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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: ichiro17 on April 26, 2006, 16:04
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Hey everyone,
I am putting up 2 shots..they have been reduced in quality and size so please don't take that into consideration...I just want to know what you guys think of my ideas so far - as well, if I were to save a RAW file - at 6.8 MB files that the DIgRebXT outputs, how much would that be in TIFF usually
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As well, any tips would be greatly appreciated in terms of using Photoshop and such.
In other news, I had a photo of a ladybug rejected by Dreamstime today because of noise. Any good tips on reducing noise (from blur filter or the noise reduction tool) - I have Photoshop CS2 that I'm currently working with
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for noise i use noise ninja. I have purchased the pro vesion (or whatever the most expensive version is). It is good however, because you can place it in a photoshop action to do automatically (which saves me sitting there waiting for it). I picked noise ninja by reading a review once of about 5 different types of noise reduction software compared. Noise ninja came out on top so I picked it. no complaints so far.
Your piano shot looks really good and i think it would be accepted easily. The parrot one I am more sceptical about. It looks like there is quite a shallow depth of field which perhaps doesn't add anything to the photo. It would be nice to have the entire head in focus (in my opinion)
not sure what the answer is to your tiff question, but am curious why you are wondering?
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Thanks for the kind words of the piano picture. Its really a great musical instrument (its 106 years old) and I love to play it.
I think I might purchase Noise Ninja too.
The TIFF question is because I've heard that its always best to modify photos in TIFF or PSD or something like that. As well, if I ever decide to go to Alamy I would like to know how to best get my photos up to 48 MB.
I agree with the focus of the head of the parrot. I am going to try to get that focus better with the Rebel XT and see where it takes me.
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yes I agree about storing your photos as tiff or psd. I store them as tiff lzw compressed which is a lossless compression. This means that although they are compressed no image data is losed. When you save an image as jpg it is compressed and image data IS lost. If you open and save a jpg a number of times, the data loss is exponential. Another advantage is by saving as tiff's you can keep all your layers. I save the tiff as an non-sharpened, non-unsharpmasked image.. then run a pack of tiffs through a photoshop action which sharpens them, and unsharp masks them and saves them as a jpg ready for upload. so in the end i have a
raw - the original image i shot
tiff - the edited file which includes all the layers (with the bottom layer untouched)
jpg - ready for upload sharpened and unsharp masked.
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I would like to know how to best get my photos up to 48 MB.
just upsize in photoshop (using bicubic smoother) about 150% or 175%. That should do it. Save the file as a tiff (uncompressed) and check the size.
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Just one note on the parrot. I agree that the DOF is way to shallow. It isn't a focusing isssue but a depth of focus issue. You probably already understand that but I wanted to make sure. Just stop down on the aperature to 9 or 11 and that will help. Or use a zoom and move farther back.
Mark
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I think that putting the word "piano" on the keys will hurt the photo's marketability. You need to leave the white space for the designer to use. Also, to me it makes the image look less professional--you've added text to an elegant image of an elegant instrument. Also, not to be harsh, but -- isn't it obvious that it's a piano?
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True, I hadn't thought of it that way
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Just stop down on the aperature to 9 or 11 and that will help. Or use a zoom and move farther back.
Mark
I am not sure i agree with the zoom part. When you shoot with a zoom you need a larger aperature to obtain a larger DOF. If you shoot with a wide angle lens at f/9 or so, basically everything from 1 meter to infinity is in focus. Shoot with a zoom and you will have a fairly limited depth of field.
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for noise i use noise ninja.
surely for noise reduction, noise ninja helps a lot. just install the plug in photoshop ;D
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for noise i use noise ninja.
surely for noise reduction, noise ninja helps a lot. just install the plug in photoshop ;D
Hmm... new member with just one message, bumping an old thread from 2006... This can only mean one thing...
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for noise i use noise ninja.
surely for noise reduction, noise ninja helps a lot. just install the plug in photoshop ;D
I think you've broken some sort of record for replying to a topic that's almost five years old.
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for noise i use noise ninja.
surely for noise reduction, noise ninja helps a lot. just install the plug in photoshop ;D
Hmm... new member with just one message, bumping an old thread from 2006... This can only mean one thing...
Pseudopixels is actually a bear who read the topic in 2006 but went into hibernation before replying?
Pseudopixels is actually a cicada who read the topic in 2006 but went underground before replying?
Pseudopixels read the topic in 2006, was abducted by aliens, and was just returned by the aliens now so they could reply?
;D
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OLD THREAD ALERT!
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wow come a long way since then making 20 bucks a month and submitting really bad photos
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wow come a long way since then making 20 bucks a month and submitting really bad photos
Which is good for you, but I haven't changed. I'm doing worse now than I did the first year in micro. :o (my own fault of course)
Good thing you labeled the keys with "Piano" I never would have guessed what it was. (sarcastic face here) ;)
Yes, Paulie this is going to be interesting... Date Registered: December 07, 2010, 15:24
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wow come a long way since then making 20 bucks a month and submitting really bad photos
Is the parrot still alive, did u capture it at f11?
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yes she's still alive, she's the best and should be alive for another 80 yrs :)
don't remember the aperture though
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Hi Ichiro17,
I use Genuine Fractals to up rez my work. It does a superior job with it's algorithm than PS does. However if you are going to up rez in PS it is best done in steps of 112%. It takes a little longer but the interpolation will hold up better under the magnifying glass. Here is the link onOneSoftware.com/Genuine-Fractals.
Best,
Jonathan