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Image Guidelines

If there is an existing graphic / logo (story time, studio, etc.), use the established image as the thumbnail image in Bedework. Please don’t create a new image.

Use the Image Library by going to Click here to choose from the library of images. Use the copy graphic to copy the image URL path. Use your keyboard shortcuts to paste (CTRL+V) the path in the table into the Image URL and Thumbnail URL fields. The URL paths links will begin /public/img/. If there is not an existing graphic, you may create an image for the thumbnail graphic in Bedework.

  • Calendar approvers will review the image.
  • Images submitted with events may be removed, remade, or replaced, at the approver’s discretion.
  • Accepted images will be added to the Images Library accessible from the Bedework entry form for re-use next quarter.

Size and Text Specifications

  • Max width: 400px
  • Max height: 600px
  • File size: Less than 100 KB
  • Thumbnail is automatically created when you upload an image. You may also create a separate thumbnail image. If you want to use a separate thumbnail image, email the images to Web Services and we’ll add them for you.
  • Do not leave white space around the image. White space is added automatically by the calendar stylesheet.
  • Words in icon-type images (“Movie Friday” or “Chocolate Worms”) should be readable at thumbnail-size, which is 80px wide.

Images are required for the following events

  • Be Well at NPL (add image URL from image Library)
  • Book Clubs (add image URL from image Library)
  • Exhibits (resize and upload artwork image) - must include image b/c they are displayed on Art at the Library page
  • Nashville Reads (add image URL from image Library)
  • Mental Health Outreach (add image URL from image Library)
  • Metro Social Services (add image URL from image Library)
  • Seed Exchange (add image URL from image Library)
  • Story Time (add image URL from image Library)

Finding Images

  • For existing logos / icons, see Bedework Image URLs
  • For book cover and movie posters, see the Library Catalog
  • To find new images, see Finding Copyright Friendly Images

Resizing an Image (on a Microsoft Windows PC)

  • Open MS Paint
  • Open the image you want to resize, or copy-and-paste an image
  • Hit the resize button at the top

img "resize image"

  • Click the button for "Pixels." Check "Maintain aspect ratio." Type what size you want the image to be, and click “OK.”

img "resize skew"

  • Save the image as a .png file.