So which is it?

When I edit and save the file I save it as a TIFF so it isn't compressed.  When I upload to a stock site I save a JPG version.  In photoshop you are asked at which quality level you want to save the JPG file.  Some microstock sites say to save it at the highest level (12), others say quality level 10 is good enough.

Which do you use?  The difference in file size on the disk is significant.  For a regular file from the Canon 5D mark II the sizes are

Quality 12 : 10.5 MB
Quality 11 : 5.5 MB
Quality 10 : 3.5 MB

So in regards to storage and FTP uploading it is tempting not to use quality 12.  There is obviously a lot more information in the Quality 12 file size but can you really see a difference?  When opening the JPG files up in photoshop, putting them on top of each other as layers and clicking the hide/view button to toggle I really can't see a different.  Not even with the Quality 10 file.  If you were to save and open and save and open the file numerous times I could see a potential problem, but for a one time save perhaps Quality 11 is an OK middle ground?

I just got a message that Shutterstock has taken a few of my images out of their collection.  

This is what the email says.

Quote

We have removed the following images that you uploaded.
An old car sitting on the prairie forgotten and overgrown with bushes.
(795088) deleted because: Quality Control - Deleted per Legal, do not resubmit An old car sitting on the prairie forgotten and overgrown with bushes.
(795100) deleted because: Quality Control - Deleted per Legal, do not resubmit An old car sitting on the prairie forgotten and overgrown with bushes.
(795220) deleted because: Quality Control - Deleted per Legal, do not resubmit Regards, ShutterStock Support

It is a little cryptic (perhaps due to the unfortunate formatting) - with no real way of know what the images were other than their description.  When I look at the image numbers on Shutterstock, the image is blank.

It looks however like they were deleted due to legal concerns.  Fair enough - perhaps it has something to do with their recent guaranteeing of images.

Quote from: GeoPappas on October 27, 2009, 10:24

Can someone please tell me the criteria for the database cleaning?

For example, how old does the image need to be?

What other criteria are there?

And where are you receiving the notification?  In your email account, or in your DT account?

Notification was both on Dreamstime and personal email.

The images must be 3 years old or more and have 0 sales.

Here is what I do to keep sharpness when I use Portraiture...]

There is a setting within the filter that places all the corrections it makes on a separate, transparent layer above the one your are applying the filter to.  I make sure that box is checked.

Then the filter is done, I select that layer and turn off all the others.  Then I use the eraser to delete everything but the skin areas.  I set then set the brush hardness to 0 (very soft) and delete the very edges of the skin.

This keeps the rest of the picture sharp.

Just read this and stop further whining about someone didn't wrote something correctly:

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch out of Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod apeapr. The olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

 

Seems like no one has been talking about Veer lately, maybe for good reason, but... I think it's time for another look, since it's been up a while.

Quote from: patrick1958 on October 16, 2009, 12:23

Quote from: MatHayward on October 16, 2009, 11:28

Overall: 110
7 Days: 258

Given the fact you are emerald and earn more per download it's no surprise your ranking is high.

Patrick H.

Plus I am exclusive which jacks it up even higher.  My rank has actually been slipping though.  I was in the top 100 for quite a while.  I don't think the rank is based solely on sales though.  I've been trying to figure it out for a while but it's still a mystery.

Mat

Quote from: anonymous on October 13, 2009, 15:30

Scanstock is not resolving when I go there...anybody else unable to hit it?
www.scanstockphoto.com

Thx

strange.  the first time I clicked i got a blank page, then tried again and it came up fine.

^^^ Yes, I'll be using it for my food images. It'll be handy to see how the images appear as I'm shooting. What works and what does not is often difficult to see clearly through the viewfinder and also unwanted reflections, etc.

I can't imagine a morning without a double espresso (or two) made from my favorite Lavazza. I even bring a little espresso pot to camping trips

I think getting a beans to coffee machine is a good idea. I have only tried Senseo once in a store that sells espresso machines and it was quite good. However, getting a "real" machine probably provides for more flexibility when it comes to trying different coffee beans. Prepare for the mess though. I'm sure these machines are much more messy than Senseo.