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TongRo Images is looking for qualified photographers and partners to work with us.

Contribution Process Upload Guidelines

Sign up: You can be a contributor if you create your own content that can be used for commercial purposes.
Become TongRo Images’ contributor by simply signing up. (Make sure you read the Terms of Services thoroughly when signing up)
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Portfolio review: Upload your portfolio containing from 20 to 50 images that are suitable for stock image distribution or put the web address of your portfolio.
File FormatJPG

Portfolio approval: Your account will be approved or refused after the internal review of the provided portfolio.
The portfolio is the most important part for the review.

Contents upload: Log in and upload your content on the contributor website (cp.tongro.com) after your account is approved.
Make sure you read the Upload Guidelines before you upload content.
Upload Guidelines

Contents approval: After the review of the uploaded content by the curators, only the selected content will be approved.
It will take up to seven days for the images to be distributed on TongRo Images’ subscription website (ClipartKorea or ImageToday) after the approval.
Make sure you read the Upload Guidelines before you upload content.
Upload Guidelines

Contents sales and payment: We provide a sales report on the 15th of the following month for contents that have been subscribed or sold on the websites.
The payment will be processed on the 5th of the following month after the total royalty reaches the minimum payout amount.
The royalty amount can be found on sales report page accordingly.

1. Upload Guidelines

The content that you upload through the contributor website must have been created by yourself and you must reserve the relevant rights of the content.

- Requirements of each category

Photography

File Format	JPG
File Size	At least 30MB/300DPI
Color Profile	Adobe RGB

Illustration Icon

File Format	① Original file : minimum Adobe CS version: CS3 ② JPG : converted file of original file
File Size	At least 30MB/300DPI
Color Profile	Adobe RGB
※the Adobe RGB original file and the JPG original file must have identical filenames.

Composite

File Format	① Original PSD : Each object should be on each single layer ( file size: up to 400MB ) ② JPG : The same number of JPG files converted from the original PSD
File Size	① Original PSD : At least A3 ② JPG : At least 30MB/300DPI
Color Profile	Adobe RGB
※the Adobe RGB original file and the JPG original file must have identical filenames.

Web Template

File Format	① Original PSD : Each object should be on each single layer ( file size: up to 400MB ) ② JPG : converted file of original file
File Size	At least 30MB/72DPI
Color Profile	Adobe RGB
※the Adobe RGB original file and the JPG original file must have identical filenames.

3D Graphic

File Format	JPG and PNG
File Size	At least 30MB/300DPI
Color Profile	Adobe RGB

Footage (Single)

File Format	① Original file : MP4, MOV ② JPG Register thumbnail: Upload identical named JPG file ( Use recommended image if you don't register. )
HD	1920X1080
4K	4096X2160
Frame Rate	23.98p, 24p, 29.97p
CODEC	H.264, PhotoJpeg

- General requirements

Metadata

IPTC, EXIF, Metadata files(CSV, XLS, XLSX) or you can enter keywords per each contents.
You can use metadata template as following (It is not mandatory)
Download the template

Copyright information

Model Release	If submitted content contains the portrait, please submit the model release. The content could be rejected if the release file was missing. When applicable, make sure you submit PDF or JPG file of the model release named identically with the ModelCode in the metadata sheet.
Property Release	If submitted content contains the property such as the place, prop, pet that requires the permission of ownership, copyright, and property right, please submit the property release. The content could be rejected if the release file was missing. When applicable, make sure you submit PDF or JPG file of the property release named identically with the PropertyCode in the metadata sheet.

2. Upload and Approval Criteria

Make sure you insert keywords, upload metadata, upload model releases and property releases for the content you submit.
Please note that the files are not able to be uploaded in the cases below.

The files don’t meet the qualifications (file size and file type)
Images with too much noise or with low quality of brightness, color, and focus
Duplicate files from the previous submission
Similar images from the previous submission or from preexisting content on the service website
There are not enough keywords (At least seven keywords are required to submit an image)
Typo and grammar errors in keywords.

After the review of the uploaded content by the editors, only the selected content will be approved.
It will take up to seven days for the images to be distributed on TongRo Images’ subscription website (ClipartKorea or ImageToday) after the approval.

3. Prohibited Content

Copy, appropriation, imitation
Exposure of the logos and the names of a specific brand
Images of the people without model releases
Images of any property including buildings and places without property releases
Images or appropriation of products or work with intellectual property rights such as patent(invention), brand (characters, logos, etc), design, copyright(photos, paintings, illustrations, etc.)
Unpleasant content

Contact Information

Photography, Illustration, Icon, Composite, Web/Mobile Template, 3D Graphic, Footage International Relations Team international@tongro.co.kr +82-2-2270-1703