can download from the link below (copy and paste address in your browser)- http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2117/unisexsizecomparisonzr3.jpg Thanks. More soon…

• Autumn Cards/ Prints
  by 4getsundaydrvs

  !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print/size:small/view:preview/495730-6-autumns-beauty.jpg…