Flickr fears

Hi guys/gals,

I have been asked by an editor of a magazine if they can use some of my images for publication.

I have no problem with this per se- and I intend referring them to my Flickr site- with a view to them picking the images they would like to use- and I send them higher res copies.

However, am just wondering- could they not simply download the lo res images from my site and go ahead and use those??

The flickr image file sizes are about 150-200k- Im assuming this wouldnt be enough quality for reproduction ina magazine- or am I wrong??

Please advise

Dam

Hi guys/gals,

 

I have been asked by an editor of a magazine if they can use some of my images for publication.

I have no problem with this per se- and I intend referring them to my Flickr site- with a view to them picking the images they would like to use- and I send them higher res copies.

 

However, am just wondering- could they not simply download the lo res images from my site and go ahead and use those??

The flickr image file sizes are about 150-200k- Im assuming this wouldnt be enough quality for reproduction ina magazine- or am I wrong??

 

Please advise

 

Dam

Yes they could use them, the size and quality they would reproduce at in the mag is all relative.

If you use photoshop to open a file that is hosted on your flikr site... go to image>image size , then uncheck "resample image" and make the pixels per inch 300 pixels/inch (some would use 240p/inch, depending on the quality of the mag) the physical size it would reproduce is shown to you in cm or inches.

The only other consideration is the amount of jpeg compression that has been applied when you saved it ... the lower the jpg quality number you used, the more likely you are to loose gradations in the colours and start to get banding in large ares of similar colour... such as blue water. if they were really highly compressed, you will start to get square blocks of pixels appearing/ jpeg artifacts.

But without your permission to do so, I would suggest they are breaching your Copyright if they do reproduce a picture, no matter how they obtained it.

Hi Dam,

if you wish you can select that only you can download your own images from Flickr. When you are logged in click on the drop-down menu next to

the 'You' tab then click on 'Your Account', in the 'Privacy and Permissions' tab you can choose who can do what. Of course this doesn't totally stop someone

from downloading your images just makes it harder and also evidences that you are not giving permission.

Cheers,

Jim.

Hi guys/gals,

 

I have been asked by an editor of a magazine if they can use some of my images for publication.

 

Dam

Don't forget to ask "how much?" and "what rights?" for publication.

Thanks a mill for all your great advice as always guys

Much appreciated

Hi Dam,

if you wish you can select that only you can download your own images from Flickr. When you are logged in click on the drop-down menu next to

the 'You' tab then click on 'Your Account', in the 'Privacy and Permissions' tab you can choose who can do what. Of course this doesn't totally stop someone

from downloading your images just makes it harder and also evidences that you are not giving permission.

 

Cheers,

Jim.

Thanks for pointing it out Jim! ;-)

Cheers

Karel

Don't forget to ask "how much?" and "what rights?" for publication.

Yes, these are by far the most important questions

Yes, these are by far the most important questions

In my line of work, when I'm asked for a free appraisal, my standard reply is "sure.....when I get some free time".

Bob

Yes, these are by far the most important questions

Indeed they are.

"If it's worth publishing, it's worth paying for".