Welcome to SNL 27!
I'm starting early this month because next week is EXTREMELY busy for me. I have to resign from my current job (Yahoo!) and get ready for a houseful of people and graduation ceremonies. Stephens probably won't have the colors up yet, so be patient, but they are in the gallery
HERE.
If you're just joining us or curious what we're all about go
HERE to find out all about what we do and
HERE to read the rules and instructions. Check out our
GALLERY to see what we've accomplished. We have a gallery just for layouts conveniently called
SNL Layouts.
Chats are every Saturday Night from 10-11 PM ET. Attendance is not required. The Third Saturday of the month is our Learning Chat where one of us will do a tutorial to share and answer questions. We have been known to share tips and tricks on other chat nights, so don't miss out!
Here is the
color pallet for June.
To start us off on the right foot, here are the
limits, naming and crediting rules.
The minimum submission is 4 items, the maximum is 8 in one file with an optional add-on of 4 items for a total of 12 items. You will have 2 (or at max 3) zipped files to upload. Compress your JPGs to medium to save on download time and to be able to fit all of your 8 items into one 10MB or less zipped file and the 4 item add-on into 5MB or less. There will be no difference in printing quality. Size for 12 x 12 and save your items at 200 dpi.
Definition of items/elements:
* 1 paper, 1 frame, 1 set of photo corners = 1 item
* Small items like ribbons, eyelets, brads, buttons, etc. - 1 of each color = 1 item (i.e., if color pallet has 6 colors, you make 6 eyelets, one in each color, you count all 6 as 1 item)
* Alphas – Upper & Lowercase plus numbers = 4 items
* Quick Click/Plopper = 4 items
* Word Art = 1 item each
If there is any question about how to count elements, please ask.
I also want to reiterate the file naming rule as follows:
Name your files in this manner:
Your
DSP username-SNL##-your part name
Example: hoozieg-SNL23-greenbackgrnd.jpg
Please
name each and every one of your files this way so that proper crediting can be made. No matter how your files are organized, the username will be right there in the filename.
Note: When zipping files, PLEASE
place all the individual items inside a folder, then zip that folder. There's a program called UnzipThemAll that will allow you to mass unzip files, but will unzip them all into the same folder unless there's another folder to contain them. When you double click on the zipped folder icon, you should see just a folder containing your files, not all the files.
Proper crediting on layouts per DSP rules: Name each contributor (username only please for privacy), what they made and SNL # so that the item can be located. For example:
Debbers - Background (SNL14), photo mat (SNL 17) and ribbons (SNL 18).
JonnySmith - Eyelets (SNL 13), bookplate (SNL 17), fiber (SNL 15)
hoozieg - layered papers from SNL 3 (if they all came from the same SNL)
As always feel free to ask any questions either here, in chat or PM me or Mars (she's my co-host). If you have questions on the website, StephensJohnson is the one to contact. His email is on the SNL website.
PS
Those of you who have asked about using DSP brushes on backgrounds and other elements, we cannot pass off any brushes as our own or give them away as brushes by themselves, but we CAN use them as part of a background as long as proper credit is given.
You may use free clip art as long as the TOU tells you it's okay (like Dover). Also, Atomic Cupcake actions are okay, just credit her in your TOU. If in doubt, ASK!
Newbies - don't forget to include a TOU/copyright notice in your submission.
Enjoy!
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