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| Cool! If you're reading this it means you're interested in being
a Buddy. I can use all the new Buddies I can get. First of all, Jerome's Home is about Scottish Folds. If you aren't a Scottish Fold, please don't ask to be a Buddy. There are lots of other cat sites where you can submit pictures. And since this is a site about Scottish Fold cats, not people, pick a picture with no humans in it. Try to select a picture that shows off your beautiful Fold self with a minimum of clutter. Scottish Folds come in two varieties: with folded ears like me or with straight ears like my little brother Gizmo. Both are welcome on the Buddies pages. In fact, Gizmo thinks we should have some more straight ears, so please all you straight-eared Folds send in your pics! You must be able to submit your picture electronically. I'm sorry, but we're just not willing to take on any risk of damage to hard copy photos. Personally, I like to leave little teeth marks in magazines and book covers and to lick things I think are interesting. Plus, the US Postal Service has been known to lose or mangle mail. If you're a graphics geek, just go for it. You know what to do. If not, then when you scan, here are some guidelines: File Format - Native Photoshop format (.psd) is preferred. If you don't have that, .tif or .bmp or PICT (for Mac) will work. If you don't have any of these, let me know what you do have and I'll try to figure out if I can work with it. Don't send .jpg unless that's your only option and then be sure to use the highest possible quality setting. Whatever you do, don't use .gif, as that format is limited to 256 colors and doesn't do justice to photos. File Size - Since I like a little elbow room to play with, start with a scan around 250K. This will yield a decent quality .jpg of around 25K as an end result. While 72dpi is standard resolution for web work, it helps to start higher, say 100-150dpi. Perceived "size" depends on what resolution you run your monitor at (I use 640x480) but anywhere from 500-600 pixels wide will work nicely. If you have a digital camera, use the largest size available. My Mavica takes 1024x768 jpegs which look excellent when sampled down to ~500. Crop Prudently - There's no point in sending a file that's 80% background. On the other hand, be careful not to chop off any body parts. I can't just "clone" them back in. I can usually remove a stray chair leg or such and may decide to mask you out and put you into a cool new background. Pick your best picture and send just that one for starters. If you have additional pictures and think you'd like to be a "featured buddy" with an entire page devoted to you, describe what your storyline would be and what's unique about the other pictures. Since "featured buddy" pages can represent considerable work on this end, there are entirely at my discretion. Thanks for you interest in being a Buddy. The "Buddies" section has become the most popular part of Jerome's Home. So fire up that scanner or digital camera and I hope to hear from you real soon! And be sure to tell me a little bit about yourself and where you're from. P.S. I think it would be cool to have an all "Buddha Buddies" page. All you Folds who do "the sit", come on, get those pictures in! |
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