To prepare your images for uploading, please adhere to the following image file specifications:

• sRGB or RGB color space (standard) - NOT CMYK (typically used by printing industry)
• 72 ppi resolution
• sized to 1,280 pixels on the longest side, the other size width or height proportional
• layers flattened
• 8 bit mode
• JPG format
• JPG compression at level 7 (medium)
• NOTE: file names may not include special characters: ' " ; : { } | \ /or any of the charters found above the numbers (@, #, *, etc) - except the underscore and dash.
  
  The name is the last part of the path to and including the file name. The special characters only applies to the file name. See the following example:
  
  c:\myhard_drive/photos/animals/file_name-2.jpg
  
  In the above example, c:\myhard_drive/photos/animals/ is the path.
  
  Only file_name-2.jp, which immediately follows the last / in the path is the file name, and can not include the special characters. Depending on your system, you may not see the path. If you do see the path to the file name when selecting and submitting your image, that is natural and OK.