Digital Competition Information

Digital Projected Images (DPI) competitions, as with print competitions, are held 4 times per year. They are a great way to see how your photos compare without the cost of printing and mounting.

While the following instructions for submissions may look complicated, they arenʼt really that bad. If you arenʼt sure about any of the instructions, you can either ask for help at or merely do your best and make your submission. If there is a problem with it, we will contact you and help get it into compliance.

Classes

At this time, unlike print competitions, there are no classes for DPI. Everyone competes against everyone. There are color and monochrome portions of each competition.

Image size

The maximum dimensions for DPI submissions are 1024 pixels horizontally and 768 pixels vertically. (Hint: Some believe putting a 3 pixel border helps entries score better, but remember the maximum dimensions are still 1024 horizontally and 768 pixels vertically.) Once again, anyone having trouble doing this can ask for help at or do your best and submit what you think is right and weʼll get back to you if thereʼs a problem.

Image file naming

The naming of the submitted files for the competition is important for a number of reasons. Weʼll be happy to work with anyone struggling with the naming format below; however, deadlines canʼt be extended.
Weʼd recommendmaking submissions early enough to allow for corrections if needed until you are comfortable with the process.

Format

Club Code – Maker ID – Competition/Image number – Image Name.jpg. The elements are separated by a dash. I will describe each of them and finally give examples. Please observe capitalization examples except for image name.

Club Code
This will always be C02 — thatʼs a Capital C followed by a zero and a 2.
Maker ID
This is formed by using the 1st 4 letters of your last name followed by the 1st initial of your first name, followed by the last 4 digits of your phone number.
Examples:
The Maker ID for Larry Smith would be SmitL1234 notice the capitalized 1st letter of the last name and 1st initial. If you have a 3 character surname do not use a 4th character.

The Maker ID for Bob Sly would be SlyB4567.

If you have 2 members of the same family with the same 1st initial, please provide me with a different phone for one of them so that the IDs will be different.

Competition / Image Number
The competition code for color is A and for monochrome is B. The image number for the first image will be 1; the second image, 2, etc.
Image Name
The image name must be comprised of fewer than 35 characters or less, including spaces. Please use spaces between words. If your email client or your ISP wonʼt allow file names with blanks, please use an underscore instead; as follows
The Deep River.jpg or The_Deep_River.jpg.
Also, pay attention to capitalization. Make it look nice.
Examples:
C02-SmitL1234-A1-The Deep River.jpg
C02-SmitL1234-A2-The_River_Deep.jpg
C02-JoneP1234-A1-The Tall Mountain.jpg
C02-JoneP1234-A2-Red Rose.jpg
C02-JoneP1234-A2-Yellow Rose.jpg
C02-JoneP1234-A3-Blue Rose.jpg
Image Name Summary
  • The 1st element is always C02 followed by a dash
  • The 2nd element is always your Maker ID followed by a dash
  • The 3rd element is always the Competition type (A = color, B = Monochrome) followed by a sequence number (1, 2, 3, etc.) example: A1
  • The 4th element is always the image title. If you use C00003.jpg, C00003 will be the displayed title of your fabulous shot of Mount McKinley. You donʼt want that to happen. Also, do not use periods or apostrophes or other punctuation (except an underscore) in the image title.