Overview

These instructions assume that you have a folder containing the original images and that you can locate and access this folder.

Uploading proofs is a 3-step process.

1. Process your original images using the Web Photo gallery feature of Photoshop.

This step will generate the large image previews as well as the thumbnail images.

2. Upload the images created by the Web Photo Gallery into the proofs folder of your FTP site.

3. Test the session to make sure that it is working properly.

Requirements

Adobe Photoshop version 5.5 or above.

CuteFTP

A 30-day trial version of CuteFTP is available for download from http://www.cuteftp.com.

Other image manipulation and FTP software may be used, however the instructions were prepared with these programs in mind.

1. Process the Images

1.1 Create a new folder (i.e. on your Desktop or in your My Documents folder).

Use only alphanumeric characters (a-z and 0-9).

Do not use spaces, underscores, dashes or any other special characters when naming your session folder.

We recommend that you use only lowercase letters.

The name of this folder is the Session ID.

The Session ID is case-sensitive.

1.2 Open Adobe Photoshop.

1.3 In Photoshop, click the File > Automate > Web Photo Gallery menu item.

The Web Photo Gallery window should be displayed.

1.4 In the Web Photo Gallery window click the Browse button (Windows) or the Choose button (Mac).

1.5 Locate and select the folder containing the original images, then click the OK button (Windows) or the Choose button (Mac).

1.6 Click the Destination button.

1.7 Locate and select the folder created in Step 1.1, then click the OK button (Windows) or the Choose button (Mac).

1.8 Click the Options drop-down menu and select the Large Images option.

1.9 Set the size for the large images in pixels.

We recommend 400-450 pixels.

1.10 Click the Options drop-down menu again and select the Thumbnails option.

1.11 Set the size for the thumbnails in pixels.

We recommend 75-100 pixels.

1.12 If you want to embed a watermark in your images, click the Options drop-down menu and select the Security option.

You will need to enter your configuration preferences in this screen.

1.13 Click the OK button to begin processing the images.

A web browser window will open to display a preview of the gallery once Photoshop has finished processing your images.

You can close this window.

2. Upload the Images

2.1 Open CuteFTP.

2.2 Connect to your FTP site.

The following information is needed to connect to your FTP site:

1. Host name, also referred to as host address
2. User name
3. Password

Please contact Marathon Internet Services Customer Support at 800-228-0629 to obtain this information if you do not already have it.

2.3 Once connected, locate and open the proofs folder by double-clicking on the folder icon labeled proofs.

2.4 Upload the folder created in Step 1.1 into the Proofs folder.

Select the folder to upload on the left and then click the Upload button at the top of the window.

3. Test the Session

3.1 Open your web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc..) and go to the Session Proofing logon page on your website.

3.2 Type the name of the folder created in Step 1.1 into the Session ID field.

3.3 Click the Go To Proofs button.

3.4 You should now be viewing the proofs.

If for some reason you do not see your images, please contact Marathon Internet Services Customer Support at 800-228-0629 for assistance.