> As this is about delivering stock images to agencies are you saying that > interpolationing upwards and sharpening before submission is a good idea? > I would have thought that the agency would be better advised to store small > files and upsize on demand. The client would then apply USM to match pictures > sourced from elsewhere.
Dear Bob, I would also agree on smaller file sizes for improved storage, but, If file size is requested to be a minimum of of 55Mb, so be it and the photographer has to send it as such. How does the photographer prepare the upsizing is of utmost importance for final quality. However,You are right in this issue of sharpenning and no doubt should be avoided prior to delivery and as long as agencies handle the variables with similar or better techniques than yours to control final output, there is no problem with this. But if your original "small" file is not properly handled, liability for poor quality will still be -at least partly- going back to you. Which is why it it is so interesting of Stephen and others to be in the search for a set of defined standards. It's a new game and new rules should be in place, and much better if those rules are a reflection of reality, not just misguided or misinformed "truths". If you remember , someone posted not so long ago about an agency asking for "original" 100 Mb files from cameras, and this only shows massive ignorance ,or just a formal attitude to say NO to digital, a choice I would call a bad business decision these days. Yours Jorge Parra APA/ASMP www.jorgeparra.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
