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iStockPhoto.com / iStock Business Development in Italy

« on: August 07, 2009, 12:28 »

Hi All,

just want to share with all of you the breaking news that iStock HQ in Berlin have just hired Giorgio Fochesato as General Manager for the Italian operation.

Read the whole story here

bye!

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iStockPhoto.com / Can't Upload with DeepMeta

« on: July 09, 2009, 03:52 »

Many colleagues are reporting failed uploads by DeepMeta and also on the official IS forum seems other people report the same.

The problematic thing is that administrator Slobo declared "I would say that support for third party software is far down on iStock's priority list. Besides, it kills the queue. So, from iStockphoto's perspective it only brings good, no need to rush.".

Is this meaning that we have to come back to the cumbersome and time-consuming web upload?
Is that a move by IS to clear the approval queue?

What do u think?

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iStockPhoto.com / My First Sale on Vetta

« on: June 30, 2009, 06:51 »

Today I had my first sales on Vetta (http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=4785946), 15,50USD in royalty.

Hope this represent the beginning of a nice sales series...

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iStockPhoto.com / IS CV Server down...

« on: May 21, 2009, 14:03 »

Hi All,

I am currently (May 21st, 2009 @ 21:02 GMT+2) experiencing an issue connecting to the IS CV Server with DeepMeta, it is reporting "Internal Server Error (500)".

Anybody experiencing similar issue?

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General Stock Discussion / Minor Age Contributor?

« on: May 10, 2009, 04:42 »

Hi All,

there is anybody knowing if a photographer of minor age can apply to became a contributor of a MS agency?

Thanks.

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Software - General / Keywords Translation Tool?

« on: April 30, 2009, 13:34 »

Hi guys,

anybody knows if there is any automatic tool that translate automatically the keywords embedded into EXIF/IPTC of a JPG - using Google Translation or their own vocabularies?

Thanks.

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iStockPhoto.com / IS RSS Feeds

« on: April 21, 2009, 04:43 »

Hi All,

anybody using iStock RSS feeds of latest approved images embedded in your own website?

I am investigating the potential of SimplePie for my Joomla-powered website but from a quick review seems IS RSS feeds are not handled properly...

Any other idea will be highly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Payoneer / IS payoneer card in EU

« on: March 25, 2009, 04:37 »

Hi pals,

there is anybody having experience with the IS Payoneer card in Europe in terms of cost of transactions?

The pricing scheme on the site say that for transaction outside US the fee is "$0.00 + upto 3% of transaction amount". What do exactly translate in real life?

There is anything else hidden that I should know?

Thanks!

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StockXpert.com / How to add MR to rejected images?

« on: December 13, 2008, 14:16 »

Hi All,

anybody can help me to figure out how to add a MR to a rejected image (who was rejected because of the missing MR)?

Thanks.

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iStockPhoto.com / Do u also have files stuck in approval queue??

« on: November 30, 2008, 13:32 »

Hi pals,

there is anybody here still having files stuck in approval queue?

I have 56 files stuck in the queue with the oldest being uploaded on 15th of November...

This issue, just before holiday season, is really annoying!!!

bye!

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Lighting / Anybody already using Elinchrom BXi 250/500?

« on: October 28, 2008, 09:09 »

Hi Folks,

anybody out there already using the new Elinchrom BXi 250 or 500?

Also like to know how to set the Groups / Channels... From the brochure seems there are no switch...

Thanks,

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StockXpert.com / How to input compound keywords in StockXpert?

« on: October 26, 2008, 06:53 »

Hi,

any idea how to input compound keywords such like "studio shoot" or "from above" during image editing???

Thanks.

Antonio

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iStockPhoto.com / How to input compound keywords in StockXpert?

« on: October 26, 2008, 06:46 »

Hi,

any idea how to input compound keywords such like "studio shoot" or "from above" during image editing???

Thanks.

Antonio

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Software - General / Anyone wants a Cushystock license?

« on: October 21, 2008, 14:09 »

Dears,

I am giving away for 50% of retail price a license for latest version of Cushystock.

With no offense for the developer who made truly excellent job, only after the purchase, I realized that Cushystock is not the tool i am looking for.

For those interested, payment on Paypal.
Regards,

Antonio D'Albore
info at antoniodalbore.it

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Software - General / Do I need to keep JPG Archive for CushyStock?

« on: October 10, 2008, 07:46 »

Dear All,

I just purchased a license for CushyStock and started to familiarize with it.
I have tried to import a portfolio from an agency and Cushy is asking me to match each image he retrieve from the web with a local JPG file.
Is this meaning that I need to feed Cushy with all the folders that contain the JPG images?

Is this also meaning that i need to keep for Cushy a set of folder with all JPEG for his management?

If YES this is quite disturbing for me as my Archive is made of RAW+TIFF, all JPG are deleted after submission...

Thanks,

Antonio

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Photoshop Discussion / Do I need to keep JPG Archive for CushyStock?

« on: October 09, 2008, 08:34 »

Dear All,

I just purchased a license for CushyStock and started to familiarize with it.
I have tried to import a portfolio from an agency and Cushy is asking me to match each image he retrieve from the web with a local JPG file.
Is this meaning that I need to feed Cushy with all the folders that contain the JPG images?

Is this also meaning that i need to keep for Cushy a set of folder with all JPEG for his management?

If YES this is quite disturbing for me as my Archive is made of RAW+TIFF, all JPG are deleted after submission...

Thanks,

Antonio

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Microstock Services / Cushy Stock or Prostockmaster???

« on: September 11, 2008, 04:19 »

I am going to purchase a tool to automate the pics submission process but I am not clear enough which SW is better, Cushy Stock or Prostockmaster?

Thanks for sharing with me your experience with those two tools.

Cheers!

Antonio