I have seen a lot of bad pictures on E bay, ones that are out of focus, to dark, or have something lurking in the background. While you are buying the item that is for sale and not the picture, using a bad picture says things about you as a seller. Being too rushed to take a good picture of your item implies that you really don't care about selling or the image that you put out there. Using better pictures implies that you care about what your selling and the people who are looking at it and that you are not out to hide some defect or misrepresent your item in some way. Good pictures help sell. They give people confidence in what they are bidding on. So it just makes sense to use the best pictures you can. This instructable is designed to help you take better pictures and give you some pointers on what to use and how.
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If a picture is out of focus, don't use it. Using it says that you are sloppy and don't care about how your product looks. Re-shoot it and keep shooting until you get a good one. Take the time to do it right.
The same is true with motion blur or camera movement. Don't use bad shots. Use faster shutter speeds or a tripod or both, but delete the bad ones and only post good pictures.
The same is true with motion blur or camera movement. Don't use bad shots. Use faster shutter speeds or a tripod or both, but delete the bad ones and only post good pictures.
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Thanks, oldanvil
There is a small (relative to some of the giants) British company called Serif that has a whole line of software that is actually very good. One of their titles is called Photo Plus, the current version is 14. However one of the nice things about Serif is they allow their titles to be resold. In other words if someone has version 12 and decideds to upgrade to 14 (They often have special upgrade pricing, and sometimes even bundle titles together. I talked with their salesman and he talked me into upgradeing 3 of my Serif programs but gave them to me for the price of only one and threw in free shipping.) anyway if you upgrade you have the right to then sell your current version to someone else. You might try doing a search on E bay for some older versions. The web site is Serif.com
The program that has become the one I use all the time though is Corel Draw. The Draw suite has a program called Photo Paint included and it works really good.
Corel has a home and academic pricing plan and you can get the newest Draw suite for $100.00 as long as your not using it for commercial applications. If this link works you can find a list of their programs here.
http://store1.corel.com/corel/category.jsp?cat=cat20002
I love your cat!! She really is a natural with her modeling. And your captions are just too funny! Great instructable by the way... I'll try these tips next time I list an item!