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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: ichiro17 on August 11, 2008, 22:21
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On a note of stupidity,
I'd really appreciate if iStock would go about their reviewing with some consistency. They approved a photo I took and Photoshopped a lot to get a very grainy, grungy, gritty look a while back, so I went ahead and did a few more in that way. Now its not good enough and they are 'over-processed' but if anything, they are less processed than the original file accepted.
That original file has 10 or 12 downloads since uploading it and is getting more popular - so the market is there.
I don't get it. I don't think they do either, for other reasons.
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Tell me how any 2 of the 200 inspectors are supposed to judge the exact same thing on a borderline image.
It is well know that images that are "photoshopped a lot" are not likely to get in. Luck may have smiled upon you the first time.
Oh, and if you're going to rant, you should post the images.
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What sjlocke said.
Can we see, please ? :)
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Can't post 100% because I'm at work, but this is an example (and they have been accepted everywhere, including SS with grain added in photoshop):
(http://69.90.174.249/photos/display_pic_with_logo/62557/62557,1218076588,1.jpg)
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I just don't think that many of the evaluators actually know what they are looking at.
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That is a very nice image it's not that I agree with the rejection but I'd expect this file to be rejected by IS for over filtering issue.
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Thanks for the kind words. I've been looking to establish for myself sort of a style that I can apply that looks nice and has some type of dramatic element to it. Even if it doesn't sell, I'm getting better and I might be able to apply it to other subjects and expand my horizons
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Not an answer to your question about inconsistency, but....I always find my consolation that what IS rejects sells on other sites. I may not get a few cents but IS doesn't get bucks! :D Their lose too.
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That isn't really large enough to judge your success in working with it.
As I mentioned, it's pretty well known that iStock likes to give designers the raw material to work with.
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That isn't really large enough to judge your success in working with it.
As I mentioned, it's pretty well known that iStock likes to give designers the raw material to work with.
Was accepted as SS, sells really well.
There's no posterization or anything like that.
And the other file that was accepted at IS has been downloaded a few times since i started this post...so I'd rather go with the 'market' than what some 19 yr old summer student reviewer thinks