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Turning the Orange Down
Over in my iStockphoto.com portfolio, I have a growing series of 3d rendered images featuring a cute cartoony male character. As you can see, the 3d shader description that defines his “look… more →
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Turning the Orange Down
sjlocke wrote 1 week ago: Over in my iStockphoto.com portfolio, I have a growing series of 3d rendered images featuring a cute … more →
It Can't Hurt To Ask
sjlocke wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve previously discussed requesting an image on iStockphoto, either because you can’t f … more →
Saving Your Search Settings
sjlocke wrote 3 months ago: There have been some discussions on iStockphoto.com lately from buyers who wish not to see the resul … more →
Seasonal Reminder
sjlocke wrote 4 months ago: With our favorite fall holidays coming up, I just wanted to remind everyone about the Seasonal Searc … more →
Don't Pay For Plain Pixels!
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sjlocke wrote 5 months ago: “Don’t Pay For Plain Pixels”, otherwise known as “Buying smart”. I … more →
Where to Look?
sjlocke wrote 5 months ago: Just a few keyword terms (from the controlled vocabulary) for iStockphoto.com buyers who are trying … more →
Best Match 2.0 Awakens
sjlocke wrote 8 months ago: Over at iStockphoto.com, ever since the Best Match sort algorthythm presented itself, we (the contri … more →
View More Images
sjlocke wrote 9 months ago: In a sort of “Where things are” post yesterday, on iStockphoto.com, COO Kelly Thompson m … more →
"More Like This" in full effect
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sjlocke wrote 11 months ago: On iStockphoto.com, when you look at the detail page for any image, on the middle, left side, there … more →
The Other Big News For Buyers
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sjlocke wrote 1 year ago: The iStockphoto.com news about collections and pricing was very interesting the other day, but the b … more →
Searching for Numbers
sjlocke wrote 1 year ago: Just a quick tip that may catch you up occasionally. On iStockphoto.com, if you enter the following … more →
Use More Than One Word!
sjlocke wrote 1 year ago: iStockphoto.com has over 3.5 million images. That’s a lot of content to search through when y … more →
How about a Vector?
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sjlocke wrote 1 year ago: Way back when, I described the difference between “photos” and “illustrations … more →
Get Oriented
sjlocke wrote 1 year ago: Occasionally, the designer has need of an image in a certain orientation, either vertical or horizon … more →
The White Card
sjlocke wrote 1 year ago: A popular design element the last few years has been the “white card” style image. It i … more →
It's Great to Disambiguate
sjlocke wrote 1 year ago: iStockphoto.com uses a controlled vocabulary system when it comes to keywording, which I described i … more →
Zero Tolerance Spam
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sjlocke wrote 1 year ago: Last Friday, Bruce Livingstone announced a new policy at iStockphoto.com . It’s called … more →
Seasonal Searches
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sjlocke wrote 1 year ago: For those who think they might not be too saavy at putting together searches, iStockphoto has provid … more →
Clipping Paths
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sjlocke wrote 1 year ago: In photoshop, a path is a vector that you can use to select an area of the content you are working w … more →
