After logging in, click on “Content” on the left side menu, then click on “Your Logo.”

You have 3 options:

Click here to show your name as text

• Fill in the bubble next to this option then click the “Select” button
• Type a name to go across the top of your site in the box provided. Choose a size from the drop down, then click “Update”
• Done!

Click here if you already have a logo in JPEG or GIF format. Your logo should be 825 pixels wide. The height can vary but we recommend that your logo be no more than 73 pixels high.

• You will have to create a file in a graphics program that meets the size requirements listed.
• Fill in the bubble next to this option then click the “Select” button
• If you already have uploaded your image, choose it from the displayed web files, if not, scroll to the bottom of the page and click to upload a new one
• When the page refreshes, click on “Choose File” on the bottom. Find the image on your computer, then click “Upload”
• Done!

Advanced Users click here to enter your custom HTML code. The width must be 825 pixels. The height can vary but we recommend that your logo be approximately 73 pixels high.

• You will have to create HTML code to go across the top of your page
• Fill in the bubble next to this option then click the “Select” button
• Add your HTML into the box provided, then click “Update”
• Done!

If you would like to view your changes, just click on “View Site As Customer” on your left side menu.

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Hello Everyone!
Hope you are all gearing up for the holidays, It’s already September, so it’s just around the corner!

One of the biggest requests I get at Ritzipx Pro is:

“Can I add my own watermark/logo to all my photos?”

Well, through our system, as you know, your images are right-click protected and watermarked, this is only protection on the site itself. The unwatermarked images are still sent to the store. Many of our Pros have requested a way to add their own logo or watermark to their images as an added protection when the image is sent to the lab for printing. Unfortunately this has to be done prior to uploading to the site for selling. If you have done this with Adobe Photoshop, as I have, you all know that batch processing can be a pain.

I have found a great FREE software suite that you should all try to help make your life a little easier.

FastStone.org

FastStone has FREE softwares that all revolve around image editing. FastStone Image Viewer, FastStone Capture, FastStone MaxView, and FastStone Photo Resizer. I love the image viewer! It’s a great way to navigate your photos as well as quickly view the image metadata and apply various edits without actually reorganizing your current file structure.

FastStone Photo Resizer

FastStone Photo Resizer is a great software for batch processing folders of images. You can resize a whole folder of images to low resolution emailable images, or you can up the dpi on a set of images with a few clicks of the mouse. You can also apply your own Logos, Watermarks, and Borders.

Just choose the source folder of you images and choose a destination to save them to. Check the “Use Advanced Options” box and then click on the “Advanced Options” button to adjust your batch settings.

The Advanced options of the software allow you to apply various changes to an entire album/folder (batch). You can Batch Resize, Rotate, Crop, Adjust Canvas Size, Color Depth, DPI, add Text, Watermarks and Borders. You can also rename all your photos to assist you with sequential ordering.

Using the borders function you have the ability to apply a wide variety of different borders.

Below is a sample of what the above settings will give you:

As you can see, there are a wide variety of borders you can apply to your images. Borders are a great add on to your images to provide a customized look to make your prints stand out from anyone elses.

Through the softwares advanced features, you can also apply text, or a logo to all your photos as a way to brand your prints. You can add simple text with your Lifepics web address across the bottom of all your photos, or you can add your own graphic to the corner of each of your images.

Ritz Camera, Ritzpix.com, Ritzpix Pro, & Lifepics are not affiliated with FastStone. FastStone is a free software that is easy and offers many options to you providing a helpful tool for your image editing.

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