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Use your own photos or stock photos (no clip art)
The long, bowed images are 622 pixels wide
- Download the Adobe Photoshop (.PSD) file to create the bowed effect
  (Right-click on the link above and select "save target as" to save. The file is 685 KB)
- Directions for using the PSD file
WebCRMA inserts a white gap around the long bowed image if you use the "INSERT > IMAGE" function in WebCRMA. To remove the gap, switch to the code view and removed the <P></P> (or <H2></H2>) tags from around the <IMG SRC> tag.

Use Copperplate Gothic Bold when creating a composite image that places text over a photo.
(See top example at right)
Futura Heavy or Futura Medium can also be used
as a secondary font on composite images.
(See bottom example at right)
- Download Copperplate Gothic Bold
  and Futura fonts
  (Right-click on the link above and select "save target as" to save the font ZIP file)
- Instructions for installing the fonts

Below are some standard image sizes for use in various types of templates:

Bowed feature images: 622 px wide x 193 px high (example)
Rectangular images used in three-column template: 150 px wide x 75 px high (example)
Square images in features column template: 75 px wide x 75 px high (example)
Headshots:
- Small: 65 px wide x 77 px high
- Medium: 73 px wide x 110 px high
- Large: 116 px wide x 150 px high

Below are the largest photo widths that can be accommodated in the various templates:

Largest width of image in standard content area: 622 px wide (example)
Largest width of image used in left or right column in two-column template: 250 px width (example)
Largest width of image in feature column: 190 px wide (example)

All WebCRMA users have access to the "NIUDefault\stockimages" directory where dozens of pre-formatted images are available for free use.
Media Services' Image Library holds 100+ photos of campus and campus life suitable for Web publishing

For more information on Website Photography, contact the Web Team.