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Even Worse Looking jury Images Possible

Another from just because you can doesn't mean you should.

After the iPad came out, and with the popularity of the iPhone, ZAPP had planned on creating an app for artists. That idea was canned a year or so ago. And you can't upload images through the iPad browser because the iPad has a hidden folder structure.

But there is a solution which I came across yesterday. There is a browser app for the iPad which allows almost as much control over images as a regular computer browser does. iCab Mobile is a $1.99 app. It allows you to capture an image address so it can be uploaded to forums. It allows you to upload images from either the web or from your photos (Camera Roll) on an iPad or iPhone. It even tells you the pixel dimensions when you choose the image.

I tried this last night and it works perfectly. I took a picture with my iPhone and was able to upload it directly to my ZAPP profile through the iCab Mobile browser.

That means artists will be able to shoot pictures of their artwork or their booth at a show and upload them directly to ZAPP. It also means that there might be a significant drop in jury image quality, at least for those artists more enamored with the technology than they care about the quality of their jury images. And I have been getting a lot of iPhone jury images lately. Especially from artists who don't think it's even necessary to own a digital camera.

Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100