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David, I reactivated this so people could ask for help direct. I hope you do not mind

I was surprised to see it here - But No - I do not mind at all.

Thank you, this post was very informative because I just joined today.

Your welcome Monisha - glad it was helpful

This was really helpful thanks!

Your welcome Stefani - Remember to rotate your profile picture so we can see you better : )

Thanks for reposting this, Abbie. This was very helpful in getting me started.
I have a question about submitting art:

I'd like to submit a .png that's used only for t-shirts.
I'd like to submit a separate .jpg with my own background for other artwork.

If I do NOT want the .png to be used for other artwork, do I simply delete the pricing? Please advise.

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I have a second question about image collections and galleries.
Does the art I upload automatically populate my image collections? If not, how do I set up galleries and image collections?

Thanks for your support as I figure out the workflow here!javascript: document.replyForm.submit();

Sally

Hi Sally,

When you are uploading an image each product (Apparel, Puzzles, Tote Bags, etc.) will have a "Customize Product" Button, select that button and that will allow you to size the image and upload other images such as PNG images.

So you can upload a JPG for the main image and also upload a PNG for select products.



Collections:

On your main page - click on "Collections" just below your profile image >

Top Center of page click on "Create New Collection" >

Fill in the collection Name and Description > Don't forget to hit the submit button >

Now - While you are uploading an image and customizing products you will see your collections and you can chose to add that image to any of your collections.



I would suggest you go ahead and hit the "Upload Image" button just above your Profile Picture and run though a practice upload - you can back out anytime before you hit submit and this will help you get used to the upload tool.


Same with the rest of the site - just visit all the areas of the site to see what everything does.

Im having trouble submitting my artwork due to the file format and I have tried several acceptable formats could someone be kind enough to instruct me the proper way so I don't pull what little hair I have left out.

Hi Tony,

This can happen when you have just uploaded from an SD card version or are using a mobile device. Their updates stopped images saving as jpg and are now saving as HEIC or HEIF

You can go into your settings on your mobile devise and change it to not do that.



This can also happen to any image.

You may need to open your photo editor and open the image and then RE-SAVE AS jpg or png

Hi My name is showing Lyne Seguin, but I wish for my art for my profile, that LM Séguin would show no accent is ok
can you help me please thank you

if I want a shower curtain with one of my paintings for surprise, how could I proceed, thank you, i would buy it myself. Thank you

Hi Lyne,

If you only want your name changed next to your Profile Image you can follow the instructions below.

But if you want your URL changed you will need to contact Tech Support by scrolling to the footer of this page and using the Contact Us button.

To only change the name next to your profile image:
Hover over your name (Upper Right Corner) then - on the drop down menu
Click (Settings > Scroll down and hit (Contact Information) > Change your name and don’t forget to hit (Save Changes)
Remember – doing this will only make changes to the name on the screen – it will not change your URL


To purchase a Shower Curtain:

Go to your Pixels Store - https://pixels.com/profiles/lyne-seguin?tab=artwork

Sign in with your normal sign in information

Select the image you want > Click Home Décor > Shower Curtain and make your purchase.

The price you see on the screen is your price without your mark-up

Thank you for this information. I've been hopefully doing this correctly all this time, but I'm going back over things to make certain now.
I find it hard sharing information about myself, but if needs must then I will. I will try and make it more interesting to potential (hopefully) customers.

Will you get paid using the PayPal linked to the email the account is setup with or will it ask for you preferred PayPal when the time comes?

Hi Kathleen, I often go over my site to see what needs to be cleaned up or changed - Thanks for dropping by and reading my post. Glad you found some helpful information.



Hi Ashley, Welcome to FAA / Pixels glad you joined - - Have Fun creating and I wish you luck. - You just need to add the PayPal email you used to open your PP account.

Hi David,

Thanks for the tips. I'm going to try them out in the next couple of days. I don't mind experimenting, but having a few guideposts along the way is extremely helpful.

I'm also enjoying everyone else's questions and your answers. Very helpful.

Thanks,
Sally

Great information shared for beginners on FAA. i just joined & thank you for the help extended.

I look forward to seeing some of your work Sally.


Welcome to FAA / Pixels Santosh - Good luck with your new endeavor.

Thank you so much this was helpful. I have a question, I uploaded my bio on the fine Art America site but when I go to my personal pixel site my bio says coming soon. How do I add my bio to my personal website?
Thanks
Ann

Hi Ann,

I see your Bio on your Fine Art America and your Pixels sites.

When it comes to your Premium Pixels site you will need to enter your Bio again - the Bio does not auto fill in the premium site.


Open your Premium Pixels site > Sign In > Click Edit (Upper right) > Click Homepage (Left Menu) > Click About > Fill in your info and don't forget to hit Save Changes when your done.

Thank you so much David I have updated it now. I know where to come with my questions now. 🙂

Actually I just thought of another question. I have had one of my paintings featured in a group and I want to post a picture of it and thank them. How do I upload the picture to the message?
Thanks
Ann

Hi Ann,

Just open the image in question >

Scroll down the right hand side until you see EMBED >

Under Embed - copy the code >

Paste that code in the discussion post >


NOTE: you will only see the code until you hit "Post Reply" - then the image will show

David, this is such helpful information. Thank you!!! I have been trying to figure out if there is a way to have one of my images only visible to people I give a link to. I'm in a group of artists, and we want to upload the group logo so that members can order items with the logo. But we don't want people who are NOT members to be able to purchase items with the logo on them. Is this possible?

Thank you!

Hi Leslie,

Yes there is a great way to do just that.

With a private collection - I see you already have three collections so this will be easy for you.



Making A Private Collection

You can make a private collection where only you or someone you give the password to can view the images in that collection.

Sign-In to your account

Open “Collections” Just under your Profile Image

Near the top of the page (Center) open “Create New Collection”

Name the Collection and just under Collection Description open the drop-down menu on Password Protected and select yes – Enter Password and don’t forget to hit “Submit” before closing.

Note: when you are signed-in you will be able to see the password protected images – But visitors cannot see them without the password.


If you want to keep those images private do not put them in any collection except that private collection.

You can have more than one private collection if you need to.

Now - give your group the password and you can all see them. - But no one else can.

Hi! Thank You!!
for the Welcome!!

I'm not sure where to ask this. On my site someone has "favorited" one of my images, which normally I would be very happy about. However, the name that shows as doing this is "Favorited By: Edna Fraud Wallen FRAUD". Clicking on that name takes me to the general artist directory https://fineartamerica.com/artistdirectory and if I do a search for various versions of that name nothing shows up. I'm concerned that it will look to potential buyers as though someone is saying there's something fraudulent or untrustworthy about the image or my work. Is there a way I can delete this "favorited" ?

Hi L Rosenthal,

There is no way to delete favorites from others -

When you click on the persons name that favorited your image and it directs to the general artist directory - that just means that person does not have an artist account - so it very well may be someone interested in purchasing that art.


Potential buyers will seldom - if ever open your favorites to see who favorited your art - they will open the art they are interested in and purchase it - or not.

I did check and there really are folks with the last name Fraud - but I could not find an Edna - I did however find an Eddnah Fraud on Facebook.

Hi David -- thanks for the clarification. It just seemed so strange to me. I know that image is unusual but I was surprised by that tag!

Thank you

I have been asked to add a photo to a group discussion but I can't figure out how to do it. The image is on the group's page. How do I include it in the discussion forum? Thanks :)

NEVER MIND! I found this question and the answer in this discussion. Thank you :)

Hi Amy,

Open the image you want to post

Scroll down the right hand side of the image page

When you get to EMBED – copy the Embed code and paste it to the discussion / Image Thread

Note: Only the code will show until after you hit “Post Reply” – then your image will show.

Thanks for this ;)

Great information. Thank you. Have a great day!

I've noticed that if I try to search within pixels by 'artist' using just my last name, it does Not include me in the results. It only includes me in the results if I search by my first initial and last name, ie the full name of my site (L Rosenthal). If I search by your last name however, just "Dehner", the results do include you. Do I need to do something so that if someone searches 'artist' just by my last name the results will include me? Thank you.

Hi L Rosenthal,


I completed a search under Artist - Rosenthal and received over 2000 images -

I found your "Rose In Bloom" image on page23

I found your "Tea Time Elegance" image on page24


With only 15 images in a field of over 2000 I may have missed 13 of them - Honestly I did not open every page of the search : )

Thank you David, for an excellent post. There is some great information and advice contained. Have a great week! :) Regards Paul

Thank you! Great information.

Awesome! Thank you for creating this platform. Now, if someone wants to subscribe to my email list, and they do, how do I add them to my page? Is it automatically or do I have to do something?

Hi Liza,

That is all automatic > when someone joins your email list their email address appears on your website subscribers email list >

Go to Settings > Marketing > Email Campaigns > The first list is email lists > Their emails will be under Website Subscribers.

You can then use the Create Emails or Create Email Campaigns.

Thank you, this post was very informative.

Thank you. I just joined today!!

Thank you, I just joined a few days ago… how easy it is for people to find your work on here?

Thank you, I joined a year ago and never did anything with this, I ended up ordering something from another artist for a friend.
It came from here and they were very pleased with it. I keep saying to myself, start your page up. So here I am a year later.. This was a great post, thank you! Gong to start learning as I go and add every single painting ! Haha, how do you start a community on here, or follow other artists. It's probaby easy.. I could figure this out lol

David and other members,
Wanted to share an email I got from a potential art buyer and wanted to see if anyone else has received this too as it seems like a scam and just some mass produced email generated by a computer.

From: Tony Richard / tonyrechard642@gmail
Subject: APPEAL TO BUY YOUR ARTWORK
Message:
Your artwork is truly stunning, and the creativity and originality that you’ve put into it is so inspiring. I’m very interested in owning a piece of your work, and I’d like to know if it’s available for purchase. I think it would be a wonderful addition to my art collection.

I responded letting him know all my work is photography and that I have no originals for sale, but that he can ordered through fine art America. I elaborated on the quality and fabulous products they offer on all of my images.

This was his response.
OK, I would love to purchase each artwork for $2800 each and I would love them as NFTs, do you know about the NFTs sales or would you prefer if I explain further what it’s all about.

I did my own research and found out that NFT’s or non-fungible tokens have exploded as a new kind of art market in the past couple of years promising a way for people to prove they own a digital asset. Regarding the art world, they are like a digital certificate of authenticity. NFTs are not art themselves, but rather digital deeds or certificates that can be associated with a piece of art and bought and sold as representation of ownership. In other words, as an artist, you would be selling the rights to your image to be used by anyone and label it as their own creation.


In 2022 NBC News had a news clip that said NFT art sales are booming, but just without some artist permission. NFT’s were hyped as a way to make sure artists get paid for their work. Now many creators are struggling to stop a wave of piracy as their artwork is being mass produced all over the world with multiple people claiming it as their own creations. Very interesting phenomena going on out there in the digital aart world for sure! But not surprising.
Would love your input,
Thank you, Barbara J Rogers

Hi Barbara,

This is a scam delete it and do not email him again.

Lots of artists received this email.

They will start asking for money soon to produce the NFT's - once they have your money they will disappear

Just complete a search on the main forum - use the word scam

Hi Sophie,

For an answer to your question please read number four at the top of this page especially the last paragraph of number four - that should answer your question

Thank you David! I will delete it.

Great post.

gracias por la info

A flow maker, an effective flow

Thank you for the info! I just joined and am still trying to figure out.. ;)