Paradise City uses a digital slide processing and viewing system for its shows. Using a state-of-the-art scanner, your five slides are scanned at a high resolution into our computers and placed on a single page in our database, with your number one and two slides on top and three, four and five on the bottom row. When we meet with the jurors, the computer is connected to the latest technology in projectors and all five images are projected at once - beautifully! - onto a large screen.

If you applied to any 2004 or later Paradise City show, and you're happy with your most recent slide presentation, you no longer have to send in slides or descriptions. Simply indicate 'my images are on file' on the application form, enclose a check for processing, and we'll just process the application itself. If you've completed new work in the meantime that you think will give us a better idea of where you are artistically, then feel free to send in your new slides. You may also consider sending new images if you haven't done so in some time, as our publicity often focuses on the most current works in our image files.

digital image submission guidelines:

Paradise City will accept slide submissions in digital format sent by postal mail on a CD-R disk. (No floppies, Zip or CD-RW disks.) Please save your image files as uncompressed JPG files only. The recommended size is 300 ppi @ approximately 5 x 7". Include the number 1-5 (corresponding to your descriptions) and your last name in the filename for each image. (Example: 1_smith.jpg) Digital submissions will be juried from the database the same way as regular slides. Please note! No digital submissions for jurying may be sent by email.

These details about our slide procedure are also
in the downloadable show application file.

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application viewing and download instructions:

Applications are available online as a file download in PDF format; you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader (5 and up) installed to read and print the file (Adobe Acrobat Reader is free from the Adobe web site). You can also print applications while online using Acrobat Reader. All completed applications are to be submitted to Paradise City by postal mail with your images included, if applicable.

The application form will usually open online in Acrobat Reader, when your browser settings allow this. You can print the document from within your browser, or save the file to disk and print later offline.

Depending on your computer's security settings, it is possible you MAY NOT be able to open the file online. Other browser settings can also prevent your opening it while online. If this is the case, please download the file to your computer first and then open it. Should you be unable to get the file to download, call 800.511.9725 and we can email you a copy.

To download the file without viewing it, right click the button, and choose from the popup menu, either 'Save target as...'(Internet Explorer) or 'Save link as...' (Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox). In the resulting dialog box, choose a folder on your computer for the downloaded file. Then select 'Save'. Double click on the downloaded file to open and view it in Acrobat Reader. The application PDF file should print well in almost all current printers.

(High speed connection suggested for 5.2MB booklet download)
You can apply to all spring 2009 shows with one application.
(Application filename: showappsprg09.pdf - 66k)