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Intellishop Deli Meat Purchase Time Stamp App Problem

February 03, 2024 10:07PM
Some nifty quick shops appeared on the MSC board. I accepted one. It required a Time Stamp app be downloaded. Did so. Added the store name. Performed the shop. An overlay or watermark not of my doing appeared on some of the photos. Apparently it is a for purchase app with so many free images a month. I cannot get rid of the overlay. I had the first shop returned due to the overlays. I had photos of the deli case without the overlay, but had to take photos of the package and receipt with another time stamp app. Replied to the editor explaining this.

My problem is that one of my shops has the overlay on two crucial images. I am waiting for the shop to be returned. I cannot find a way to remove the overlay from the images.

The app is Timemark. This as much of a warning and if you've used it, had this problem and found a fix, I would be all eyes on a response.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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February 03, 2024 10:14PM
Update:

The new instructions modified after I did my shops today have a new time stamp app: the one that i have used for two years. Indeed, I correctly modified the Time/Date stamp for the location! Lucky me! Now I have the one shop to figure out if I can fix the images.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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February 03, 2024 11:44PM
I downloaded the app and tested it out before doing my shop. Then I realized I was already at the 10 pic max per day before I even started the shop. I switched over to Timestamp, which is much better.
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February 04, 2024 12:02AM
There are only 25 free photos. After that, you have to subscribe, but you can get seven days free, which is what I did.
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February 04, 2024 02:10AM
The Guidelines now have Timestamp to download instead of Timemark. I did two today. The first one I have images without the overlay. The second, two photos have it. I've downloaded a photo editor to see if I can get rid of it.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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February 04, 2024 02:21AM
The app I use for the location and time stamps is called GPS MAP CAMERA, I found it in the playstore.
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February 04, 2024 03:46AM
Whosear posting this is your Random Good Deed of The Day. There were several of those shops near my house including a store I was shopping at for myself that day. The requirement to download the Timemarkstamp stopped me from applying and now I'm glad I avoided a headache for a pound of processed Deli chicken.
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February 07, 2024 07:32AM
Too bad the timing didn't work out where we could double dip this with the Kroger shops!
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February 07, 2024 02:31PM
I did a bunch of these last weekend and had to get the free trial. I see someone mentioned they switched to timestamp which is fine but the notes still say to edit the store name. Can you do that in timestamp?

There are more of these jobs posted for this weekend in my area but not touching them yet. Hoping the fee goes back up. My dog and cat are enjoying the cold cuts.
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February 07, 2024 03:19PM
I did a bunch with the Timemark app and the watermark did not seem to affect their acceptance. The only issue I had was one where the GPS gave a generic "50th St" stamp for a shop with an 8th Avenue address. My explanation that the store was on the corner of those two streets seemed to have been enough to get it approved.
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February 07, 2024 03:47PM
@Datagirl wrote:

I did a bunch of these last weekend and had to get the free trial. I see someone mentioned they switched to timestamp which is fine but the notes still say to edit the store name. Can you do that in timestamp?

There are more of these jobs posted for this weekend in my area but not touching them yet. Hoping the fee goes back up. My dog and cat are enjoying the cold cuts.

Yes you can! There is a feature in Timestamp settings where you can add a title for the location.
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February 07, 2024 09:04PM
This kind of stuff makes me glad I'm proficient with Photoshop.

If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown
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February 08, 2024 02:49AM
If I had read the new guidelines carefully, they replaced Timemark with Timestamp. I did not, but they accepted a Saturday shop with the overlay on the image.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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February 08, 2024 02:50AM
They extended it through Sunday, the 4th. I did two shops with my Kroger shops.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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February 08, 2024 10:09AM
I saw 3 in a different part of the state at Publix stores for this week. But they aren't worth driving there.
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