Stock photos are referred to the photographs of common places, landmarks, nature or people that can be sold or bought without having further royalty and can be used by the client in future for different purposes. However, the photographer has ownership to the image but the commercial designer has some limited usage of the photo. Terms of Service policies differ between stock photography agencies.
Stock photos are used instead of hiring a photographer, sometimes for a lower cost. Now a day’s stock image can be purchased and delivered through online. But stock photos need to be edited before it can be used. Most of the people find stock photos tend to have a look that makes them different from other photos, in other words they look like “stock photos”. But if someone wants to use them they probably would not want to have those photos look they were bought off the shelf.
So any stock photographer needs to edit their stock images before they deliver them to his clients. There’s a lot of techniques to edit stock photos and make them more realistic. It is recommended to shoot in the RAW format so that you can have some flexibility while editing. Photoshop provides some basic editing tools to edit your RAW image virtually up to the standard. There’s also color correction and contrast tools, different shadow effects and post processing effects to edit your stock photos. And finally straightening or compositional cropping might be useful to edit your stock images.
So any stock photographer needs to edit their stock images before they deliver them to his clients. There’s a lot of techniques to edit stock photos and make them more realistic. It is recommended to shoot in the RAW format so that you can have some flexibility while editing.
They say every picture is worth a thousand words. But even a stock picture that is almost perfect may need to be edited to meet your needs for your web site, for a online magazine or even an online advertisement. Our team of graphic artists can work with your website's editors to create the perfect image that conveys the message you are looking for.
Whether it is retouching the image to match other photos, to crop the image, resize the image or make adjustments to fit into a collage of other images on your site, we can help. We also can handle large numbers of stock photo editing requirements. Our customers routinely request quotes for pricing and delivery timeframes. We are available 24 hours, seven days a week to meet our customer’s deadlines.
There are a few guidelines to consider before making a purchase of a stock photo that you intend to edit. Typically, photos of celebrities and photos of artistic works should not be edited without permission. When you purchase photos from a Stock Photo Company and the photos are of a general nature, you will also receive the rights to edit these photos to meet your intended design.
Call us today to discuss your stock photo editing needs and request a quote for our stock photo editing services.