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Messages - Albert Martin
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« on: December 19, 2009, 19:23 »
It seems many of authors will get 'approved by accident' rejections soon ;-)
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« on: December 18, 2009, 20:04 »
Good 'robot'. It works fine!
Thanks for sharing.
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« on: December 16, 2009, 06:54 »
Latest developments regarding 'logo' on iStock made very interesting consequences with many designers became former buyers there. They went to other places as Dreamstime or Shutterstock and similar.
Closing the door is only what iStock can do now because they need to protect their own interest and lower on-site competition. That is why bar is rising.
Their inspectors which are also contributors with many images and many downloads have some earnings which must be persistant and even grow. So, why would they allow some new competition? They are fine with their number and their products. The question is for how long it will last?
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« on: December 14, 2009, 16:44 »
stockastic, I don't understand why you are bothering with microstock. All your posts seem to be negative towards the micros. Go with alamy or try to get in with Corbis or Getty. Some people here knock the traditional sites but from the research I have done, it is possible to earn far more with them if you really work at it. I like the micros because they work for me but if my earnings were low and all I could see was problems, I wouldn't be wasting my time on them.
A M E N ! Yup... I already said that they will cut all royalties to $0.25. There are two reasons: 1. They want to pay more to istock exclusives. 2. They want that small extra for istock administrators who overtaked Stockxpert... Well guys - Time to think NON-GETTY and NON-ISTOCK!
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« on: December 01, 2009, 18:27 »
If Istock was not there, I would have to work 40hrs a week for someone else. For less money...
Are you sure? Why you didn't tried Corbis or Alamy? I love them ;-)
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« on: December 01, 2009, 18:09 »
Update on topic: As I said it will have great consequences on iStockphoto with trying to pick-pocket designers! Here it is: http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=148521&page=1#post2469291Just in case that thread to dissapear: "" Last week HOW and Print magazines sent a promotional email from one of our clients which promoted stock logos. This message has produced a firestorm of anger and disappointment over how two well respected brands could endorse something that violates and threatens the basic principles of graphic design. Our editorial teams ? who were unaware of the promotional message ? were equally outraged, as it reflected poorly on their brands. And all of the outrage is justified. It is not my place to pass judgment on the products and services promoted by our advertisers; however it is my responsibility to determine whether or not we should deliver the message. We have a process in place to safeguard against promotional messages that do not meet our standards and do not best serve our community. Last week that process broke down. Unfortunately this has put the editors of HOW and Print in the awkward position of having to defend this message. I am responsible for vetting all marketing messages that carry the HOW and Print names and this one I missed. For that, I apologize. I can state unequivocally that last week's email does not reflect HOW and Print's sensibilities in regards to the integrity and importance of graphic design. Nor does it represent an editorial endorsement of any kind regarding the usage of stock logos. We thank you for your input and feedback regarding this matter. Once again I am left inspired by the passion and dedication of our collective design community. Please feel free to contact me directly. Sincerely, Gary Lynch Publisher F+W Media Design Community HOW, Print and I.D. [email protected]___________________________ Added: So, there is someone who has higher standards than iStock? Is it really possible that someone has higher standards? Obviously Yes IMHO! ;-)
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« on: December 01, 2009, 18:05 »
I used to submit to multiple agencies with IS consistently outselling them all combined.
I went exclusive back in 2007 and IS provided 40% of my income with print sales making up the other 60%.
With the collapse of the Art market last year, IS has made up 90% of my income for over a year now and my royalties have been increasing steadily since I joined.
Sorry, but I'm a loyal exclusive.
It is nice to see someone loyal these days indeed. I just said my own opinion based on other people experience - most of them are not exclusive and some of them are exclusive on iStock. Anyway, I love my macro outlets and am making very nice few figures and much higher royalty percentage a year with much lower quantity of sales than many microstockers.
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« on: November 28, 2009, 17:04 »
Amen indeed ;-)
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« on: November 28, 2009, 10:31 »
I have ABCXYZ images online on macros ;-)
On microstockgroup I have 6 ignores from members so far ;-)
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« on: November 28, 2009, 10:23 »
Ouch, getting too old.... Perhaps a good time to go exclusive....
If I could only remember which site I went exclusive with....
LOL!
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« on: November 28, 2009, 10:14 »
Okay what I like about istockphoto is that my Downloads are healthy and consistent regardless of the occasional curv ball which is thrown usually with non Exclusives taking the hit. I do wish IS was more supportive of ALL Contributers
Yup... It is very huge problem there. Exclusives are inspectors and they decide what is stock and what isn't regarding to that what THEY have in their own portfolios. So if they see anything even far similar to their work or to their fellow inspectors they just reject it as not for stock... That is called abusing power to protect their positions. Also, they seems to work as team and that is what is wrong there. How I know that? Well I can say that I am very well informed person of what is going on where ;-) I know many people doing stock as well those on micros too... They all have very great experience when combined on one place. Where Inspectors should be objective they aren't due to that they are also submitters... That is wrong there! With having such organization there will be always biases and not logical consequences on anyone who isn't part of inspectors team! So, just upload there and boost your inspectors earnings - I won't!
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« on: November 27, 2009, 11:14 »
Yeah smugmug looks good. Pretty similar to Zenfolio, but $150 is a little steep for just one event that I may or may not make any money from. Zenfolio is $100/year but even that is pushing it. I am not making any profit on the wedding (it was for family) so I don't really want to have a lot of expenses.
hmmm ;-) Clustershot with address where to print them and how to carry?
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« on: November 26, 2009, 15:36 »
From what I understand all the traditional macro sites upsize and they don't, as far as I know, inform their buyers
Alamy for example gets their photographers to do the upsizing. Alamy won't even know how much the image has been upsized.
They know approximately. If image was badly or too much upsized it can't pass QC. Trained eye of Alamy inspector is good enough to see that. Thus, there might be some images which passed beyond inspectors... But, they disable such files as soon as they get notice about them. BTW, on Shutterstock almost all images uploaded with less than 12Mpix are getting upsized by double width and double height. Nothing to be upset about!
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« on: November 25, 2009, 16:03 »
There will always be enough market for companies who want special/exclusive/personalized logos. Those hire designers and don't look for their logos on Istock
Yup... It would be like: Q: Hey you have logo? Who designed it for you? A: Well... We stopped on istock during regular buying for groceries and they sold us this. LOL!
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« on: November 25, 2009, 07:06 »
I've had 30 plus logo designs accepted, most take around 1 or 2 hours. I'll be happy to get $2/300 for any of them. I'm a very experienced designer, I'm also a pretty successful istock contributor, I'm looking forward to the successful launch of the service.
A 'very' experienced designer does not waste a minute of his lifetime for this kind of BS. You made 30 logos! Good luck selling them all. You will see the sore truth when you actually sell 1/10 of the logos you made. Which is going to come down to $20 per logo 
Enjoy!
Cidepix, when people understand that their work is manipulated and lowered by such 'brilliant' 50:50 deals where all risks are on authors part they will understand. It just need some time that to happen when someone sells logo and problems come up ;-) Your points are very clever and some people will understand that logos aren't microstock images as well if other people ever understand what is the difference on micro and macro shots. Differences are fading due to some macros are dropping prices. But, there is still quite a lot of them where macro is quite different than micro. Logos are by default macro and exclusive so they can't be sold more than once. Not to mention that any of that logos should be able for buyer to trademark. And problems will come there! Regarding that, prices and cuts on istock are very funny! The more funniest thing is that now army of people who thinks that they know to draw or design trying to become logo designers ;-)
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« on: November 24, 2009, 18:48 »
" 50% for logo is too low 'royalty' for any serious logo designer - no matter what is the price by which logo is sold."
This of course makes no sense. If the price is right then the 50% received is fine.
I've had 30 plus logo designs accepted, most take around 1 or 2 hours. I'll be happy to get $2/300 for any of them. I'm a very experienced designer, I'm also a pretty successful istock contributor, I'm looking forward to the successful launch of the service.
Really? You think your right price is $200 - $300 per logo? Can I get your contact if you are so experienced? I know some people who can hire you for outsourcing logo designs and maybe you can earn much, much more ;-)
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« on: November 24, 2009, 18:42 »
No... Not much illustrations in my creative workflow...
So you are basing your glowing recommendation on what? a hunch? hearsay from how many of the artists who DO actually PAY to ADVERTISE on this BEST site?
No. You just need to inform yourself who are the names who do so there. If you do so then you will know that they are top of the top - no istock, no getty... Just Ispot!
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« on: November 22, 2009, 20:13 »
Do you sell at the ispot, Albert? I looked at it years ago and was intimidated by the upfront cost to place my portfolio. I've also read about people making money with Folioplanet's stock service, but again, this was a while ago.
I guess if I was going to take a stab at rights managed I'd probably want to develop a different style with more conceptual images. Right now, I don't think my work would do well there. Does anybody have any experience with rights managed illustration? I here the photographers talking about it, but it is hard to translate things from their experiences.
No... Not much illustrations in my creative workflow...
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« on: November 22, 2009, 20:07 »
THE BEST place for selling illustration and getting the best of it as illustrator can be only one place...
Awesome! Just what I was looking for! A raster-only site with placement fees and an archaic RM business model that will surely be extinct in a few years! Sweet!
Great - you know it all ;-)
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« on: November 21, 2009, 20:13 »
An 'dinosaur' reply from how most of microstockers call us macro stock photogs:
First of all to apply to alamy you must have camera which is good enough for Alamy... You may find your camera in list there and then be sure that you have images on about as said... More than 48MB ;-)
Other thing what you are wrong is that your images are ALL rejected if one found as failing in QC. It is usual there.
Not more or less than 4 images are allowed in initial submission. All 4 images will be reviewed and if just one fails, your whole batch is history. Their reviewers do not comment any more than necessary. So, you will get one marked and your batch rejected. If you are lucky then you may get some more comments or marks... But, it is rare there.
If you receive fail on your initial submission I advise that you find other four images and try with them.
BTW, it would be very good for you to read all about submissions there because they work quite differently than many other sites you are used to.
For me, their system is very smart and very effective.
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« on: November 21, 2009, 17:07 »
It seems that istock best does that what is related with screwing non-exclusive members ;-)
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« on: November 21, 2009, 16:53 »
Hey
about 3 months ago, i found one of my images being sold on a Licence Plate (vehicle) in the US. The image had never been purchased under an EL, so i contacted the vendor, who told me they had bought the image through photos.com.
So i contacted Stockxpert. They then contacted jupiter/photos.com, and then it went off to Getty to investigate.
3 months now, getty ignore my emails, stockxpert cant get hold of the getty people.... and the licence plate is still being sold with my image on, without the correct licence.
What would you do...?
I think that right address to get info from is at istock due to that they have all administrative rights regarding StockXpert, JUI and Photos.com ;-) Good Luck! P.S. I really doubt that they will do anything to help you - it don't makes them any money ;-)
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« on: November 21, 2009, 16:33 »
THE BEST place for selling illustration and getting the best of it as illustrator can be only one place: www.theispot.comGood luck! Added: :-) UPS! I am sorry but it is not micro ;-)
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« on: November 21, 2009, 16:17 »
Regarding recent massive disabling of outsourced logo solutions I think that someone made very wrong decision on Istock with giving such product as logos... Regarding that Logo isn't child play and you need to know much more than to compose design or just draw I'd make some additional points: 1. 50% for logo is too low 'royalty' for any serious logo designer - no matter what is the price by which logo is sold. 2. Regarding logo pricing - it comes up to 'bottom feeders' territory - so any serious company will avoid this istock service. Also, any starter company will avoid this due to price and not guaranteed possibility to trademark such logo obtained on istock. 3. What I've seen there are tons of some kind of signs which never could be perceived as logos. Also, very much people as people who obviously don't have enough knowledge for logo design are creating very close or similar to already published and trademarked logos... As a notice to such people I'd say that logo design isn't plain stock submitting as well it brings very high level of author's responsibilities while istock is washing hands from authors in their agreement. So, some authors might end up as someone who is legally charged on court while istock will turn their back to them. If you are working on logo design be sure that you NEVER create something like logos shown here: http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/Good luck!
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