Hey guys!

my name is Igor, i am based in italy and developed a free tool for stock sites.

Fist, here is a short video, right after that i will tell you a bit more about the tool...

Stockuploader - Free file uploader for stock photographers

http://www.stockuploader.com


Stock uploader is a free tool that allows stock photographers to upload files to multiple agencies with very few clicks. The concept is that you register your agencies and set up filters that allow you to tell teh program what files you want to upload to each agency. so for example you can tell the program that all video files are sent to istock, while all images are sent to shutterstock and fotolia, and so on..

once you have set up your agencies you choose the files you want to upload and the software automatically sorts them to the various agencies according to your filter. this can be manually changed for each file obviously.

it offers various advantages compared to normal ftp uploading.
nice little features speed up your workflow! for example, ad double click on the table header opens up your browser directly to a url you specify for each agency. so if you set it up right you could land directly on the submission page without having to type every url manaully. there are many more such llittle features you'll discover quickly!

check it out and report back what you think about it!

all sensitive data such as passwords agencies etc is saved locally on your pc! none of these informations is EVER sent to me or andy third party.

best regards

Igor



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here are some images

with a normal ftp program you have this workflow (for example 5 diffrent agencies)

-open FTP program,
-connect agency 1,
-choose pictures-upload
-wait
-connect agency 2,
-chose pictures-upload
.
.
.

with my program it works like this:
-open the program
-choose pictures
-choose where to upload which pic (done automatically by filters, but you can override that)
-hit upload button
-wait till its finished

you chose the pictures only once, and dont have to do anything till all is over. some people wrote me talling that this is fantastic to upload pictures overnight.

I guess that you�re right!

My name is Igor Masin, I am based in Italy and started with stock photography a few months back.

Here is my portfolio on SS:

http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-591739p1.html

This program has been used by some users on SS and actually its has been them pointing me to this site to let other photographers know about it.
If you have a SS account check the forums, there are 2/3 topics about this program, how it came to life, and comments from people who tested it.
All I want is to share my programming skills to who is interested. There are no viruses or similar things. You can scan it with whatever software you want and use any software to monitor the informations sent in/out from the program.

As I say on the program�s homepage I am putting my face into this and cannot afford to put viruses or any malicious software on it.

Sorry if my first post gives a wrong impression.

nono...

i understood it and think youre right.. no harm done.. 

version 1.3.1 with minor bug fix has been released. i also updated post one with some screenshots of the program!

if the files are all in the same folter then yes youre right..

i'm not trying to force anyone, i have offered my program for free, and some people are using it.. if you have a look at the SS forum the feedbacks are quite positive.

if you dont mind i quote:

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gabes1976

  Joined: 30 Jan 2011
 Posts: 371
 
 
 Post Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:37   
Try it, people! You will like it. 

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there are Others..

as said, i made something and share it for free. if you want you can try/use it.. if you don't its fine anyway.

and if you are scared of viruses you should Google the word "gumblar" and you'll see that actually using my program for the time beeing is a lot safer then using a standard ftp program! but that is just a side note.
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrIEILlQuX4

here we go.. this is a short video showing how it works.. i made it very quickly and will make a better one next week.. but for now this is what i have..

let me know people..

www.mad-sharky.com/stockuploader

Helllllo!

Somebody yesterday uploaded around 370 files!(based on the statistics shown online) If you are that guy and you are reading this please write here about any problems you had what do you think and what you would like to have changed.. Thank you! As stupid as it may sound it is important for me to know this! Thank you!

Thanks for sharing, though be ready for the attack when you decided to moneterise your work.

I like the idea behind this, seems to have some advantages over regular ftp. I'll give it a go when I'm next uploading.

I dont think its keen to track traffic through your program and then ask for the person to reveal him/herself to give you feedback. In my opinion you have no business in knowing who uploaded how many files.

The reason I am not using your program or want to try it is because you track numbers. I dont care if thats not important data or not, you still have your program communicate with my PC so you can track more than only numbers. I am not sure if you tell people in the tos that this program feeds back data to you. And you should also put in a opt out button for people who dont want to share that data.

I assume your program is not highly protected from hacking and maybe someone with bad intentions can inject malicious code onto a PC  using that same communication you have set up to get the number of files uploaded using your software.

I was rereading this and would like to more carefully answer this post. ALL sensitive data is saved in a sqlite database that is on your computer! That data is used to connect directly to the agencies without passing throug my site. This can be verified by anybody with some programming skills. The program loads a url after any upload to let the webpage know that there has been an uploa, but does not tell by who or anything like that. Actually it is as if somebody would write an anonymous letter telling "i uploaded!" in fact filezilla and other ftp programs are saving your acess data in plain text files accessible by any hacker. The sqlite file is not encrypted (yet) but a hacker wouldnt even search for such a file in the first place... Hope this clearifies some doubts! It you have more please ask!

I dont like YOUR planet.. The day somebody is forced to pay for my program i'll put the source code online.. It IS FREE AND STAYS FREE! And sorry but your comment is in my opinion an offense to me and who helped me to put this online. If youre used to pay for everythinf then make a donation! ) so far the only one who is paying is me with my time and the helpers..

The only way that one day COULD get some money out of this is from advertiisers IF the donations are not enough for the cost of the new domain and the site template and so on..

Best regards

Quote from: Poncke on December 25, 2012, 18:15

I dont think its keen to track traffic through your program and then ask for the person to reveal him/herself to give you feedback. In my opinion you have no business in knowing who uploaded how many files.

The reason I am not using your program or want to try it is because you track numbers. I dont care if thats not important data or not, you still have your program communicate with my PC so you can track more than only numbers. I am not sure if you tell people in the tos that this program feeds back data to you. And you should also put in a opt out button for people who dont want to share that data.

I assume your program is not highly protected from hacking and maybe someone with bad intentions can inject malicious code onto a PC  using that same communication you have set up to get the number of files uploaded using your software.

I was rereading this and would like to more carefully answer this post. ALL sensitive data is saved in a sqlite database that is on your computer! That data is used to connect directly to the agencies without passing throug my site. This can be verified by anybody with some programming skills. The program loads a url after any upload to let the webpage know that there has been an uploa, but does not tell by who or anything like that. Actually it is as if somebody would write an anonymous letter telling "i uploaded!" in fact filezilla and other ftp programs are saving your acess data in plain text files accessible by any hacker. The sqlite file is not encrypted (yet) but a hacker wouldnt even search for such a file in the first place... Hope this clearifies some doubts! It you have more please ask!

So it looks like at the very least you can tell the url of the sites that we upload to. As well as the upload dates and how many images we upload to each specific site.  Are you also collecting additional information that you have not mentioned?