As much as I like the better sales at Adobe I really can't get on with the new contributor account design. I don't like the logical layout and everything is very difficult to find. I also have no way of searching my images to make sure I am not uploading duplicates.

Anyone else finding the same issues ? Its really awful to navigate. I much prefer the old Fotolia site layout.

I was walking past a local shop in my town and noticed a print on the wall of my image. Having made enquires how they obtained it they tell me it was from Adobe. Looking back at my sales I see the images was purchased for a mere 0.33 cents. Is this fair when the buyer has a print made ?

What on earth is going on with SS ? first they allow thieves to steal our work, they mess around with the submission process making it a painful mess, then the ftp server is extremely slow today (and I have super fast broadband)and now I can't get onto the site as it's down. has SS been taken over by brainless Zombies ?

I can't sign into my Storyblocs account as it says they are incorrect credentials (they are not). I also can't upload via Fttp (Filezilla) as I get a 530 error. I joined about 3 weeks ago and all my videos are still waiting for review.

Is the site down ?

Since I upgraded to the latest version of Lightroom I find it even slower than the last version. Once you start layering brushes it's painfully slow and I have a reasonably decent PC. Even worse is when it backs up, it takes an eternity and makes EVERYTHING else on the pc almost unusable until it has finished. Great tool but horribly slow.

I am in a dilemma as I am still on Lightroom 5 standalone and want to upgrade to 6. I have never used Photoshop so not sure it will be needed as Lightroom does so much. I am tempted by the CC cloud version of both combined but as I have already bought into the standalone LR it may be counter cost effective.

Can anyone tell me if they think the CC way to go is good, is Photoshop an essential tool for general stock (I don't shoot with people) or is it better to wait for LR 7 and pay for the upgrade to that ?

Thanks

Well it gets worse and worse at IS. I have just had 5 emails all come in stating a refund for each one:

We regret to inform you that a refund of $3.50 has been issued for the purchase of your file #*******This transaction has now been voided from your GI or Partner Program sales. The client has complied with all policies surrounding the refund and destruction of this file.


What does this mean except I have now lost $23 from my already low earnings ?

I have editorial images that I want to sell on Alamy but I see no option to select Editorial except royalty free or rights managed. With SS for example you can clearly select "editorial" on submission but nowhere on Alamy is any option.

Can anyone please direct me or do they not take editorial ?

Thanks.

I am getting this message when trying to sign into my istock account

Access Denied

You don't have permission to access "http://secure.istockphoto.com/gb/sign-in?" on this server.
Reference #18.4d367a5c.1478043607.17f4e81d


Anyone else getting this ?

I had a recent email informing me DT are now accepting audio. I have submitted some for review to see how the land lies but I do notice no audio is live on the site as yet. Anyone else having a punt ?

As we can post links for most of our microstock images and footage on social media like twitter, Faceache, pintrest, instagram etc I was wondering if it works for anyone here in boosting sales. For instance, would randomly posting an image of a subject be picked up by a client who is looking for the image with the same keyword ? I have tried myself a tew times but can't really say there is evidence as nobody lets you know. Wha I do get are followers who are doing similar things like photography, music production. Not sure why following an unkown like me will help them.

I have been told by a very excited friend that Instagram is the thing to have for promoting your images. Just would like your opinions here as to how useful it is for your microstock or even selling privately etc ? To my first impressions it seems more geared around mobile phone users of which I am not. I have an ipad but find that impractical for taking shots. I just feel swamped with options that seem to all be doing pretty much the same thing like Twitter, Pinetrest and Instagram.

My sales at istock audio never seem to get beyond 2011, mainly 2009 and 2010. I have a lot more added since so something is very wrong. I have contacted admin who tell me they notice that themselves but don't have any plan to address it.

Anyone else having this issue ?