Upload Method?

[littleny]

Curious what upload method you all use to submit to IS.  I use DeepMeta.  I think the only other method in via their website.  I find their upload process the most time consuming compared to the other agencies.  their keyword 'sub-selection'  is so annoying.  I wonder if its even necessary.  often times none of the sub-selections apply or i can't decide if they apply.  am i the only one that has this problem?

[Rose Tinted Glasses]

Take some time to learn Deepmeta and I think you will find it makes Istock the easy one to upload to.

[ShadySue]

I personally prefer to upload directly, but I believe DM will come into its own if you send releases. There's also the QTOOLS this that Yuri brought out, but I haven't looked at it. I really don't have any problems uploading directly providing upload is working. Ha, but sometimes after doing all the keywording etc you get logged out when you try to complete the upload; which is just ridiculous and a real PITA.

[littleny]

Take some time to learn Deepmeta and I think you will find it makes Istock the easy one to upload to. /quote]
Ive been using Deepmeta for years.  I'm not new to this.  i just really find the keyword selection to be time consuming. all my keywords get uploaded along with my metadata.  but then to go in and have to select a sub-keyword is so annoying. 

[littleny]

Keyword: Sunny:
             - sunny (sunlight)
             - Sun (sky)
             - sunlight (light effect)
             - sunny - entertainer

Keyword;  America
               - The Americas (geographic location)
               - USA

Who has time for this when you have 20 keywords and 100 files to upload?

[ShadySue]

Keyword: Sunny:
             - sunny (sunlight)
             - Sun (sky)
             - sunlight (light effect)
             - sunny - entertainer

Keyword;  America
               - The Americas (geographic location)
               - USA

Who has time for this when you have 20 keywords and 100 files to upload?

You're right; you don't have time for it (and we don't need the competition). 

[littleny]

ou're right; you don't have time for it (and we don't need the competition)/quote]
Competition;  did you mean 'competition' or 'competitive sport athlete"  cus istock needs clarification lol

[Mantis]

Keyword: Sunny:
             - sunny (sunlight)
             - Sun (sky)
             - sunlight (light effect)
             - sunny - entertainer

Keyword;  America
               - The Americas (geographic location)
               - USA

Who has time for this when you have 20 keywords and 100 files to upload?

Well, we all have to do it (if you contribute there).  It's a pain in the RUMP for sure. I wonder what might change when they are fully integrated into Getty and Istock dissolves.  Does Getty have controlled vocabulary? Or will they retire this mess? 

[ShadySue]

Keyword: Sunny:
             - sunny (sunlight)
             - Sun (sky)
             - sunlight (light effect)
             - sunny - entertainer

Keyword;  America
               - The Americas (geographic location)
               - USA

Who has time for this when you have 20 keywords and 100 files to upload?

Well, we all have to do it (if you contribute there).  It's a pain in the RUMP for sure. I wonder what might change when they are fully integrated into Getty and Istock dissolves.  Does Getty have controlled vocabulary? Or will they retire this mess?

The CV is Getty's and was introduced to iS when Getty bought it.
In theory, it's great and should be a USP; in practice too many people ignore it leading to spammy results like everywhere else, and for whatever reason new requested/needed keywords haven't been added for months.

[Mantis]

Keyword: Sunny:
             - sunny (sunlight)
             - Sun (sky)
             - sunlight (light effect)
             - sunny - entertainer

Keyword;  America
               - The Americas (geographic location)
               - USA

Who has time for this when you have 20 keywords and 100 files to upload?

Well, we all have to do it (if you contribute there).  It's a pain in the RUMP for sure. I wonder what might change when they are fully integrated into Getty and Istock dissolves.  Does Getty have controlled vocabulary? Or will they retire this mess?

The CV is Getty's and was introduced to iS when Getty bought it.
In theory, it's great and should be a USP; in practice too many people ignore it leading to spammy results like everywhere else, and for whatever reason new requested/needed keywords haven't been added for months.

That's primarily why I call it a mess. When new words must be added, especially for my underwater animals that they don't have, getting them added has never been easy.  Of course I can add them into my keywords but not sure how the search manages them in a search.  I stopped trying to use the add keyword thing years ago because my suggestions never got implemented.

[ShadySue]

When new words must be added, especially for my underwater animals that they don't have, getting them added has never been easy.  Of course I can add them into my keywords but not sure how the search manages them in a search.  I stopped trying to use the add keyword thing years ago because my suggestions never got implemented.

In the Good Old Days, you could add a keyword or keyword phrase 'for your own use' and it would be appear only the language you submitted (it wouldn't be translated, which often didn't matter with locations) and if a phrase rather than a single word it would need to be searched in quotation marks "Two keywords".

For at least 15 months now, there has been a bug which prevents new words from being added even to that system.

How to know:
If uploading directly, a keyword which has never been used, and isn't in the CV, shows up blue. As before, you can click on the blue as a link and you get a pop up saying you can add it 'for your own use', but it doesn't work.
In the example below, I tried to add 'Paradise Finch' "for my own use" and that's what happened. It went black and is no longer a link to the popup, but as you can see, it doesn't have any DA presence and is not searchable. I just called up the popup for Red-headed Weaver so newbies could see what I meant by the pop-up. That isn't searchable either.
However, in the same screenshot, both 'small group of birds' and 'African wildlife' have been added by someone before I did, therefore they are searchable by using quotations. That is indicated by the '!' in a grey triangle.

'Bird' is in the CV, and shows on the right hand column with its meaning.

If uploading via DeepMeta, the indications are:
Word in the CV (bird) has a green background and a tick in the box.
Word previously used by someone 'for your own use' has a blue background and a tick in the box.
Word added after the bug started (I noticed it and reported it in April 2015, but I'm not sure how long it existed before that) has a blue background and no tick or box.

They know about this bug - I reported it to CR last April as I said, and they confirmed it was the case.

[Mantis]

Good explanation. Thanks.

[Pauws99]

In a different context I worked with library type people who believed the internet etc had to have controlled vocabulary to work. Sadly for their profession it soon turned out that the likes of google returned far better search results than those that attempted to "manage" the vocabulary. A classic was a UK government search facility  which took huge resources to maintain....someone did a spoof site which used google got pretty much the same results and took him 10 mins. Its an outdated concept that realistically can never be kept up to date.   http://www.keedup.com/2016/04/pros-cons-controlled-vocabularies/

[Kasper Ravlo]

Curious what upload method you all use to submit to IS.  I use DeepMeta.  I think the only other method in via their website.  I find their upload process the most time consuming compared to the other agencies.  their keyword 'sub-selection'  is so annoying.  I wonder if its even necessary.  often times none of the sub-selections apply or i can't decide if they apply.  am i the only one that has this problem?

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[Kasper Ravlo]

I personally prefer to upload directly, but I believe DM will come into its own if you send releases. There's also the QTOOLS this that Yuri brought out, but I haven't looked at it. I really don't have any problems uploading directly providing upload is working. Ha, but sometimes after doing all the keywording etc you get logged out when you try to complete the upload; which is just ridiculous and a real PITA.

Thanks for mentioning us, even though I name is qHero  You should try qHero out - the only risk is to get better narrative content, in less time while getting a free cloud-based backup of your files.

/Kasper.

[Gannet77]

I personally prefer to upload directly, but I believe DM will come into its own if you send releases. There's also the QTOOLS this that Yuri brought out, but I haven't looked at it. I really don't have any problems uploading directly providing upload is working. Ha, but sometimes after doing all the keywording etc you get logged out when you try to complete the upload; which is just ridiculous and a real PITA.

Thanks for mentioning us, even though I name is qHero  You should try qHero out - the only risk is to get better narrative content, in less time while getting a free cloud-based backup of your files.

/Kasper.

Haven't looked at qHero yet, although I was meaning to sometime... but, you are keeping copies of our files?  What's that about?  I'm not sure I'd be happy with that.

[Kasper Ravlo]

I personally prefer to upload directly, but I believe DM will come into its own if you send releases. There's also the QTOOLS this that Yuri brought out, but I haven't looked at it. I really don't have any problems uploading directly providing upload is working. Ha, but sometimes after doing all the keywording etc you get logged out when you try to complete the upload; which is just ridiculous and a real PITA.

Thanks for mentioning us, even though I name is qHero  You should try qHero out - the only risk is to get better narrative content, in less time while getting a free cloud-based backup of your files.

/Kasper.

Haven't looked at qHero yet, although I was meaning to sometime... but, you are keeping copies of our files?  What's that about?  I'm not sure I'd be happy with that.

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/Kasper.