A caption is highly influential on customers’ choices. The importance of a carefully created caption is equally important to the quality of the image. Here are some of the suggestions and examples to build good metadata.
[Suggested Length for Caption]
Korean: from 10 to 40 characters including space (minimum 5, maximum 100)
English: from 50 to 70characters including space (minimum 5, maximum 200)
[Suggestion]
Check your spelling and word spacing.
Use objective expression.
Include facts, specific detail, and relevant information about the image.
Include important detail such as when, where, who, and what.
Include the atmosphere, concept, and emotion that the image expresses.
Add additional information such as concept, location, and camera angle.
[Portrait]: Gender · Age Group · Occupation · Pose · The Number of People.
① Three young business people smiling with clenched fists.
② An East Asian senior couple enjoying relaxing tea time sitting on the floor while smiling at each other.
③ A young, beautiful East Asian woman with long wavy hair, resting her chin looking directly at the camera.
④ An East Asian senior woman sitting on the sofa while touching her knee due to knee pain.
[Animal]: Breed · Action · Pose · Amount of Animal(s)
① One cute toy poodle sitting on a sofa with warm, shining sunlight.
② Cows eating hay in the cattle shed.
[Landscape and Location]: Location · Building · Facilities · Landmark.
① Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, a nightscape of the city with high-rise lights.
② Banpo Hangang Park, Seorae Island, Dongjak Bridge. A landscape of buckwheat flowers and Seoul.
③ Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. Summer landscape of Byeongsanseowon Confucian Academy with fully bloomed Crepe-myrtle flowers.
④ Mt. Daedun, Nonsan-si, Chungcheongnam-do Province. Surak valley under the metal bridge among the thick forest.
[Food and Object]: Information on the Food and/or Object · Color · Design Element.
① A top view of a table setting of Korean traditional food, rice cake soup(Tteokguk), and kimchi on the grey background.
② A high-angle shot of Gambas al Ajillo(shrimp and garlic) on the beige background.
③ Korean traditional food, close-up of Spicy Beef Soup(Yukgaejang).
④ A top view of various purple-themed kitchen dishware and a fork.
[Interior]: Information on the elements such as Living Room · Bedroom · Bathroom with Style · Atmosphere · Color.
White and natural kitchen interior with a wooden top sink.
We hope this captioning guideline could help your profit-creating process. The following guideline will deal with the ways to enter captions and some of the points you should be aware of.
This guideline continues to [Captioning Tips for Contributors - 2].
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