"Revised image plans for customers"

Otherwise known as "contributors will soon be getting less", I'll bet.

I'm not with iStock, but I think a PNG option should be available everywhere.  I was approached by two buyers from DT in one day asking for an isolated copy of an image.

You can see what i wrote about it in one of the DT threads in the forum...

http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_27303

It's not as a big a deal for photographs, but for illustrations that are already isolated and then uploaded as flat PNGs, it seems like a waste not to offer the PNG to the buyer.  They will pay more for it to save them a lot of time.

As for a "game changer", iStock isn't the first to introduce PNGs, Big stock already offers them.  The only thing I don't like is that transparencies don't load properly... don't know why.

Here's an update on PNG files for iStock. This will double my portfolio and bring in higher revenue per image.

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=329282&page=1

As long as you are not using up more than half your upload slots. If you are using them all, it will halve the diversity of your portfolio and switch some of your sales from jpg to PNG, cutting your jpg earnings by more than half (missing uploads plus diverted sales) significantly damaging your income.

"Revised image plans for customers"

Otherwise known as "contributors will soon be getting less", I'll bet.

The last time SS introduced a revised image plan, it dramatically increased my RPD. I'm going to stay optimistic about this one as well.

Thanks rimglow,

I wouldn't have known as I only submit illustrations.