Marie C Fields Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Hi all, I am admittedly one of the last people on the planet to get a cell phone and am trying to understand how it's possible to submit photos to shutterstock taken with an iphone 7 plus. I am confused about the resolution. When I took a few test shots with the camera phone and transferred to photoshop, they're showing up as only having a resolution of 72 as opposed to the 300 that shows up on my files from my Nikon. I thought perhaps there was a setting where I could increase the res. on the iphone but checked with the carrier and apparently that isn't the case? How are photos taken with a cell phone suitable for uploading if they have such a low resolution? thanks for any help or advice on shooting with a cell phone. I don't intend to use it exclusively for stock but would like to be sure I have all the right settings, etc. in case I would want to submit any. ~marie Link to post Share on other sites
Barry Blackburn Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Just make sure you have the right amount MP's and letter rip. This is mine. Link to post Share on other sites
Marie C Fields Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 that's just it. My test files are showing that the images are only around 2 mp?! This is on the new iphone7 plus! I expected the files to be much larger. The pixels are 4032 x 3024 but some of the files are only 1.47 mp. I don't get it. Link to post Share on other sites
Barry Blackburn Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Are you sure you are not getting MP mixed up with MB? I don't have the Iphone but a lot of people I know do and they are shooting full sized and submitting images and 4K videos from them. I have two settings for my images. There has to be a way for you to get into your settings and change things. Link to post Share on other sites
Sari ONeal Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Marie? 4032 x 3024 = about 12MP (megapixels). That's not the same as file size in MB. Link to post Share on other sites
Marie C Fields Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 ahhh...okay, so I told you I was confused! lol! still can't understand why the file size in MB is so much smaller even than the snapshots I take with my Canon G10. Most of those files are in the 5-7 MB range and these files are just so small in comparison. Link to post Share on other sites
Barry Blackburn Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 ahhh...okay, so I told you I was confused! lol! still can't understand why the file size in MB is so much smaller even than the snapshots I take with my Canon G10. Most of those files are in the 5-7 MB range and these files are just so small in comparison. MB is all about the amount of info in the image the more info the more MB. Link to post Share on other sites
Marie C Fields Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 I found this discussion online where others are having the same issue and the only suggestion from Apple was regarding keeping files at their full size when using the icloud library which is of no help since I have not turned on the option to backup with the icloud library (just like someone else in the discussion thread noted) https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7754006?start=0&tstart=0 It's just very odd Link to post Share on other sites
Barry Blackburn Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Just checked a bunch of my cellphone images and they range from 4MB to 9.5MB and some may be more. Link to post Share on other sites
photocritical Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 You can upload directly from your phone on the SS app. The adjustments in the photos app are enough for stock. Link to post Share on other sites
Marie C Fields Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 thanks for the replies. I didn't realize that you would upload directly from the iphone. So, you don't even edit the photos before submitting? Link to post Share on other sites
Barry Blackburn Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 thanks for the replies. I didn't realize that you would upload directly from the iphone. So, you don't even edit the photos before submitting? Nope don't have to of not needed. But? If you have PSCC you can use that. Link to post Share on other sites
Marie C Fields Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 I guess I'm just disappointed in the quality when you look at the photos at full size on a computer monitor. They just seem so inferior to images taken with a DSLR and with all of the hype, I'm surprised. On portraits, when you look at the image at 100%, the facial features are somewhat pixelated and the details just aren't there. I have a hard time understanding how phone photos can be accepted and sell as stock considering how strict the reviews used to be. I know... it's a whole new game now but I still just don't get it Link to post Share on other sites
Barry Blackburn Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I guess I'm just disappointed in the quality when you look at the photos at full size on a computer monitor. They just seem so inferior to images taken with a DSLR and with all of the hype, I'm surprised. On portraits, when you look at the image at 100%, the facial features are somewhat pixelated and the details just aren't there. I have a hard time understanding how phone photos can be accepted and sell as stock considering how strict the reviews used to be. I know... it's a whole new game now but I still just don't get it If you get the lighting right they will look great that is the trick. Link to post Share on other sites
Muhammad Rudi Kurniawan Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 1/7/2017 at 1:51 AM, mcfields said: Hi all, I am admittedly one of the last people on the planet to get a cell phone and am trying to understand how it's possible to submit photos to shutterstock taken with an iphone 7 plus. I am confused about the resolution. When I took a few test shots with the camera phone and transferred to photoshop, they're showing up as only having a resolution of 72 as opposed to the 300 that shows up on my files from my Nikon. I thought perhaps there was a setting where I could increase the res. on the iphone but checked with the carrier and apparently that isn't the case? How are photos taken with a cell phone suitable for uploading if they have such a low resolution? thanks for any help or advice on shooting with a cell phone. I don't intend to use it exclusively for stock but would like to be sure I have all the right settings, etc. in case I would want to submit any. ~marie hmm 300 is dpt, the resolution is 2000x2000 if im not wrong. but i got approve all of my iphone5 pic and android. but no selling yet lol Link to post Share on other sites
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