I think it�s a little bit confusing.............

My experience today  ( I�m only two months old in this, so I am pretty unexperienced ) is that different sites require different preparing of the image.

Some say - it�s overfiltered, some say its approved. And still it is the same picture - prepared the same way.

I save all my images as working psd, so of course it�s relatively simple to change it. But confusing since I didn�t know yet which one requires what.

So any sharing would be helpful. I contribute today to - dreamstime, 123RF, Cutcaster, Visco images, Bigstock, Canstock, Fotolia.

I also have some reflections if it is prefarable to do as much as possible in camera raw - maybe that don�t destroy the image so much = overfiltered. (I use CS4)

greatful to all responses

Scarlet

I prepare all of my photos the same way.  I shoot in RAW, make my adjustments in Lightroom and if necessary I'll export to Photoshop Elements for more detailed fixes if necessary (ie: cloning out a logo or similar clean-up).  Then I close the image which sends it back to Lightroom (I send it back as a TIFF file, no compression).  Add keywords, title and description in LR (making sure I'm adding it to the edited image!)  My acceptance rate has been good at the top 4 sites and several of the middle tier and low earner sites I'v been uploading to using that process.

What you may be experiencing is that some sites are more critical or lenient on technical quality.  What's acceptable on one is rejected on another.  The least amount of processing you can do with regard to exposure adjustments and sharpening should be the goal.  Get it right in camera as much as possible.