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<title>PrepShot</title>
<link>https://prepshot.net/</link>
<description>Batch-prepare product photos for Amazon, Etsy, Shopify, eBay and Walmart. Runs entirely in your browser, no uploads, no account, works offline.</description>
<language>en-gb</language>
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  <title>When file size limits and dimension requirements fight each other</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/file-size-versus-dimensions/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/file-size-versus-dimensions/</guid>
  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Some marketplaces ask for a large image and a small file at the same time. How to hit both without shipping something soft or artefacted.</description>
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  <title>Colour spaces explained for people who sell things</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/colour-spaces-for-sellers/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/colour-spaces-for-sellers/</guid>
  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>sRGB, Adobe RGB, Display P3 and ProPhoto, what they actually mean, and why a product returned for being "the wrong colour" is often a colour space problem.</description>
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  <title>The commonest reasons listing images get rejected</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/common-listing-rejection-reasons/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/common-listing-rejection-reasons/</guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Rejections cluster around a small number of causes. What they are, why each happens, and which are policy rather than quality.</description>
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  <title>Building a shot list you can repeat every week</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/repeatable-shot-list/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/repeatable-shot-list/</guid>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>The difference between a photography session that takes two hours and one that takes six is almost never the camera. It is knowing what you are shooting before you start.</description>
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  <title>What happens to your image after you press upload</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/how-marketplaces-process-images/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/how-marketplaces-process-images/</guid>
  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Marketplaces do not serve the file you uploaded. Understanding what they do to it changes which parts of your export actually matter.</description>
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  <title>What actually happens when you resize an image</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/what-resampling-does/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/what-resampling-does/</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Resizing is not shrinking. It is reconstructing an image at a different sampling rate, and the method decides whether product edges stay crisp or turn to mush.</description>
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  <title>What is hidden in your product photos, and what to strip</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/exif-metadata-in-product-photos/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/exif-metadata-in-product-photos/</guid>
  <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Every photo carries metadata. Some of it is useful, some is a privacy problem, and one field is load-bearing in a way that surprises people.</description>
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  <title>Why transparent PNGs cause trouble on marketplaces</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/transparent-png-problems/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/transparent-png-problems/</guid>
  <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Transparency looks like the flexible option and behaves like a trap. What the alpha channel actually is, where it goes wrong, and when to use it anyway.</description>
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  <title>WebP and AVIF for e-commerce: when they actually help</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/webp-avif-for-ecommerce/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/webp-avif-for-ecommerce/</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Both compress better than JPEG. Whether that matters depends entirely on who re-encodes your image after you upload it, which is usually the marketplace.</description>
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  <title>What the JPEG quality number actually means</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/jpeg-quality-explained/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/jpeg-quality-explained/</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Quality 80 is not 80% of anything. What the setting does, where the useful range is, and why saving twice is worse than saving once badly.</description>
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  <title>Photographing clothing: flat lay, mannequin or model</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/photographing-clothing/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/photographing-clothing/</guid>
  <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Three ways to photograph apparel for listings, what each costs in time and money, and which categories genuinely need which.</description>
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  <title>Shooting product photos on a phone: what actually matters</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/phone-product-photography/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/phone-product-photography/</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>A modern phone is good enough for marketplace listings. Five things that decide whether the results are usable, and three phone features to turn off.</description>
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  <title>A pre-upload checklist for listing images</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/listing-image-preflight-checklist/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/listing-image-preflight-checklist/</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Eleven checks, in the order that catches the most problems soonest, for anyone about to upload a batch of product photos to a marketplace.</description>
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  <title>When to reshoot instead of retouch</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/when-to-reshoot-instead-of-retouch/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/when-to-reshoot-instead-of-retouch/</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Some photo problems are cheap to fix and some are not recoverable at any price. How to tell the difference in ten seconds, before you waste an afternoon.</description>
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  <title>Photographing reflective products without seeing yourself in them</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/photographing-reflective-products/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/photographing-reflective-products/</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Jewellery, glass, chrome and polished packaging reflect everything including you. Five techniques that work, and why automatic background removal struggles here.</description>
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  <title>Shooting on a white sweep with two lights</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/white-sweep-two-lights/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/white-sweep-two-lights/</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>A repeatable two-light setup for product photos on white, what each light is doing, and the three mistakes that cost most sellers a reshoot.</description>
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  <title>How many pixels does a product photo actually need?</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/how-many-pixels/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/how-many-pixels/</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>Marketplace requirements are floors, not targets. A practical guide to what each platform asks for and what it is worth shooting.</description>
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  <title>Why your product photos look flatter online than on your camera</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/product-photos-look-flat/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/product-photos-look-flat/</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>A photo that looks rich on your screen can arrive dull on a listing. Usually the cause is a colour profile that was thrown away rather than converted.</description>
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  <title>Why iPhone photos arrive sideways, and whose fault it is</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/why-iphone-photos-arrive-sideways/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/why-iphone-photos-arrive-sideways/</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>A portrait photo that looks upright on your phone can upload rotated. The reason is a tag, and the fix depends on which of two places the rotation is stored.</description>
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  <title>Amazon's white background rule is a number, not a colour</title>
  <link>https://prepshot.net/blog/pure-white-is-a-number/</link>
  <guid>https://prepshot.net/blog/pure-white-is-a-number/</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <description>The main-image rule is literally RGB(255,255,255). Here is why photos that look white get rejected, and how to check yours before you upload.</description>
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