The Club's digital projector only outputs 1024x768 pixels to the screen. These guidelines will help make your digital images look their best for projection. They are written for Adobe Photoshop, but Elements users will find them useful, too.
If your images are normally in the Adobe RGB 1998 color space, they will tend to look washed out when projected. To make the colors appear brighter, convert (not assign) the color space to sRGB:
In CS: Image > Mode > Convert to Profile
In CS2 & CS3: Edit > Convert to Profile
Resize the image to have a Pixel Dimension of at least 1024x768. A bit larger is okay, but larger than 1800 pixels on the longest side is pointless and just slows down the computer. Do not make it any smaller than 1024 x 768 or the image will lose sharpness as it is stretched to fit the screen.
Image > Image size …
Pixel Dimensions are the important values when it comes to digital projection, but people are always concerned about the "pixels per inch" resolution value. The resolution setting controls how an inkjet printer is going to spray ink on a piece of paper. Varying the spacing of the ink droplets will change the size of a final print on a piece of paper. Spread the pixels farther apart, the print gets bigger. Bring them closer together, the print gets smaller. But we do not have any variability when it comes to digital projection. The club's projector has exactly 1024 pixels across by 768 pixels down. That's all there are. No more. No less. They don't move. So as long as the Pixel Dimension of your image is about 1024x768 you can set the resolution to any value you like. Most people use 72 dpi, but it really has no effect on how the image is projected because you can't change the spacing between the pixels on the screen.
After making these adjustments, save your image as a High-Quality jpeg.
* For Field Trip & Show-and-Tell images: Be sure to include your NAME in the filename.
* For Competition: Please use the following convention for naming your images or they may be disqualified from competition:
<Category>-<Entry Label>-<Competition number>.jpg
Category: GEN (general), in UPPERCASE letters
Entry Label: Up to 3 entries per member allowed, to be labeled A, B, C, again in UPPERCASE letters
Competition number: A 3-digit number assigned to you by the Competition Coordinator. If your competition number is only one or two digits, you must include the leading zeros in the file name so it will appear in the correct order with other members’ entries. The only way the computer can tell the difference between 1, 10 and 100 is if they appear in the file name as 001, 010 and 100.
Please make sure the filenames have the .jpg ending, in lowercase letters. It is important to remember the ending because this is what tells the computer that the file is a jpeg image.
For example, if Club member with Competition #1 enters three images, the files would be named as follows:
GEN-A-001.jpg
GEN-B-001.jpg
GEN-C-001.jpg
Cd's and Flashdrives-For Field Trip, Competition & Show-and-Tell images: Be sure to include your NAME on all CDs and Flashdrives submitted.