208 Index
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Raw fi le decoding software, third-party
Adobe Photoshop 200
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 200
Apple Aperture 200
Bibble 200
DxO Optics Pro 200
Silkypix 200
Phase One Capture One LE and Pro
200
Raw fi le format 79–81
raw converters 82
raw fi le decoders 82
third-party raw decoders 82
versus JPEG 80–81
Referral links 147–148
Dreamstime 148
Fotolia 147–148
iStockphoto 147
Shutterstock 147
Registration 176
Rejections 77
architecture 177
copyright symbols and logos 97–98
dust blobs 14
fi lm grain 105
inspection process 78
and noise 85
overfi ltering an image 90
preventing 180
rules 78
sunfl owers 153
Rights-managed 12, 159–163
Alamy 159
cultural differences between traditional
and microstock libraries 162
specialist libraries 161–162
Royalties and licenses, see Commissions
Rule of thirds 45, 65–68
Rules of microstocks 78S
Sales models 16–21
credit package sites 16
Fotolia 19, 21
iStockphoto 19, 22
subscription sale sites 16
Shutterstock 18–19, 20
hybrid sites 16
Dreamstime 16–18ScandinavianStockPhoto
link 190
ScanHi-End Group
link 201
Scanning backs 114–115
scanning fi lm 114, 116–118
Selective focus 53, 65, 69, 151–152
example of 70
Sensors
and bridge cameras 109
and chromatic aberrations 93
compact digital cameras 106
and digital SLRs 109–113
digital sensor size comparisons 107
and dust 96–97
and ISO settings 83–84
moiré and color noise 93–94
and raw fi les 79–80
Sharpening 99–101
and camera shake 99
and dirty or greasy lens 99
and in-camera sharpening 99
and lens quality 99
and poor focus 99
and rejection 99
unsharp mask 100
Sharpening software
FocalBlade 200
Focus Magic 200
Nik Sharpener Pro 200
PhotoKit Sharpener 200
Shuttermap
link 190
Shutter speed
and aperture 69–74
Shutterstock 10, 11
extended licenses 24
ftp upload 25
link 189
model and property release samples
196–197
commissions 24–25
purchase options 18–19
Silkypix 82
link 200
Single-lens refl ex (SLR) 53, 65, 68, 103,
162
digital SLR 105, 120, 141
and dust 96
SnapVillage 11, 144, 186
link 189
Specialist libraries 161–162