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Adobe Stock / Re: Low Adobe sales past few weeks
« on: September 07, 2022, 06:34 »
I just realised I passed the 100k DL marker this month and $100k last month... Really should pay more attention :D

As always... thanks Adobe for making it possible!

For me, this is the time of year that the volume really starts to increase until December... then 3-4 weeks of being a little quieter before it all licks off again.

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Adobe Stock / Re: PNG files on Adobestock - Some Questions
« on: August 17, 2022, 08:39 »
Exactly. I've just deleted the PNG files I uploaded that already have a high ranking jpgs and I'm going to hold off sending any more files until nearer the release time. By then I'll have a large batch to do at once but rather that than annoying customers or, damaging the ranking of the new / existing files. I wish they would just approve the PNG files but hide all .png extensions until they were ready to launch. At the moment it looks (to the customer) that we have submitted duplicate files and it may well have an adverse effect on ranking if they are ignored.

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Adobe Stock / Re: PNG files on Adobestock - Some Questions
« on: August 16, 2022, 15:55 »
There is no need to put the word "transparent" in your title or keywords if that is what you mean.

No, that's not what I mean. It's not me. It's Adobe that automatically puts the word "transparent" into the keywords when uploading a  png.  Sure, I could remove the keyword again, but apparently Adobe seems to think it should be there and since - once the feature is actually launched - I want people to actually find my pngs I don't see why I should remove this relevant keyword after Adobe added it. But as of now that means that Adobe automatically adds the keyword "transparent" to images that, at least for now, are not transparent. And that's very misleading to customers.

I've submitted a couple of batches but I think I'll hold off on any more until they're actually ready to go live. My concern is now I've submitted a batch of PNG's that look like jpgs I've already submitted and are successful. The PNG's will drop down the ranking as they may not compete against the established files over the next two months... or, they have a detrimental effect on the jpgs that are selling well. The same way too many similars do.

I think it would be better if they allow us to submit the PNG's and for Adobe to hold off releasing them until they're ready to start the service. That way we can submit the files and customers aren't presented with confusing titles, keywords and files that look the same as existing ones. It should be easy enough for Adobe to hide these from customers based on the png file extension until they're ready to release the service.

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Adobe Stock / Re: PNG files on Adobestock - Some Questions
« on: August 16, 2022, 11:37 »
Mat, something just occured to me - I submitted some png files and today one of them was sold. But if these images are now not sold as transparent pngs, but jpgs to the customers, isn't it highly misleading to them, when they have "transparent" in title and keywors? At least the keyword "transparent" is automatically filled in by adobe when submitting a png file. Wouldn't it be better to hide them from customers alltogether, till Adobe is ready to launch them as pngs instead of selling them as jpgs while claiming they were transparent?

That's exactly how it is with me, Firn. I have uploaded a few png files - online since two days. The same images are also available in my portfolio as jpg with white background. And now the first of the png images has been sold.

I too see the danger that buyers might feel fooled when they realize that the images are not clipped at all.

Mat, what do the buyers actually get? A jpg or a png?

For now, these files are only available as JPG on the customer facing site. Once the feature is launched, they can download PNG files.

Thank you for the feedback,

Mat

Thanks for this... noticed that they were showing as jpg on the customer side but PNG on my portfolio.

I presume this won't have a negative impact on the actual jpgs files that exist already. It wouldn't be ideal if the jpgs to competed with the already established successful files. Do we have an approx time scale in terms of when the PNG service will be activated?

Thanks

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Adobe Stock / Re: PNG files on Adobestock - Some Questions
« on: August 13, 2022, 12:07 »
Thanks for the updates on the new feature Mat...but it is Saturday... surely you're allowed to take a break from work?!?!  I think you've earned a pint or two... ;D

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So far this month...

Enhanced x 2 - $20 + 26
SOD x 3 - 2x $32 1x 18
Video 1 - $18

That said, there have been a lot of $0.10 sales with below average daily totals.

Edit... another $33 SOD today.

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I noticed an email from a footage rep from Shutterstock asking us to shoot footage for the travel genre and providing a list of destinations. I laughed... given the commission you get and the cost of traveling, production gear etc there is no chance we'd shoot that for them. I didn't even bother replying as it's been said a 1000 times. A lot of contributors will just quietly move on.

Agencies will reap what they sow and if they're not careful they'll only get the easy to produce work and the the footage they say is in demand is in demand because contributors can no longer afford to make it.

That said, I still receive plenty of higher value sales of footage from AS but obviously, I have to be selective in what I produce as it's a lot harder to make the costs back now.

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Computer Hardware / Re: 2k or 4k monitor for photo editing?
« on: July 08, 2022, 16:34 »
I'm quite sure its a Eizo ColorEdge CG2730. It was around 1350 mark. If the Benq has hardware calibration as well don't discount it. As I said, I was very happy with mine and used it for years!

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Computer Hardware / Re: 2k or 4k monitor for photo editing?
« on: July 08, 2022, 10:30 »
I'd say the Eizo is worth the extra provided you have the built in calibration tool. The monitor is still better than the BenQ without it but one of the biggest perks is not having to worry about calibration. It just does it itself when X amount of time has elapsed when you're not working.

I used a BenQ monitor for years and the monitor was really good. Not as many features and possibly not as even as the Eizo but still very good.

Now, is that very good quality calibration tool and software worth it. We all need to use one in order to make sure what we see is what the clients see so, if you bought a monitor without it you still need to buy one.

Sadly my 27" Cintiq doesn't have a built in calibration tool and I've bought a number of Xrite calibration tools over time and they have an annoying habit of stopping support at the earliest opportunity. I use an older one now thats no longer supported but use it with an app called DisplayCal. Free to use and if you like, donate. It's worth a donation.

I'd imagine I've spent a good 300-400 on calibration tools so you have to take that into account when buying an Eizo with it built in. The software naturally is updated and I'm not aware of them just pulling support.

It's also very easy to flick between a different profiles Adobe1998 etc and it has a whole host of other things that I probably don't make use of. So, for me the ability to avoid all the hassle of using separate calibration tools (and remembering to use them) I personally think it's worth it. I just get on with my work and let it sort itself out!

Hope this helps a little.


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Alamy.com / Re: Alamy sale for 7 cents
« on: July 07, 2022, 02:49 »
If you've opted out, report it to Alamy. I did and ended up getting 100% commission. There was a fault (which has been corrected) but you'll need to check and get in touch with them

Congrats  :)-  good for you but what did you say, and who did you email to?
I reported my 0.01 sales and all I got back the usual "long lead times" BS. And yes I've opted out both NU and distribution.

I knew I'd opted out of Distribution sales in China back in April this year and that I'd opted out of novel use scheme back in 2013. That's all I told them and that I'd already complained about receiving 100 of these sales at the end of last year. I was told that there had been an error (now corrected) and that they'd refund 100% commission. That was it.

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Computer Hardware / Re: 2k or 4k monitor for photo editing?
« on: July 06, 2022, 10:22 »
I have a 27" 2k Eizo ColorEdge monitor and before that a BenQ. The BenQ was a great monitor but not really a patch on the Eizo. I never have to worry about calibration, it does it automatically for you with it's own built in calibration tool. The screen is very clear and even. Good selection of ports etc. If I had to buy another monitor now, Eizo would be my first point of call.

As I mentioned earlier in the thread, the pixel ratio of a 2k monitor at 27" is about perfect for assessing picture sharpness.

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Alamy.com / Re: Alamy sale for 7 cents
« on: July 05, 2022, 09:01 »
If you've opted out, report it to Alamy. I did and ended up getting 100% commission. There was a fault (which has been corrected) but you'll need to check and get in touch with them

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Alamy.com / Re: Alamy sale for 7 cents
« on: July 01, 2022, 03:03 »
I had 20 sales or more of less than $0.10 and I'm not part of the novel use scheme and I've opted out of third part distribution to almost all countries but especially China etc and yet I still get these pathetic sales. This was after I told them a few months ago when I received 80 of these sales (which were Novel Use to China) that I wasn't parti of these schemes. Alamy monthly sales represent about 1-2 hours worth on AS so the time has come to delete the images I have there.

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Just received a payment for 58 images.

Some new images to the free collection are showing as "Free" while others show "Free" + In Review. Not sure if this means another payment maybe due if the ones in review are also accepted.

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SS has the bigger sales ($). I've had one $112 & $91 this week. Adobe does have quite a few from 20-60 mark as well but whereas SS has loads for $0.10 AS is more consistently around the 1 mark with far more sales. SS is only 1/3 - 1/2 of AS for me, even with the bigger SS sales.

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Thanks Mat. I'll just stick to C1 for now then. The day LR allows for manual ordering of keywords I'll be able to drop C1. I did some testing in the past and enjoyed using both classic and mobile LR but I still had to use C1 for keywording so it was just complicating my workflow using LR.

Here's hoping they'll allow it some day soon!

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I can't be the only one that tinkers/optimises keywords offline in LR and then would like the ability to be able to batch-copy all of them to a particular, already accepted, image? I can't seem to find a way to quickly do that at Adobe, instead I'm left at entering keywords one by one - which I'm just not going to do.

Any suggestions, tips, tricks?

/Fox

Does Adobe LR allow you to rank, order keywords or is it still alphabetical?

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RPD at Adobe is slipping for me but, and it is a big but, the volume of sales is improving greatly. So far over 10k dls this year compared 6.8k for the same period last year. Net take is up just over 18% compared to the same period last year.

I hope we don't see as big a drop in terms of $/RPD but as long as I keep earning more each year then they must be doing something right.

Wow, those are good numbers! Congratulations!

If you don't mind me asking, how big is your AS portfolio?

Cheers approx 19k

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RPD at Adobe is slipping for me but, and it is a big but, the volume of sales is improving greatly. So far over 10k dls this year compared 6.8k for the same period last year. Net take is up just over 18% compared to the same period last year.

I hope we don't see as big a drop in terms of $/RPD but as long as I keep earning more each year then they must be doing something right.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: May statements are in
« on: June 17, 2022, 05:56 »
Surprised. 90% up on last may and 11% up on last month. Making progress with them at last. Which means it will change next month!

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor page's new design
« on: June 13, 2022, 04:58 »
Thankfully I now have the old, better version that doesn't require a dozen clicks to find out what I need to know. Hopefully the design team learn change doesn't always mean improvement. The earnings page is probably one of the few pages that pretty much tells me everything I need to know on the first screen.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor page's new design
« on: May 27, 2022, 07:17 »
It's not great. It's just a plain white page with grid lines which makes it hard to see, find the data you want. When you click on each day, it opens to a small box on a big screen so you have to scroll and when you do, it moves the X to close the box so it's off screen... so you have to scroll back again just to close it. And as if the scrolling a small box on a big screen isn't enough, it limits the amount of scrolling so they can have multiple pages. They must have been drunk when they came up with that one. I could be wrong but I always thought the idea of good webpage design was to reduce the number of clicks the customer/client is required to make to get to the page they want and not increase it unnecessarily?!?

All said and done, it is at a level that I've come to expect from SS so I can't really say I'm surprised!

Edit... I forgot to add that each new day is at the bottom of the screen so you have to scroll past all the other days / data before you get to the current day... and it remembers nothing on that main page of any selections you make... just to force you to make even more clicks again. I dread to think how they'll screw up the rest during the other phased releases!

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Well, given how low the $ sales have been over the last 2-3 days at SS, I think I'm already contributing to the "Gift Economy"

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General Stock Discussion / Re: This month's sales
« on: April 14, 2022, 07:33 »
SS about average, maybe a little less and AS performing well. IS ok, maybe a little better than average and the rest just bouncing around as they normally do

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100% agree. I try edit, create motion graphics in such a way it auto picks a good thumb nail but more often than not, it picks a duff one and you just know it'll never sell. Frustrating.

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