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And Phase 2 is open to everyone, even if you didn't participate in Phase 1, or decided to change what complaint you'd like to address!
If that box is checked, you will skip the prints submission page and the sizes closest to the image you have submitted will be selected. If you leave the box unchecked, you will be brought to the prints submission page where you can customize your products to your hearts content.
Keeping the box unchecked is most definitely the best option to choose, in my opinion. I like to have control over every piece to make sure it will look good when someone buys it.
On the flip-side, if you're a photographer and your source file hasn't been cropped at all, there is an excellent chance the 1.5:1 image ratio will work by default. Our system will see that and give you those print sizes already set up. I would still recommend personally looking at them, but in cases like that, it is most likely safe to submit the default settings. No Art Gift products will be selected by default. These include mugs, magnets, and calendars. Those must be manually added.
If you're unsure which you like better, un-check the box and see what prints it gives you. On the prints submission page, what you see as checked are the default sizes.
The easiest way, at least in my opinion, is to submit the full print source file when submitting the deviation. You can then uncheck the Downloads checkbox on the top right of my screenshot in the journal, then in the Display Options under the Mature Content field, you can choose the size that will show in your gallery. The default dA watermark can be added there as well, if you prefer that added bit of security.
Editing the deviation with a smaller file will not change the prints source file, so it would actually be faster to upload the full size image, enable it as a print, then edit the deviation with a smaller file or with your own personal watermark instead of editing each print with a larger source.
It's that I sumbit a 72 pixels/inch one in small dimensions for actual deviation and upload separately a larger version one in higher resolution and dimension for print . And that sometimes means that enabling some of the settings mean the preview gets to the smallest priced ones' preview even though that's not I want, and to show the actual one with a different format.