BO PROMOTION: Fee Commission Credits in Exchange for Uploading Images Against Certain Parts

Calibrick

This is pretty cool!!! It appears if you submit an image for an image-less part or color of a part that has been in the catalog for at least a year, you not only receive catalog points, but credits toward your fee commission (now through end of February, I think it said).

Check out the BO announcement! https://www.brickowl.com/forum#/discussion/16/site-updates

NorthernBrickSupply

I'm doing photorealistic renders of old parts and uploading them that way, hope it works!

TechnicBuilt

How can you tell when an item was listed or if it is over 1 year old?

Jay37

I don't think you can, but I would have thought that apart from stickered items, most newer pieces will at least have a CG rendered image. If you happen to have parts in your inventory that needs a Primary Image you can at least see what you have that needs addressing, but I'm not you can filter those by age.

ChunkLi

I’m trying! First photos got rejected because they were, admittedly, low-quality.

Need to find myself a nice white thing to use as a back drop that isn’t reflective!

Jay37

@ChunkLi I use a light tent, which is admittedly not going to be to everyone's taste/experience/budget, but I would have thought a curved sheet of thick white paper or thin white card will at least give you a clean background. Basically somewhere where you can form an infinity curve; a kitchen work surface up against a wall is pretty good.

I use a light tent as it gives me greater control over how I light the pieces, enabling me to set white balance to try to get accurate colors and avoid harsh shadows. It took me a fair while to get to grips with it, and I've refined my techniques, but I'm now pretty pleased with the results.

mfav

@ChunkLi this may be of help: http://v4ei.com/how-to/better-phone-cam-exposures/

Calibrick

@ChunkLi no need to spend money... I have from day one used a simple sheet of white paper (printer paper), folded in half (L shape) as my background. 99.99% of my images were accepted (photos taken using a Kindle, and later ones using a MS Surface). :-) And I did a LOT of images in 2018-2020 - I think I was just booted from the Top Ten Contributors of all time in a past few months (which is GREAT news, meaning lots more folks are contributing!).

Calibrick

I did use a background stripper in retrospect... just because I'm super detail-oriented (I think it was called Background Burner Bonanza, which is free).

WESTIEKaTH

Good idea - reallyencourages us to take pictures. I have done quite a few over the last couple of months ;-)

MrBricktastic

Is there any way to find which pieces are missing images?

Jay37

@MrBricktastic My Store > Inventory > Missing Data > Primary Image

This will show you quickly what needs doing in your own store.