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« on: April 30, 2012, 13:30 »
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I just got admited on istock.
I tried 6 months ago, just a few days after reading about microstocks on a forum, and sent 3 landscape -> immediate rejection.
Last week i decided to try again, and i had the nice surprise to be successful, with :

a balcony, from a recent trip to Barcelona :

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photos-enclosed-balcony,-barcelona-center,-spain.-image24380008 [nofollow]

a landscape from an autumn hike in Patagonia ( i thought that as Fotolia accepted it he must have a chance with IS)

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photos-torres-del-paine-fall,-chile.-image21825078 [nofollow]

and for some variety, the cutest / best technically photo i could find of my son...


now the stupid question, but my english is far from fluent :

do you really need to rename all your file with IS, or do they just mean that you should put a real name + description in the exif of your photos like any other microstock ?


traveler1116

« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2012, 13:55 »
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Not sure what you are asking?  Your titles and descriptions can be the same as on other sites, although editorial files may need to be in a different format.

« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2012, 14:10 »
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when writing the question i was afraid not being clear .

ill try to do better with an example


my camera gives a file that is named P7975463.jpg
for other microstocks i keep the file name, but in the exif i put a title and a description + keywords, and when i upload the file i just check the are taken correctly into account.

from reading istock submission guide i was afraid they asked to rename the  "P7975463.jpg" as well in something like "enclosed balcony.jpg" 

traveler1116

« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2012, 14:15 »
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You don't have to name the file a specific way.  Anything you choose should be ok.

« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2012, 14:20 »
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Thanks for the clarification  :)

ShadySue

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« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2012, 15:21 »
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However, it is worth considering whether you want (or don't want) Google visibility.
If you do, make your title meaningful ('blue apple isolated on orange'), and if you don't, don't ('Mine123456').
I don't think we are privy to how many people who search via Google go on to actually buy stock images.

traveler1116

« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2012, 15:52 »
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I thought istock gets rid of that info. 

ShadySue

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« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2012, 16:11 »
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I thought istock gets rid of that info. 
They changed it a while back.
Before that, it was almost impossible to find an iStock images on Google; I checked before I posted the above, and a test iStock image of mine is in Google Images at position 2 of "About 43,300". How helpful that is is moot: today I had the first dl on it after 14 months (though I'd expect it to have low micro interest, to be fair.)

ShadySue

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« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2012, 16:42 »
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Sorry, I'm talking rubbish. I'm talking about the title, not the file name.
 :-[ :-[ :-[

« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2012, 19:30 »
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However, it is worth considering whether you want (or don't want) Google visibility.
If you do, make your title meaningful ('blue apple isolated on orange'), and if you don't, don't ('Mine123456').
I don't think we are privy to how many people who search via Google go on to actually buy stock images.

not sure how much visibility comes from any image filename and how much from the exif/iptc -- i use a date-seq number for all my images, but each agency then assigns a name - often using my exif title -- for an image like 'moose walking' i have multiple images shown on the first page of google results - some have the stock agency title, others have nothing in the filename

« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2012, 21:07 »
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The file name has no bearing on what appears on the iStock website.  It is only how you fill in the form along with the file that matters.  I think time is well spent carefully making a title and description. But I do suggest that when you upload, you keep good track of your uploaded filename and location with the iStock number you are assigned. After some time, it will be hard to get back to that file from the iStock info and you may very well need to. I create a thumbnail in the same diretory as my original uploaded image, and name it with the istock image number.


 

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