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FILE PREPARATION
Before uploading images to your store, you want to ensure that the files have the correct specifications.
Graphik Dimensions
Accepted file formats are JPG, TIFF, and PNG images, but we recommend using JPG where possible.
8-bit RGB files only.
To ensure your image file is in RGB, check your image editing program's file info or image settings. Additionally, ensure that your image file has an embedded Adobe RGB or sRGB color space profile for optimum expected results. Please note, Graphik will honor the profile present in the image records and does not alter the coloration or auto-color-correct. If an uploaded image doesn't have an embedded profile, a standard sRGB profile will be added to the image to normalize it. Please note, Graphik will honor the profile present in the image records and does not alter the coloration or auto-color-correct. For more information, please read Image File Specifications.
Bay Photo
Accepted file formats are JPG, TIFF, and PNG, but JPG is preferred.
8-bit RGB files only
Embedded color space should be either sRGB or Adobe RGB.
Other color spaces can be embedded, but our processes may not reproduce all the colors within a larger gamut, such as ProPhoto RGB.
Print Partner
Our site can accept .jpeg, .tiff, .psd, .pdf
Embedded color space should be Adobe RGB.
For more information on file types, size, and other specifications read this article on Everything You Need to Know About Uploading Images to Display in an Art Print Store
Upload Your Image
You won't have prints to sell if you don’t upload your images. The correct way to do this is to upload them into your Art Print Store (commonly named Warehouse).
To sell prints, they must be in the Art Print Store. This is the only way to set this up correctly to link with your fulfillment vendor.
If you find later that you need to add a new image and replace the previous image for the Art Print Product, you will need to upload the new image into the Art Print Store while following the instructions in the article How To: Replace Images After They Have Been Uploaded to replace the previous Art Print Product image
Creating a print product is very straightforward. All you need to do is upload an image!
Let’s start by creating a new product. Log in to your Site Manager, and find your Art Print Store. By default, we call it Warehouse. Click on this.
On this page make sure you are on the Categories & Products tab.
Find the button labeled +ADD PRODUCTS and click on it.
Art Storefronts Recommendation: Don’t upload multiple images at once to start with; upload ONE image, because you’re going to want to double-check the sizes offered before progressing. Once you have an understanding of how it works, then you can upload more.
Navigate to the image on your computer which you want to upload and click on it. This will select the image for you and you should see an outline appear around it.
Recommendation: If you’ve checked your images by uploading one, you can upload several images at a time. To do this, you can hold down the CONTROL button (on PC) or the COMMAND button (on a MAC) and click on several images. DO NOT UPLOAD MORE THAN 3-5 IMAGES AT A TIME. Uploading more than 3-5 images at a time may cause some uploads to fail or may cause the upload processing time to take much longer than necessary.
When you’re sure you have selected the image, find the button labeled Open, and the image or images you have selected will begin to upload.
The browser window will darken, and the status of your upload will be displayed.
After the images have been uploaded, your images will appear under uploaded images.
Check Image Sizes
Before you go any further and get in too deep with uploading your images, you need to upload one and check its sizes. We’ll show you how to do this here.
On the image, you just uploaded, click "Edit," located directly above the image.
Now select the tab labeled “Available Sizes”.
You should see all the sizes available for this image. If you find there aren’t enough sizes offered or the sizes are very small, you may need a higher resolution image - you may want to re-read the section on image sizes.
Sizes can be individually enabled and disabled, and for convenience, you may find the Toggle All: Off and Toggle All: On switches to the right of the sizes to be useful. Just make sure you click on the Save button after making any changes, so your changes will be saved.
Troubleshooting Common Issues
My sizes aren’t large enough.
First and foremost, Art Storefronts will only offer display sizes that will produce good results when printed. This is all based on the file you have supplied to the platform.
How can I offer larger sizes?
Did you attempt to shoot images yourself from a mobile phone?
Mobile phones cannot yet, produce large enough resolution images to be able to print large files. If this is the way you captured your images, you can get a DSLR camera and shoot them, or you can have your art captured professionally. If this is something you are not able to do, you will not have quality images. Art Storefronts cannot make any exceptions here.
Did you get your art captured professionally?
Usually, professional capture provides extremely high-resolution images. In most cases, you will not have limitations in terms of being able to offer larger sizes. If you have found that you have limitations, please contact us. You may also want to contact the company that captured your images and have them inspect what they provided you to ensure that you work with high-resolution files.
What do I do next?
Since you got all your images uploaded, now's the time to start working on your media types! Figure out which mediums you want to offer and those you don't want to provide. For more information, check out our video, How To: Enable and Disable Mediums in an Art Print Store