photoshopping netiquette

October 4, 2006 5:41 PM

Best way to attract quality photoshoppers?

(I apologize if this is a duplicate. I vaguely remember seeing it, but I can't for the life of me find it in the archives)

I have four 600k pictures that I'd like to let the internet's photoshoppers-at-large have a go at. They are 4 pictures of the same person but in different poses.

Being the overkill kind of person I am, my initial instinct would be to set up the pictures on a site of their own, along with a $100 first place/$50 second place award for the best jobs. That approach has two drawbacks: first -- the matter of advertising it, and second -- the inevitable "Bandwidth Exceeded" message if the advertising suceeded.

Assuming I don't want to go that far, what are my options? I suppose I can drop one of them in the Fark photoshop queue -- are there other sites I should be thinking of?

Thanks in advance.

posted by tkolar to computers & internet (5 comments total)

Worth1000. They have a lot of pay competitions on there.
posted by smackfu at 5:42 PM on October 4, 2006

You can pay for a flickr pro account and upload up to two gigs a month, with no download limit.

To attract people, how about putting a 'classified' on fark.com, or advertizing on worth1000, and or deviantart.
posted by delmoi at 5:43 PM on October 4, 2006

You can buy some serious photoshop talent over at worth1000.com. Look under 'corporate contests.'
posted by damn dirty ape at 5:44 PM on October 4, 2006

Seconding what smackfu and damn dirty ape said. As a member of w1k for years, I can attest to both their personality and quality. If you have any more questions, I'm sure that if you stepped into #worth1000 on the irc darkmyst network, they'd be glad to answer them.
posted by Glitter Ninja at 7:26 PM on October 4, 2006

I'll bet that loads of people on www.DPChallenge.com will go for it. You could give a free membership (very cheap) to the person who does the best job. It's a very friendly community. I'd rather have a photoshopper from there, as the website is geared towards more traditional photography.
posted by BobsterLobster at 9:37 AM on October 5, 2006