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Kathleen Gevaux

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I uploaded some paintings to the gallery but for some reason they have come out rather large. Can they be reduced in any way? The first ones I uploaded, quite a while ago, are much smaller. Thanks in advance.

Adele Elgood

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<div>I've just looked on the gallery and some other paintings are larger and some smaller. It doesn't seem to be anything to do with the size of the original paintings. It also doesn't distort them, so if no one else can help you, you could contact Dawn, the Online Editor. I personally wouldn't worry.</div>
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Nothing, I think, can be done at this end - it would be very difficult to try to edit uploaded pictures. I have trouble with this too, but it's to do with how you save your image in the first place - if you photograph your paintings from feet away, then crop them in whatever software you use, they're likely to show as much larger than they may actually be, with all the problems that entails. Either get someone to edit your images professionally (expensive) or experiment with your camera - it may help to get in nearer to the actual painting, or, conversely, farther away - it's the cropping of the "board" which causes the problem, and I use Picassa to edit my pictures, which usually works well. http://www.isleofwightlandscapes.net http://www.wightpaint.blogspot.co.uk

Adele Elgood

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Just a little add-on to the advice Robert has just given you. If you photograph your paintings nearer, just make sure that the shadow of the camera isn't showing on your painting. I sometimes go in a little too near - easy to do.