Student Photographs are a vital part of the SEAtS application, used for identification purposes amongst staff and academic users. Image files must meet certain criteria or the system will reject them.
Digital Image Requirements
Dimensions
The image must be in a square aspect ratio (height equal to width). Minimum: 600 × 600 pixels. Maximum: 1200 × 1200 pixels.
Colour
The image should be in colour, with 24 bits per pixel, using the sRGB colour space.
File Format
The image must be in either JPEG or PNG format.
File Size
The image should not exceed 240 kB (kilobytes).
Compression
The compression ratio should be no more than 20:1.
Loading Photos to SEAtS
Student image files are uploaded and updated in SEAtS using the SFTP Server.
File Upload
- Photos are uploaded to the folder named 'Photos' on the SFTP Server - Imports from the client will be placed into C:\Files\Photos\
File Naming Convention
The file name should be in the format: [StudentNumber].jpg or [StudentNumber].png
Example: Student 'John Doe' with Student Number '123456789' should have a photo named 123456789.jpg or 123456789.png.
Initial and Updated Photos
- If the student does not have a photo loaded, the initial photo is created - If the student already has a photo, the new photo will replace the existing one
Frequency
A job runs once daily to import any photos found on the SFTP Server within the 'Photos' folder.