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« on: December 25, 2023, 10:47 »
For those who celebrate today, Merry Christmas! For everyone, may your Winter be warmed by friendship and love. (Except you Australians complaining about the heat, go tan or something)
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« on: October 12, 2023, 10:04 »
I have sent multiple messages to support without response.
I am deleting the offending illustrations, and re-uploading them. (tedious and annoying)
How do I make sure they don't get mislabeled again?
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« on: October 04, 2023, 11:17 »
I do not like finding that my work is being presented as "generated by AI"
It isn't. People will think I'm a thief, or that my work isn't my own, and is therefore okay to steal.
I have sent a complaint to support, but I want all these labels gone NOW!
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« on: June 25, 2021, 14:10 »
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« on: October 03, 2020, 09:35 »
 If you see an advertisement for Shutterstock that contains this photo (which is ours) please get a screen shot for us. (include the entire screen) We are collecting data on how widespread the ad is, so we know how much compensation to seek on revenue generated by the ad. Unseen Gallery [email protected]Thank You.
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« on: May 30, 2020, 07:59 »
Shutterstock has finally made themselves into the Wal-Mart of stock photography. They will probably still make a profit from selling tons of totally crappy images at "low everyday prices". But, I don't think that will satisfy their corporate greed.
My concern it that they'll turn to Bigstock next.
My sales there are pathetic, and have been for some time. I'm wondering if I should bail out before things get weird.
Although, Shutterstock's most likely move may be to simply close Bigstock.
What do you all think?
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« on: March 08, 2020, 22:27 »
I honestly thought there was some sort of conspiracy going on. I figured there were bribed reviewers, or some sneaky arrangements between Unsplash and Shutterstock itself. Nope. It's just that it's absurdly easy to do. A bot can be set up to download the images, and upload them to shutterstock. Suggested keywords are automatically added, and a five or more word title generated from the detected subject matter. It's not even a lot of work to do it by hand.
When you download an image from Unsplash, the image title contains the name of the person who uploaded it to unsplash, and the word unsplash, for example:
joshua-earle-l6juNKOlzvs-unsplash.jpgEven with the obvious file titles, and nonsensical keywords, the images are accepted. I present to you, the easy peasy portfolio of Thiefy McThieferson! (done by hand, no bot) https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Thiefy+McThieferson I will of course, be taking this down before anything has a chance to sell, but I thought the results of this little experiment should be shown. This was a fun day.
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« on: March 04, 2020, 08:56 »
I found of my my images being offered for free at this site. Does anyone know anything about them?
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« on: October 12, 2019, 09:48 »
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« on: May 04, 2019, 16:20 »
https://www dot pngdownload.id
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« on: October 14, 2018, 08:55 »
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« on: July 05, 2018, 08:48 »
This guy is confirmed to have straight up copied at least one person's photos. It IS a copyright violation when the illustration is obviously traced from the photo. https://www.shutterstock.com/g/pyram_is
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« on: December 04, 2017, 09:01 »
Wasn't there a discussion on Shutterstock's forum yesterday, about the great big security gap in their deal with Facebook?
I guess they don't want it discussed publicly. Might affect stock prices, or something.
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« on: October 31, 2017, 14:06 »
You take turns entering a keyword into search, and the winner is someone who can come up with a word for which every image on the first page actually applies.
Rules:
Set search sort for "most recent"
Pick a noun, or some other word that is not ambiguous.
Since some sites use words in the description for search, terms such as "set" are going to be difficult to prove a winner.
Allow for broken phrases.
If you search for "kangaroo", and see a picture of a landscape with no kangaroo in it, check to see whether it may be a picture of "kangaroo island".
Everyone takes a turn trying out a word.
If every photo on the first page of results is appropriate, you get a point, and move on to the next round. If even one image does not actually apply to your keyword, you're out.
Some sites have good keywording, others do not. The most challenging site is Dreamstime.
Helpful hint: There are a lot of people who do not know the difference between a macaroon and a macaron. You'll lose if you try that keyword.
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« on: July 05, 2017, 15:45 »
 Can you guess the reason? This was rejected by 123, but they accepted it without comment after I asked for clarification.
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« on: May 17, 2017, 07:55 »
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« on: March 18, 2017, 10:36 »
Can't get into your account? It's because the hackers changed your email address, and stole your entire account and portfolio.
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« on: February 14, 2017, 10:52 »
They're giving away png versions of many, many vectors (including my own), and there seems to be a way to report violations, but I can't figure out how to do it.
Anybody read Chinese?
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« on: January 14, 2017, 09:49 »
Shutterstock has found a new way to annoy contributors.
Asking for a reference image on ALL vectors submitted.
I have no trouble with providing a reference for something derived from a photo, but geometric abstracts?
Apparently they don't see the absurdity of thinking that proves anything. We're ARTISTS, duh!
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« on: December 16, 2016, 09:13 »
Has anyone detected a pulse there lately?
A response from support (besides the automated one), an image reviewed, an accepted image being added to the portfolio, a sale?
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« on: October 11, 2016, 22:20 »
Apparently, you can only properly use the site's features from an iOS. Which is weird, since you can open an account and upload images from a desktop computer.
Does anyone know if they plan to change that, or are they just being mean?
I mean, it seems like such a dirty trick to let people upload from a platform they don't support for any other features.
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« on: October 05, 2016, 18:22 »
I sent a message to Dreamstime support:
"From discussion in the forums, I understand that it is possible to change the minimum payout to something as low as $40. I would like to change my minimum payout (it is currently at $100, and I can't wait that long between payments) but can not figure out how to do that."
I did get a prompt response, which is better than most sites. However, it was this:
"There must be at least $100 USD in the earnings for the payment system to accept a payment request through your account"
*sigh* I knew that. I said I knew that. I want to CHANGE that.
Does anyone here know how to do that?
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