Pictures Gallery Submission Guidelines

Pictures Gallery Submission Guidelines

Requirements:

If you would like to submit pictures to any of the Picture Galleries, just complete the Submission Form after reviewing these guidelines.
All pictures must be submitted through this form. We cannot accept pictures that are sent by email or regular mail.

Adding your pet to the Picture Galleries:

We are happy to review your pet pictures for inclusion in the following galleries: birds, cats, dogs, exotics, farm animals, horses, reptiles, and small animals.
Added bonus! Any pictures accepted into a Gotpetsonline Picture Gallery will also appear in the corresponding animal Picture Gallery!

Size of pictures:

The actual animal portion of pictures should be a minimum of 5" x 7", but an 8" x 10", or larger size, is preferred. However, please do not touch-up, modify, re-size, or change the picture in any way by any software program such as Photoshop.
If measured in pixels, 1600 x 1200 pixels or more is preferred.
If measured by file size, 800 KB or larger is preferred, although occasionally a smaller size is accepted; however, 1,500 KB to 3,000 KB is preferred. The largest acceptable file size is 3,000 KB.
The resolution of pictures should be a minimum of 72 dpi; however, 150 dpi or 300 dpi is preferred.
The reason for this minimal size limit is because we need pictures that are large enough for us to optimize and resize for the gallery without decreasing the quality. We are unable to do this with most small pictures. It is also best not to manipulate pictures with any software program prior to submission to our gallery.
The size of a picture is determined by many factors. If scanned, the size of the picture can be controlled by the scan settings and is also a result of the initial print size. If the picture is taken by a digital camera, the size and resolution can be controlled by the camera settings in most cases.

Credit for your pictures (advertising not permitted):

If we are able to use your pictures, we will give you credit as owner under your enlarged pictures (not thumbnails).
The owner name must be a person. The owner cannot be a kennel name, business name, e-mail address, or website address because this would cause a conflict of interest with our classified Ads section.
The pet's nickname must be the short common version of the pet's name and not a long name that would identify the pet to others for the purpose of attracting buyers for your pet or your business.
In order to protect your right to privacy, the e-mail address will not be displayed under any of the pictures and we will not divulge your e-mail address to anyone.

Notification of acceptance:

We will notify you by e-mail once your pictures are online; otherwise, we will notify you by e-mail with the reasons why we were unable to use your pictures. Please allow 10 days for your pictures to be reviewed.
If your picture is not accepted, please send a better picture that meets the recommendations. A good quality picture is required for acceptance.
We will e-mail you as soon as we have reviewed your pictures.

Ownership:

By submitting pictures to us for our Picture Galleries, you hereby grant Gotpetsonline a perpetual, universal, nonexclusive right to copy, display, modify, alter, transmit, sell, and distribute any pictures provided by you.
You agree that you are the owner of all pictures submitted by you to Gotpetsonline and you represent and guarantee to Gotpetsonline, as a condition of submitting pictures, that you are the legal owner of the copyright to all pictures you submit to Gotpetsonline or that you have permission from the copyright owner to submit the pictures to Gotpetsonline.

Quality:

Only high quality color pictures are accepted. We normally do not accept a black and white picture.
Good pictures show the breed as accurately as possible.
The pictures should be close-ups, preferably showing all of the animal at an attractive angle.
The pictures should be nice, clean, sharp images.
We do not accept pictures of artistic representations such as drawings, sculptures, paintings, or any picture that has been modified in any way by a software program.
All pictures must be actual pictures of your pet with the original background and cannot be framed in any way.

Quantity:

Please send your best picture of each pet. Rarely will we accept more than one picture of the same pet.
However, you are encouraged to send one picture of each of your pets.
There is no limit on the number of pictures that may be accepted of the same breed or from the same owner, provided that each one is a different individual pet.
There is a limit of 5 pictures per user that may be in the review process at one time.

Best pictures:

Do not show red eyes.
Are not taken from behind a fence. Avoid obstructions, such as toys, that obscure a good picture of your pet.
Do not include humans, although some with kids are good. Avoid showing hands and arms around pet.
Are not protected by copyright by a professional photographer unless you have received written permission for us to use the pictures.
Are not touched-up, modified, or changed in any way by any software program such as Photoshop.
Have not been previously optimized for the web which causes a significant loss of detail which is required for acceptance in the gallery.
Do not have text superimposed on the picture.
Do not have multiple breeds in the picture.

Formats that are acceptable:

Scanning of pictures:

If you are scanning pictures for submission, the best scans are ones of good quality pictures resulting in a rather dull copy without a lot of contrast.
Do not try to make the whites too white and the blacks too black.
Scan at a high resolution such as a 5" x 7" at 300-400 dpi.

Primary reasons for rejection of submitted pictures:

Please do not manipulate, change, enlarge, modify, or attempt to optimize pictures with any software program such as Photoshop prior to submission to our gallery. This is the most common reason why we are unable to use pictures.
When pictures are over-corrected and worked-over, they are beyond repair. Once any filters of contrast, color and sharpening are applied, there is no "un-doing" of these filters and there is usually nothing we can do to reverse them.
Poor lighting with too much contrast can disqualify a picture. It is difficult to photograph a black pet on a lightly colored background, or a white pet on a dark background.

Information requested on the Submission Form:

Copyright protection:

All pictures on this site are protected by copyright and may not be copied, reproduced, or used on the web or elsewhere for any reason without permission.