I'm currently an istock exclusive thinking of going indie. This is partly due to the current issues, but I do have other considerations. My port is approx 600 photos, but I am trying to diversify into 3D renders and I'm finding that istock rejects most of my work in this area. If you're interested you can check my work on istock. The renders are fairly recent so search by age. Question is do other agencies accept renders more readily than istock does? While I can see the reason for most photo rejects I don't get much useful out of 'the quality of this render is not good enough'. I'm at an impasse with it and want to find a way forward again.

I probably will drop the crown due to all these other issues, although I'm not convinced that other agencies are fundamentally better. I've seen some pretty severe criticism of all major agencies on this forum. Being a libran I'll take my time to make my decision. I have already deactivated a few images that I really don't want unrestricted use of out in the wild. Anyway I'm a very small player, and not really at risk with no Agency or Vettas.

Absolutely - IS are totally out of step with the other big sites when it comes to 3D

Thanks, what I expected and what I need to know.

The work I've been doing since last July have all been 3d renders.  And agree with what the others have said.  They sell okay for me on SS and the others but not as much as vectors do but they do sell.

I could not find any 3D renders in your bort, I mostly saw photos, and maybe some 3 d books.

However, I also saw that you have problems in your isolations with spill light.
Black cardboard and longer lens is a solution.

I'll have a look at the spill problem, but I do tend to use a lot of fill when shooting isolated images so I'm not sure what you see as a problem. I always use a lens hood. Almost all the non-editorial images in my most recent 100 are 3D - there are 22 of them. Books, knives, jewelry, smartphones. gears, a couple of stylised figures.

Quote from: JPSDK on January 25, 2013, 17:51

I could not find any 3D renders in your bort, I mostly saw photos, and maybe some 3 d books.

However, I also saw that you have problems in your isolations with spill light.
Black cardboard and longer lens is a solution.

I'll have a look at the spill problem, but I do tend to use a lot of fill when shooting isolated images so I'm not sure what you see as a problem. I always use a lens hood. Almost all the non-editorial images in my most recent 100 are 3D - there are 22 of them. Books, knives, jewelry, smartphones. gears, a couple of stylised figures.

well, then you are good, but you still have a problem with spill light.

Thanks for the links. I do use GnomonWorkshop a lot for tutorials. I'm happy to have had some work accepted on IS, at least it means I can make the grade occasionally. I've even sold a few. Problem is that for those that are rejected I'm not really seeing what I'm doing wrong, so a bit frustrated.

My acceptance ratio on IS is just under 40% but would be < 10% if I wasn't very picky about submissions - in contrast average acceptance is 93% across SS, DT, FT & 123 so well worth checking out IS rejections for submission to the others.