Not - but seriously: what does ESP mean?

Also - is this something we are supposed to know about already or is this new?

Enterprise Submission Platform. It's what video contributors currently upload by but will now be for still images as well.

"We are fairly confident about the royalties system transition dates and the cut-over from iStock.com upload to ESP on January 3 but, like any technology project, delays are possible." Any one else confident about this? I'm expecting total chaos

wow... so much hate and anger. maybe there is something good in this announcement.

Maybe indeed. What good do you see?

Quote from: Shooter on October 31, 2016, 17:12

wow... so much hate and anger. maybe there is something good in this announcement.

Maybe indeed. What good do you see?

I have not deconstructed every statement and some benefits will only be realized in the future. But this lynch mob only wants blood.

Quote from: Shooter on October 31, 2016, 17:34

Quote from: ShadySue on October 31, 2016, 17:19

Quote from: Shooter on October 31, 2016, 17:12

wow... so much hate and anger. maybe there is something good in this announcement.

Maybe indeed. What good do you see?

I have not deconstructed every statement and some benefits will only be realized in the future. But this lynch mob only wants blood.

We've been through a lot of iS/Getty announcements, and  we're (nearly) always worse off following whatever 'exciting' or 'positive' spin they put on them.

I have been through it as well and understand the anger but I retain my objectivity. I am not a Pollyanna fan-boy of Getty, but not everything they do has evil intentions.

The esp system for video was good. And they say they will keep deepmeta etc,,,so you don´t need to change your workflow.

This is not a negative change. If they gave us a better royalty system, I would use it, but like this?

2 cents is 2 cents is....

The esp system for video was good. And they say they will keep deepmeta etc,,,so you don´t need to change your workflow.

They seem to be replacing their own native uploading, so my workflow - if I were to restart uploading - would need to change.

Quote from: cobalt on October 31, 2016, 18:15

The esp system for video was good. And they say they will keep deepmeta etc,,,so you don´t need to change your workflow.

They seem to be replacing their own native uploading, so my workflow - if I were to restart uploading - would need to change.

I couldn't make much sense of this announcement. All I want to know is whether -- and how -- this affects someone like me who no longer uploads images to my portfolio and will never do so again. I deactivated a substantial portion of my port after previous debacles but have left the remaining images to collect what few pennies they can -- and they are fewer each day. I'm not going to jump through hoops for a portfolio in its final death spiral so this could be the final straw that forces me to just close my account.

Two questions for anyone who has been able to figure out what this "exciting and positive" news actually means: 

1) will I still be able to view my earnings information where it is now or will I have to go somewhere else to find it?

2) I assume that, in the increasingly unlikely event that I ever see another payout, the money will still be sent automatically to my PayPal account as it is now, or will this require some hoop-jumping?

What does ESP mean in this context?

It is an upload platform. Before it was only video and now all getty switched to it. I've been using it for like 1 year and a half and it's been very good. I would say similar but a bit better than pond5's platform.