Monthly Image Competition Guidelines

To upload your competition entries, follow these simple instructions:

To prepare your images for upload please open with an appropriate program.
Make sure your image is around 200dpi, 10” x 8” and there are no Names or distinguishing marks on the entry. No bigger than 2000 pixels on the longest side
Select ‘Save As’ from the menu and ensure that the following information is entered as the file name: Your Name (followed by the Category (ie landscape), followed by the month(ie February) followed by your country of origin (England, USA etc). For example John_Jones_landscape_February_UK.jpg
Click the following link www.swpp.co.uk/competition/
Go to login
Use the user name and password supplied to you in the 'latest' SWPP and BPPA Newsletter. (no other password will work)
You will now be able to upload your images.
Go to 'upload file'
Click on Album and choose the category
Browse for the image that you would like to enter and double click.
Click the Submit button at the foot of the page to upload the image.
To submit more images go to upload file
One image per category
ONLY OPEN TO SWPP & BPPA MEMBERS

IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER

FAILURE TO TITLE YOUR IMAGE AS ABOVE AND THE "FILE TITLE" ON THE UPLOAD PAGE WILL RESULT IN YOUR IMAGES BEING DELETED.

ALSO UPLOAD ONLY ONE PRINT PER CATEGORY

MAX FILE SIZE 2MBs

Fig 1

Print Comp guide

Reasons why you may not be able to log on or upload

Cache full on your PC

Your ISP Proxy Server

Broadband connection speed may have dropped

Cookies should be enabled

Security setting set to high

Firewall settings to high

Too many programmes open at the same time on your PC

Our server may be busy with other members uploading

Plus about another 1,000,000 other possible reasons

You could try login on from a different computer

Fig 2

competition login

Please note In the image title the following information must be entered Name Category ie Landscape,Country

Remember to log out before leaving the site.

Preparing your images for upload..........

All files should be in Jpeg format
Files shall be maximum 10"x8" (landscape or portrait format) at 200dpi

If you have any technical questions please drop me an email.

Possible reasons why files will not upload

No category chosen
File too big (keep below 2mg)

Classification	Scoring Range	Merit Status
Exceptional	95-100	Merit
Superior	94-90	Merit
Excellent	85-89	Merit
Deserving Of A Merit	80-84	Merit
Deserving Of A Review (Above Average)	76-79
Average	74-75
Acceptable	70-73
Unacceptable	0-69

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Link to upload page: www.swpp.co.uk/competition/

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