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I used your Zippy Photo Stitcher to show all five magnets I have in my listing. Is this the best way to handle variations pictures? Also, I'd like to credit you on my listing. How do I do that? Thanks for this great tool!
http://www.zippyhelp.com/imagetools/stitch/photostitch.htm
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It is my opinion that showing all (or many) options in the first (default) photo will help the buyer understand that different variations are available. Then each variation photo (or photo set) can be different. Since the buyer is forced to select a variation before committing to a purchase, an initial default "group photo" is not misleading.
A group of five photos is difficult to arrange. The Photo Stitcher will quickly make the simplest layout. That arrangment can be tweaked in the tool to adjust cell sizes, slightly expand or shrink the photos for best fit, and to provide gaps or no gaps. But five is still going to remain unbalanced unless your shapes allow using one of the 2+3 groupings.
Other options would be to arrange the images in a photo editor and overlap them in an artful montage, or photograph the grouping together in an artful manner that fills a square area. Deciding how much effort to put into the endeavor might hinge on whether these are one-time items or recurring inventory.
Looking more closely at your listing, I would be inclined to take a group photo with enough space between each to see shadows that show the 3D shapes and their sizes relative to each other. Then the composite that shows closeups of the main character would be next in the default view.
Thank you for offering a credit line. While much appreciated, it is unnecessary and would make extra work for you. I'm happy to help with fun projects like this.
It is my opinion that showing all (or many) options in the first (default) photo will help the buyer understand that different variations are available. Then each variation photo (or photo set) can be different. Since the buyer is forced to select a variation before committing to a purchase, an initial default "group photo" is not misleading.
A group of five photos is difficult to arrange. The Photo Stitcher will quickly make the simplest layout. That arrangment can be tweaked in the tool to adjust cell sizes, slightly expand or shrink the photos for best fit, and to provide gaps or no gaps. But five is still going to remain unbalanced unless your shapes allow using one of the 2+3 groupings.
Other options would be to arrange the images in a photo editor and overlap them in an artful montage, or photograph the grouping together in an artful manner that fills a square area. Deciding how much effort to put into the endeavor might hinge on whether these are one-time items or recurring inventory.
Looking more closely at your listing, I would be inclined to take a group photo with enough space between each to see shadows that show the 3D shapes and their sizes relative to each other. Then the composite that shows closeups of the main character would be next in the default view.
Thank you for offering a credit line. While much appreciated, it is unnecessary and would make extra work for you. I'm happy to help with fun projects like this.
