Image Titles

HOW TO LABEL JPG FILES

Each VISUAL ARTicle image file is required to be titled with your name, one space, copyright symbol, completion date, one space and a two digit number representing the order of images displayed in your portfolio folder or set.

• EX:   John Smith  ©2010 04   /    Jane Doe ©2010 16
• The reason you consistently leave a space between your last name and the © symbol is so your JPG images will automatically divide into years and sequential order in your CMS Student Folders.
• Ex:  Name ©2010 25,   Name ©2010 26,   Name ©2010 27,   Name ©2011 01,   Name ©2011 02,   Name ©2011 03
  

• Please take note your master images are titled    John Smith ©2010 04  300ppi Images intended for the web are resized to 72ppi  BUT the title does not bear the image size.

TIP ONE:   Making a copyright symbol

• Windows or MAC systems WILL NOT allow you key in the © symbol and save it within the original file title.  You CAN RENAME the title to include the © symbol using  Copy and Paste.  See the following instructions.

• SAVE AS the title of your jpg image with only letters and numbers -  John Smith 2010 04

• To make a copyright symbol © -  Open a word document and strike the following sequential keys without spaces  (   c   )   An application within the word document will automatically change this sequence into the © symbol.

TIP TWO:   Making an artist title template

• Open a word document / type the complete title sequence with the Your name  © symbol,  the current year and a number   – John Smith  ©2010 04
• Highlight your artist title template with a left click after the last digit /then scroll backwards over the title / left click / the title will darken / release the left click and right click on the darken title to open the menu / scroll down the menu to right click on COPY / now you are ready to rename your JPG image files by inserting the copied title

• HINT: You cursor or mouse memory holds ONLY ONE COPY at a time.  If you right or left click before you are ready to PASTE you will loose your artist title template and will have to repeat the COPY step.

TIP THREE:    Inserting your artist title template into a JPG file title

• Left click on your JPG file / right click on the JPG title / scroll down the menu and  left click on RENAME to edit your title.
• Right click on PASTE / The result should look like this John Smith ©2010 01
• REMEMBER you will need to change the number to   02  03  04  05  etc…  each time you rename a new JPG file / otherwise, an error message opens to warn you that a previous file has the same title.
• Left click on the highlighted title to SAVE the new title / left click = SAVE AS / A drop down menu does not open when saving a RENAMED JPG title

HINTS

1. The process is fastest when you change several titles, one after the other.  
2. Right and left click options are set within your cursor properties / Practice the copy and paste steps to determine how your preference is set.

Submitted by Carol Hagen chagenstudio@hotmail.com