This is probably a really stupid question but I rarely do anything on 123 so I'm not super familiar with the site. I am trying to sort my portfolio or find out which of my images are best sellers here. I can find my earnings but I can't see which images have sold? Am I missing something?

Hi all-

I just got the message about StockXpert closing. Shame. I requested a final payment and planned on just deleting all my images.

My question is: Do you think it will be worth it (when I didn't make much at StockXpert to begin with) to leave my images there and try to get some royalties from Thinkstock? I have many more images there than at Istock, so I'm really not sure it's worth it or not. I feel like it could be ages until another payout from StockXpert via Thinkstock.

Also, why didn't they just have it transferred to Istock instead of StockXpert (obviously for those who are at both sites)?

Hi- Just wondering if anyone knows if the SS system takes into account acceptance rate like DT does in searches?

Not sure if this is the right place for this thread - I apologize in advance if I put it in the wrong spot.

I have been playing around with the raw settings for my d80 for a few months now. If I shoot at low iso's (200 and under) I don't seem to have this problem. But anything over about 400 iso gives me hell. I'm sure there is a term for this, but I'm not sure what it is, so I will do my best to explain it. If I process a raw image in PS, even with the noise reduction and sharpening all the way down, I get all these tiny little line-type marks all over the image which makes it look just terrible. It is worse in the shadow areas/more noticeable. It makes sharpening basically impossible and even selective blurring doesn't really get rid of it. I'm pretty sure this is a problem with what I am doing with the raw file because I dont notice it on the jpg if I save one. It is getting really annoying because I feel like I would rather shoot jpg these days at higher iso's, but feel I wont get as much out of the file (duh). Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

I don't mean to beat a dead horse and I apologize if this question has been asked a thousand times. I got accepted to IS a long time ago. At that point, I was only on DT but had decided to try to venture out to other sites. IS was my first choice but when I started to upload absolutely everything was getting rejected. On top of that, it is just so much work to get any image up there because it has the absolute worst system of upload imho. I got three images (I think) accepted (no sales yet, but thats expected) and just got fed up with it. I have since been uploading at SS and StockXpert fairly regularly and FT once in a while since I have less acceptance there as well. I guess my question is: should I bother to try again at IS? I know that of the people who are on there, it is up there as their top seller. But I hear its even getting more difficult there lately for non exclusives. I don't make much money at this...I try to shoot for getting a few images up a week on each site. I am by no means making tons of cash at this, but I'd like to try to make a bit more. Should I stick with what I'm doing or make another go at IS?

PS I realize this might be hard to answer if you cannot see my current sites and what I'm doing there as far as photography goes. But I choose to remain anonymous here for my own reasons. So please do your best if you have suggestions for me. Thanks a lot in advance everybody!

Hi-

I've been uploading to stockxpert for a few weeks now (a little under a month I think) and have a gallery of only 33 images, but thats a lot for me to put on in a month. I have yet to have a sale. Now, I know that at some other sites, it takes a little while to get going (aka, get sales) for most people. So I'm wondering if its the same here or if it's me. Anything will help me understand since I'm not super familiar with the site yet. Thanks a lot.