Outsourcing image cropping_ India?
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- re_solution
I have thousands of images that need to be cropped, resized, and clipped out from their backgrounds. All different sizes and postioing but all are people. So simply not a psd action. unless there is some face recogintion thing I dont know about.
any suggestions for outsourcing to a reliable, trustworthy and cheap company.
I know those words usually don't go togther.
Am thinking classic India job.
- freitag0
wil they recognize the face of a white man?
- rson0
Do you have an intern?
- neue75_bold0
sounds like a financially feasible plan, tbh, it sounds like a no win situation, normally you'd want a lithographer to do that, but I'm sure there's no way the budget would allow for that.. I just have the feeling that there'll be a lot of back and forth because of the quality, thus may take a loong time to complete..
- re_solution0
no intern, and up to 5,000 portraits.
- neue75_bold0
are the raw files all shot with the same lighting etc? I wonder if it would be cheaper and quicker to find someone who can come up with a script/action...
- inhaler970
think its probably time you got some interns.
- re_solution0
The source files range from large jpgs unfortunately with all kinds of lighting. all kinds of backgrounds. They will all end up small around 250 pixels.
- neue75_bold0
is this something you personally want to do for esthetic reasons or has this come from the client? If it's your own desire, I'd seriously rethink it, if not, personally, I'd get a few quotes from anyone willing to do this, and just lay it on the table, either they can pay for it, or they can't, if they can't, then they don't....
I'm sure it's not that black and white, but from what you've said, this is what I would try..
- imadesigner0
Post an advert on Craigslist specifying the role and hourly rate. You'll get a response.
- freitag0
maybe you need this?
http://www.akond.net/?issue_id=1…
- freitag0
what are you willing to pay for it?
but i guess it is hard to outsource over the internet with so many files?
- freitag0
or jsut use good old iPhoto?
- aplusplus0
http://www.lazymask.com/
on the Philippines that is done then I think- "LazyMask is a pioneer in the clipping path business."
i like that...freitag - "We use the pen tool for best clipping path"
wtf else would you use?neue75_bold - magic wand?freitag
- sure, if you're an idiot I guess..neue75_bold
- Meh. Don't knock the magic wand. It saves a boatload of time when the settings are right.Gucci
- sure..neue75_bold
- "LazyMask is a pioneer in the clipping path business."
- freitag0
i think re_solution is gone. why bother answering...
- he's in aus, might have gone to bed.. not everyone is a freak like you, up til 4am every night..neue75_bold
- thxfreitag
- I am here. just busy working..re_solution
- doesnotexist0
had a similar project with lots of photos that had to be cropped/fixed up. guess who got do every picture as an intern?
- johndiggity0
- yeah, wow. My boss did a lot of this before he worked here...baseline_shift
- thanksre_solution
- ideaist0
Out of a job yet? Keep buying foreign!
- BIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD0
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work experience student or Amazon mechanical turk perhaps?
