If you're talking about quality, it would be H.265 otherwise known as HEVC. 

For submission to Stock and other agencies, H.264 is still very safe and much more common.  Laptop computers and NLEs are just starting to be able to play back h265 effectively.

I'd like to accept h265 at some point because it is a higher quality codec, but as of today the market still like h264 and large codecs like prores.

Hope this helps,
Dennis

Selecting video thumbnails should be a must.
I'm trying to crossover from illustrations to animations and the few I have uploaded have terrible thumbnails on Adobestock! If the animation starts with just a few things/lines/shapes/etc. and later is coming together as a whole (self-drawing lines for example, but really anything else), the thumbnail tends to end up an early keyframe with barely anything recognizable, probably noone would even move the cursor over to check it out, it is that unappealing! It really harms the likeliness of getting seen and from a buyer perspective would be annoying as well; just by looking at the thumbnail they would want to know what is it about and they should see the most favourable keyframe in order to maximize the chance of a sale. I can't emphasize the importance of it enough, in my case this tiny issue "costs" a lot.

Yes, I have some of my own meager clips that have terrible thumbnails and have brought this up multiple times.  I think we'll see some movement on this particular issue in 2020 - no promises, but I hope so!

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Quote from: Dennis Radeke on January 15, 2020, 10:10

Issues? Opportunities?

Reading embedded metadata directly from video files, like Pond5 does, will be great.

They do.  Mine comes through fine.

Responding to a few responses on this one and will still be relatively brief.

The challenge is that many people have different workflows (across contributors, agencies, etc.) and to make a change in workflow truly effective, everyone needs to get behind it. 

I love embedded metadata and do advocate for it for video.  Adobe created XMP which is a flexible system that includes standard schemas like EXIF and IPTC which is where photos draws some support.

While I agree that CSVs are the lowest common denominator, they still work and are accepted across the industry.  For that reason alone, I think CSV's are probably still around for a while.  However, there are voices advocating for more embedded metadata.

Thanks for the feedback.

Dennis

Quote from: Dennis Radeke on January 16, 2020, 15:32

Quote from: Rasika on January 16, 2020, 12:39

My SS account sells daily 2-5 videos. My pond5 sells daily 1 video at least.
My Adobe stock account sells 2-4 videos a month.
Is this a lack of advertising? I am not a pro in the other side of how this business works, but I would say that the best investment in your contributors is to attract the clients.

You can message me your account Id and I can take a look into it.  Why some people do better or worse on one site or another over a month or a year is always going to be a mystery.  Generally, I think that most contributors are seeing growth from Adobe, though certainly not all.

Send me your number or email via DM and I'll try to take a look for you.

Dennis

I don't believe there is any issue with my account.
My SS and AS accounts both have the same content. About 15k aerial videos and timelapses/hyperlapses from all around the world. But in 3+ years my AS account sold 2000$ overall, while my SS account is selling the same amount in an average month.
Of course there are much worse stocks then AS, but I left those years ago. And AS just keeps me frustrated, I ask myself again and again, does it even worth keeping uploading to AS content, because I am waiting for a long time that AS will start kicking, and actually there was a small period that my AS account sold almost daily, but for some reason this stopped almost completely and again I am back to have a sale once a week or two, or even less.
Can this be related with investing in promotion?

Right, I hear you.  Let me know what your account is so I can take a look and potentially offer some input.  There are understandably a ton of variables.  If you let me know your account, I can at least take a look and perhaps offer some feedback on why you trail as compared to others.

Thanks,
Dennis

Sorry, maybe not quite in the topic, but I have one request: Could you please make a mobile app where we can track our earnings on the go and which keeps us up to date on our latest downloads. Greatly appreciate knowing you guys are here to help us. 

Actually, I am a HUGE proponent of making a mobile app both for contributing and for monitoring sales, releases, everything.  We have all of the technology necessary, but as with anything, it's a question of which priorities come first. 

Trust me on this when I say that I really want this request to come true and I believe it will in time.

Thanks,
Dennis

Quote from: vectorblazer on January 16, 2020, 00:50

4. subscription option. (personally hate it, but its impossible now when shutterstock, pond5, envato & istockphoto are selling it for nothing)

We don't need any subscriptions!!! Adobe like ss is doing pretty well without it..

like I said, a wholly different topic - one that will have fiery responses! 

One or more webminar  (like the ones you've already did) about the right and useful keywords to use for video would be really helpful!
Learning more about what exactly buyers use, words and sentence, to reach what they are looking for, this would be a great help.
Thanks

Great feedback, I will definitely pass that on.  We do have a webinar scheduled for February, but I don't know the topic off hand.

Dennis

1. Select video thumbnails.
2. Upload editorial.

Both are on my list and I think you'll get both of them. 

Of the two, I think editorial is much more impactful to contributors and customers.

Thanks for the feedback.

Dennis

Instead of using someone that doesn't know his/her head from his/her tail AS actually hired an experienced stock contributor to communicate with us. Someone who knows his craft well and is always around to keep us updated or help us receive further assistance.
Well maybe I'm giving you more credit then you deserve but I just had to mention this.

I think I can speak on behalf of many here, thanks for being around Mat, much appreciated!

LOL! I can't breathe!  nice pic

You probably need to provide some more information to understand why you're not able to access Stock.

First guess might be that you're in a country where you can't get it? 

Adobe Stock subscriptions for Creative Cloud teams may be purchased at any Adobe reseller. Adobe Stock subscriptions and licenses for individuals may be purchased online in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the UK, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Russia, Brazil, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Cyprus, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan.

Otherwise, this might be a good place to start: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/help/plans.html

Hope this helps and if it doesn't, could you please verify that you have an Adobe ID and that you're logged in when accessing the Stock page.  Also, if you're in a company or have any kinds of access restrictions on your internet connection, that could be it too.

Cheers,
Dennis

As always, it depends on the image or video clip and what story (if any) it is telling.  And, to be honest, moderators are looking at thousands of assets every day and so like any agency we don't always get it 100% correct all of the time.  Wish I could say otherwise, but that's the truth.

For video, I have challenges in trying to get moderators to differentiate between a good rack focus and being out of focus.  And some wandering focus can be okay if it's done well.  Sigh, there's never any perfect method, but we're working on improving guidelines and continually train our moderators on what's appropriate to accept.

Dennis

Hello, i've been doing some research on this two codecs, and i couldn't really decide which one is better for stock. Any suggestions much appreciated !

H.265 is significantly better in both file size and visual quality.  Think of it as a more advanced version of H.264.  However, it comes at a cost where computers need a lot more processing power to play it back. 

I think there will be a move to H.265 over time, but H.264 is so ubiquitous that it will be a long time before it goes away.  Today, Adobe Stock does not support H.265, but I hope to add it some day in the future for our customers and artists. 

Hope this helps,
Dennis