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StockXpert.com / More ridiculous StockXpert fun

« on: October 18, 2007, 06:26 »

Here's some StockXpert fun for your enjoyment.

1. I submit a picture of a car. They reject it and say "please remove brands from metadata". Okay, I had Porsche in the keywords. So remove the word Porsche, resubmit, and it gets rejected for "Keyword spamming".

2. I love this one. I had a photo that was already approved. I used the Replace File function to upload a better larger MP file, didn't touch the keywords, and it gets rejected for keyword spamming.

I don't think my keywords are even close to spamming and I've never had this problem before. Seems I'm now officially a victim of the mass rejection issue. Good times...

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Albumo.com / Made the Albumo front page "Featured Stock Images"

« on: September 10, 2007, 21:00 »

I was pretty surprised to see my baskets of apples on their homepage under "Featured Stock Images". Hopefully they'll hit 200,000 images (sometime today) and start marketing while I'm still featured.

They seem like they have their act together. I'm anxious to see how aggressive their marketing launch will be.

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iStockPhoto.com / IS Description Links - Thumbnails vs. Lightboxes

« on: September 09, 2007, 14:40 »

In the IS description field I've seen people use thumbnails or lightboxes to link to other photos in their portfolio. What determines which approach is best to use?

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Shutterstock.com / Help!!! 2nd SS rejection

« on: August 30, 2007, 22:27 »

Okay, I've been doing microstock for a month now and I'm learning as I go.

1st SS rejection was mostly "poor framing and poor composure" type of stuff. So I learned more about stock and started taking better shots. Technical issues weren't the problem.

2nd rejection today was all "noise and artifacts". So now I'm taking decent shots but the technical quality is off. I went from shooting jpeg to RAW/NEF so I'm guessing my RAW workflow is the problem.

For workflow I use PS Elements 5 to open Nikon NEF, convert with Adobe Camera Raw, save as PSD, and then save as jpeg. With the PSD I primarily adjust levels and color settings. I save as jpeg and then use the PSE noise filter to reduce noise. I mostly shoot with a Nikon D50 and a 50mm f/1.8 prime so that should be good enough.

So I'm wondering, what's your workflow and where in the process do you successful SS people reduce noise? With ACR, with PSE, with a jpeg tool like NoiseNinja, all of the above?

Thanks,

Paul

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