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« Reply #150 on: October 10, 2013, 20:31 »
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Video is really slow I am now non-exclusive at iStock and need those clips inspected!


« Reply #151 on: October 11, 2013, 02:48 »
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Hi Zager, the video review is still very slow. My uploads from Sept 24 are still pending. I have lots of seasonal footages, it looks like I will miss the fall sales.

Sorry for that. We're really getting as much quality people as possible to the curator crew, but the growth of content and sales is a bit faster than expected. We're definitely not just siting & watching. But we can't just bring in people with no training.

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« Reply #152 on: November 26, 2013, 19:43 »
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Hi Zager,

Any ETA on metadata import for vectors?

Thanks


« Reply #154 on: November 27, 2013, 14:03 »
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Some of us have a large collection of video clips ready for submission. FTP would take forever to upload them all. Will there be an option available to mail in videos burned to disc?

« Reply #155 on: November 27, 2013, 17:53 »
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It would be better if there was an "editorial" button in the photo submission page.... like the one in the video submission page. 

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« Reply #156 on: November 27, 2013, 17:59 »
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Dedicated landing page for photo's.


« Reply #158 on: December 29, 2013, 08:07 »
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Could you consider to remove (or at least make it less prominent) the acustic watermark in your audiofiles??
Last week we had to buy some audios for a client and after a while of listening i had the feeling that my ears start to bleed and so i bought files from somewhere else - although i really like P5 and the fact that contributors earn more than with other agencies.
That watermark is OK for a short impression but if you need to search more intensive you go crazy.
Try it yourself...

regards axel


EmberMike

« Reply #160 on: December 30, 2013, 11:35 »
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Glad to see direct vector uploading, but the uploading system has some bugs. Embedded keywords aren't pulled from the JPG previews, and the Image Type selection isn't available until you attempt to submit the image for review. You have to submit, get an error, then the Image Type option appears and you can choose Illustration or Photo.

« Reply #161 on: December 31, 2013, 06:02 »
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Hi Jonathan,
i am not sure if watermarks are an appropriate measurebecause it makes people buy somewhere else more than it protects against licence violations.
We bought 0 files at audiojungle, 1 file on P5 and around 100 at soundtaxi in the last three months -although the portfolio on P5 and envato is bigger than at soundtaxi.
And i know some befriended companies (i run a marketing company as well where we need to buy a lot of images / footage / audio for our clients) feel the same.

I do understand that its more dificult with audio than with images but nevertheless i am convinced that at least this kind of watermark (very loud, very short intervall, very disturbing) does more damage than it provides.

Just a short idea:
Do you know these "photographers" which plaster their images with watermarks?
Or even worse - these people who block the whole context-menu / right-clicks and annoy every serious user with a pop-up, saying "These images are protected".
Am i a potential criminal for this photographers only because i want to use my context-menu?

What i want to say:
This exemplary person sends a clear signal to its users:"I am full of closefistedness, greed and fear".
Wouldnt it be much better if this person would show much more sovereignty, generosity and strenght?
Wouldnt that bring more positive effect than the savings he made by all his gollum-like "MY PRECIoUS!!" / Fort-Knox measures?

People steal a lot from us too.
What to do now??
Put watermarks everywhere , block the context-menu, write in headers and red-flaming letters everywhere that copying is not allowed?
Means: I tell around 500 users every day "We dont trust you, we think youre a criminal and the only reason you are here is because you want to rob us"?
Just because some idiots steal our work?
This is like i would throw my Leica after a running thief who has stolen my lenscap.

We have one line of small text in our footer - recomended by our lawyer - and thats it.
Once a year we hire a company to check for unlicenced material on other websites and when we find them we send the violator a bill.
If they dont pay we send our lawyer. Done

I hope you dont take that personal.
I really like P5 as a contributor.
But i would as well like it very much as a buyer too.

Regards axel
« Last Edit: December 31, 2013, 06:09 by Axel Lauer »

« Reply #162 on: December 31, 2013, 06:58 »
+5
The world's most difficult issue appears to be finding a solution to not changing every upper case letter to lower case in the meta.


« Reply #164 on: January 08, 2014, 06:15 »
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 Topic: Pond5: What should we improve?


Sales maybe ?


« Reply #166 on: January 08, 2014, 07:03 »
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Hey there Zegar, I just added a modest bunch of vectors, nice setup, just got a nitpick thing...

When editing a vector the option to " tic" to choose photo or illustration is not present until you hit save and get an error mess saying you didn't choose one.

Thanks a bunch :)


My Very Best :)
KimsCreativeHub.com

EmberMike

« Reply #167 on: January 08, 2014, 09:28 »
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Hello everyone, we've (hopefully) fixed the IPTC reading for Photos and Ilustrations at Pond5 (Illustrations via the JPG in the ZIP).

Can you guys prove me wrong in case there's still something not working fine?...

IPTC data in vectors is now working fine for me. But the Photo/Illustration radio button still doesn't appear until after you try to submit the image and get an error.

« Reply #168 on: January 09, 2014, 05:53 »
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Hello everyone, we've (hopefully) fixed the IPTC reading for Photos and Ilustrations at Pond5 (Illustrations via the JPG in the ZIP).

Can you guys prove me wrong in case there's still something not working fine?...

IPTC data in vectors is now working fine for me. But the Photo/Illustration radio button still doesn't appear until after you try to submit the image and get an error.

Same thing for me. The Photo/Illustration radio button problem, (doesn't appear until after you try to submit the image and get an error) is really boring. It slows the process of submitting and multiply the clicks (I have around 1100 files to submit...)

« Reply #169 on: January 14, 2014, 15:36 »
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« Reply #170 on: January 14, 2014, 15:57 »
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great to hear that IPTC reading for illustrations is sorted..

I will upload as soon as I have some spare time..

« Reply #171 on: January 22, 2014, 16:05 »
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You have so many contributors who are not native English speaker. Would be nice to have a spell checker in the tabs for description and key wording. It would help selling in my opinion

« Reply #172 on: January 22, 2014, 20:58 »
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With Pond5 I think some improvements I'd like to see are
the videos also available for purchase in smaller sizes. Maybe this would actually increase overall revenue from sales?
I'd like to see keyword spam and irrelevancies cleaned up and not gotten through so much. Makes for a better shopping experience.
It'd be nice if submitting was even easier. Could templates be expanded to include checking Pictures?
Thanks
« Last Edit: January 23, 2014, 06:35 by WaterView »

« Reply #173 on: February 17, 2014, 15:56 »
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+1 on the removal of capital letters.  How hard is it to fix that?

The entire uploading process is awkward.  It just is.  Look over here, click over there, do this pulldown, go to that page, etc.

Still unable to stop the removal of capital letters.  Must be the hardest thing evah!

« Reply #174 on: February 17, 2014, 17:54 »
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+1 on the removal of capital letters.  How hard is it to fix that?

The entire uploading process is awkward.  It just is.  Look over here, click over there, do this pulldown, go to that page, etc.

Still unable to stop the removal of capital letters.  Must be the hardest thing evah!

Yep! If this and the illustration check box get fixed, uploading will be pretty smooth. It's getting better though.


 

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