Minimum File Size

You do not have to bump up file size at all. You may wish to enlarge the pixel size but you must not do that.

If you do not have large enough work for some items, leave the pricing blank on them to take them off sale.

Thanks for you reply Abbie
What I'm now doing is going to the original PSD or Ai files and re saving them as max jpeg. This seems to work the best.
Good tip about the larger items and that should solve my immediate problems

you can't bump anything up. there is no min file size. but if you enlarge you'll mess the image up. you can save the jpg at 12, that will give you the finest quality. but whatever the pixel size is - that's the size it is.


this image won't print because of blocks and blur. always save at the highest jpg level.

i think that's the only one i saw.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Resaving the files now -- even as a new file name -- won't get you a bigger print size or better resolution. All of that has to be done when you create the original file. Since you're all digital, there's no reason not to create a 6000X by whatever pixel sized image. You're obviously not limited by a camera output like us photographers.

Unasked for advice: It's free, so take it for what it is, but I'd suggest a more personalized biography. Folks here are looking for something to hang on their walls. My take is they don't care so much about our resumes.

You have nice work, by the way.

"Secondly, I was wondering how to establish from the site the actual file size, not the one shown in the 'image info' "

When you upload a new image, look at the top of the first section where print products are listed. You'll see text that tells you how big your file is. The first line will look something like this: "Your image is 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels. This allows you to sell prints at the sizes, below." The boxes that are available under the text are the sizes that can be printed from that file.

And I agree with Joseph. Your bio should be about you, but as a story you're telling to the reader, not a list of employment history. Who are you? What kind of art do you make? Why? Buyers want to connect with the artists, not hire them, but it doesn't need to be a long story either.

I also agree that your work is fantastic.

Many thanks to you all for the excellent advice. As I'm really new to this site I'm experimenting a lot, but no longer feel that I need be in the dark now.
I allocated a few days to do all this, but I think this may be a few weeks instead. Probably starting from scratch and sorting images on the computer before uploading.

Good tip about the bio, I'm used to this type of presentation as being a standard, but you're quite right, it's good to know the artist as a person rather than a list of events, which for most would be meaningless. So thanks for that!

Also many thanks for the appreciative comments.

Rosemary,

I assume that when you get ready to create your art, you establish a "canvas" size. Maybe you can create a much larger canvas when you begin. Maybe 6000x6000 or so. And then as mentioned, save as quality 12 and you should be fine.

I would also raise your prices, as they seem low to me,based on the quality on your site, $22 to $27, at least. Find other artists that you feel you are comparable to and look at their pricing structure and then "borrow" that!

And finally, try and increase your "keywords", so you have a better chance of showing up in any searches.

Welcome!

Rich

Thanks Rich, really good tips along with the ones I've had from others on this matter.
Most of the digital artwork I do is large scale so I can easily return to many of the images to re save them to suit the site. In the future I'll consider the optimum size when beginning a new work. I guess I was over excited about just getting something showing and forgot about the detail. To have a max file of 25 MG is great though and with NBN coming shortly to my house, it's going to be very easy to upload the artwork.
And thanks for the pricing tip - I've thought today I should take a closer look at this. Lots to do !!!!

I am confused...why do you want to increase the file size? I understand increasing the image size say from working on a 1000x1000 digital canvas to working on one that is 9000x9000 but that doesn't necessarily increase the file size by much. Why would you try to increase the size of the file? What benefit is there to a larger size of file?

The files I had uploaded I had realised weren't large enough to be printed without pixellation. I'd used smaller saved versions instead of going for max, save as. Thanks to the help I've had here the problem has been solved.