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1901
« on: November 28, 2009, 09:50 »
I'm the last one, this is depressing  You only started in July of this year! You have a marvelous food/people port, the kind that sells well on stock. You will climb the ranks fast.
1902
« on: November 28, 2009, 07:49 »
Ditto, zip, nada that is a shame (I have 1500 pictures on line) +1 I canceled my account last week but they asked me to stay a while for the work the reviewers put in. Fair enough, so I'll stay 6 months more minimum and see how it goes. I stopped uploading though 2,5 months ago.
1903
« on: November 27, 2009, 11:37 »
that's the thing - there is no 'apply release' button. Just the selector box (or upload) then a 'submit' button. 1. "Apply release" link (not button, sorry). 2. List of already attached releases.  Note: you cannot do this in bulk mode, only image by image. hmm.. perhaps MikLav's advice is to be taken. It is not worth spending much time figuring it out.  FP made me more than: LuckyOliver, Zymmetrical, Crestock, Cutcaster, MostPhotos, YAYmicro. It's the fastest site to upload to after MostPhotos and YAYmicro. In its good days, it gave about one download per 2-3 weeks for me (7$ each). Begin this year, it virtually went dead. There seems to be a very slow recovery now but I wouldn't upload a full port any more from scratch.
1904
« on: November 27, 2009, 05:55 »
I was just trying to update my port. a bit on FeaturePics and for some reason can't figure out how to attach multiple release to an image in the bulk edit mode. Any suggestions? Yes: select (or upload) release 1, click "apply release" > page will refresh. select (or upload) release 2, click "apply release" > page will refresh. etc... On the last (or single) release, you don't need to click "apply release", just "save" or "submit".
1905
« on: November 26, 2009, 20:27 »
Dreamstime
Sales 98 / 392
Uploads 115 / 392
iStockPhoto
Sales 203 / 449
Uploads 169 / 449
1906
« on: November 26, 2009, 20:12 »
I am curious, how do you know if a keyword is being used to purchase your images in Micro. Is there a way to track the buyers key word search. As far as I knows, only Dreamstime offers that option. You can see it on your sales page (click the amount$ after "earnings balance" on top when logged in) under the column "Buyer searched after". The keywords will be there. Very interesting is the mentioning "n/a". That means that a buyer bought your shot by a visual search, browsing thumbs. Either by directly going to your portfolio, or clicking one of the "similar images" on other's pictures, or "more of this model" on your own pictures. The more diverse your portfolio is, the more chances to get a n/a sales since you will turn up more near other's pictures. To give an idea, of my last 20 sales, 14 (!) were n/a. Keywords are obviously not the whole story in searches, but of course they are very important to select "similar images" with any image (especially of others) that is shown. This because similarity is decided on common keywords that are shared between the original shown and the similars. Also buyers' searches seem to contain very simple generic words, seldom more than 2. From those last 6 sales that were found by keywords, the keywords were "plane", "rapper", "flag philippines", "philippines"x2 and "thumbs up".
1907
« on: November 25, 2009, 20:38 »
The only "news" on the FT site right now is how a family was saved from imminent death in the Nevada desert by submitting their photos exclusively to Fotolia ( drums and trumpets starting...)  Story here.
1908
« on: November 25, 2009, 07:51 »
This is amazing. I've had 63 of 63 images accepted at Yay. I don't know if that is a good thing or not? It would be a good thing if they sold. The fact they have to rely on a mysterious "third party" to have any sales says enough. Why can't they sell themselves? By the way, offering images to a third party will lock them in for a year (I read somewhere).
1909
« on: November 25, 2009, 06:35 »
Why Belize Still Remains an Attractive Offshore Tax HavenHow Belize uniquely retains its offshore tax haven attraction despite America's crackdown on money laundering, tax evasion etc. belizetaxhavenYou can fix that with secure offshore banking, safe offshore accounts, company incorporation, asset protection, offshore investments and tax elimination in the tax-haven of Belize. Essentially, there is no problem with that. The only problem with offshore corporations is who and where to address in case of litigation. For instance, what are the copyright laws in Belize? In an industry where trust is important, especially from the buyer's side (a contributor can maximally lose 20$), and some big sites are offering a "buyer's warranty" now, it's a competitive disadvantage not to be located legally where the buyers are (US, Western EU).
1910
« on: November 24, 2009, 20:43 »
$50 a clip x how many clips = what's the total you put out for that $320 so far? Also, is it a work for hire that you own copyright or does the production company hold it? Why wouldn't they go ahead and shoot their own stuff to sell now that they've seen how it works, or how do you get them to keep working for you? ( happy SL?  ) PS - as I remember from some early video work (for hire), the gear to make those smooth travelings and walking shots (hydraulic suspending, carts) would be many times the cost of the cam. I also noticed a change of focus in one of the tracks (hospital room) from the foreground (laptop) to the background (senior in hospital bed). Can you actually do that on a 5DMKII? (changing focus point while recording).
1911
« on: November 23, 2009, 22:16 »
Which is best? Stock Photo Express, ProStockMaster or Cushy Stock? FileZilla
1912
« on: November 23, 2009, 11:56 »
Kindergarten for sure. I'd like to hear Keith's version first.
1914
« on: November 23, 2009, 04:39 »
True, and I never suggested otherwise. My point is that there are now four people involved: a model, a parent/guardian, a photographer and a witness. For every release but iStock's, only two of the four sign. But that has always been like that: also DT and SS ask a witness (third person) to sign. The only PITA of iStock's release is that they require the bday of the model and a photo ID.
1915
« on: November 22, 2009, 19:02 »
I still use the free program Irfanview for batch tagging and my own script for composing the keywords.
1916
« on: November 22, 2009, 18:42 »
Yes. And if it's a release for a minor, it needs to be a fourth person (not the model, the signing parent or guardian or the photographer). On the Getty/iStock release (which I use now with site logo removed) and for a minor model, the name of the model should be filled in but the model doesn't have to sign. Only 3 signatures are still needed: photog, parent/guardian, witness.
1917
« on: November 22, 2009, 09:16 »
The gif size is 300 by 422. I need at least 800 by 800. I have photoshop but am clueless on how to do it. If i could see how it's done then i could do it but figuring out written instructions is another matter. I'll do it for you for a fee of 40$ (Paypal is ok), and with the right algorithm for upsizing. I'm not clueless about Photoshop, at the contrary, but my advice isn't for free. 
1918
« on: November 22, 2009, 09:12 »
After several years of selling images online, my commission from PN still exceeds anything I have made on the micro sites Can we please get real? PN is dead, certainly after this disaster. No need to pamper the dead. They are as dead ad the Norvegian parrot from Monty Python. They ceased to be, they are no more, they're gone. The dog ate the backup of their images or they didn't grasp the concept of backups at all.
1919
« on: November 21, 2009, 04:38 »
Are photos with mirrored effects stock worthy? If you mean full-body standing models or products isolated over white with a faint reflection under it in the white: it looks nice on thumbs but for the designer that wants to make a composite, it's more work to re-isolate the bottom of the object.
1920
« on: November 21, 2009, 04:19 »
Jumping goldfish. People love em. Thinking out of the box. There is global shortage in large brown carton boxes (fitting at least one standing frowning businessman holding a light bulb) at the moment since stockers hunt them down as props.
1921
« on: November 21, 2009, 04:07 »
BigStock introduced a fantastic new upload system, every photo is now automatically given the category People>women and Background>Misc, scientists are confident they'll be able to get it to work soon.
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Photos of goldfish shaking hands and wearing headsets will be the big seller of 2010. (By the way goldfish shots now need model releases) Hahahaha.
1922
« on: November 20, 2009, 10:34 »
Really excellent suggestion! ^^ Thanks  In case you missed a previous post: DOC (changeable MS-Word) version of the generalized Getty release (with more room for signature): download here.
1923
« on: November 20, 2009, 10:08 »
Every rejection has an explanation. I can only second that.
1924
« on: November 20, 2009, 06:16 »
You are bad-mouthing this new business as if it takes away your daily bread. Registered purposefully to speak out. Thank you for the attention. Can we expect more employees from depositfiles to sign up on the forum? I'm out of here, since the point (with proof) has been made.
1925
« on: November 19, 2009, 22:12 »
Moreover, such attitude sounds dangerous for any non-exclusive. Those are the inevitable consequences of not being exclusive on one site. DT would give you the same answer.
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