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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Photo Critique => Topic started by: photo123 on April 15, 2011, 06:23
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This image got rejected from istockphoto as "The execution of isolation contains stray areas that are either too feathered or rough"
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23976648/IMG_4813-5drop.jpg (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23976648/IMG_4813-5drop.jpg)
Can i correct this picture(and how) to resubmit it?
or forget about it since it is impossible to get it accepted?
I'm asking these because i have very less knowledge about editing. (Just trying to search and apply from web)
Thank you in advance for your help.
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I can see the problem. I use the magic wand tool, set the tolerance to 1 and select the background. View at 100% and you will see the areas that need fixing. I use the pen tool while viewing at 300% to get the stray areas. Select the area, feather the selection and fill it with white.
Then istock will find a different reason to reject your photo :)
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Well, i played with the dodge tool for a while.. :)
Please critique to this one compared to the rejected one..
Thank you.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23976648/IMG_4813-2drop.jpg (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23976648/IMG_4813-2drop.jpg)
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https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/hands.jpg?w=d92b8ee8 (https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/hands.jpg?w=d92b8ee8)
Once you save an image as a jpg you will get rough edges. Editing in PSD or TIFF gives you clean edges in these formats, but when you save the image as a JPG you lose data and will get jagged, rough looking edges. Istock knows this and, according to them, so do their inspectors. However, the best way to check for isolations is to use the same method they use by using a levels or curves layer.
Your image has plenty of issues. I pulled your image, created a curves layer and the first thing is you can see the upper tight grey area. That is a the main issue. However, you also have that light gray around most of the hand, which is unclean. Use your dodge tool, set it to something low like 10 and a good feathered edge. Just kiss the edge of the hand and the gray will disappear. You can do it with the curves layer on or off, but make sure you inspect the image using the curves layer. Once the image is properly isolated, you can dump the curves layer and then save your work.
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[url]https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/hands.jpg?w=d92b8ee8[/url] ([url]https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/hands.jpg?w=d92b8ee8[/url])
Your image has plenty of issues. I pulled your image, created a curves layer and the first thing is you can see the upper tight grey area. That is a the main issue. However, you also have that light gray around most of the hand, which is unclean. Use your dodge tool, set it to something low like 10 and a good feathered edge. Just kiss the edge of the hand and the gray will disappear. You can do it with the curves layer on or off, but make sure you inspect the image using the curves layer. Once the image is properly isolated, you can dump the curves layer and then save your work.
Thank you for the suggestions.Actually i didn't undertstand the part you advised me to correct. But i used dodge tool to highlight some darken parts on hand. I wonder if this works.?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23976648/IMG_4813-2drop.jpg (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23976648/IMG_4813-2drop.jpg)
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sorry I am not following (we have talked before regarding this matter, have you forgot??)
http://www.microstockgroup.com/photo-critique/photo-critique-please/msg196334/?topicseen#new (http://www.microstockgroup.com/photo-critique/photo-critique-please/msg196334/?topicseen#new)