Below is a list of the Quality Requirements for producers participating in the IMAGin image bank when sending clips to the platform.
General guidelines
- High quality footage
- Precise focus and exposure
- Preferably unedited or minimally edited clips (color correction and moderate effects, etc.)
- In the case of a file with several clips edited together that can be sold as individual clips, separate them.
- Clips without watermark, as the IMAGin image bank protection mark will be inserted
Audio
We prefer that audio is removed before uploading to the platform. Exceptions include editorial content or footage where the audio is crucial to the use of the content.
If the audio associated with a clip can be useful to our buyers and does not contain any copyrighted material (such as music) or recognizable voices (which would require a clearance model), then the audio should be included with the clip.
Please note that we only accept audio recorded with high-quality microphones at an appropriate level.
Duration and file size
Duration
The clips must be between 5 and 60 seconds long.
File size
- HD clips or less: up to 3 GB.
- 4K / 5K / 6K clips: up to 5 GB.
- 8K clips: up to 6 GB - R3D (zip w / .mov): up to 6 GB.
Resolution and frame rate
Frame rate
• 23.98
• 24
• 25
• 29.97
• 30
• 47.95
• 47.96
• 48
• 50
• 59.94
• 60
Resolutions
HD and 4K resolutions are preferred. See our recommended guidelines:
- 8K: 8192 × 4320 7680 × 4320 8192 x 4320
- 6K: 6144 × 3160 6144 × 3072
- 5K: 5120 × 2880 5120 × 2700 4800 × 2700
- 4K: 4.096 × 2.160 4.096 × 2.304 3.840 × 2.160
- 2K: 2048 × 1080 2048 × 1152
- HD: 1920 × 1080 1280 × 720 1440 × 1080
- SD: 640 × 480 720 × 480 720 × 486 720 × 576
Codecs
Codec list
We accept the following, in order of preference:
1. H.264 / H.265 (HEVC)
2. ProRes RAW, ProRes 422, 422 LT, 422 HQ, 4444, all only for above 4K to 8K.
3. Unmodified native camera codecs, including R3D, AVCHD, PRORES, DNxHD, DNxHR, M2TS, XDCam, MXF, HDV, DV, DVCProHD
We do not accept the following codecs: Motion, AVI, non-native MP4.
File format
- .MOV or .MP4