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How to resize an image

How to resize an image

***The max size for each uploaded image onto your gallery is 1.2 MB and should be in JPG format!***

 

If you have a PC:

  • Double-click on your image. Click the three dots in the top right corner.
  • Then click Resize and choose a size. MP is not the same as MB so after saving your image, check the size by hovering over your image with your mouse. If it’s still too large, do the process again and choose a smaller size.

This method doesn’t give you the option to change pixel dimensions. Use the instructions for “any computer” (see below) in case you want to do this.


If you have a Mac

  • Select “Adjust Size” under Tools to change the dimensions and resolution. Avoid warping and retain your image’s original proportions by checking “Scale proportionally” and “Resample image.”

On any computer

Go to https://www.befunky.com/create/resize-image/ to use a free online image resizer.

  • Open your image from your computer by clicking “open” on the top.

  • Select “Edit” from the left, then click the triangle next to “Essentials” and “Resize”.

  • Change the pixel dimensions for width or height and keep the Lock Aspect Ratio on. Depending on the current size of your image and submission requirements, you will have to make a smaller or larger reduction in pixels. *LONGEST EDGE NO LARGER THAN 2000 PIXELS Then click apply. 

  • Go to “Save” and choose “Computer”.

 

  • Choose a file name different than the original file name. Make sure “Format” is set on JPG and that “Quality” between  50-70. Here you can check how large your file will be. In this example it’s 1.8 MB but for uploading on AAS please make sure no larger than 1.2MB. Click save. Your image is ready to submit!

 

AAS Facing Forward

AAS Facing Forward

AAS Facing Forward . . . . to a bright future

Greetings from our artists!

The 36 great self-portraits submitted have now been combined into one exciting digital image as below.

Keep an eye out for this appearing on our Website, on Facebook and on Instagram. There will also be a short video showing the build-up of the image appearing soon.

More news is to come concerning the uses of this image, and in the meantime – well done to everyone concerned. Thank you!


AAS Facing Forward
April 2021 Newsletter

April 2021 Newsletter

Members Opportunity – Let us hear your voice

Last summer saw the society embark on an exciting new venture. We commissioned Aberdeen based film maker Martina Camatta to produce a series of documentaries about the Aberdeen Artists Society called ‘A Conversation in Time’. Our first release put the spotlight on Anna Shirron, an early career artist and member of the society. The film is accessible via our website. We are currently working on the second documentary which narrates the history of the Aberdeen Artists Society from its early beginnings to today.

The people who make up the Aberdeen Artists Society, its membership, are very much at the heart of this film. We, the membership, have shaped and driven the society through the centuries to the current day. Therefore, we would like YOUR VOICE to be part of our story. We are looking for volunteers to record a set of phrases which we can use as voiceovers. If you are interested, please read on.


Below you’ll find the first set of voiceover sentences we would like to include in the first part of the documentary.

AAS documentary – Set 1

  • The Industrial Revolution was a time of pivotal transformations for Aberdeen as it was for the whole of Scotland.
  • Union Bridge was completed in 1805.
  • Union street and King street were modernised.
  • Infrastructure benefited from the wealth that the industries created.
  • Investment in Art and artists was the next visible result of the industrial boom.
  • The history of the Aberdeen Artists Society starts in 1827.
  • Scottish painter, James Giles and Aberdonian architect, Archibald Simpson, wanted to create an association for improving art in Aberdeen and raise money to support local artists.
  • The first exhibition was organised in 1828 in Adelphi Court, in the premises of Mr. Corbyn, a dancing master.
  • A total of 247 paintings and drawings were exhibited, including William Dyce’s portrait of Sir James McGrigor. Works by painters considered ‘amateurs’ were shown alongside the Professional artists. An indication that ‘Inclusion’ has been an important element of the Aberdeen Artists Society.
  • The exhibition was deemed a success.
  • Despite the success of the following show in 1829, no further exhibitions were held until 1855 when we see the “real” beginning of the Aberdeen Artists Society.
River Scene, Aberdeen, James Giles (1801-1870),
Photo credit: Aberdeen Art gallery & Museums

The technical bits

You can record all or any of them on your device/phone and send us the file.
You don’t have to read them word by word if you don’t want to, if you prefer to give your version of it, feel free to improvise, as long as the meaning stays the same.
Please keep the microphone/phone about 8-10 inches from your lips, and avoid putting emphasis on consonants like f/p/s/t.

If you have the chance to rename the file with “SET1-your name” it would be great, so we can take your name for the end credits. If you can’t don’t worry, but please mention in the email how you would like your name to appear in the credits (i.e. Elisabeth or Liz) or if you don’t want your name to appear at all.

Please email your recorded files by the 8th of May directly to Martina Camatta at smarty_78@yahoo.it and copy to Rita Kermack at ritakermack@aol.com.

 

Marischal College Quadrangle, Aberdeen, James Giles (1801-1870)
Photo credit: University of Aberdeen

The boring stuff

To make bureaucracy easier (and avoid forms to be signed, scanned etc..), please note that by submitting your voiceover you acknowledge that this is a voluntary contribution and you will not ask for payment (now or in the future). Your voiceover will be used only for the purpose of the Aberdeen Artists Society (AAS) documentary that will be broadcasted online (or any other venue) for the launch of the online exhibition, and will be kept online until the AAS finds useful. By sending us the file, you acknowledge the above.


Thank you for taking part and we look forward to HEARING YOUR VOICE!

AAS STANDING RULES

AAS STANDING RULES


Contacting an Exhibition Organiser

For entrants experiencing problems not fixable by OESS helpline, you can contact one of the Exhibition Organisers as follows:

Send an email to: info@aberdeenartistssociety.co.uk describing your problem, and include your name and mobile telephone number.

One of the Exhibition Organisers will call you back.

Please note, we can’t discuss any aspect of selection or hanging other than practical or logistical difficulties you may be experiencing with the process of submission.


Buying Artwork at AAS Online Exhibitions

Using the OESS exhibition facility, two options are available on each
artwork page:

Buy Now button:

  1. This enables a buyer to purchase and pay immediately
  2. The buyer can see the Terms and Conditions and enters his card details
  3. Once payment is confirmed by Stripe the red dot appears on the artworks
  4. An email is sent to the administrator stating artwork, price, artist name, artist email, buyer name and buyer email.
  5. The buyer receives a receipt from Stripe.
  6. The AAS OESS administrator informs the AAS Secretary, emails the contact details of the buyer to the artist. The artist must then arrange for the delivery of the artwork. If the cost of delivery has not been included in the sale price, the artist must arrange for payment of the delivery cost in line with the exhibition rules (which will be laid out in the Terms and Conditions).

Under GDPR regulations, by entering into the transaction, the artist and the buyer agree to allow their contact details to be shared with the art society, and with each other for the sole purpose of negotiating the sale and delivery of the artwork.

March 2021 Newsletter

March 2021 Newsletter

Click here to view the latest update to the March 2021 Newsletter

In this newsletter you will find news about current and upcoming events in 2021

  • AAS Online Exhibition 2021
  • AAS Facing Forward project
  • AAS Video project
  • The Gillian and Malcolm Inglis AAS Membership Awards
  • AAS membership subscriptions
AAS Online Exhibition 2021

Look out for more information about AAS 2021 online exhibition in the next newsletter -coming soon! https://aberdeenartistssociety.co.uk/category/exhibition/

AAS Facing Forward project

“Facing Forward”

AAS artists are amazing! We adapted and thrived during the four-year closure of our main exhibition venue, we successfully created our first on-line exhibition in 2020, and we are looking forward to what comes next.

An exciting new initiative is now being launched to celebrate our talents and our diversity by producing one collaborative composite artwork – “Facing Forward” Members are invited to donate images of self-portraits which will be arranged in a grid format as a poster for the AAS. Here we all are! The final combined image of all our faces will be primarily used for publicity purposes and may take any form – website illustration, projection onto internal or external walls, or printed as AAS promotional stationery. And all arranged within current Covid 19 health restrictions!

Further details are available at: https://aberdeenartistssociety.co.uk/category/exhibition/

A small example of a composite image – members of AAS council
AAS Video project

Last summer saw AAS embark on an exciting new venture. We commissioned Aberdeen
based film maker Martina Cook to produce a series of documentaries about the Aberdeen
Artists Society called ‘A Conversation in Time’. Our first release put the spotlight on Anna
Shirron, an early career artist and member of the society. It follows Anna’s career since
graduating from Gray’s School of Art and highlights her engagement with Grampian
Hospitals Art Trust and explores her aspirations for future projects. The film is accessible
via a link on our website: https://aberdeenartistssociety.co.uk/video-documentaries/

The Gillian and Malcolm Inglis AAS Membership Awards

As part of the visible success of the 2020 online exhibition Coming Home we attracted this
charming prize from Canada.

Malcolm Inglis has generously donated funds to support 4 memberships of AAS. The Inglis
family have several historical links with Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, and have a direct
family connection with AAS Member Dr. Roderick Scott, whose art they particularly
admire.

Following discussions with Libby Curtis, Head of RGU Gray’s School of Art (GSoA), we
now invite applications from art students at GSoA.

If you are an art student at RGU GSoA and would like to avail yourself of this excellent and
worthwhile opportunity to join AAS, please send your name and contact details, along with
a note of your year of study at Gray’s, and an indication of your main creative interests, For
Attention AAS President Dr. Donnie Ross, by email to: info@aberdeenartistssociety.co.uk

AAS Membership Subscriptions

Memberships renewals and new applications for membership can be made on our website:

https://aberdeenartistssociety.co.uk/subscription/