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Agency Based Discussion => Sites that no longer exist => StockXpert.com => Topic started by: digidave on June 18, 2007, 05:07

Title: Help needed
Post by: digidave on June 18, 2007, 05:07

Just had an email from StockXpert asking for me to upload more shots as part of my initial submission. They say the shots I submitted look soft, and may not be focussed...probably due to the fact they are digital pics and have not had sharpening applied from RAW to Jpeg.  Do they normally require pics to be sharpened before submitting...other stock sites do not and have accepted the same pics.

Any advice welcome

Title: Re: Help needed
Post by: fintastique on June 18, 2007, 08:16

usually best policy to submit best sellers from other sites when trying to pass a new stock agencies test. Though StockXpert seem to have very different criteria for selecting files in my experience

what MP is your camera? try downsizing a bit to sharpen up the images for the initial submission.

Title: Re: Help needed
Post by: digidave on June 18, 2007, 08:25

Hi

thanks for replying fintastique.

It's a Canon 5D and I'm only using L type lenses...the pics are soft out of the camera (the norm for shooting Raw) but fine when sharpened...I would have thought their staff would take that into account.  I don't sharpen my RAW pics or conversions because I understand clients prefer to do that themselves.  Other agencies I'm submitting to say no sharpening.

I've sent an email to StockXpert asking if they want me to sharpen...just waiting for a reply.

Title: Re: Help needed
Post by: digidave on June 18, 2007, 09:09

Just received this email which clears everything up and should help other Newbies submitting for the first time....I guess different agencies greatly differing requirements.

"We cater to a full range of end users on STockXpert, some of them are image savvy, while others are not as comfortable with image manipulation. For this reason, we demand that all images submitted are ready to be used by anyone at anytime. We ask that logos and trademarks are removed, that contrast and saturation be adjusted accordingly and that all images be and look in focus. Some submitting photographers do have a hard time with sharpening. These images are also rejected. We look for generic and natural looking images as though the eye would see it."