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1576
« on: September 28, 2016, 16:13 »
Always someone who will search out something negative.  This looks pretty good to me.
1577
« on: September 26, 2016, 14:24 »
The cheap sites exist (and won't go anywhere) because there is an enormous market for them. This is a market that simply cannot pay $79 for a single clip - the YouTube market, and the very small business owner market (Grandma's apple juice, with YouTube marketing). It is up to each photographer to supply them, naturally, and maybe not give them their best stuff.
The market still exists though, and they will only buy there, or not at all (steal, or just not produce).
I agree they should have tiered licensing (more than the two options) so that a real company would still pay $80-300 per clip if they are used in a commercial/film/tv.
1578
« on: September 23, 2016, 06:19 »
or some clouds shot from your back garden.
Clouds do sell really, really well though, but of course the competition is insane. 
1580
« on: September 22, 2016, 08:17 »
No, you make them in After Effects. But many people use Cinema 4D (or other dedicated 3D software) to render out certain 3D elements that they then use in their After Effects templates.
1581
« on: September 21, 2016, 13:02 »
SS has a 4GB limit on footage and last year it was 2,5GB. In 4K Pro-res 422 HQ, that's just few seconds. When I checked VB at their opening they would only host mjpeg/h.264 files, you could upload pro-res but they would re-encode it. I just checked again and they really improve with a 25GB limit and almost all codecs accepted. I should have not mentioned Pond5 since they always were good.
To rectify my point of vue, I am a 10bit supporter and all my footage are pro-res 422 HQ since 2012 but I encountered a lot of frustration when stock companies back then didn't care much about it or being 8 or 10bit.
No, it's not just a few seconds, 4 GB is just under 44 seconds of 4k ProRes HQ 25p (average of 734mbit/sec bitrate) which is longer than 99% of all stock footage needs. 2.5 GB is 27 seconds. A lot has happened in four years regarding storage and bandwidth so today I don't think 4k ProRes HQ is much of a problem anymore. VB, as you say, now happily accept ProRes HQ. Last year's requirements or numbers from 2012 aren't really relevant today...
1583
« on: September 21, 2016, 04:14 »
Stock sites re-encode the original Never seen a clip at auto generated smaller resolutions in ProRes too.
Naturally, I meant the original resolution. Smaller versions are inevitably re-encoded... If you make changes to your 8-bit original in a 16-bit environment, like add a gradient, look etc., it's also beneficial to export 10-bit.
1584
« on: September 21, 2016, 03:59 »
It's a matter of where you pay taxes, not citizenship.
1585
« on: September 21, 2016, 03:05 »
I always upload ProRes HQ where it makes sense. Every agency wants it/takes it. No one re-encodes the original resolution.
Most of the Pond5 best-sellers are ProRes HQ these days.
1586
« on: September 21, 2016, 03:01 »
For me, image sales are normal (even a bit higher) with more On Demand sales than usual, but footage sales are down which makes a much bigger difference in the $$$ amount...
1587
« on: September 20, 2016, 12:42 »
It's just as great for stock as the buyer is just as likely to want to color correct if the sold clip isn't. The difference in what you can do with 10-bit is quite big.
1588
« on: September 20, 2016, 07:42 »
If it continues like this for the next 10 days, yes, it will be about 50% of August. But you never know when those 4k sales appear and save the day...
1589
« on: September 20, 2016, 03:31 »
Yeah, VB is a rollercoaster. I had 4 nice ones in August, 0 so far in Sept... And all the sales usually happen 2-3 at the same time/same day (totally unrelated content). Then quiet for a long time. It's a bit out of the ordinary I must admit, just a tad bit suspicious, but I've sold some nice stuff there so...
1590
« on: September 20, 2016, 03:14 »
Phantom 3 Professional: Good: Fantastic flying and stabilization. Too much fun  . Good HD output (from 4k) with ND filters and perfect exposure + lighting. Bad: If anything isn't perfect, the image quality will be so-so. Never push ISO above minimum, and if you need to change exposure much after the fact, it won't look too good. The compression is a bit strong so if there are lots of moving details in the shot you will see blocking. Turn down the sharpness in camera. If you want true pro output, you need the Inspire RAW.
1591
« on: September 20, 2016, 03:10 »
It's mainly for filming. Photography is a secondary bonus with this camera.
1592
« on: September 19, 2016, 17:34 »
And I really don't think buyers take render time into account when it comes to perceived value.
No but you can't produce 20 of those per day, meaning there aren't that many around = value goes up. Regular, filmed, stock footage you can produce 20 a day. Value goes down.
1593
« on: September 19, 2016, 13:41 »
I think the $1 per clip per month is quite normal, and not at all BAD. It can always be better of course...
I think it's a bit unfair to count your AE projects SpaceStockFootage - that's an ENTIRELY different story and you can't include them in Stock Footage averages. And rendered animations also take MUCH longer to make than filming which means you'd expect a higher return per clip.
For pure stock footage it's not a problem making 20 clips per day if it's your full-time gig.
1594
« on: September 19, 2016, 13:37 »
Nothing about price yet, but a new model in a series usually lands on the same price or a little bit higher than the last model was at its introduction.
1595
« on: September 19, 2016, 12:34 »
triple post. delete.
1596
« on: September 19, 2016, 12:34 »
10-bit 4:2:2 internally is a BIG BIG thing. Hopefully it's not just HD...
1597
« on: September 19, 2016, 10:52 »
But what does that have to do with the GH5???
1598
« on: September 19, 2016, 08:43 »
I'll check back in 2 hours. But isn't it the drone?
1599
« on: September 19, 2016, 06:54 »
The GH5 has been announced (out early next year) and it delivers pretty much everything people have asked for. Good bye competition.
10-bit 4:2:2 and 4k 60p among the highlights.
1600
« on: September 18, 2016, 15:04 »
Thank you all for the suggestions, but, to be honest, I did not write the post to have a report on my videos.
Generally they sell all (especially those in the pharmacy)
Imagine how much they would sell if they were perfect so that the buyers don't have to color correct. That stuff could sell every day.
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