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The Slideroom.com Application System |
| I did speak to the Slideroom people and they
are willing to listen to feedback on the system. In fact the person I
spoke to agreed with me and suggested that sending feedback could be
the fastest way to get the issue resolved. Send
an e-mail to info@slideroom.com
with the suggestion of showing the full images in the thumbnail
gallery that the artist put together their presentation order from. In
fact, you can scroll down to read an official
response from Slideroom. |
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| I'm all for competition but whatever system an art show
uses for their application needs to consider that jury images
are an artists most important asset and must be treated with respect. |
| While preparing a submission to the Philadelphia Museum or
Art Photography Competition, I ran into a logistics problem with
Slideroom.com, the web site that the Philadelphia Museum was using for
their application. All my images were verticals and each time I
uploaded an image, the top and bottom were cropped off so that the image
that displayed was horizontal. Dismayed, I looked to their help file to
find out what was going on. The answer but not the solution was easily
found. |
| "All uploaded media is displayed as a standardized
thumbnail size in the gallery area. Even if your media is not horizontal,
the gallery uses a standard format to use the space efficiently. You media
has not actually been cropped. You can view a slideshow of your work by
clicking on an image, and then clicking view. You can also click the
single-view icon in the top right corner." |
| The problem with using the Slideroom system for art show
applications is that the thumbnail page is the only page that shows you
all your images together and lets you drag your images around to create
the best possible order for submission, which is impossible if the tops
and bottoms of all your vertical and square images are cut off. |
| Artists need to inform any art show contemplating using
Slideroom to contact the system and suggest having them change the
thumbnail interface. You can see a screen capture of my
Slideroom portfolio below. |
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My thumbnail gallery on Slideroom with heads and feet
cut off |
| If you're curious if I submitted to the Philadelphia
Museum of Art competition, I didn't. |
| Response from Slideroom: |
| "SlideRoom has a long history improving it's system
based on feedback over the last 4 years. In fact, we solicit feedback from
artists after every submission. The current thumbnail gallery is a
response to requests for a simple preview of uploads to facilitate
labeling, arranging and deleting. When reviewed by jurors, the whole
artwork is displayed at full size. If the thumbnail-view during
preparation is problematic for artists, we would love to get this feedback
documented so we can make the necessary changes. SlideRoom prides itself
on good design and responding to the needs of its community." |
