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« on: January 25, 2019, 04:41 »
After Effects is the slowest, but also capable of doing the most detailed work. I have done a lot of stock clips in AE but it's frustrating how slow it is.
If you're just doing clips with color correction and grading DaVinci Resolve is faster, and Premiere also. After Effects allows for the most control of every little detail.
If you're on Mac Final Cut Pro X is by far the fastest of them all. A 1 hour export in After Effects is about 10-15 minutes in Final Cut. With the same plug-ins.
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« on: January 24, 2019, 13:36 »
Drives break. Drives get stolen. Drives burn up. They even just get lost sometimes.  Unless it's sensitive information, I think it's a good idea to have a cloud backup so that 10 years of work doesn't disappear all at once. That's of course in addition to local drive backup (at least two). I suppose Google and DropBox drives can break too.
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« on: January 24, 2019, 07:21 »
My one and only advice:
Go with a BIG name.
There are so many competitors and many won't be around in 5 years... I have personal experience with this and then you have to upload everything again...
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« on: January 19, 2019, 05:44 »
I have two Canon DSLRs and one shoots All-I and the other cheaper one is IPB only, but its smaller and more practical 
Does it matter which one you chose for stock footage? I know that all-i is better quality but in the end, does it matter?
Thanks!
As Odesigns pointed out - in the end, it doesn't really matter too much. That being said, All-I does not necessarily mean better quality. You would generally need a much higher bitrate for All-I to be better quality. At the same bitrate, IPD is likely to provide better quality, which is why it is so widely used. It is much more effective compression, which also means more taxing for the computer to decode. Furthermore, there are many different types of IPB and All-I methods, and quality can differ by enormous amounts. So, there is no easy answer here without knowing exactly what cameras you're using. H265 compression in the newer cameras is extremely effective and provides excellent quality, but, and a big but, it is also a pain to edit, so you would most often have to transcode it to something like ProRes before editing. H264 is easier to handle which makes it a good compromise.
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« on: January 14, 2019, 15:07 »
I find that asking actual humans who know a lot more than I do is the best way. https://www.birdforum.net/forum.phpThat's a great page, not only for birds, but for all kinds of animals. Scroll down to Nature In General and I'm sure someone will identify your find.
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« on: January 14, 2019, 05:00 »
Yes, there is a great tool called ExifTool that will give you all the information your camera records.
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« on: January 09, 2019, 14:12 »
thanks! so helpful everything.
increasingdifficulty, would you recommend the DJI Ryze-Tello, as an introduction? (forgetting the insufficient 720p video)... Well, I don't have any experience with that one, but it seems you only control it with your phone... which is... probably not that good.  Couldn't see if it has any of the self-positioning systems, does it? I don't live in the USA, but i'm already learning about laws in Portugal and Spain, where i spend most of my time... anyway i'm curious, do the agencies ask for the FAA rating in order to accept drone footage clips? how does that work, is it like a model release kind of thing?
No. They don't ask. At least not yet.
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« on: January 09, 2019, 13:51 »
i mean, does wind constitute a major issue?
It depends on what drone you have. With the DJI drones, you can go inside and eat dinner and come back out and the drone will still be hanging in the air where you left it. I'm sure there are many cheaper drones that will stay in place in the air even without attention, but the first one I bought was a $100 without any of those systems. That meant you had to control it every second, or it would just fall to the ground and crash. And the range was really bad too, and guess what happened when it got out of range? That's right. Crash. I think it survived about a week or so. The DJI drones are very easy to fly. And there is even an option so that away from you is always away from you, no matter which way the drone is turned. So you don't actually HAVE to learn how to fly backwards (even if it's a good idea to know how to). --- I would go with something that works (which means DJI). If you go with a $100 drone with range of a couple of hundred feet, it will be fun for 30 minutes and then you will want something else. Or it will crash and break.
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« on: January 09, 2019, 12:07 »
Well, you have to define what "cheap" is for you.  $100? $500? Anyway, anything by DJI will work great. The cheapest one is the DJI Spark (about $400 or so, depending on where you are). Maybe that's not what you meant by "cheap" though? The thing is that the drones that are really cheap are MUCH, MUCH, incredibly MUCH harder to fly. And much easier to crash. You will probably crash them within the first couple of minutes since they don't have any of the great support systems the more advanced drones have. So you wouldn't really be practicing for the more expensive Mavics, Phantoms or Inspires anyway. Completely different flying experience. The more expensive drones are very easy to fly, and very difficult to crash. Still possible though, but difficult. So, what are you looking for specifically?
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« on: January 08, 2019, 12:34 »
The general correct answer is that content sells, not frames per second or codecs, or even resolution.
A heavily compressed 27 fps clip of Elvis alive and well in 2019 at a 4:3 aspect ratio (640x480) will sell a thousand times more than your backyard RAW, 60p, 8k clip.
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« on: January 08, 2019, 12:21 »
There is no such thing as a free lunch. If your camera is limited in bit rate, which many are, then you're sharing a finite amount of image data to write twice as many frames of which only half you'll likely ever use and will be of lesser quality. The files will be much larger which will drag down your bandwidth and increase your upload times while costing more for storage and limiting the shooting time for any given media. But if the camera is limited in bitrate as you say, the files will be just as big.  However, it's not quite as easy as spreading the bitrate out over twice as many frames. Since most compression algorithms (in consumer/prosumer cameras) are based on the amount of motion, there will be less motion between each frame if you use 60 fps, so the quality will not actually be half of 30 fps with the same bitrate. More motion = less difference. When shooting at 60p the shutter angle is different than it would be at 30p and once those alternate frames are removed to make it 30p this will show. But it does make great slo-mo. 60p is also very good for reducing rolling shutter effects in environments with high vibration.
You can shoot 60 fps with a 1/60 shutter speed if you want to be able to use the clip both as a slow motion clip (with more motion blur) and a real-time clip. Anyway, I agree, in general, you would use 60p if you want slow motion. 24/25/30p if you want real-time. You decide before the shot. Something called planning I believe.  If you shot at 60p, you would still upload a slow motion 24/25/30p clip to the agencies. They can just speed it up if they want it to be real-time (same logic as slowing it down).
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« on: January 04, 2019, 12:09 »
I had this problem suddenly come up at 29.97 frame rates. I started submitting at 30 fps and never had another problem. I think it may be how their programs are reading the metadata and perhaps rounding off.
I'm going to export in 30 fps even if the software suggest 29.97, to see if SS stop making problems
It's highly recommended to export in the same frame rate as you shot it. There is no zero reason to nudge frame rates on export.
I checked. Apparently it records at different fps near 29.97 so that's why the software suggest 29.97 as the best match.
You should be able to set your recording frame rate to 29.97 or 30 or 25 or 23.98 or 24 and your software should be able to export at whatever you recorded at.
Phones cannot be trusted to do as they're told, unfortunately. Many videos I've examined myself were of course set to 29.97 or 30, but in reality, if the phone can't handle it, it will lower the frame rate to 28 or something else. You need to double check every video you film with a phone and use an application that can force the video to play back at a standard frame rate. Simply choosing "export at 30" does not necessarily fix the problem. Depending on the application, it may just add 2 extra (duplicate) frames each second, resulting in stuttering. You probably need to use a professional application like After Effects, where you can choose to "Interpret" each clip at a standard frame rate. If it was filmed at 28 fps for example, AE will then speed it up slightly so it plays back at 30, or slow it down to 25 or 24, your choice.
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« on: December 31, 2018, 11:15 »
Did you change the shutter speed manually? They don't like it as it might make the footage look a bit choppy or introduce flickering. With 30 fps, shooting shutter speed should be at (or a multiple of) 1/60. They can see that in the metadata, so it might be the rejection reason.
It seems like I can set that. Maybe that's the problem... Is it possible to use a software to change that or something? Does it really matter? They don't "seem" with those type of issues
No, that doesn't really matter in most cases. There are about a million GoPro clips on there and 99% of them have the wrong shutter speed. And probably about 70-90% of all drone clips too.  Without having seen your clip, I would guess this is likely just one of those automatic rejections that aren't really based on anything real. Of course, there CAN be real shutter speed issues - for example, if you drop a 24p clip on a 30p timeline in some applications they will add 6 duplicate frames each second, which can give a stuttering effect if there is enough motion. This doesn't seem to be the case here though. As others pointed out, phones sometimes record in variable or odd frame rates, like 30.1p or 27p. An app like VLC (free) will tell you all the details. I suppose the only way for us to give a real answer would be for you to post the actual clip (or small part of it) somewhere.
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« on: December 20, 2018, 12:55 »
If they paid staff they should say that not "everyone who contributed to their success"
Now that I can agree with, although it was clearly in Part 3, the Staff section of the PIS. Anyway, if all of us got a piece of the payout it would amount to a whopping $8 per year. Would that make us happy?
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« on: December 20, 2018, 12:41 »
They're talking about actual STAFF... Employees. Not marketplace sellers.
As I understand it those retained as contributors received a payout. It still wouldn't be a true statement as the staff weren't the only people that contributed to their success. Did they send a cheque to staff that left too I wonder ;-) ?
Yes, that was kind of the point. There are (probably) more than 100,000 marketplace contributors, at least close to 100k. About 1,000 current and previous staff members got a payout. The big headline in bold - "Staff share in the profits." - might be a clue.
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« on: December 20, 2018, 12:21 »
They're talking about actual STAFF... Employees. Not marketplace sellers.
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« on: December 20, 2018, 09:52 »
By that logic no one should ever sell their company. If the price is right, by all means, sell. The problem is that the price is usually not right. Only 1-10% of right.
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« on: December 17, 2018, 15:51 »
They still make Final Cut? lol.
Yes, what's lol about it? For timeline editing that doesn't require After Effects type manipulation, it's great. A couple times faster than Premiere and probably 10-20 times faster than After Effects. The difference is quite enormous. For single clips to be uploaded as stock I use After Effects because it gives you maximum control. But man is it slow...
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« on: December 17, 2018, 06:02 »
I know almost nothing shooting video or editing video. What are some term I should use to search on Google or Youtube that would help me understand how to both shoot and edit video clips? Also if you have any lessons learned the hard way, and would like to share to help me not make the same mistakes, I would appreciate it. Well, normally you would have to learn a bit about shutter speeds, ND filters, camera movement etc., but since this is an action camera with a fixed aperture, there's not much you can do. When filming with "real" cameras, the shutter speed would be more or less fixed, and you would change the exposure with ND filters and the aperture. As far as editing goes, common search terms would be: Color correction Color grading Noise reduction Stabilization Delivery frame rate vs. capture frame rate Speeding up video with appropriate motion blur (something very suitable for the Osmo) Slowing down video and adding fake frames. And much more. But that's a start. Adobe After Effects, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro X (with Motion) would probably be the most common software choices. Also a couple of questions that come to mind. 1) What happens with logos in videos? Say I was in a big city? With a photo, I'd just retouch it out.
Well, as Harvepino pointed out, sell as editorial, or do what you would do with a photo, only frame by frame. If it's a static shot - easy! If it's a moving shot - time consuming, but could be quite easy with the right tools (After Effects). Adobe After Effects is basically Photoshop for video. Instead of just blurring a single photo, you have to move the blur area (tracking mask) over hundreds of frames. 2) The DJI OSMO Pocket has a mechanical gimbal, which works great when I'm snowboarding, but when I'm just walking around in an urban area or even on a mountain trail, I see consistent slight bumps up and down as a I walk. I find that a bit irritating. Is this the best I can expect, especially since I've seen so many glowing reviews of the Pocket on youtube from vloggers.
Just like mindstorm pointed out, this is what you get if you walk normally with a 3-axis gimbal. You need a 5-axis gimbal to smooth out up and down movements. Fixes: walk like a strange ninja with back problems, or use anything that rolls or glides.
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« on: November 28, 2018, 04:38 »
I removed all my clips in the beginning of last week and put them all into pond5 and Lo and behold they've already sold twice and for good money!
Yet you only seem to have two clips there, with just 1 sale on one of them, priced well below the standard Shutterstock price. 
...and 3 clips still online at Shutterstock.
Do I? all my clips are baked in under what we call a " factory" been for many years! and not in "clager" that should only be stills! ..well it should be!! Better check it out?...btw the ones you saw, were they old moving engineering parts?
I see, my bad. Yes, they were the engineering parts. Do you feel one can get better exposure being part of a "factory"?
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« on: November 28, 2018, 03:23 »
I removed all my clips in the beginning of last week and put them all into pond5 and Lo and behold they've already sold twice and for good money!
Yet you only seem to have two clips there, with just 1 sale on one of them, priced well below the standard Shutterstock price.  ...and 3 clips still online at Shutterstock.
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« on: November 26, 2018, 08:31 »
SS support has admitted that this is no bug and was obviously intentional...
Hi xxx,
Thank you for contacting Shutterstock Contributor Care.
As per your email, I could understand that your concern is regarding the search results.
I wish to inform you that it depends on the downloads and purchases made by customer worldwide which allows images to stay in the popular section of Shutterstock website.
I assure you that there is no bug issue as of now. In case there is any issue found we would surely let you know about that. Also, this just proves how easy it is for them to cap your sales. Eat this non-believers.
Well, that's just a standard "have you tried plugging it in" answer. I don't believe Contributor Care would have the slightest clue what goes on behind the scenes. They can't "admit" anything.
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« on: November 24, 2018, 12:47 »
Could be. Or it could be a videographer they want to work with. Or their algorithm could just favor contributors with the lowest royalty rate, which seems most likely. That way Shutterstock maximizes profits, because they keep more of the money made from each sale.
The royalty rate is always 30% for footage. So, no.
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« on: November 20, 2018, 13:13 »
the other who shoots only when going out to make dog pipi and complain that he not earn nothing
That person is still doiong better than the person who earns $2k but has expenses of $2001k, and tax to pay on the $2K.
That other person (not the pipi person) must not be very smart, since expenses can be deducted from taxes.
To some extent. It never seems to be as much as the actual expenses, though. Also, it varies from country to country what counts as legitimate expenses.
What would be an example of an illegitimate expense then? That is still an expense. I can't say I know the tax laws in every country but I'm pretty sure that in most civilized countries, the tax in this case would be $0.
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« on: November 15, 2018, 12:02 »
It could be a good idea if you have greatly improved, BUT, if they are selling really well I would be careful.
You have a good search ranking BECAUSE they have sold well, and they continue to sell well because they are now ranked high.
If you upload competing clips that some people choose over your best-sellers, they might lose their ranking over time and you will stop getting sales.
There is no guarantee that your new clips will replace the sales of the old ones. The competition could be much higher now, and you might not get as lucky with the new clips.
If the clips sell very well, as you say, then one would assume that the grade is good enough, no?
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