Would you like to see your products in the press? Having high-quality cut-out shots in your Folksy shop can really help.
If you’re not sure what these are or how to create them, we’ve put together a blog post which explains more and includes a list of apps you can use to make them.
Thank you so much. I am converting my first image on all my products in this format … going to take me a wee while to convert all photos for each product. I love how they stand out.
@RusticCountryStyleCrafts it might actually be better to have a styled image as your first image on your listings, because these tend to appeal more to buyers. We’d advise putting your cut-out image as one of the later images, as we can always scroll through to find them
Quick question @folksycontent I’m just doing the cut outs for more of my listings but my Suffragette inspired collection comes on a white backing card, should I still do a white background? or is there another approach I should take? Maybe add drop shadow?
I’m not actually sure but I’ve asked @dougfolksy. However, all the images on Press Loft are jpgs. They apparently do allow high-res PNGs but automatically convert those to JPEGs during the upload process.
Incidentally, according to Press Loft around 70% of the images downloaded on their site are on a plain white background and 30% are lifestyle images.
We’ve got an answer about PNGs from @dougfolksy now. He says:
“The image service encodes everything as JPG, so uploading a PNG would mean adding in an extra layer of encoding, potentially allowing more artefacts to creep in to the end image. We don’t currently support image transparencies or anything that JPG images don’t.”
In my experience I use PNGs for transparencies (removing the background layer entirely) but then I replace the transparent background with a white layer when I need white-background shots – to make sure they don’t display with a strange grey or black background – and then convert them to JPGs.
I finally had some time to play with cut-out images using Adobe and here are some results. I am still learning and playing and the images are a bit too small for my liking, but I am getting there:
I’ve been using this app too. It look s little more professional I feel. There does seem to be a problem with uploading the images created via the folksy app though, I have to add the images via website.
Hi … can anyone suggest any props to use when photographing my bears and dolls ? I take my pics on a table in the conservatory as its the only place I get half decent pics. I use whiteboards covered with a fleece. I usually just photgraph the product on its own but @folksycontent chose my only bear climbing a tree from my shop for the Fringe content so it has got me wondering whether lifestyle pics are needed but i dont know what to include with bears other than plants. Also reading this post i think i need some cut out shots.
@Bearlescent (a lint roller?) would you be able to get doll’s furniture the right size? I’m thinking a comfy arm chair/ side table/ cup of tea. But it would need to be bigger than what normally goes in doll’s houses so that the bears fit.
