Photo Overview
Overview
Unlike internet e-mail, photos on MassageExchange.com are not "sent" as attachments. Instead, members upload photos to their photo gallery for others to view. Members with photos have a Photo Gallery button on their profile to display their photos.
One photo may be designated as your Primary Photo, which is displayed directly on your profile and included in all notifications sent to others.
Photo Gallery Galleries
Standard Gallery
Private Gallery
Photos uploaded to your Private Gallery photos are private. You may grant access via a Photo Pass.
Grant Access with a Photo Pass
To allow a member to view your Private Gallery, send a Photo Pass by clicking Photo Pass in an e-mail or greeting. See sample screen below...
Viewing with a Photo Pass
Recipients who receive your Photo Pass will see (at the top of the message you've sent) a button to view your Private Gallery photos:
Photo Pass - View My Private Gallery
Rescind a Photo Pass
You may rescind Photo Passes previously sent to one member or all members, thereby withdrawing access to your Private Gallery:- Find the Photo Pass containing message in your Mailbox Sent folder. Messages containing a Photo Pass are tagged with the icon.
- Click the message.
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Click the Rescind Photo Pass button below the message (bottom left).
You'll then be given a choice of which Photo Passes to rescind - one, all to a user, or all sent to anyone.
Credentials Gallery
The Credentials Gallery is intended for document images, which may be uploaded in the same manner as Photos. See Uploading Photos below.
Credentials fall into one of these categories:
| Credential Type | Document(s) | Minimum Details |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | Drivers License Passport |
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| Professional | Bodywork Diploma Certificate of Completion Massage Therapist License Student Transcript |
Your full name, bodywork organization, topic of study, authorizing signature, and issuance date. |
| Non-bodywork Diploma | Diploma Certificate of Completion |
Your full name, organization name, topic of study, authorizing signature, and issuance date. |
| General | Business Card |
Bodywork Students/Therapists
A Professional Credential is necessary to verify your status. New Student/Therapist accounts will be classified as Enthusiast until a Professional Credential is uploaded to one's Credentials Gallery. Identity and/or General Credentials are optional.
Privacy
Our staff will review your credentials to verify your status, however your Credentials Gallery is otherwise private. If you have privacy concerns, do not share your Credentials with other members, or, perhaps, only with those you trust.
Credential Gallery images will be visible only to recipients to whom you send a Credentials Pass via an e-mail (but not greetings) †. Recipients who receive your Credentials Pass will see at the top of the message you've sent:
Credentials Pass - View My Credentials
† A Credentials Pass can only be sent with an e-mail, and viewing the sender's Credentials Gallery requires the same permissions as reading the e-mail: ① the sender or viewer must be Gold, or ② both are Silver, or ③ the Credentials Pass was sent with a T-mail.
Primary Photo
Primary Photo Requirements
- A Head-Shot - head, neck, shoulders - solo for individuals or both members for couples. Face must fill at least ⅔ the image, as in a drivers license or company ID.
- Face forward, not cut off nor excessively dark/blurry nor obscured. No sunglasses.
- Square or portrait ; not landscape .
Which are suitable as a Primary Photo?
Only the last! Hover over them (or tap them) to see explanation.
Selecting / Creating a Primary Photo
One of two buttons will appear below each thumbnail image:| Set as Primary Photo | The image is pre-approved as a Primary Photo. Click to select this image as your Primary Photo. |
| Adjust as Primary Photo | Not approved as a Primary Photo (yet). If the face is large enough and unobscurred, click to crop the image to create a head shot. |
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Use Duplicate to make a copy of a photo before you crop it |
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Uploading Photos
- My Photos (Quick Links* panel of home page), or
- Profile My Photos from the top menu bar
- Standard Gallery – these photos will be visible to all members
- Private Gallery – these photos are viewable by permission only. You must send a Photo Pass (via an e-mail or greeting) to grant a member access to your Private Gallery.
- Credentials Gallery – these images are viewable by permission only. You must send a Credentials Pass (via an e-mail only) to grant a member access to your Credentials Gallery.
- Drag a photo into the Photo Upload area (uploading begins automatically), or
- Click the Photo Upload area to open a file browser. Then select a photo, and confirm. Uploading begins automatically.
If you're using an old browser, use the Browse... or Choose File button to open a file browser.
Photo Operations
| Photo Operations | |
|---|---|
| Crop | Calls our photo editor to allow you to trim ("crop") the photo. Handy for making a head shot from an existing photo, or just trimming out extraneous material. |
| Rotate | Rotate photo. Options are 90° counter-clockwise, 90° clockwise, 180° clockwise. |
| Duplicate | Make a copy of the photo, perhaps because you want to make a cropped version and keep the original. |
| Move | Move the photo to another Gallery. |
| Delete | Deletes the Photo |
| Delete Primary Photo | Click the Delete Primary Photo button, which appears below the Primary Photo, to delete the Primary Photo. Note: You need not delete your Primary Photo if you simply wish to replace it with another. For replacing your Primary Photo, simply select a new gallery photo via either button below any gallery photo: Set as Primary Photo, or Adjust as Primary Photo. |
Helpful Utilities
- https://www.freepdfconvert.com/pdf-to-jpg
- Free on-line PDF to Image converter.