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Today is going to be fun I hope – I’m going to show you how I edit.? I don’t claim it’s the ONLY way.? I’m not even sure it’s the BEST way.? But it’s fast.? REALLY fast.
This image was shot over grey instead of white because I like the flexibility of being able to isolate on white OR having some texture to a background if I want to colorize the available texture with some sort of blend mode.? For stock, I’d always turn this white though and let the buyer …

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Not only are we back, thanks to Google Cache so are most of our posts.? This time we have a harddrive backup instead of just online database backups.? New look to the site too – I’ve been working out bugs but let me know if you find anything that needs fixing.? I’m all about improvements so Im interested in your thoughts.
Back to microstock we go.? I recently submitted and had new images approved across pretty much every site.? Not many but something to start with.?? I landed …

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So, you?re using Image Manager to upload to IStock?
1) Shoot yourself in the head because it?s less painful.
2) Go to http://www.deepmeta.com and download the program.
There?s a reason I hated uploading to Istock – it was plain & simple a pain in the butt.? With a 20 per?whatever?limit, you never had a good way to know when to submit more, how many slots you had free, etc.
Deep Meta changes a LOT about the way IStock will work for me.? I can simple add images (not simple in IM – you had …

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So I read about this program, Cushy Stock, on Microstock Diaries.? I had heard the name in the past but thought it was just another agency (Shutterstock, Canstock, Bigstock, CushyStock) so I never investigated.
Well Cushy Stock is an application that will drastically speed up my workflow.? The gist of it is this:
1) You can navigate to your edited photos, keyword, describe & title them, set the status as ready to upload and then upload them to as many agencies as supports FTP at once.? Yep!? No more watching your FTPs …