Will you change comission for videos from 2013 as well as images?

Quote from: MaZvone on February 15, 2012, 11:54
Will you change comission for videos from 2013 as well as images?

Answered in the 123RF forum -- yes.

Seems particularly unfair for video-only contributors, since there will be only 10 months of sales by then. And how likely it is that initial sales of new media on any site are going to be robust?

Im going to begin uploading. Is codec PhotoJpeg with 95% compression ok?

Quote from: stocker2011 on February 16, 2012, 13:29
Im going to begin uploading. Is codec PhotoJpeg with 95% compression ok?

Hey Stocker2011,

It's ok to upload using the codec PhotoJpeg.

Kindly email to [email protected] if you're facing any difficulties in video uploading so that we can guide you from there.

Have a pleasant day!


Cheers,
Anglee

Quote from: KB on February 16, 2012, 04:42

Quote from: MaZvone on February 15, 2012, 11:54
Will you change comission for videos from 2013 as well as images?

Answered in the 123RF forum -- yes.

Seems particularly unfair for video-only contributors, since there will be only 10 months of sales by then. And how likely it is that initial sales of new media on any site are going to be robust?

Made the decision not to invest the time to upload footage there much easier. Think I'll concentrate on Pond 5 where I can set my own prices and get 50% instead.

 I agree   

Will 123RF video be going live in March?

Does anyone know the video specs of 123RF?

QuoteSupported file formats are : .MOV, .WMV, .MP4
Kindly ensure your footages do not exceed 1 minute in duration.

The above doesn't say much. I'm need to know if the accept .mov files with the PNG codec and support for alpha channel.

Also, on the summary info table for each video, there is no information about the original video codec.
Buyers need to know this information.

Cheers.

Quote from: alex123rf on February 09, 2012, 01:32
Hi we should be going live next week or so. stay tuned...

Alex

that was in feb - after an earlier prediction of early Jan - another month and still no news? when will videos go on  sale? 

Unfortunately, the longer the delay, the less time available to earn the 50% commission level  promised that led some to upload in the first place. Not to mention it lessens the time to earn "credits" towards achieving a higher than minimum commission level starting January. 

they currently have a footage tab on their web page, it looks like its live

^^ Indeed it is -- thanks! As of when, I wonder?

The first search I tried was Hawaii ... and in the top 12 results were: a time lapse of clouds moving over the Grand Canyon, 3 palm tree videos keyworded with a multitude of countries that have palm trees, Atlantic Ocean Dominican Republic, and a majestically beautiful waterfall in Taiwan. But the other half (6) were all actual scenes taken in Hawaii.

This isn't a knock on 123RF, it's a knock against my fellow contributors who love to spam locations (among other things). (Though the Grand Canyon and Taiwain ones don't appear to be location spamming -- their keywords seem to pertain to different clips.)

Keyword spamming is so prevalent that IMO sites that weigh keywords based on buyer's purchases and clicks will eventually end up with much better search results than those that do not.

I noticed it either Mon or Tues of this week, it may have been active before that, I don't know.

We've gone live on Monday, it's a very soft launch, ie. only several countries have it. Once we iron out the bugs etc. We'll go all out to promote and push footage.

As for the locations and keywording spam, it's a normal occurrence, we can remove keywords from the index at a future date.

Thank you very much,

Alex.

Quote from: alex123rf on March 08, 2012, 01:35
We've gone live on Monday, it's a very soft launch, ie. only several countries have it. Once we iron out the bugs etc. We'll go all out to promote and push footage.

Great, glad to hear that. I hope it goes very well.

Quote
As for the locations and keywording spam, it's a normal occurrence, we can remove keywords from the index at a future date.

I wish there was a system by which buyers (or anyone who does a search) could report bad keywords. It doesn't mean the files would have to be changed, but at least that would give a mechanism for someone who is a keywording expert to be alerted to look and decide. OTOH, it could cause more harm than good if there aren't proper resources available (i.e., an available keywording expert).

Nice, post here when you get your 1st sale!

Im pretty new to 123rf and cant figure out where my earnings are, do i have to click on earnings at the bottom for the full report or should it appear as credits on the top bar.

I also cant find stats ie. views nor can i figure out how to manage my videos eg. delete them.

Quote from: stocker2011 on March 10, 2012, 16:47
Im pretty new to 123rf and cant figure out where my earnings are, do i have to click on earnings at the bottom for the full report or should it appear as credits on the top bar.

I also cant find stats ie. views nor can i figure out how to manage my videos eg. delete them.

Hey Stocker2011,

Yes, you need to click on the "Earnings"  located at the Footer when logged into 123RF to retrieve the full earnings report.

The credits on the top bar acts as a reminder to clients on their credit balance in the account for them to download images.

As for the video stats page, we're improving the features in stages. You can only upload, keywords and submit videos at the moment. We'll keep you posted as we add in new features.


Thanks,
Anglee

Its been a few months now and i still cant find a way to delete videos. Perhaps im looking in the wrong place, could anyone please help?

Hi Stocker2011,

Here are your required steps:
1. Log into 123RF.com
2. Key in the captcha
3. Scroll downwards to the footer, under contributors click upload
4. Select footage
5. Click Continue >>>
6. Click the Completed Footage tab
7. Click the appropriate filter: All | Pending | Accepted | Rejected
8. Take note of the filename of the video you'd like to delete
9. Email [email protected]

I'll speak to the dev team to give you a more direct manner to delete footage files.

Thank you!

Thanks alex.