Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 13/10/2004 17:48:27 GMT Daylight Time, nathan.wajsman@planet.nl writes: I have decided to see if I can sell some photos via a UK stock agency. Maybe I can pay for a lens this way, who knows. Anyway, they have minimum size requirements (48 MB for color, 16 MB for grayscale) and suggest Genuine Fractals for upsampling if needed. I checked on their web site, and the version I would need is $150 with no free trial period. So, before I buy: is this any good? Specifically, if I need to turn an 18 MB Photoshop file into a 48 MB TIFF file, will the results be any good? Or am I just wasting my money? I know the agency you are talking about because they have just rejected some of my work shot on a Nikon D1X at its best settings, and told me the same things. I have come to the conclusion that unless you shoot specifically for them there is no way you can meet their requirements ? e.g. they require unsharpened images but digital cameras always sharpen in camera and this cannot be removed unless you shoot RAW. I have decided the agencies that already take my work are happy so I will stick with them, particularly as the reports I have about Genuine Fractals are very mixed, although you can download a 20 image trial version. Gerry Gerry Walden LRPS _www.gwpics.com_ (http://www.gwpics.com/) +44 (0)23 8046 3076