Welcome to SNL 28!
If you're joining us for the first time or even if you've been around for awhile, PLEASE read this post!!!!!
All need to follow the rules of filesize, items uploaded AND deadlines -- PLEASE do your best to stick to them. Thank you!
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 come if you can!
Here is the
color pallet for July as chosen by an overwhelming majority of SNLers.
To start us off on the right foot, here are the
limits, naming and crediting rules.
Limits: 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.
THESE LIMITS ARE IN PLACE TO KEEP DOWNLOAD TIMES REASONABLE FOR EVERYONE! PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR FILESIZE AND KEEP UNDER 15MB TOTAL.
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.
Naming your files::
Your
DSP username-SNL##-your part name
Example: hoozieg-SNL23-greenbackgrnd.jpg
Please
name each and every one of your files this way, including folders so that proper crediting can be made. No matter how your files are organized, the username will be right there in the filename.
Zipping: To zip files, PLEASE
place all the individual items inside a folder, then zip that folder. This is automatically creates a folder containing your files in whatever folder the user unzips to, thereby eliminating an extra step of having to create a folder for each contributor. It also makes it real easy to use a slick little program called UnzipThemAll. It unzips all the files you tell it to all at once, but if there's no folder in the zipped file all the individual items go into the same folder regardless of who made them. The it's a real pain to try and gather up all those files and get them in the proper folders. Here is an example of both naming and zipping procedures:
[She should have named her copyright file with her username also.]
Proper crediting on layouts per DSP rules is essential: 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)
Deadline: The last chance to upload is the last day of the month at 12 midnight Eastern Time. Please get all your uploads done by this deadline. I know you've been able to to back and upload to even earlier months, but this will no longer be available. Stephens will close off any further uploads no later than the next day. People really get miffed when they miss your creations because they are uploaded after the deadline.
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, Stephens Johnson is the one to contact. His email is on the SNL website.
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!
Don't forget to include a TOU/copyright notice in your submission.
Enjoy!
So what do you guys think! You can decide. Just post a theme or a desire to pick your own theme and we'll work from there. Okay?
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