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Messages - arquiplay77

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Off Topic / Re: Awesome Space Photos
« on: December 30, 2010, 19:29 »
So amazing views of the earth, i wish every body of us could see the planet from distance from time to time, maybe that way we could see the beauty of it and start to look after.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Slow Payments from Fotolia . . . again
« on: December 24, 2010, 12:58 »
Yes, mine is here too. Hope next month doesn take so long.

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General - Top Sites / Re: Looking back on one year in Microstock
« on: December 23, 2010, 12:19 »
Really nice portafolio you have.
Dont know what images you have on the stock sites, but looking at you web i would think you made much more sales than that.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Slow Payments from Fotolia . . . again
« on: December 23, 2010, 11:33 »
I have contacted suport and they said: (Translated from spain by me)

We apologize for the dalate. Unfortunately because to the grat volume of petitions with the chrismas nearby our payment dept. is quite busy but making all they can to finish them as soon as possible. We ask you for a little more time please. Your payment will be made ASAP.

 >:(

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Bigstock.com / Re: Shutterstock's "Bridge to Bigstock" program
« on: December 22, 2010, 16:38 »
theres no such an option for me :(

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PicNiche Toolbar / Re: Fotolia has gone to Zero
« on: December 22, 2010, 04:17 »
Nevermind, today is OK again and the amount from this month is back and updating.
Thank you Bobbigmac

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Adobe Stock / Re: Slow Payments from Fotolia . . . again
« on: December 21, 2010, 18:25 »
i am too waiting since dec 1st. Always request the 1st of each month and usually is paid within a week.

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PicNiche Toolbar / Re: Fotolia has gone to Zero
« on: December 21, 2010, 16:40 »
All seems good here so far and no other reports of this issue.
Did you cash out your balance by any chance?
No, it just went to zero from no reason. The first i though was, !someone has break into my acount and cash out the money!!! i checked and its all there, (besides im waiting one from last month so its no possible to cash out)
I have deactivated the plugin and re-activated and is the same.
If i click it actually goes to FT and automatically logs in, so its not a matter of password i would think.
Thank you

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PicNiche Toolbar / Fotolia has gone to Zero
« on: December 21, 2010, 14:55 »
Today my fotolia poller went to zero, now it doesnt update anymore.
anyone else has the same problem?

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: "Building too famous" rejection
« on: December 21, 2010, 11:16 »
I know how frustrating this can be, but what the law says is no important, is what they (microsites) allow or not on their sites, they are over racting most of the time because they just dont want to have any chances of a demand, and on the other hand they have so many images that just dont care on rejecting anyone of our beloved images. Particulary IS deactivated my most downloaded image a orange flame (more than 40 dl/m) just because they think a barelona chair has risk of copyright, (was an illustration BTW)

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I also wonder this, hope some experienced IS contributor would answer properly.

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Couldnt it be that they buy the image whenever they sell it, i think they are just ofering the print and frame, the photo is bought as the final costumer wish and i suposse would need a purchase for every print they sell, when they sell it. Im just guessing off course.

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Ill be happy to share the numbers in a year, the problem is that i remember to do it, you are wellcome to PM me to let me know if i dont  ::).

Anyway the image is selling but not as much i espected to, in FT for example was like a hole week with no even a single view. In IS as a espected was rejected, but i have to agree the reason, there was some minor tonal banding in the BKG gradient (at least i think that is the exact problem) so i uploaded it again. I really hope it starts on the right foot there.

Cheers

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You must feel very good when see such a commission in one single sale  ;D
Anyway as its impossible to know what files are going to sell, the key is to think in terms of the entire port, if i have X amount of images in a RM port, and those makes me Y money at month, would these same X images make me more or less money than Y on micros.
In micros almost avery single image is contributing to the total amount, and maybe as RM only one seles each month.
The answer will allways be an estimation as its impossible to have the same images on both, and beeing myself totallly unexperienced in RM field, i cant answer that.

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Which begs the question, I've always asked. Since I don't do fine creative shots like this or the ones people do with models. I have to ask you.

Can you com eback in a year and see if all the micro sales of one fantastic shot, equal one RM sale on Alamy for example? I keep wondering if all those volume sales, the old way of micro making it pay, will still add up to one big sale, now that there are 10-15 million competing images, instead of 2-4 million images?

Has the whole game changed and people need to look at which methods bring the real returns, in an evolving marketplace?

So, how much is one big RM sale?

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StockXpert.com / Re: Thinkstock earnings posted
« on: December 13, 2010, 18:02 »
It is online now, all those dl for december are gone now  :P

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congratulations for the Editor's Choice :)

Wow! i hadn't relized of it, thank you for the info.
It sure makes a difference, the image is on air on DT since 10th and had no views until yestarday (i guess when the editor's choice) then 4 dl in a row, hope from now on it continues the trend.
Cheers

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General Stock Discussion / Re: dreamstime better than fotolia
« on: December 08, 2010, 17:21 »
BTW, can anybody explain to me why a purchase for the same amount of credits (2010) on the same level of image, gives me diferent amounts of earnings?
Im guessing is because the packs credits or so, when the cost per credit is cheaper when you buy more is that right? If thats the case, i wonder how can they know how much the credits cost for an especific buyer on a spec buy, it can be a mess, a buyer can have several credits bought on different packs for diferent amounts.  ???

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General Stock Discussion / Re: dreamstime better than fotolia
« on: December 08, 2010, 10:30 »
Certanly not because my votes, since DT is only about 1/3 of what FT makes for me.

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Thanks Magda, interesting story.
I allready send the image to micros so lets see...
Cheers

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Why would you want a different Pseudo on Alamy for one image? I don't understand the reasoning?
I ment having a different alias to manage a RM portafolio along with the RF one.
It's just that i dont have any experience in the RM or macro field, and i was thinking in starting with some images.
Anyway for now ill continue with the micros, Maybe when i become more productive in therms oc quantity i think about it again.

Cheers

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Thank you for the tips and good sugestions.
Iv updated the image with a litle more "sky"
I agree with leaf, the dark bkg makes it pop so even tough it goes against the isolation concept i prefered it.
lets see if it does sell good, so meny factors involved that even if an image has the potential (like I belive this one has) you never know.
Im guessing a reject from IS anyway  ;D
cheers

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Also if you add 500px of "sky" on each side then you end up with 6000x6000 without loss of any detail as you have it now - so that's no "excuse"  ;D


Truth but then the "planet" itself will be smaller in the thumbnail, i think i will put just a little more sky maybe to rech the 5500 pix, i dont want to lose too much detail on the preview.
tahnk you

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thank you, this was intented to be an isolation, so i made it as big as possible in a 5000X5000 pix image wich is the maximum resolution in SS, but is truth that with that BKG color i put on post should be better with more air, Is just that i didnt wan to reduce the image as it has many detail to zoom in.

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Ok, im uploading it as usual and maybe y will make some products with it in zazzle or things like that, i see potential in tshirts or prints maybe.
BTW, any slogan you may want to sugest?
I was in doubt if put it on white BKG, but when i try this it just stand up more, but it has a clipping path, do you think stating that in the description is enough for customers or i may lose some slaes on people looking for isolationt only on white bkg.?

As i promise i post the image, right now pending review in DT.




BTW i was not bragging but anyway, you can start the kicks and punches :D

EDITED: image updated

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