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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!
WW
 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.
 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.
 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.
 09/16/2009 05:55:44 PM · #5
I use Genuine Fractals. It seems to work better than Photoshop.
 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.
 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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