Editing Help:Uploading images (section)

==Image preparation==
When uploading a whole set of images, the image upload process is easiest if you have all the images prepared in advance. Save all the images to the same folder/directory ready, with the correct filenames. The process of shooting, selecting, cropping, retouching and colour-correcting the images is by far the longest part of the process.

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Please try '''not to crop''' your images in an arbitrary fashion. The wiki is already chock-full of galleries with pictures using a chaotic mixture of sizes, which does not exactly make browsing those galleries a pleasant experience. There is little to be done when a gallery is put together sourcing pictures from different authors, who each used different cameras, studio setups and so on, but there is little excuse for providing 6 pictures using each different dimensions of a keyboard you photographed 5 minutes ago.

Image filenames should start with the subject matter, followed by the specific feature or view, e.g. "Cherry MX Brown -- slider and spring.jpg". Correct naming leads to readable image URLs and readable image names on wiki pages. Leave spaces in the filename as spaces; MediaWiki will automatically convert these to and from underscores for the image page URL.

'''Double-check''' the spelling of image filenames; wiki administrator privileges are required to "move" (rename) images afterwards. Image rename requests can be made in the forum or in the Deskthority IRC channel.