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Overview

If you're creating a new Podcast that is not associated with another pre-produced review, spotlight, or other type of script, it is very likely that you will have to find your own image and size it to fit the Podcast play window. This process will guide you through the resizing process as well as where to find a proper, royalty-free image.

(NOTE: This process is ONLY necessary if there is no image associated with an original written work that is already published on the KDHX website under the category of the piece you are uploading! If you are uploading a local artist spotlight or other piece that has no associated, previously published, written content, you will need to use this process.)

Podcast images

Each individual podcast episode must have a unique episode image. (this is separate from the program/album art) This is the image that displays with your episode post at kdhx.org/ondemand and in the RSS Subscription feed. Images should be as interesting and relevant to your podcast as possible. However, you may not just grab any jpg from the Internet - you will need to get permission for any original image you include with your podcast, and include a photo credit whenever possible.

Ideally, the image you use comes from your guest, with use approved, and the details of the photo submitted for your use in crediting. It is a good habit to get into requesting a web-ready image when booking your guest, and following up immediately after recording.

Preferred orientation is "landscape" (horizontal), and final use size will be 560 pixels wide by 316 pixels tall, at the web standard 72 dpi. Image formats can be jpg, gif or png.

Resizing the Image

If the image isn't landscape format (wider than long) Media Core will stretch it. To avoid this, we'll want to add a background - the final goal in resize is 560 x 316 pixels at 72dpi.

We recommend using the "Pixlr" online image tool for that. (http://pixlr.com/editor/, and choose "open image from computer.")

• Find your image, open it, and click image/image size and change its height to 316, click OK (leaving constrain proportion checked, and allow the width to change to whatever).

• Then click canvas/canvas size and alter it to 560x316, click the center box under Anchor, and then save.

• This should result in a new centered image on a white 560x316 background in landcape format, even if the image provided was not.

Finding An Image

If the topic is general, and the guest hasn't provided an image to use, you are not expected to spend hours hunting for the perfect photo, but spending a little time searching to find an excellent and relevant image is worthwhile. There are many useful, copyright free images available from these sources:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sara_photos/ (This is an awesome resource for us. Sara Finke is a KDHX staff member and professional photographer who does great work and has given us blanket permission to use her photos on Flickr, so long as you credit and link back to her site.)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.flickr.com/commons

http://www.flickr.com/groups/freeuse (You may need to log in to your Flickr to save these images to your drive.)

http://www.sxc.hu/ (Free library of images. You will need to sign up for a free account. When searching here, ignore the "premium" images and use the community images. Use images that say "Standard Restrictions apply." Those are images that we can freely use.)

http://www.dotgovwatch.com/?/archives/8-The-Best-Copyright-Free-Photo-Libraries.html

http://www.publicdomainpictures.net

http://www.sxc.hu/

http://morguefile.com/

http://www.everystockphoto.com/

http://pdphoto.org/

http://www.openphoto.net/

http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/

http://www.picfindr.com/