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YourCover Mama · YourCover Mama

To remove red eye, crop or edit your photo prior to uploading it to the YourCover design system, open your photo using Microsoft Picture Manager. This program can be found under Microsoft Office Tools in the "All Programs" list of your Start Menu. 1) After opening your photo, click on &q...

Kristina · Kristina

If later on down the road you are not satisfied with your front cover photo, you can change it! 1) After logging in you will be on your List of Covers page, click on the magazine cover in which you would like to upload a new photo. 2) Click on STEP 1: UPLOAD IMAGE 3) Upload the new image 4) ...

Kristina · Kristina

If you think it looks semi blurry or you are absolutely positive that it is blurry, your best bet is to upload a different photo. If it looks blurry on your end, it will look blurry when printed. If you had cropped the photo significantly to zoom in on just one person, try to recrop and add more of the imag...

Kristina · Kristina

We recommend a pixel size of 1024 x 1280 for your picture, even half that size is okay but any smaller and your front cover will be blurry. If you do not know how to locate the pixel size of your photo, follow these steps: 1) Locate the photo you would like to use 2) Open the photo with Microsoft O...

Kristina · Kristina

Is there a big white banner across the top of your picture or along the side or bottom? You can get rid of this white area by re-cropping your photo. Click on Step 2 Crop Photo in the navigation bar at the top of the page. (To help with cropping, see the topic CROPPING YOUR PHOTO.) However, if your photo...

Kristina · Kristina

Though you think it might be helpful, dont pre-crop your photo using your computer photo-editing software prior to uploading it to the YourCover design system. When you use a photo that has already been cropped, you may be limiting the way your headlines can appear, and possibly make your photo loo...

YourCover Mama · YourCover Mama

.JPG error A common problem users have is that there file type is being 'denied' by the system. The design system prefers jpg files - important - make sure the file extension name is ".jpg" in lower case not ".JPG". We keep fixing the glitch so it should accept the file if it is in...

YourCover Mama · YourCover Mama

Uploading a photo to the design system is probably the hardest part of designing your magazine cover. For the web-savvy it is no big deal but if you're not all that familiar with digital photography it can be frustrating. #1 - you need a photo with a high resolution - we recommend 1024 x 1280 but abou...

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	How to Edit Your Photo Prior to Uploading (Preview) To remove red eye, crop or edit your photo prior to uploading it to the YourCover design system, open your photo using Microsoft Picture Manager. This program can be found under Microsoft Office Tools in the "All Programs" list of your Start Menu. 1) After opening your photo, click on &q...	YourCover Mama	0	1656
	Adding/Changing photo later in the process (Preview) If later on down the road you are not satisfied with your front cover photo, you can change it! 1) After logging in you will be on your List of Covers page, click on the magazine cover in which you would like to upload a new photo. 2) Click on STEP 1: UPLOAD IMAGE 3) Upload the new image 4) ...	Kristina	0	1828
	What if my photo looks blurry? (Preview) If you think it looks semi blurry or you are absolutely positive that it is blurry, your best bet is to upload a different photo. If it looks blurry on your end, it will look blurry when printed. If you had cropped the photo significantly to zoom in on just one person, try to recrop and add more of the imag...	Kristina	0	1160
	Photo Resolution-What’s the best size – how do I find it? (Preview) We recommend a pixel size of 1024 x 1280 for your picture, even half that size is okay but any smaller and your front cover will be blurry. If you do not know how to locate the pixel size of your photo, follow these steps: 1) Locate the photo you would like to use 2) Open the photo with Microsoft O...	Kristina	0	1316
	What To Do With the Big White Banner On Your Photo... (Preview) Is there a big white banner across the top of your picture or along the side or bottom? You can get rid of this white area by re-cropping your photo. Click on Step 2 Crop Photo in the navigation bar at the top of the page. (To help with cropping, see the topic CROPPING YOUR PHOTO.) However, if your photo...	Kristina	0	1211
	Cropping Your Photo (Preview) Though you think it might be helpful, dont pre-crop your photo using your computer photo-editing software prior to uploading it to the YourCover design system. When you use a photo that has already been cropped, you may be limiting the way your headlines can appear, and possibly make your photo loo...	Kristina	0	1251
	Troubleshooting Photo Upload Issues (Preview) .JPG error A common problem users have is that there file type is being 'denied' by the system. The design system prefers jpg files - important - make sure the file extension name is ".jpg" in lower case not ".JPG". We keep fixing the glitch so it should accept the file if it is in...	YourCover Mama	0	1346
	Uploading Photos (Preview) Uploading a photo to the design system is probably the hardest part of designing your magazine cover. For the web-savvy it is no big deal but if you're not all that familiar with digital photography it can be frustrating. #1 - you need a photo with a high resolution - we recommend 1024 x 1280 but abou...	YourCover Mama	0	1258
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