People

Images with unreleased people will only be accepted if they are unidentifiable. All other people will need a release.
For us unidentifiable means people that are either blurred, have their faces covered by other objects, or shot from behind while not being the main object of the image or clip.

Design objects

Be careful with design objects. Check to make sure that there are no famous design objects in your shot. This could be patterns, sculptures, furniture, products etc etc. Images or clips with clear unreleased design objects will not be selected.

Furniture

Designer furniture may be subject to trademark and/or copyright protection in some jurisdictions.
The designs at greatest risk, and where you should be extra careful, are those created by Le Corbusier, even when only a small part of it is visible.

Logos and Trademarks

Option Four. All brands, logos and trademarks in submitted images are unacceptable and will not be accepted. Avoid them or have them removed before submitting final high res images or clips.

Property

All private homes and business, interior and exterior, require property releases if they are in any way recognizable.
Skylines, including both urban and rural settings, are acceptable without a release. Exceptions may include views where a single protected property is the primary focus and easily isolated, including famous landmarks and modern architecture.

Cars, motorcycles, scooters

We will not select images that shows a car or a detail of a car where a part of the car design is visible. To avoid this shoot in a way where design is not clearly visible or include at least three different brands of vehicle in the same image or clip.

Body shapes, do not retouch

To comply with current retouching laws (France, October 1, 2017), we will not select images or clips showing models if their body shapes have been retouched to make them look thinner or larger than they are in reality. Change of hair color, nose shape, retouching of skin, or blemishes is still acceptable.

Copyright protected works

Please be reminded that copyrighted works such as artwork, graffiti, tattoos, book covers, paintings, photography and illustration also will require a property release signed by the copyright holder.

Images

Technical specifications for images

File Format - DNG (Raw)
Color Profile - Adobe RGB
File Size - highest res file possible, min 5,700 px longest side
DPI - 300
Upsizing - not accepted

Retouching

Retouching images guidelines

Remove - visible trademarks, logos, borders, and watermarks
Retouching body shapes - illegal and will not be accepted
Check in 100 % - sharpness, focus, unnatural color, grain, noise, dirt
Highlights - check to insure cover in highlights
Shadows - do not raise shadows too much to avoid noise
Sharpen - do not over sharp, max A-25, R-1,0, D-25, M-0

Clips

Technical specifications for clips

Format - Quicktime
Preset - Apple ProRes 422 HQ
Frame Size - 4K (4096x2304) (4096x2160) (3840x2160)
Frame Rate - 24p, 25p, 30p, 50p or 60p
Duration - 5-30 seconds

Color Grading

Grading clips guidelines

Color grade so that the file is ready for use without need of further grading. Avoid channel clipping, crushed blacks, and clipped highlights.

Step 1

Apply to shoot a brief

Indulge in our briefs, get inspired and select the brief you want to shoot. Apply and we will let you know if it is available to shoot. Once accepted you can start to engage your creativity and ideas into the selected brief.

Step 3

Submit selection

From all the photos/clips you’ve taken make a first selection to remove mistakes, unsharp content and lesser good alterations of the same shot. Submit the selection to the link in DF Studio that you have received from us.

Step 5

Retouch the final selection

If you choosed to accept our final selection it is time to finalize the images. You set the look and feel and remove trademarks etc according to our retouching guidelines, and maybe add a flare or such.

Step 7

Payment

Ta da! You send us your invoice stating the sum in the Copyright Transfer Agreement and we will pay you within 15 days upon received the invoice.

And now it is time to go back to step 1…

Step 2

Produce and shoot

Set up the production team to find the best possible location and models for the shoot.
Carry out the shoot and collect required model and property releases.

Step 4

Accept or decline the final selection

We will come back to you with our final selection, hopefully with lots of fantastic images. At this point it is up to you if you choose to accept our selection. If so we continue and you will get paid, and if not the images remains yours and you choose where else to license them.

Step 6

Submit final high res

And then finally you submit the final retouched high res jpegs to us through DF Studio. When doing so you also sign our Copyright Transfer Agreement which will state exactly that plus how much money you will receive.

Terms of service

Read here

If you want to read our terms of service again and again please click above. This is the agreement you signed when becoming a member of Maskot Invite.

Copyright Transfer

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As the final step when submitting selected and retouched high res files you will have to sign our Copyright Transfer Agreement. By signing you will transfer the copyright to Maskot Bildbyrå AB and you will get payed.