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Photo Critique / Young Girl in Photoshop / Lightroom tryout.

« on: April 14, 2013, 13:31 »

Hey guys. I've been wanting to practice more in lightroom and photoshop so this was a good test for me. I have attached a screenshot of the before/after photo. What I want to know is more on the editing and not so much on the photo.. Does the background (I just googled a graffiti background) look real? If not, what can I do to make it better?

Critique and tips are highly welcome!

Thanks a lot,
Dan

Video Equipment / Sofware / Technique / GoPro Hero3 Black Edition for Stock?

« on: December 10, 2012, 07:25 »

Hey guys. How are you all doing?

I've been wanting to buy the new GoPro Hero3 Black Edition since it shoots 1080p at 60fps and 720p at 120fps. I would like to know if anyone knows about the video quality and if it's good enough for stock. I sure hope so, since it costs around US$1000 in Brazil (yes, we pay the highest taxes in the world in this * country).

I'm aware that it has almost fish eye lenses and as far as I know, there are no adapters. I don't plan on going sky diving or base jumping, but a bike trail or rollercoaster shot would be possible.

Anyway, that's what I wish to know. Do you think it's worth spending US$1000 on it, a bit for fun, but mostly for stock footage.

Cheers,
Dan

Video Equipment / Sofware / Technique / 5D Mark II Microphone

« on: October 28, 2010, 07:55 »

Hey guys, and girls!

I own a Canon 5D Mark II and I'd like to start shooting video. Unfortunately I don't know much about it. A while ago I bought a Shure microphone to photograph and still have it. I'm wondering if I can use that with my 5D II (it's for an interview sort of thing).

The thing is that the cable from the mic doesn't fit the canon, so my question is, can I use adaptors to make it fit? Would that work?

This is the microphone:

The adaptors I think I need:

The blue (female) one:

and than this one:

Is that possible? I don't want to spend US$200 on a mic just now, so I'm just wondering if that would work at all!

Thanks!

PS: I just found out this cable here:

(told you I didn't know anything about this)

Would that work?

Illustration - General / Why Does Radial Gradient do This?

« on: October 15, 2010, 08:39 »

Hey there...

As some of you know, I'm starting with illustrations and I've been asking for help from time to time. Here I go again! I recently had this image rejected at Shutterstock because it contains a bitmap. After about 500 tests, I realized that the problem was in the 2 radial gradients. Although the file has more radial gradients, something in these 2 converted them to bitmap when I saved it as EPS10. The file somehow got accepted at Fotolia so you can have a look at the other radial gradients (middle top and bottom right)

I've tried to explain a bit better the situation bellow. It works fine when it's a linear gradient. My question is: why?

I've also uploaded the EPS10 file to megaupload if anyone wants to have a look.

Thanks in advance!

Illustration - General / Submitting Non-EPS8 compatible files?

« on: October 05, 2010, 13:15 »

Hey there.

I'm starting with vector illustrations for microstock and I'm getting the basics. My (and everyone's, I guess) problem is that all microstock agencies ask for the Illustrator 8 .eps file. How can I submit something that has a transparency or ANY effects not available on Illustrator 8? For example, this image from Augusto Cabral must have some effects that were not available then:

How can I submit some thing with that sort of effect and still being compatible?

Thanks a lot!

Off Topic / Ergonomic mouse or touch tablet?

« on: September 30, 2010, 13:49 »

Hey fellow microstockers.

I believe I'm starting to develop Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, due to my 12-14 hours a day on a computer.

I decided to buy a new, ergonomic mouse since I have a normal wireless one. I went online and started searching and found 2 mice that might be interesting and I also remembered the Wacom touch tablet.

Here are the links (on eBay):

Wacon Touch Tablet - http://goo.gl/GHgm
Evoluent Vertical Mouse 3 Wireless - http://goo.gl/uFJj
Zero Tension Mouse - http://goo.gl/oaXL

I like all of them but the problem with the last one (Zero Tension Mouse) is that it's corded and I couldn't find it anywhere that ships to Brazil.

Does anyone use any of them? Any suggestions?

I'd like to know if the tablet has good precision since I'd also use it for illustrations and photo retouching.

Thanks in advance!

Dan

General Stock Discussion / Shutterstock's Analytics at iSyndica!

« on: November 26, 2009, 21:14 »

Hello people!

Do any of you use iSyndica? I've recently discovered it and found it to be quite amazing (specially for me, that has a bad internet connection) and it's also a great way to keep your uploads organised.

Unfortunately, they are still missing Shutterstock and this means it's not available for reporting.

I've started a thread on shutterstock's site to let them know: http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73811 Come contribute if you too would like to see Shutterstock on iSyndica.

Best regards,
Dan Wiedemann!
www.twitter.com/Dan_Wiedemann

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