How are files chosen for Editors Pick? Seems to me it's more like it's given to people they like. I just browsed through a very sub par portfolio with nearly half the photos marked as "Editors Pick" from a contributor (who I'm not going to name) that is active in the forums and very "pro" iStock.  I looked at another portfolio with much higher quality images with almost nothing marked. So what's the deal? And does Editors Pick also seem to affect best match ranking?

I'm sure it has or will have some influence on best match, otherwise, what's the point?  And the point is obviously to boost some contributors over others.  It certainly isn't applied per image as our Vetta friend OJO+ shows.

However, it's surprising they unveiled it with zero explanation.  To me, it's another attempt to copy something from stocksy.

I'm actually not surprised that it was rolled out with no explanation given their track record. Yet another poorly communicated feature that smacks of favoritism. F*cking pathetic.

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Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on July 05, 2013, 08:19

I'm sure it has or will have some influence on best match, otherwise, what's the point?  And the point is obviously to boost some contributors over others.  It certainly isn't applied per image as our Vetta friend OJO+ shows.

However, it's surprising they unveiled it with zero explanation.  To me, it's another attempt to copy something from stocksy.

Alamy had editors pick long before Stocksy.

http://www.alamy.com/Blog/contributor/archive/2012/10/29/5241.aspx

29 October 2012

Exactly.  And Dreamstime's had Editor's Picks for as long as I can remember - certainly quite a number of years. 

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AFAICS, Editor's Pick = Vetta.
Maybe I haven't looked extensively enough.
So you get wondrous things like a full frame of grass as an Editor's Pick because it's an ingested Vetta.
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-25324187-grass-full-frame.php?st=0edf79f

No, some S+ is also marked as editor's pick.

Right, thanks.
Is there any way to see only Editor's Pick in a search?

Don't think so but my guess is that all our S+ and Vetta images will be given that banner and maybe in the future it will be a search option.

If they all get them, then ��-��� would show them all.

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Oh, I wasn't saying they came up with it.  Just that the timing seemed quite ... coincidental, going along with the new aesthetic ... "freedom" from technical requirements.

Ah.  Have to agree with you there.  Seems like there have been a lot of changes whose timing is "coincidental" with Stocksy's introduction...

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Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on July 05, 2013, 12:26

Oh, I wasn't saying they came up with it.  Just that the timing seemed quite ... coincidental, going along with the new aesthetic ... "freedom" from technical requirements.

Ah.  Have to agree with you there.  Seems like there have been a lot of changes whose timing is "coincidental" with Stocksy's introduction...

Istock has been talking about these changes for years, I'm actually surprised they took this long.

Yes, I recall them discussing an editor's pick attribute and dropping their technical standards.

Oh wait, no I don't.  Because they didn't talk about that for years.

I was talking about the collection changes, integration with Getty, and Istock picking where files belong.  I don't think they are lowering their standards in order to be more like Stocksy but I don't really look at that site.

I didn't say they were lowering standards to be like Stocksy - I said they were trying to achieve a new "aesthetic freedom" to compete with Stocksy, and their solution was to lower technical requirements, which, as we've seen, have been lowered to the floor.

And no, I don't really recall any indication in the past that they wanted to pick where files belong.

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Editor's Pick seems to be another example of iStock being secretive. No explanation of what it means, what the criteria are etc.

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Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on July 05, 2013, 08:19

I'm sure it has or will have some influence on best match, otherwise, what's the point?  And the point is obviously to boost some contributors over others.  It certainly isn't applied per image as our Vetta friend OJO+ shows.

However, it's surprising they unveiled it with zero explanation.  To me, it's another attempt to copy something from stocksy.

Alamy had editors pick long before Stocksy.

http://www.alamy.com/Blog/contributor/archive/2012/10/29/5241.aspx

29 October 2012

Exactly.  And Dreamstime's had Editor's Picks for as long as I can remember - certainly quite a number of years.

and I recall getting a bonus $5 once for an editorial editor's pick on DT.