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Thoughs On 4K Video For Stock
Cider Apple:
I've been uploading 4K video to all the major stock sites for a few years now and I'm beginning to wonder is it a bit to good for stock?
I get the 'it will future proof' your stock library but won't that be out of date after 10 years anyway? Fashion / concepts / technology etc.
I still sell much more HD content (although my portfolio is 90% HD) and although I welcome the extra $$$ when a 4K clip is sold it is a bit to far and few between for the extra work load it takes.
My main concerns:
Extra time to edit / render / upload must be 5 X compared to HD clips
I've now got a huge backlog of clips due to the upload sizes. I have fiber and upload 2mbps but I'm finding a batch of 35 clips all at 4GB takes several days to upload to each agency. Much longer to shutterstock as they are way slow at the moment. The same batch in HD would take 8 - 10 hours or maybe sooner.
Extra hard drive space is crazy. My study is now littered with external hard drives as I have to backup my backups.
What are other 4K shooters feelings? Do you think it's worth it? Maybe stock should just be HD anyway as I can't see mainstream TV broadcasting in full 4K for many many years?
Sean Locke Photography:
My 4K clips are all less than 100MB. Doesn't take long to upload.
jjneff:
Are they 1sec. long?
Sean Locke Photography:
Ah, no.
This one is 111MB: https://www.stocksy.com/1345105
Cider Apple:
--- Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on March 29, 2017, 05:58 ---My 4K clips are all less than 100MB. Doesn't take long to upload.
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That's impossible especially in ProRes
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