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This tutorial is meant for STOCKERS and for MANIPULATORS as well as for anyone else who might be interested. It explains the "dos and don'ts" of stock photography for deviantArt stock and offers some practical advice for stock photographers while at the same time offering a way for manippers to find "good quality stock".
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However I have to disagree with you on some fronts.
For instance, 'grainy' pictures can often be fixed. Especially while they are still on a higher resolution. Sure it won't always be true to the original but a lot of grain can be fixed using noise reduction filters. (recommending this one here [link] )
Also, dpi is not the thing you should be paying attention to while actually looking for the stock, but the resolution in pixels. Because if it's dpi you're looking at, you need to know the size of the image in inches to actually determine what amount of pixel data there is to work with. Dpi can always be set afterwards before you print/save/distribute and does not really change the amount of image data.
On computers pixels are shown 1:1 so your image can be 72 dpi or 300dpi, if its 1000*1000px it's that size, period.
Just thought I should have pointed these things out to you. For the other things though, very good points for stockers to keep in mind. I often see these things done wrong and hopefully more people will pay attention to it now
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Grainy pictures may be fixable with great software if you just want to reduce noise on one of your photographs. But for manips, things look differently. The thruth of the matter is that most of the times the grain in stock pics I've seen on dA is so prominent that short of overpainting you can scrap the picture - especially if you're using it for maip where you will further manipulate the pixels and the grain will in most cases stand out more with each manip step.
Of course 1000x1000px is just that. But I was aiming for something that can be understood without having to get your brain all twisted thinking about how to get from a 5000x4000px 72dpi pic to one with the right resolution for print - those who are interested in that kind of stuff can surely do the math. However in my experience, most people just don't. They will blow up that image to be 300dpi at 5000x4000px and wonder why their print quality sucks.
The point of this tut was not to give a million tips and tricks on how to deal with pictures that are - let's say - unfavourable, but to give an overview for quick reference without much hassle.