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1026
« on: October 24, 2006, 12:07 »
1027
« on: October 24, 2006, 06:57 »
Congratulations. You are way ahead of me at iSotck but just behind at fotolia.
Thanks you very much. Fotolia doesn't seem to do as well for me for some reason. What is your all time rank at fotolia. When I made the Bronze canister, my rank was 1000 and I have slipped slightly since (mental note: must upload more - mantra quality and quantity).
My all-time rank is currently 1226, but it seems to move up and down from day-to-day and week-to-week.
1028
« on: October 24, 2006, 06:14 »
Yesterday, I had two major milestones on the micrstock sites:
- I went over the 500 sales mark at iStock and earned my 1st new canister (a bronze one). This doesn't get me much, since it only increases the # of uploads per week and I only upload a few photos a week, but it is a good moral boost.
- I went over the 100 sales mark at Fotolia and earned my 1st new ranking (a bronze one). This one will hopefully get me a little more, since it increases royalties from 33% to 35% and allows one to increase their Extended licenses.
All in all, it was a very good day.
1029
« on: October 21, 2006, 17:26 »
...does any one know any good programs for storing and organizing images, similar to Picasa or iPhoto?
IMatch and IDImager are two pretty well known DAM (Digital Asset Management) programs.
1030
« on: October 20, 2006, 17:54 »
Admart - keyword changes dont need approval, they get updated automatically (not sure if done overnight or immediately).
...other people could change my keywords in the same way.
If there is keyword spamming, then another person can RECOMMEND changes that need to be approved by iStock admin.
1031
« on: October 20, 2006, 16:36 »
I thought that iStock doesn't pick up EXIF at all (no matter what software you are using). Except for ImageManager of course...
1032
« on: October 20, 2006, 13:17 »
I also agree that it is a nice feature and believe that ALL of the sites should implement something similar. It is nice to be able to download an image when it is not readily available.
I just wanted to make sure that people weren't going to use that as their ONLY backup.
1033
« on: October 20, 2006, 05:53 »
Disambiguating files is now a LOT easier. iStock has added:
- a new tab that allows a user to copy tags (aka keywords) from one file to another
- a new way to remove multiple tabs at one time
They have also made the display for alternate searches more visible. If you search on keywords that are disambiguated to a phrase, there is a new box at the top of the search results that says something similar to:
We found the term "living room" as a phrase.
Would you like to search for living AND room instead?
1034
« on: October 20, 2006, 04:43 »
If you are relying on a stock site as a backup, then there is something amiss. A backup procedure/plan should be a part of every computer that has information on it that is irreplaceable. If your photos are valuable, then set up a backup plan. If you don't, I guarantee that you will regret it...
1035
« on: October 18, 2006, 05:00 »
I also like a thread for each new item, since I never scroll all the way to the bottom of the page. As was stated earlier, it will quickly fall to the bottom if nobody makes a comment.
The problem with iStock news is that most of the REALLY important stuff is buried on page 23 of a thread somewhere never to be found (unless some kind soul that has read all 50 pages decides to kindly post it).
1036
« on: October 17, 2006, 12:29 »
StockXpert also has ratings which can be searched by specifically (I dont think they are tied into the best match criteria).
FYI: StockXpert doesn't have a Best Match sort order.
1037
« on: October 16, 2006, 17:35 »
As the title states, is there an upgrade path from Photoshop Elements to CS?
If so, how much is it?
1038
« on: October 16, 2006, 06:24 »
I don't think it is just ebb and flow. The more phrases you put in the system, the more rewards you get. example phrase (silly boy): lets say that before you added the phrase 'silly boy' if a buyer were to search "silly boy" the search engine would search for "silly AND boy". But now that you've added the phrase to their system, when anyone searchs for "silly boy" the system will only return the photos that have that exact phrase. It is normally a much smaller return.
This example is based on a real example I tried out. The photo sold for only the second time, in three months, the day after I made the change. It was a Sunday too!
This is not true. Although there are times that the search engine will return the phrase, there are other times that the search engine will NOT return the phrase, so it is a crap shoot. For example, if you search using the keywords"American passport" (WITHOUT the quotes), then the search results show for "american AND passport" and you will receive 23 results. If you search using the keywords "American passport" (WITH the quotes), then you will receive the phrase "American passport" and you will receive 1 result. The same is true of the famous example "red car" and many other keyword combinations. But other examples, such as searching for the keywords "American flag" (WITHOUT the quotes) will show up as you stated (with results from the phrase). So there is no rhyme or reason to the searches at this point. On top of that, the search results keep changing as the days go by. One day, the keywords will return the phrase and on another day they will return the separate keywords...
1039
« on: October 14, 2006, 06:16 »
It is very good to see nature shots sell so well.
Congratulations to both of you.
1040
« on: October 13, 2006, 17:06 »
After reading another thread, I see that achieving the bronze canister level (over 500 DLs) gets an increase in uploads (from 20 to 25/week), but I was wondering if there are any other benefits (as a non-exclusive)?
1041
« on: October 13, 2006, 13:07 »
For example, I interpolate my Canon 30d images from it's native 240 dpi up to 300 dpi with Photozoom Pro 2. FYI: Changing the DPI of an image has nothing to do with the size of the image.
1042
« on: October 12, 2006, 10:24 »
I combined the following two pages: http://www1.istockphoto.com/xnet.phphttp://www1.istockphoto.com/icons.phpTo come up with this: In order to bring down the queue, we have temporarily lowered the upload limits. Please be your own editor and upload wisely.
Default: 20
Bronze (500+ DLs): 25
Silver (2,500+ DLs): 30
Gold (10,000+ DLs): 35
Diamond (25,000+ DLs): 50
Exclusive limits remain unchanged. There is also a Black Diamond icon/level, but I'm not sure what the upload limits for that are. I'm not going to research the issue, since I probably will never reach it...
1043
« on: October 12, 2006, 07:49 »
It's the number of entries (lines) on the left side, any entry can have one of several keywords, whose result end up with any numbers of tabs, even more than 50 if you choose several appropriate definitions.
The entries on the left side ARE the keywords.
1044
« on: October 12, 2006, 06:41 »
is the limit 50 keywords or 50 tags - as one keyword can have multiple tags. ie. orange as in fruit and orange as in colour.
Keywords...
1045
« on: October 12, 2006, 06:40 »
...they might think i should charge $5.00 to cover a wedding. I'll bet at those prices, you would start a lot of happy relationships... 
1046
« on: October 11, 2006, 16:47 »
Congratulations to both of you.
1047
« on: October 11, 2006, 12:31 »
1048
« on: October 11, 2006, 08:39 »
I don't do many model releases and haven't done any on SS, but SS has implemented a MR library where you can upload one release and then use it on multiple photos.
1049
« on: October 10, 2006, 11:11 »
Basically, it allows you to upload a series of photos and then bulk auto-populate them. But they are requiring you to go into each photo and make individual changes. Here is the full thread: http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_5794
1050
« on: October 10, 2006, 10:34 »
2. Your images have been up there for a long time and thus used to show up in the Most Popular searches (which used to really be based on Most Downloads). Since the search changed in the past month, your images are no longer showing up in Most Popular (since it has changed to a sort based upon time AND downloads).
Quick question for you on this... just curious how you knew the sorting had changed? Is this something you just noticed by chance or was there an announcement made somewhere? If so do you have a link? Thanks in advance.
There was an announcement made, and then there were a myriad of forum threads on the topic. Here is one of the first threads on the issue (from back in July): http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11161&highlight=popular
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