Pricing Help For A Newbie, Please

faa doesn't mark it up, just add a price you'd like and see if it sells. there really is no realistic amount. it depends how popular you become, then you can increase. you can start at $10 or $25 and work your way up from there. you can always go back to it.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

be sure your not enlarging your images, that one you have there, looks enlarged (maybe it was a digital crop). in any case its not that sharp and they may not print it.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Thanks for speedy reponse. So do I understand that It is not cosidered a mark up when FAA adds their costs to my price? Sorry I am confused. Can you explain a little further for me please.
Also can you go a little more into cropping? The pic I put up was cropped in PSE. Should images not be cropped then?
I appreciate your time.

Images can be cropped but not enlarged, that one is enlarged.

FAA doesn't add a markup per se but has their price for each product. You add your desired markup to that. (FAA does add a small markup to your price.)

Thanks for your input...I am such a novice...I cropped the original in PSE11 using photo ratio. I don't know how to enlarge an image. Why do you feel this is enlarged vs cropped?

1. the size, unless you were using a Nikon D800 or it was a realllllly small crop it is a large image.

2. It is pixilated when viewed close.

Did you save it at 300 dpi or something? If you do that and don't click off the resampling it will enlarge it.

Helen,

Welcome!

Take the image and open it and then use the "green box" and then see how bad it looks. People that know how to enlarge do so, but when you don't know, this is the result. If this image sold,the printer would not print it.

You probably can't enlarge this image more than the original capture. What camera did you use or was it a smart phone cam?

Rich

Thanks for sticking with me. Steep learning curve. Going back now to see how I saved it. i believe I was using
canon T3i or T5i with Canon 4-5.6L 400mm lense. Will come back when I look on computer.

Oh wow! I opened it and used the green box! What a shock! Lol. I have tons to learn. I cropped in PSE11 using Photo Ratio. Saved as jpg with Quality 10, Maximum. Have no idea about dpi or pixels etc. can you guide me briefly on what I should be doing and I will go back to the drawing board with at least the correct terminolgy to research it? I so appreciate all the help and advice.

I havenīt checked them, but thatīs what Iīve found on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=cropping+in+pse+11

if your cropping and the little box for DPI says 300 (like it usually does). then anything your doing right now is enlarging the final image. you can fix the crop size, just leave the dpi blank. also save to a higher level when you can, use a 10 only if you have to.

i'm not sure what photo ratio is. probably a crop of some kind.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Before uploading, zoom in on your editing program to 100 or 120%. That will give you a look at what it will look like under the green box.

Helen,

This may sound goofy, but make sure the ORIGINAL image is sharp,before you go any further. If the original isn't sharp, then everything you do after that will add to the problem down the road. Also, don't sharpen your images for upload,(you can slightly sharpen them, if you have to),since the printer will sharpen the image, "to size". Example: if you sell a large print of one of your images, 26x40, the printer will now sharpen the image, to look good as that 26x40 and YOU can't assume that ALL your images will be sold large, so sharpening them for a large size/sale and then selling one as a greeting card, the image will be way over-sharpened. Does this make sense?

Rich

Colin, thanks for the link. It seems to cover just what I already know about how to crop. Nothing regardling dpi etc. but will now do more research.
Mike, will look into all of that. I don't remember seeing dpi mentioned. Also thought saving as a10/maxiumum would be a good thing?
Rich, yes it makes sense. Thank you so much.

It looks like I need to take a class on PSE11. Unfortunatly there is nothing in my local area somit will have to be an online class. Any suggestions on a good one for beginners?
And thank you all for your kind and generous help. How nice to be able learn without being bashed.