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Patrick H.

Here you will find the differences between the screens :

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/panel_technologies.htm

Patrick H.

Quote from: donding on May 27, 2010, 16:22
Go and deactivate....DELETE???...your account then sign back in and it will automatically reactivate just by you signing in. You can not delete it unless there is a button besides deactivate that I could not find. Try it and you will discover that it will reactivate it just by signing in, you don't have to go to your account setting to do it..it does it for you.

https://ssl.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account&__a=3

What screen is the stock photographer using... out of curiosity.
Do you calibrate or not..?..
What calibration device are you using.?.

Patrick.

Quote from: KB on May 26, 2010, 22:11
Patrick, I'm working on the very same model of monitor that you are (love it!).  I calibrate it with a Pantone EyeOne Display2. I work in 16-bit, ProPhoto RGB colorspace, but convert to 8-bit sRGB before uploading. Oops. That's no longer true. I used to do that; now I send adobe RGB to everyone.

What I've noticed is, different sites do different things to the thumbs. Many add saturation, some change the tone slightly, add contrast. I've just given up trying to figure out how to make the thumbs look "right", and just UL what looks good to me and don't worry about it.

But, then again, my sales have been dropping lately, so maybe that's to blame? 

Great screen indeed... 

Some more info.. the problem is not only with the tumbs, i downloaded one of my own images from a stock site... and it shows the wrong colors too in a generic image viewer, however when i load it into photoshop the colors are again correct..... 

Patrick H.

Quote from: lisafx on May 26, 2010, 21:23
Strange you should mention it.  I seem to have the opposite problem - my images look nice and saturated in PS and on my computer, but when uploaded the thumbnails on some of the sites seem to be undersaturated or have a slight cool tone to them.  

Since I am viewing it all on the same monitor I have just concluded that the thumbnail generators on some of the sites are responsible for the discrepancy.  

Strange indeed... Could be they don't read the embedded color profile.?..

Patrick H.

Hi,

I'm intrigued and puzzled by a color profile problem.
I work in photoshop CS4, color space adobe sRGB IEC1966- 2.1. Color profile embedded when saving.
Skin tones are perfect in photoshop, i do not push saturation etc, try to keep is natural as possible.
However after upload the images on-line appear to be pinkish... very unnatural skin tones. Below an example (screen captures with on the left how it appears online, on the right how it shows in photoshop)


Is there a setting i need to change to match the colors.?..

Patrick H.

ps : i'm working on a HP LP2475 w s-ips screen calibrated on a weekly basis with the panthone Huey pro.

I only use the Canon 24-105 f/4 L.
It covers almost everything i need to shoot...

Patrick H.

Quote from: Eireann on May 04, 2010, 22:41
Lol, I still have 20 pending ... (for the last 10 days).
Let's see if they get reviewed in a hurry

But this is a great offer and I'm very happy.
Not necessarily because of the bonus (I only have 110 images on Veer, I do not qualify for higher bonus), but because it shows signs of Corbis finally kicking back.
Finally!
They're fully capable of taking Getty head on. If only they wanted to...

This is a good offer.

It might even be good enough to convince some of the very successful contributors (Lisa and others) who had left Veer in disappointment to reconsider, and come back now.
Hopefully

Contacted to apply and become member with them twice a year ago, they sent a mail to wait for further instructions.  I'm still waiting.

Patrick H.

Quote from: franky242 on April 19, 2010, 08:55

Quote from: Michael on April 17, 2010, 21:32

Quote from: franky242 on April 15, 2010, 17:24I just wanted to state that acceptance ratios with Zoonar/Polylooks MIGHT be rather small - a fact that photographers might take into account when deciding whether it is worth to upload to these sites.

Exactly...

Patrick.

Started the day with minus 0.72... and no further sales this day... Two refunds.
I'm beginning to get annoyed with these refunds.  We provide an article they agree to sell.. they sold it... again some images the client has for free...  then why should we be punished for declined credit cards.... 

Patrick.

Quote from: Michael on April 14, 2010, 10:10
Why that ?
Everyone can upload photos at every time. And everyone get up to 500-1000 Photos Submitting Rate per day if the quality is good enough. No one get more than 1000 photos a day so there is a fair chance for everyone.

But we are special interested at microstock-pros. The often have more than 1000-5000 Photos in their portfolio. And for them our offer is more attractive i think. If you have 1000 photos you can earn 150 Euro, if you have 5000 photos you can earn 750 Euro. More photos more money. That`s why i`m think that photographers with large portfolios are more interested to our offer. These means not, that photographers with a small portfolio cannot upload photos and earn the welcome gift.

Sure, but you express your interest in large portfolios... so my guess is they will get preferential treatment .. thus 200.000/5000 = 40 photographers.

Patrick H.

Quote from: Michael on April 14, 2010, 07:51

Important: We are specially interested in photographers with big portfolios. If you have +5000 photos please write to [email protected]. We will make an offer how you can submit these photos very fast and earn up to 750,00 Euro for full uploading ! We offer the same for photographers with +1000 photos...

So actually only about 40 photographers will profit from the offer.?.

Patrick.

hm... looks almost the same like Bilderking with a new layout.

Patrick H.

I recently came across some images of mine on products, magazines and books....
Simple question before i start searching were the image was sold ...

- Does publication in a book requires an EL license ?
- Does publication in a magazine (Top Gear) requires an EL license ?
- Does the use of an image on a product requires an EL license ?

In case of publication, does the name of the photographer needs to be mentioned... or site image purchased.?.

What I do know is that none of the images were sold with an EL license.

Patrick H.

Quote from: sjlocke on April 10, 2010, 18:05

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Quote from: patrick1958 on April 10, 2010, 17:36
Knowing the feud that has been going over an island  for decades between Greek en Turkey it's understandable the guy is upset.

Yes, being taken for Turkish is about the most offensive thing that could happen for some Greeks (especially when they're wearing their national costume).

So is being portrayed as a republican if you're a democrat.

The Turkish thing is a non-issue.  The case epends on the existence of the MR.

Question remains.. is there a model release.... no lawyer would sue knowing there is a model release.  IMO this was a vacation snapshot... editorial.

Patrick.

Knowing the feud that has been going over an island  for decades between Greek en Turkey it's understandable the guy is upset.
It would be the same being portrayed in a gay advertise although not being so.

Patrick.

Quote from: Randy McKown on April 09, 2010, 06:52

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Quote from: jvoetsch on April 08, 2010, 16:13
Any artist who is making less than 50% commissions is being ripped off. Why on earth should a library make more than the artist who created the file?! Those that choose to put up with it simply dont value their work well enough.

This is why I love Fotolia so much!  I receive a 54% commission on sales ranging in price from $5 to $40.  Because I am exclusive I am paid very well.  I don't know of any other site that pays as high a commission to their photographers exclusive or not.  Is there one?

Mat

I think DT is the highest giving up to 50% to non-exclusive and 60% to exclusive.

DT gives way less than 50 % to non exclusives on level 1 - 2 images.  Exclusives get more, but nowhere near 60 % for level 1 - 2 images.

Patrick.

I worked in 16 bit for years.... about a year ago tried 8 bit and since then keep working 8bit.... their isn't any difference between the two end results.. at least not to my eyes.

Patrick.

Quote from: KB on April 06, 2010, 17:37It doesn't bother me that the thumbnails still appear as long as the images can't be bought.

Why would you promote a product that is not for sale.?.

Patrick.

Quote from: WarrenPrice on April 02, 2010, 19:31
There are a few regulations concerning publishing images of law enforcement and the military.  That may be the reason for your conflict?

It's actually the uniform... not allowed royalty or editorial.. so is the canadian flag.

Patrick.

Quote from: PERSEUS on April 02, 2010, 14:41
could it also be that DT is outsourcing their reviewers?
i noticed during the holidays, (eg. now the Holy Week to Lent, Passover... or during Christmas,etc..)
there is an unusually increase in stupid rejections.  something I don't notice throughout the rest of the non-festive seasons.
Could this be due to DT,etc... hiring reincarnations of Atilla, lol?

Also, how are reviewers paid? if I mass reject , am I paid the same money as if I conscientiously approve/reject works?
Just curious.
Finally, I know that with IS, IS exclusives review non exclusives images. Most of the rejections (except for one reviewer) are reasonable .  Does DT also have exclusives reviewing non-exclusive contributors?
With IS I can see some prevention of COI  with Scout. But with DT you cannot do this.

All reviewers/admins at DT are exclusive to DT.

Patrick.

Quote from: lexius on April 02, 2010, 12:45
Hi,

i have to deal with fringe and complex chromatic aberrations. Do you have good tutorials / books to recommend on this topic?

I do mostly of the things in Lightroom but when the distortions get nasty you can´t fix it in Lightroom anymore. I am not a Photoshop Guru, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards, Alex

Alternative you can invest in prime lenses = less or no chromatic aberation.

Patrick.

Quote from: Phil on March 28, 2010, 21:12
some more

http://www.heroturko.org/
http://www.gfxtra.com/
http://www.trsohbet.com/
http://www.downeu.com/
http://www.downturk.info/
http://downloadbox.org/

all over 100k hits a day, the top one 230k which is more than bigstock gets

all them are linking to the same stuff. I always wondered how hard it would be to run a spider like thing trawling through their pages finding everything with http://rapidshare/... etc (most are text not links) for each of the main sites and send a list to rapidshare here's 50000 copyright infringements please take down

Spiders don't search in zip or rar files... or am i wrong.?.

Patrick.

Quote from: nosaya on March 28, 2010, 09:04
Interesting.

I too am keeping an eye of this, but I'm not buying the hype as of yet.
Remember that the Foveon sensor was supposed to be more film like and give better resolution per pixel.
That didn't pan out as planned.

Actually, the foveon sensors produce the best detail i've ever seen. 
The reason the cameras with foveon sensors didn't have the expected success is due to the low resolution. (images captured at 3 x 4 mpx - one color for each pixel- , but the final output is 4 mpx max).

Patrick.