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Microstock Quick Tip #3

If you are having problems getting your images accepted due to sharpness or noise, one solution could be reducing their size. When you shrink the size of an image, the noise also shrinks – making it harder to see. It also makes it harder to see the soft edges of an object, making them appear sharper. It is a bit of a work around solution but works in a pinch. read more

What Is Stock Photography

What is stock photography? What types of images do the stock agencies need, or perhaps more importantly, what types of images don’t they need? What is stock photography In short, stock photography is images that are ready to be used by someone who needs to illustrate an idea. When someone writes or magazine article, a blog post, an advertisment or wants to illustrate a presentation or pamphlet they... read more

Microstock Quick Tip #2

One effective way to find where your stock images are being used is the TinEye website. All you have to do is simply upload or link to an image on the internet and Tinagent will search it’s catalog of millions of images and show you the results of where they were found. Although the website / software is still currently in beta (May 2008) it has already catalogued millions of images and provides... read more

Isolating Your Image

Here is a quick tutorial from TutorVid.com showing how to ensure your image is entirely isolated on white read more

Microstock Keyword Tools

Keywording your images is grueling work.  Finding the best keywords and brainstorming for enough keywords can be tough.  Luckily there are a variety of tools to help microstock photographers find the words they need. Keyword Research There are a number of online keyword research tools which prove very helpful.  Here are a few of them. Microstock Group Keyword Tool – This is a tool for researching... read more

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