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| − | If you are 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 within the Podcast play window. This section will guide you through the resizing process, as well as to help you find a proper, royalty-free image.
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| − | :'''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. If you are uploading a '''Local Artist Spotlight''' or other piece that has no associated, previously published written content, then you will need to use this process.
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| − | ==Finding an image==
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| − | Each individual podcast episode must have a unique episode image, separate from the program or album art. This is the image that displays with your episode post at [http://www.kdhx.org/ondemand kdhx.org/ondemand] and in the RSS Subscription feed.
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| − | Images should be as interesting and relevant to your podcast as possible. However, you may not just grab any image from the Internet. You will need to get permission for any original image that you include with your podcast, including a photo credit wherever possible.
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| − | Ideally, the image that you use will come from your guest, pre-approved for publishing, and will include photo credits. It is a good habit to request a web-ready image when booking your guest and following up immediately after recording.
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| − | The preferred orientation is '''landscape''' ''(horizontal)'', the size will be '''560 pixels wide by 316 pixels tall''', using the web standard of '''72 dpi'''. Image formats can be '''jpg''', '''gif''' or '''png'''.
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| − | ===Internet image resources===
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| − | If the topic is general and the guest has not provided an image for our use, you should not spend hours hunting for the perfect photo. Spending a little time searching to find an excellent and relevant image however, is worthwhile. There are many useful, copyright free images available from the following sources:
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| − | '''[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sara_photos/ Photos by Sara Finke]'''<br>
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| − | :''This is an awesome resource for KDHX, as Sara Finke is a professional photographer who does great work and has given us blanket permission to use her photos from Flickr, as long as she receives credit and a link back to her website.''
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| − | '''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons]'''<br>
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| − | :''A database of over 24 million freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.''
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| − | '''[http://www.flickr.com/commons The Commons at Flickr]'''
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| − | :''The key goal of The Commons is to share hidden treasures from the world's public photography archives.''
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| − | '''[http://www.flickr.com/groups/freeuse Free Use Photos]'''
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| − | :''You may need to log into Flickr to save these images.''
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| − | '''[http://www.sxc.hu/ Free Images]'''
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| − | :''Free library of images. You will need to sign up for a free account. When searching, '''ignore the premium images''' and use the community images. Use images that say '''Standard Restrictions apply'''. Those are images that we can freely use.''
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| − | '''[http://www.dotgovwatch.com/?/archives/8-The-Best-Copyright-Free-Photo-Libraries.html The Best Copyright-Free Photo Libraries]'''
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| − | :''Thousands of photos taken by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duty are free of copyright and free to use.''
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| − | '''[http://www.publicdomainpictures.net Public Domain Pictures]'''
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| − | :''PublicDomainPictures.net is a repository for free public domain images.''
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| − | '''[http://morguefile.com/ Morgue File]'''
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| − | :''High resolution stock photos for illustration, comp or design needs.''
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| − | '''[http://www.everystockphoto.com/ Every Stock Photo]'''
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| − | :''Search engine for free photos, coming from many sources and are license-specific.''
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| − | '''[http://pdphoto.org/ Free Public Domain Photo Database]'''
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| − | :''Royalty free, public domain stock photos.''
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| − | '''[http://www.openphoto.net/ Open Photo]'''
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| − | :''Contributors have offered their images free of charge under terms of Creative Commons licensing''
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| − | '''[http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/ Free Digital Photos]'''
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| − | :''Free and premium stock photos and illustrations for websites, advertising materials, newspapers, magazines, ebooks, book covers and pages, etc.
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| − | '''[http://www.picfindr.com/ Pic Finder]'''
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| − | :''PicFindr searches the web for stock photos that are completely free to use commercially.''
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| − | ==Resizing an image==
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| − | If the image is not landscape format, for example wider than it is long, Media Core will stretch it to fit the wider format. To avoid this, you will want to add a background. The final resized goal is '''560 x 316 pixels''' at '''72 dpi'''.
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| − | ===1. Open Pixlr===
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| − | We recommend using the '''Pixlr''' online image tool.
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| − | :- Go to '''[http://pixlr.com/editor/ pixlr.com/editor]''' and choose '''Open Image from Computer'''.
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| − | ::[[File: Pixlr-editor.png|300px]]
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| − | ===2. Open your image===
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| − | :- Find your image, open it
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| − | :- Click '''Image => Image Size''' and change the height to '''316'''.
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| − | :- Click '''OK''', leaving '''Constrain Proportion''' checked and allow the width to change accordingly.
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| − | ::[[File: Image-size.png|300px]]
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| − | ===Resize===
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| − | :- Click '''Canvas => Canvas Size''' and alter it to '''560 x 316'''.
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| − | :- Click the center box under '''Anchor''' and then '''Save'''.
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| − | ::[[File: Canvas-size.png|300px]]
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| − | :- This should result in a new centered image on a white 560 x 316 background in landscape format.
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| − | [[Category:Podcast]]
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| − | [[Category:Production]]
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