Like any club here, we're bound to have thousands, upon thousands of imágenes 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 tu 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 tu try to subir 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 por someone else, a fan, if tu 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 tu should put it into "photos". fotos are for imágenes only from episodes, movies, short clips o official imágenes licensed por Straffi o arco iris S.r.l. Something drawn por someone (Say from deviantART) is fan art not a photo.
● How to correctly título an image.
A new feature that has been added to the fanpop labeling system, is that tu can't subir imágenes 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 imágenes were dado 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 título is obviously incorrect ("winx club mate"? Wat). I know this is from deviantART because tu can clearly see the artists water-mark near the parte superior, arriba of the image.
To fix this, go on link and type up the artists nombre de usuario (If it is watermarked/signed on the photo). tu should be able to find the picture you're looking for. And...voila! There it is!
I usually look in the descripción of the image, o even the título itself, to see what the artist has decided to name it. Since she really hasn't dado 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 tu 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 por someone, because that would be classified as fan art. But even if it is an official image, the rules of titling still apply. If tu just find a picture of Stella, for example, don't just write "Stella", tu 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 título a photo:
● How to correctly credit an image.
Crediting someone is very important. Just putting the name of the website that tu found (Ex: Livejournal, deviantART, tumblr) is not good enough! tu 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 tu find an image that tu want to post, make sure that tu 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 tu don't do this por now, tu should start making it a habit of yours).
This just doesn't go for arte de los Fans either. If tu find a nice pair of iconos on, say, livejournal, that tu want to share on here, tu can't just write "livejournal" o "livejournal user", tu need to write out both the website and the user who made them. Example:
If tu can't find a name/username/signature anywhere on a picture, look up palabras clave in the buscar box from where tu think the image came from (If tu don't have an idea, just look it up on google with keywords. I'll mostrar 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 palabras clave to things that tu know about the image. I know this image is on Musa in her Sirenix form, so I'll buscar that:
Make sure that tu scroll down and look at most of the images. After a few segundos of scrolling, I've already found it!
Clicking on it takes tu 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 imágenes that they upload. This would allow others to find the imágenes 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 más 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 tu find an image of Bloom in her Enchantix and want to subir 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 tu to tag your own nombre de usuario on the photo. Doing that is like saying tu made the photo, which half the time, tu haven't. The only time when tu should write your nombre de usuario in the etiquetas is when you made the image. If tu found it on another website, do not tag your username. You're basically stealing when tu do that.
I mentioned as well that this tagging system can help tu find images, o check if something has already been uploaded. How tu can do this, is por heading over to the buscar bar on this club that is above the "Updates".
I'll give an example for each scenario. Say tu wanted a picture of Flora in her Enchantix. All tu have to do is type in "Flora Enchantix" and...voila! tu get a whole lot of results! (You can also narrow down your choices as well, por clicking the buttons near the parte superior, arriba which read: "general search", "images only", "videos only" and "advanced search")
For double checking on whether o not something has been posted, tu buscar up palabras clave of the image tu want to post. Say I want to post this:
I know the título of this image (Since the artist has conveniently dado it one) so I'll just buscar up the título 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 tu how many imágenes I have had to reportar because someone has uploaded multiple copies of the same image. It gets very frustrating. Which is why tu should always buscar up an image before tu post it (It never hurts to check!).
● Conclusion.
There tu have it, everyone. This has been my guide to making the image section cleaner, más fresh and the artists that stumble upon our uploads, content that we credit them all. I hope tu start using the pointers I gave in this article. If tu have any further preguntas about uploading images, don't hesitate to ask in the comentarios o message me privately.
● How do I know where to place my image?
The answer to this is quite simple. Whenever tu try to subir 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 por someone else, a fan, if tu 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 tu should put it into "photos". fotos are for imágenes only from episodes, movies, short clips o official imágenes licensed por Straffi o arco iris S.r.l. Something drawn por someone (Say from deviantART) is fan art not a photo.
● How to correctly título an image.
A new feature that has been added to the fanpop labeling system, is that tu can't subir imágenes 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 imágenes were dado 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 título is obviously incorrect ("winx club mate"? Wat). I know this is from deviantART because tu can clearly see the artists water-mark near the parte superior, arriba of the image.
To fix this, go on link and type up the artists nombre de usuario (If it is watermarked/signed on the photo). tu should be able to find the picture you're looking for. And...voila! There it is!
I usually look in the descripción of the image, o even the título itself, to see what the artist has decided to name it. Since she really hasn't dado 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 tu 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 por someone, because that would be classified as fan art. But even if it is an official image, the rules of titling still apply. If tu just find a picture of Stella, for example, don't just write "Stella", tu 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 título a photo:
● How to correctly credit an image.
Crediting someone is very important. Just putting the name of the website that tu found (Ex: Livejournal, deviantART, tumblr) is not good enough! tu 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 tu find an image that tu want to post, make sure that tu 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 tu don't do this por now, tu should start making it a habit of yours).
This just doesn't go for arte de los Fans either. If tu find a nice pair of iconos on, say, livejournal, that tu want to share on here, tu can't just write "livejournal" o "livejournal user", tu need to write out both the website and the user who made them. Example:
If tu can't find a name/username/signature anywhere on a picture, look up palabras clave in the buscar box from where tu think the image came from (If tu don't have an idea, just look it up on google with keywords. I'll mostrar 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 palabras clave to things that tu know about the image. I know this image is on Musa in her Sirenix form, so I'll buscar that:
Make sure that tu scroll down and look at most of the images. After a few segundos of scrolling, I've already found it!
Clicking on it takes tu 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 imágenes that they upload. This would allow others to find the imágenes 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 más 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 tu find an image of Bloom in her Enchantix and want to subir 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 tu to tag your own nombre de usuario on the photo. Doing that is like saying tu made the photo, which half the time, tu haven't. The only time when tu should write your nombre de usuario in the etiquetas is when you made the image. If tu found it on another website, do not tag your username. You're basically stealing when tu do that.
I mentioned as well that this tagging system can help tu find images, o check if something has already been uploaded. How tu can do this, is por heading over to the buscar bar on this club that is above the "Updates".
I'll give an example for each scenario. Say tu wanted a picture of Flora in her Enchantix. All tu have to do is type in "Flora Enchantix" and...voila! tu get a whole lot of results! (You can also narrow down your choices as well, por clicking the buttons near the parte superior, arriba which read: "general search", "images only", "videos only" and "advanced search")
For double checking on whether o not something has been posted, tu buscar up palabras clave of the image tu want to post. Say I want to post this:
I know the título of this image (Since the artist has conveniently dado it one) so I'll just buscar up the título 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 tu how many imágenes I have had to reportar because someone has uploaded multiple copies of the same image. It gets very frustrating. Which is why tu should always buscar up an image before tu post it (It never hurts to check!).
● Conclusion.
There tu have it, everyone. This has been my guide to making the image section cleaner, más fresh and the artists that stumble upon our uploads, content that we credit them all. I hope tu start using the pointers I gave in this article. If tu have any further preguntas about uploading images, don't hesitate to ask in the comentarios o message me privately.