This look at Shutterstock will give you an overview of what it takes to get your photos posted for sale. Shutterstock is a microstock agency that offers over 2.5 million royalty free images for sale via subscription.

Getting Your Photos Accepted
Anyone can become a member at Shutterstock, but before you are approved to submit images for sale, you must be accepted as a 'submitter'. To become a submitter, you submit 10 initial photographs (with varying subject matter), on which your overall skill and technique will be judged. If you are approved, you may begin to upload stock photos for sale.

Image Requirements - Content
- You must own the copyright of any photo you submit.
- Photos cannot contain any copyrighted materials such as artwork, company logos or signage, unless you have a proper release from their owner(s).
- No embedded watermarks, logos, copyrights, website URLs, etc. on the photos.
- Model releases are required for any photo depicting a person. Photos without model releases can only be licensed as editorial stock.
- Nudes are acceptable only if they are not X-rated or pornographic in nature. Model releases are required if there are any identifiable marks on the body (scars, tattoos, etc) and you must have record of a valid ID that shows the model is 21 years of age or older.

Image Requirements - Quality

• Images must be free of dust, noise, and scratches at 100% image size.
• No time or date stamps.
• Clear subject matter and focus.
• No added decorative borders or frames.
• No snapshots or images with heavy shadows from flashes.
• Don’t submit images that are slight variations of other images - send only the best.
• Don't submit the same image in color, b&w, sepia, etc. Only send one version (color if possible).
• Well-composed, well-lit images.
• Use correct exposure and focus.

Image Specifications

• Type: photos, illustrations
• Size: 4.0 megapixels minimum for new photographers. There is no maximum size for photos, but illustrations are limited to 25 megabytes.
• File type: JPEG / EPS. You can upload JPEG or TIFF files for photos, but all images will be converted to JPEG during upload. Vector files can be uploaded in EPS format (along with a JPG preview image).

Method of Submission
Photos can be submitted via FTP upload, ActiveX control, or web page form.

Number of submissions
There is no limit on the number of submissions per day.

Approval Process
All submitted photos will be approved, or rejected, based on the quality standards mentioned above. The approval process usually takes between 24-48 hours, depending on the current workload.

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