LoginHow to tell if a picture is an official release still etc.
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9 years, 8 months ago at Aug 23 23:07 - I have a couple of questions about images, I have read the image rules as well as a couple of list about the rules but they don't cover much for me.
Question one is if Official release stills do they all have watermarks
on them to say they are from the production company, and if they don't is there any other way of telling if they are.
Question two is how similar does an image have to be to another before reporting it?.
At the moment I am a little confused as to the more detailed rules, so sorry if there are more image questions.
Thank you for your time.
Question one is if Official release stills do they all have watermarks
on them to say they are from the production company, and if they don't is there any other way of telling if they are.
Question two is how similar does an image have to be to another before reporting it?.
At the moment I am a little confused as to the more detailed rules, so sorry if there are more image questions.
Thank you for your time.
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compcua
9 years, 8 months ago at Aug 24 6:02 - No, Official stills do not all have watermarks.
I guess there are a few different ways to tell.
First, there's the "vertical" still :
Movies aren't shot vertically. There's no way this is a screenshot.
Second, some production stills have a grainy quality to them that screenshots don't.
Look at the picture in full size, especially her hair, to see what I mean.
Production stills are also usually available in much bigger sizes and better quality than screenshots.
You can also drag a picture to google image search and see what websites come up. Sometimes you'll see it was posted in a website's category of production stills.
(This is also a great technique to find the best version possible of the picture)
I you know the movie very well, you can sometimes tell the actor's posture, or the angle of the picture did not appear in the movie. That means it's not a screenshot.
If there are black banners around the picture, it's a screenshot for sure.
The coloring and lighting might be different. Screenshots might be darker and official stills might be kinda yellow or blue.(Of course, that's not always reliable since it might have been recolored by a random person.)
Otherwise, I guess you just have to use your better judgment. It's okay to confuse the two from to time, you won't get banned for it.
Second question. Production stills can be similar and both be allowed. It's like photoshoots (versus paparazzi pictures) for people galleries.
I can look for an example if you want.
For screenshots, again, use your better judgment. And us mods will use ours to judge if they are too similar or not. Different mods have different standards.
If we don't agree with you, we'll just reject the report.
I would advise to check your rejected reports. That way, you can see what gets deleted and what doesn't and use that knowledge for your future reports.
I hope that answered your questions.
I guess there are a few different ways to tell.
First, there's the "vertical" still :
Movies aren't shot vertically. There's no way this is a screenshot.
Second, some production stills have a grainy quality to them that screenshots don't.
Look at the picture in full size, especially her hair, to see what I mean.Production stills are also usually available in much bigger sizes and better quality than screenshots.
You can also drag a picture to google image search and see what websites come up. Sometimes you'll see it was posted in a website's category of production stills.
(This is also a great technique to find the best version possible of the picture)
I you know the movie very well, you can sometimes tell the actor's posture, or the angle of the picture did not appear in the movie. That means it's not a screenshot.
If there are black banners around the picture, it's a screenshot for sure.
The coloring and lighting might be different. Screenshots might be darker and official stills might be kinda yellow or blue.(Of course, that's not always reliable since it might have been recolored by a random person.)
Otherwise, I guess you just have to use your better judgment. It's okay to confuse the two from to time, you won't get banned for it.
Second question. Production stills can be similar and both be allowed. It's like photoshoots (versus paparazzi pictures) for people galleries.
I can look for an example if you want.
For screenshots, again, use your better judgment. And us mods will use ours to judge if they are too similar or not. Different mods have different standards.
If we don't agree with you, we'll just reject the report.
I would advise to check your rejected reports. That way, you can see what gets deleted and what doesn't and use that knowledge for your future reports.
I hope that answered your questions.
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9 years, 8 months ago at Aug 24 7:26 - Thank you compcua
That does help
I also checked at the rejected reports, but just wanted to know because I was not sure with official stills etc, I might confuse them with recolored croped and enlarged screenshots.
But I will use the image search, I have not used it yet but will try.
Thank you
That does help
I also checked at the rejected reports, but just wanted to know because I was not sure with official stills etc, I might confuse them with recolored croped and enlarged screenshots.
But I will use the image search, I have not used it yet but will try.
Thank you
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The O.P.
9 years, 8 months ago at Aug 31 21:18 - If I may add a thing to what Compcua said, if you examine the other pictures in the same gallery
www.listal.com/movie/dark-water-2005/pictures
you'll notice there are some very "horizontal" ones, having an aspect ratio of 1:2.39 (the aspect ratio being the width of an image to the height of the image), which is a very common aspect ratio in nowadays movies. Those are screenshots for sure, I'd say.
On the other hand, there are other horizontal images, but not so horizontal, like the production still with a grainy quality in Compcua's reply, and you'll also notice they have a narrower aspect ratio, 1:1.50, which is more usual in still photography.
www.listal.com/movie/dark-water-2005/pictures
you'll notice there are some very "horizontal" ones, having an aspect ratio of 1:2.39 (the aspect ratio being the width of an image to the height of the image), which is a very common aspect ratio in nowadays movies. Those are screenshots for sure, I'd say.
On the other hand, there are other horizontal images, but not so horizontal, like the production still with a grainy quality in Compcua's reply, and you'll also notice they have a narrower aspect ratio, 1:1.50, which is more usual in still photography.