Recruitment page Image specifications

Brief and spec on Images

Standard image requirements/specifications

• 3200 pixels wide by 1800 pixels high (aspect ratio of 16:9)

• This image size is the most commonly used on responsive sites. When the image asset is created it creates three size variations small, medium, square and large. This means that the one image file can then use the appropriate sized image in the design and avoids having to upload multiple sizes of the same image. It helps us automatically create responsive image sizes.

Slideshow Guidelines

Image size: 3200 pixels wide x 1800 pixels high. We can work with images of other shapes and sizes by adding to the background. You can see a sample of this on the following test page – p.s. this is not the real Building Science page it is one we cobbled together for testing.

http://stage.victoria.ac.nz/explore/study-areas/building-science/about

For each image we need to write a caption and alt text, to do this we need:

• For individual work/project – name of work or project and/or brief description – may include award info, year, what degree they were/are studying, person’s name.
• Group work/project – name of work or project and/or brief description – may include award info, year, what course it relates to
• Spaces – name of the space and a brief description, year image was shot
• People – their name, what they are studying, brief description of what the images shows, year image was shot
• Artwork – often this is prescribed by the artist. In general at a minimum it includes the name of the work, artists name, year produced

Please note

• You need written permission to use images of student work or artworks.
• If the photograph heroes a person, or a few people, then you need their permission – unless they are a staff member then it is polite to tell them.
• If a photo is taken in a public place and no-one is heroed then it should be fine to use the image without further permissions

Banner Images - study-areas

Image Size: 2000 pixels wide by 620 pixels high

Content:

• Images should be abstract - yet still recognisable
• Images with people should be out of focus – ideally we would prefer not to have images of people.
• Images with close ups should contain depth of field
• Images should be of something that is related to the study-area and Victoria's relationship with the study-area
• Images must not be renders unless they are indistinguishable from a photo. The images can be photos of physical models.
• Example: An abstract crop of a building that was designed by a Victoria student.
• Image colours - avoid reds and reddish oranges

Below is a sample of how a banner will look on a mobile and a desktop – please note this is dummy content and the width of headings and intro text is variable.

People & Stories

From the original image we will apply a circular crop to the face, the crop needs to be at least 500x500 px and 72dpi

If you send through an existing image we will let you know if we need something bigger (higher resolution). Example image