Content Guidelines

It’s important to us that you have a good uploading experience on Eezy, so we wanted to share a little bit more about our review process. Here are guidelines for the most frequently discussed topics and questions.

Content Guidelines:

1. Commercial value: we look for content that has high commercial value. This is a combination of visual appeal, technical quality, and viability (need for the content). These are images that have a message, are versatile, are technically sound, and can be used by advertisers and publishers to sell a product or service. Think about how our customers (a designer or small company) will use an asset. If you can picture it being used for a web advertisement, email newsletter, or even a book cover, you have a commercial asset.
2. Complexity: we accept content that is pleasing to look at, composition that is organized and compelling, and color theory is present and purposeful. Our customers have varied needs. Some require images that convey ideas all on their own (success, friendship, insecurity, etc.) while others need assets that are exactly what they appear to be (people, nature, simple objects, etc.).
3. Authenticity: we accept content that is genuine, engaging, and original; content real people can relate to and use. Content that is unnatural or cliché will not be accepted. Customers are always looking for reinventions of the most-used themes.
4. Similarity: we accept content with significant aesthetic variation. If you have one piece of work with multiple variations, please select and submit only the best file. Customers can use image series for large and ongoing projects, but they’re too busy to sort through lots of similar assets. If you are going to submit a series of assets, the series should depict a single idea in a variety of different ways.
5. Style: we accept content that is current with aesthetic styles and design trends. A vintage aesthetic can be charming, but customers rarely use outdated assets.
6. Current or future events: we accept content for current or future events only. If the event has passed, please update the content to reflect a relevant date and time. As noted above in the Style category, customers rarely use outdated assets.
7. Adult or sensitive content: at Eezy we keep content family-friendly. Content that is explicit or inappropriate/suggestive in nature will not be accepted. Our customers often have projects that reach a broad audience, so we want to ensure the assets they have to choose from on our site are ideal for a wide variety of eyeballs and suitable for work.
8. Trademark, copyright or intellectual property: do not include people, places or things that violate trademark, copyrights or Intellectual property. For example, celebrities, politicians, movie characters or brands. Releases are required for content with recognizable people and/or property. Public domain or derivative art is acceptable, but keep in mind that it tends to be more popular with contributors than with customers. If your work resembles artwork in the public domain, we’ll probably ask you to upload a sketch of your original source material.
9. Logo Templates: due to licensing limitations we can only accept logos presented in packs with multiple logo layouts and elements or submissions that include a logo incorporated into a mockup or design concept for marketing material. 
10. Icons: we can only accept icons when combined in packs of 6 or more elements. We also don’t want huge icon sets with crowded presentations. We like large icon sets if they’re well designed and clean, but prefer small sets of six to ten icons per file. Customers prefer this too, because they can see your icons clearly in the search grid of thumbnails.

Metadata Guidelines:

1. Titles: Titles should be 3 to 8 words long, contain less than 100 characters, be unique to each creative resource, and have the first letter of each word capitalized (excluding small words like “of” and “the”). Well-written, unique titles will help users find and download your files.
2. Descriptions: Descriptions should be relevant, accurately describe your file, written in complete sentences, and contain correct punctuation and grammar
1. Spamming or adding irrelevant keywords is prohibited
3. Keywords: Keywords should be relevant, accurately describe your file, separated with a comma, and not contain misspellings
1. 10 keywords required per file, with a maximum of 30 keywords per file

 Titles, descriptions, and keywords should not include explicit or inappropriate words, obvious words like “photo”, “video”, “vector” or “graphic”, or subjective words like “brilliant” or “amazing”.

Technical Guidelines:

Vectors

View our full Vector Guidelines here.

1. File format 
1. Please upload EPS vectors that are compatible with Adobe Illustrator 10
   
   • EPS Max File Size 50 Megabytes
   • EPS Min Image Size 3 Megapixels 
   • EPS Max Image Size 25 Megapixels
2. Quality and file organization
1. Vectors must have high visual and technical quality, include thoughtful layer organization, and contain no stray endpoints
3. Autotrace, logos, and banners, extreme aspect ratios
1. We do not accept auto traced or live traced vectors, vectors with banners or badges in the corners or over the file, or vectors with extreme or skewed aspect ratios

 Photos

View our full Photo Guidelines here.

1. File format 
   1. JPG or JPEG with a min resolution of 4 MP and max file size of 50 megabytes 
   2. Standard Red Green Blue (sRGB) color profile
2. Quality
   1. Photos must have proper exposure, white balance, saturation, and focus; good composition and authentic content; and be free from excessive editing, unwanted lens distortions, noise, artifacts, and chromatic aberrations
3. 3D renderings, Illustrations, text, and extreme aspect ratios
   1. We do not accept illustrations in jpg or jpeg format, photos with digitally added text, or photos with extreme or skewed aspect ratios. We accept 3D renderings and 3D renderings of interiors, on a case by case basis. Please see our full Photo Guidelines for the requirements

Videos

View our full Video Guidelines here.

1. File format 
1. MP4 or MOV with a max file size of 4 gigabytes (GB) 
2. Minimum resolution of 1080p (1920 x 1080). 4K or Full HD are preferred, but we also accept 2K and 2.5K.
2. Duration
1. Videos must be greater than 5 seconds and less than 2 minutes, with the exception of looping videos that work as animation or background
3. Quality
1. Videos must have proper composition, luminance levels, white balance, movement, and steadiness. 
4. Frame rates
1. 23.98 
2. 24
3. 25
4. 29.97
5. 30
6. 7.95
7. 47.96
8. 48; 50
9. 59.94
10. 60
5. Codecs
1. PhotoJPEG 
2. H.264 
3. ProRes (422 /422 HQ / 422 LT/ 4444, R3D .r3d)
6. Audio
1. Video submissions may only contain audio if the audio enhances the experience of the clip and does not contain errors, unintended speaking, or unlicensed music.
7. Alpha Channels
1.  We do not accept videos that contain alpha (transparency) channels.

Release Guidelines

View and download Eezy’s release forms here.

1. Model Release(s): Required for all content that contains a recognizable person. Content with more than one recognizable person will require a separate release for each person. A minor release form should be used for models under the age of 18. The following information is required for each individual model release:
1. Model: Full name, contact, date of birth, signature, and date
2. Photographer/Videographer: Name (must match the name on the contributor's account), signature, and date.
2. Property Release(s): Required for all content that contains a recognizable object, building, or property. Content with more than one recognizable object, building, or property will require a separate release for each.
1. Property Owner: Full name, contact, date of birth, description of property, signature, and date
2. Photographer/Videographer: Name (must match the name on the contributor's account), signature, and date.

Please note that the Witness information for Model or Property releases will no longer be required.