Coming into Paintmap (I): registering and uploading images

In the following pages we shall introduce Paintmap in a step-by-step way.

Once you enter http://www.paintmap.com the first thing to do is sign in:



Then a window appears:



As a New User, you have to define a user name, a password and give and email, then Register. You will receive a prompt answer telling that you have successfully registeres as (your user name) and ask you to login.
Once logged, Paintmap open the following window:



The green line says:
"Now you can upload a new painting, manage your paintings or explore de world."

Let start by uploading a new painting: When you click on that option, a windows like this will appear:



Now,

1) Search the place where your painting is located: write a place (e.g., Crystal Cove, California) and you will transported to that place.

2) Playing with the +/- scale button and moving the map you should be able to place the red marker upon the location of your particular painting (ot course, this is only approximate when the subject is a landscape but the goal is to bring the user to the area that attracted your attention as an artist. You can explore other's contributions to see that).

3) Click on “Examinar” (browse) and look for your image file and open it. Its route will be indicated in the box next to "Examinar". IMPORTANT: the image has to be a JPG file and Paintmap admit images up to 5Mb size (this is a rather large format in comparison with most painting sites)

4) Now there are several boxes to be filled with information that would be interesting for any user: title of the painting, size, technique, a short description of the subject if you will, its availability and your name as the author.

5) Clik “Send image”. Your painting will appear next to a Google map which indicates its geographical location in a window like this:



(To be continued)