Like any club here, we're bound to have thousands, upon thousands of immagini uploaded into each of the three (Screencaps don't work anymore) sections. But what some people don't seem to understand, is what these three sections mean, and just how to correctly use the "credit" space, as well as the titling and "tags". In this article, I will explain some of the issues people still have with this, and how te can improve in your own labeling of images.
● How do I know where to place my image?
The answer to this is quite simple. Whenever te try to carica something on fanpop, there is a little rectangle on the right side that provides some tips:
I would just like to point out that there is a huge difference between a "photo" and "fan art". fan art is an image that is made da someone else, a fan, if te will. It can be an image of a canon clothing the characters wear, a canon transformation o even a canon scene. But this does not mean te should put it into "photos". foto are for immagini only from episodes, movies, short clips o official immagini licensed da Straffi o arcobaleno S.r.l. Something drawn da someone (Say from deviantART) is fan art not a photo.
● How to correctly titolo an image.
A new feature that has been added to the fanpop labeling system, is that te can't carica immagini with titles less than 10 letters long. I think this is a good precaution and measure, and it allows us [users] to correctly give the titles that these immagini were dato in the first place. For example:
Below is an image that has many issues with crediting and such, but we'll get to that later. First of all, the titolo is obviously incorrect ("winx club mate"? Wat). I know this is from deviantART because te can clearly see the artists water-mark near the superiore, in alto of the image.
To fix this, go on link and type up the artists username (If it is watermarked/signed on the photo). te should be able to find the picture you're looking for. And...voila! There it is!
I usually look in the descrizione of the image, o even the titolo itself, to see what the artist has decided to name it. Since she really hasn't dato this transformation a name, I would call it "Bloom New Transformation" o something a long those lines. Not "winx club mate".
I also want to reiterate that if te want to post a photo, make sure that the image is official art o an image from a movie o an episode. Do not post pictures made da someone, because that would be classified as fan art. But even if it is an official image, the rules of titling still apply. If te just find a picture of Stella, for example, don't just write "Stella", te should write if she's in a transformation, if the outfit she's wearing is from a particular season, etc. For example, this is the right way to titolo a photo:
● How to correctly credit an image.
Crediting someone is very important. Just putting the name of the website that te found (Ex: Livejournal, deviantART, tumblr) is not good enough! te need to write down the username, blog name, journal name, whatever it may be, to properly give credit where it's needed. Without doing this, you're basically stealing the persons work. Which isn't cool, guys!
If te find an image that te want to post, make sure that te correctly credit when needed. For example, I really like this picture of Bloom in an alternate version of her Enchantix.
I can clearly see the artists name, so what do I do? I write down the artists name and which website it came from. Not just the website, o not just nothing at all, I write down the website and the user who made it (If te don't do this da now, te should start making it a habit of yours).
This just doesn't go for fan art either. If te find a nice pair of icone on, say, livejournal, that te want to share on here, te can't just write "livejournal" o "livejournal user", te need to write out both the website and the user who made them. Example:
If te can't find a name/username/signature anywhere on a picture, look up parole chiavi in the cerca box from where te think the image came from (If te don't have an idea, just look it up on Google with keywords. I'll mostra examples to help). For example:
They correctly titled the image, but they did not give credit to the artist. I have a feeling that this is from deviantART, but I'll check on Google for a much broader search. Narrow down your parole chiavi to things that te know about the image. I know this image is on Musa in her Sirenix form, so I'll cerca that:
Make sure that te scroll down and look at most of the images. After a few secondi of scrolling, I've already found it!
Clicking on it takes te to deviantART and eventually, the page of where all its information can be found (More importantly, who created it--which would happen to be fantazyme).
● How to correctly tag an image.
Image tagging is actually very useful and very important. The "tagging" system was designed so users can tag specific words to immagini that they upload. This would allow others to find the immagini faster and it is a good way to double check whether o not something has already been uploaded. Most people do not utilize this helpful tool to its full potential, and that needs to change.
For starters, don't just put one word in the tags. Like "photo" o "winx club". It needs to be più descriptive in order for us to find the image easier (Because trust me, it's eventually going to get buried among all the other uploads). If te find an image of Bloom in her Enchantix and want to carica it, put something like: "winx club", "bloom", "enchantix", "photo"* (*If it is a photo. If it's an icon, change it to "icon", if it's fan art, change it to "fan art" and if it's a wallpaper, change it to "wallpaper"). It's not that difficult.
I also do not advise te to tag your own username on the photo. Doing that is like saying te made the photo, which half the time, te haven't. The only time when te should write your username in the tag is when you made the image. If te found it on another website, do not tag your username. You're basically stealing when te do that.
I mentioned as well that this tagging system can help te find images, o check if something has already been uploaded. How te can do this, is da heading over to the cerca bar on this club that is above the "Updates".
I'll give an example for each scenario. Say te wanted a picture of Flora in her Enchantix. All te have to do is type in "Flora Enchantix" and...voila! te get a whole lot of results! (You can also narrow down your choices as well, da clicking the buttons near the superiore, in alto which read: "general search", "images only", "videos only" and "advanced search")
For double checking on whether o not something has been posted, te cerca up parole chiavi of the image te want to post. Say I want to post this:
I know the titolo of this image (Since the artist has conveniently dato it one) so I'll just cerca up the titolo and see what I get:
And there it is! Now I know that I should not post it since someone else already has. I cannot tell te how many immagini I have had to segnala because someone has uploaded multiple copies of the same image. It gets very frustrating. Which is why te should always cerca up an image before te post it (It never hurts to check!).
● Conclusion.
There te have it, everyone. This has been my guide to making the image section cleaner, più fresh and the artists that stumble upon our uploads, content that we credit them all. I hope te start using the pointers I gave in this article. If te have any further domande about uploading images, don't hesitate to ask in the commenti o message me privately.
● How do I know where to place my image?
The answer to this is quite simple. Whenever te try to carica something on fanpop, there is a little rectangle on the right side that provides some tips:
I would just like to point out that there is a huge difference between a "photo" and "fan art". fan art is an image that is made da someone else, a fan, if te will. It can be an image of a canon clothing the characters wear, a canon transformation o even a canon scene. But this does not mean te should put it into "photos". foto are for immagini only from episodes, movies, short clips o official immagini licensed da Straffi o arcobaleno S.r.l. Something drawn da someone (Say from deviantART) is fan art not a photo.
● How to correctly titolo an image.
A new feature that has been added to the fanpop labeling system, is that te can't carica immagini with titles less than 10 letters long. I think this is a good precaution and measure, and it allows us [users] to correctly give the titles that these immagini were dato in the first place. For example:
Below is an image that has many issues with crediting and such, but we'll get to that later. First of all, the titolo is obviously incorrect ("winx club mate"? Wat). I know this is from deviantART because te can clearly see the artists water-mark near the superiore, in alto of the image.
To fix this, go on link and type up the artists username (If it is watermarked/signed on the photo). te should be able to find the picture you're looking for. And...voila! There it is!
I usually look in the descrizione of the image, o even the titolo itself, to see what the artist has decided to name it. Since she really hasn't dato this transformation a name, I would call it "Bloom New Transformation" o something a long those lines. Not "winx club mate".
I also want to reiterate that if te want to post a photo, make sure that the image is official art o an image from a movie o an episode. Do not post pictures made da someone, because that would be classified as fan art. But even if it is an official image, the rules of titling still apply. If te just find a picture of Stella, for example, don't just write "Stella", te should write if she's in a transformation, if the outfit she's wearing is from a particular season, etc. For example, this is the right way to titolo a photo:
● How to correctly credit an image.
Crediting someone is very important. Just putting the name of the website that te found (Ex: Livejournal, deviantART, tumblr) is not good enough! te need to write down the username, blog name, journal name, whatever it may be, to properly give credit where it's needed. Without doing this, you're basically stealing the persons work. Which isn't cool, guys!
If te find an image that te want to post, make sure that te correctly credit when needed. For example, I really like this picture of Bloom in an alternate version of her Enchantix.
I can clearly see the artists name, so what do I do? I write down the artists name and which website it came from. Not just the website, o not just nothing at all, I write down the website and the user who made it (If te don't do this da now, te should start making it a habit of yours).
This just doesn't go for fan art either. If te find a nice pair of icone on, say, livejournal, that te want to share on here, te can't just write "livejournal" o "livejournal user", te need to write out both the website and the user who made them. Example:
If te can't find a name/username/signature anywhere on a picture, look up parole chiavi in the cerca box from where te think the image came from (If te don't have an idea, just look it up on Google with keywords. I'll mostra examples to help). For example:
They correctly titled the image, but they did not give credit to the artist. I have a feeling that this is from deviantART, but I'll check on Google for a much broader search. Narrow down your parole chiavi to things that te know about the image. I know this image is on Musa in her Sirenix form, so I'll cerca that:
Make sure that te scroll down and look at most of the images. After a few secondi of scrolling, I've already found it!
Clicking on it takes te to deviantART and eventually, the page of where all its information can be found (More importantly, who created it--which would happen to be fantazyme).
● How to correctly tag an image.
Image tagging is actually very useful and very important. The "tagging" system was designed so users can tag specific words to immagini that they upload. This would allow others to find the immagini faster and it is a good way to double check whether o not something has already been uploaded. Most people do not utilize this helpful tool to its full potential, and that needs to change.
For starters, don't just put one word in the tags. Like "photo" o "winx club". It needs to be più descriptive in order for us to find the image easier (Because trust me, it's eventually going to get buried among all the other uploads). If te find an image of Bloom in her Enchantix and want to carica it, put something like: "winx club", "bloom", "enchantix", "photo"* (*If it is a photo. If it's an icon, change it to "icon", if it's fan art, change it to "fan art" and if it's a wallpaper, change it to "wallpaper"). It's not that difficult.
I also do not advise te to tag your own username on the photo. Doing that is like saying te made the photo, which half the time, te haven't. The only time when te should write your username in the tag is when you made the image. If te found it on another website, do not tag your username. You're basically stealing when te do that.
I mentioned as well that this tagging system can help te find images, o check if something has already been uploaded. How te can do this, is da heading over to the cerca bar on this club that is above the "Updates".
I'll give an example for each scenario. Say te wanted a picture of Flora in her Enchantix. All te have to do is type in "Flora Enchantix" and...voila! te get a whole lot of results! (You can also narrow down your choices as well, da clicking the buttons near the superiore, in alto which read: "general search", "images only", "videos only" and "advanced search")
For double checking on whether o not something has been posted, te cerca up parole chiavi of the image te want to post. Say I want to post this:
I know the titolo of this image (Since the artist has conveniently dato it one) so I'll just cerca up the titolo and see what I get:
And there it is! Now I know that I should not post it since someone else already has. I cannot tell te how many immagini I have had to segnala because someone has uploaded multiple copies of the same image. It gets very frustrating. Which is why te should always cerca up an image before te post it (It never hurts to check!).
● Conclusion.
There te have it, everyone. This has been my guide to making the image section cleaner, più fresh and the artists that stumble upon our uploads, content that we credit them all. I hope te start using the pointers I gave in this article. If te have any further domande about uploading images, don't hesitate to ask in the commenti o message me privately.