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09/16/2009 03:53:10 PM · #1 |
Hi folks,
I'm new to stock photography and have been patiently reading these boards. There are some great tips.
I've been checking Alamy's requirements and they constantly refer to "upsizing" photos. Could I ask why I should do this? Usually with pictures I shoot them in RAW, bring them into photoshop, edit them, and then save them in TIFF.
I understand that most stock places want JPEG. Sure, no problem. But why bother to upsize the pics first? Can't I just work on the RAW file and then save as JPEG?
Thanks!
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09/16/2009 03:55:58 PM · #2 |
| For Alamy, they have a minimum size requirement. That is where the upsizing comes in if your camera does not produce a big enough file out of camera or if you have to crop. |
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09/16/2009 04:02:04 PM · #3 |
| I don't know if you've checked the Alamy forums...here. It might be a good place to start since if you're planing to submit images there. |
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09/16/2009 05:14:41 PM · #4 |
Yeah it seems a little backwards to be upsizing. I still don't know why they want that, but they do. To upsize I just do it in one step in photoshop and that seems to work good enough.
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09/16/2009 05:55:44 PM · #5 |
| I use Genuine Fractals. It seems to work better than Photoshop. |
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09/16/2009 06:13:08 PM · #6 |
| You may want to make sure you have a decent size set in Camera RAW to start with. Examine the blue "link" beneath the image preview. |
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09/16/2009 07:23:50 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by leaf:
Yeah it seems a little backwards to be upsizing. I still don't know why they want that, but they do. |
Alamy wants the customer to be able to download and use directly an image large enough to use as a magazine cover/full-page ad, with some leeway to crop. I think they figure if you aren't able to upsize a smaller image with enough quality to meet their QC standard at that size, neither will be their (now dissatisfied) customer ... |
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