I tried to create a book with blurb.. it seems quite interesting. But it seems you need to order your book before it become on sale in their store.

what is your experience with blurb?

Hi all,

I am wondering do we need to remove color cast always? when we should remove and are there cases we should keep the color cast?

I got this image i took during late afternoon sun, and there is a yellow cast due to the sun. W/B is set 'daylight'.

By mtkang at 2011-02-23

since i shoot raw, so i can remove the color cast easily, by changing W/B to 'auto WB'.


By mtkang at 2011-02-23

I took the image for editorial purpose, so i wonder do i need to remove the yellow cast? as a buyer, will the buyer reject the pictures that comes with sunset cast?

I may just go for the one without color cast, since this picture doesn't interpret anything about sunset. what do you think? if there is time we should leave the colour cast as it?

thank you.

Hi all,

I usually convert my raw file to jpg in lightroom, and export and choose sRGB as color profile..

I happened to open the raw file and edit in photoshop, then i 'save as' jpg but the color appears dull, and i notice the color space is 'prophoto' as i think it could be the reason.

But i found no way to change the color space..do i need to save the dng file to tiff first? how can i save a jpg in sRGB from a dng in photoshop CS5?

THANKS!

My portable hard disk just had problem again..

I tried the trial version of Kernel Recovery and it seems able to retrieve all the data, but I will need to buy it if i want to copy the data.

So before i pay anything, any data recovery software which is freeware?

thanks.

Hi all,

anyone is using lightroom?

lightroom seems remember where is your folder directory and folder name. But if you physically change the folder name or move the folder to other directory, it has problem to recognise it?

let's say i had done all post-process i need on my folder and i decided to move the folder to another directory, how can i make lightroom recognised all my post process after moving that folder?

To re-import it again? or there is some proper way to move around folder so lightroom won't get confused.

hi all,

i just notice if you upload the illustrations as vector, the maximum price is $10 eps vector. But if you upload the same illustrations as jpg format, the maximum price is XX-Large TIFF   7500x4230 px - 300 dpi   $20.00

I checked my history, there are some 'vector' sales.. but since i didn't upload my vector as a jpg sales, i am not sure are some buyers looking for this kind of XX-Large TIFF?

what is your experience?

I had found some images under this licenses, it doesn't mention about commercial usage.

am i allowed to adapt the images and manipulated and resell it? or make a product on zazzle?

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/

thanks.

Hi all,

I notice that the 'footer' of istock, the bar down below, which shows information of balance, lightbox is not 'floating'. it should be always at below of the page, and stay 'floating' at the bottom even when u scroll down the page.

I have one google chrome at other pc works fine, but this google chrome at this pc is not working, the 'footer' is always at the end of the page, one has to scroll down all the way to see the info.

anyone knows a fix? thanks.

Hi all,

I just got a DIY computer, and run on Windows 7..

the hard drive is 500G so i would like to divide it into several drive.

I used the method that i found from internet, using the disk management, right click and choose 'shrink disk'. Total size before shrink is 476838MB, but size of available shrink space is 237344MB..

i find the shrink space size is only like half of the 500G...possible to make into partition like c: 100G, and D: 400G, i guess 100G is much enough just to install software, and use most for D: for storage.

Possible to guide me how to do it? or i should do it before installing windows? I am okay to reinstall windows since it is empty hard drive.

Thanks.

Hi all,

anyone had experienced with vectorstock?

There is an old thread but would like to get some recent feedback.

I read the FAQ even the vector should price with complexity, but it seems mostly vector are 1 credits. For new contributors, it is 25% so u got like $0.25..

do u get something more than $0.25 often (like extended license)?

thanks.

these are the some links of alamy sold images are used, it makes me rethink what kind of images one should submit to alamy.

It seems as long as a photo serves its purpose for buyers, it is a deal.


http://aksesasia.com/pans-and-pots-at-a-delicious-price.html

http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-nokia-chairman-ollila-prepares-will-resign-in-2012/

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peterwedderburn/100054449/halal-meat-we-should-know-when-were-eating-it/

http://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/22/pairing-cheeses-with-apples-and-pears-cheese-course/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/7977361/South-Korea-introduces-fingerprint-scans-for-suspicious-foreign-visitors.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/road-safety/7985111/Britains-pothole-problems-continue.html
 

hi all,

I have consolidated some informations about agencies i am contributing. check it here:
http://bobobuha.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/currencies-paid-by-microstock-agencies/

i paste the list here and let's me know if there is any mistake so i will edit it. It may help you to squeeze a little bit cash.

1. It seems better get paid in EURO since US currency is weak. (remember to registered fotolia through their european or UK webpage)
2. Some agencies that is US based will have a significant tax(30%) on US sales for contributors from some countries.
3. Moneybookers has lower exchange rate than Paypal.

I am not so sure those agencies that get paid in US but no tax, so if you had get paid with them before, please just correct me.


Agencies that Paid in US$ and Tax for US sales:

Shutterstock: US$-Moneybookers/Paypal (Tax-yes)
Dreamstime: US$-Moneybookers/Paypal (Tax-yes)
Bigstock: US$-Moneybookers/Paypal (Tax-yes)
Veer: US$-Moneybookers/Paypal (Tax-yes)
fotolia: US$/EURO/UK Pounds-Moneybookers/Paypal (Tax – yes), If you want to get paid in EURO or UK Pounds, please remember to register through a EUROPEAN or UK fotolia website, however it seems sometimes the website will direct you to US based webpage, so just watch out.

Agencies that Paid in US$ not holding tax for US sales:

istock: US$-Moneybookers/Paypal (Tax-No)
123rf.com: US$-Moneybookers/Paypal (Tax-No)
Graphicleftovers.com: US$-Moneybookers/Paypal (Tax-No)
Canstock: US$-Moneybookers/Paypal (Tax-No)
Depositphotos: US$-Moneybookers/Paypal (Tax-No)
Crestock: US$-Paypal (Tax-No)
Cutcaster: US$-Moneybookers/Paypal (Tax-No)

Agencies that Paid in EURO and not holding tax for US sales:

Zoonar: EURO – Paypal (Tax-No)
Yaymicro.com: EURO – Paypal (Tax-No)
Panthermedia: EURO – Paypal (Tax-No)