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Messages - Shelma1
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« on: December 06, 2018, 03:46 »
disgusting.
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« on: December 05, 2018, 15:38 »
Hey, they're in love with the RED camera. All I'm saying is rent one and compete. Or not.
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« on: December 05, 2018, 15:02 »
Its more the finding of those locations. Thats the hard part.
The guy probably have been using leftovers from paid-for jobs for years directly to amass this library.
Hire some some models, book a location, rent a RED camera for a day, shoot 8 hours of footage, chop it into 30-second bites. One day gives you 960 clips. A month of that gives you tens of thousands. (If you're not picky.)
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« on: December 05, 2018, 14:50 »
But these people are "Select" because they use a RED camera, not because they have nice locations. Honestly, I think a lot of other people's footage is nicer, but they don't use the RED camera that has Shutterstock so starry-eyed.
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« on: December 05, 2018, 12:45 »
Ye gads, that first guy has 15,000 videos, all beautiful, all amazing locations. This is why I never look at other people's portfolios. Disheartening.
One of their select contributors rents out his RED camera. Maybe find out how much he's charging? Just an idea. 
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« on: November 28, 2018, 13:19 »
I knew their explanation was doublespeak. They've been secretly working with videographers and planned all along to push them to the top of search results. I wonder how many invited photographers and illustrators they're secretly working with now. Happy holidays!
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« on: November 26, 2018, 10:06 »
Anyone who doesn't believe Shutterstock manipulates search to favor some contributors over others is drinking the kool aid.
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« on: November 26, 2018, 02:01 »
None of my stuff is there, but a lot of it looks familar to me. Photos too...probably all stolen.
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« on: November 25, 2018, 04:04 »
Eighth Wonder has 12.5 million clips on Shutterstock?
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« on: November 24, 2018, 17:57 »
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.
But I would assume most footage contributors also contribute still images, so their royalty rates would be different for those. And since still images sell more than footage, the algorithm would still benefit Shutterstock.
Sorry Shelma,
Wrong assumption.
If you contribute footage, you would never, ever want to contribute still images as well
I assume you're being facetious, since it seems you have 645 photos on Pond5? And you create youtube videos advising people how to create still images for stock sites?
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« on: November 24, 2018, 13:42 »
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.
But I would assume most footage contributors also contribute still images, so their royalty rates would be different for those. And since still images sell more than footage, the algorithm would still benefit Shutterstock.
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« on: November 24, 2018, 07:27 »
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.
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« on: November 24, 2018, 06:18 »
I doubt their search engine has been hacked. Illustrators have been noticing this for a while now. Newbie ports are pushed to the top of the search and established contributors work is pushed back. Ive seen many instances of newbie ports suddenly taking over the entire first page of search results. But when I say it people laugh and make jokes about conspiracy theories. Now youre seeing it with footage. So now you see what I see.
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« on: November 22, 2018, 15:03 »
Suhcky-doodle-do.
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« on: November 18, 2018, 15:52 »
I'm totally new to video but comments like this make me want to stay away from shutterstock and stick with Pond5. I'm I right on that?
If only people had stayed away from SS's 25c subs. 
If only iStock hadn't kept 85% of the money from people's sales.
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« on: November 15, 2018, 17:43 »
I had the issue briefly, then it returned to normal.
With the upcoming holiday season, I'm reminded of the good old days when Shutterstock used to send Christmas cards to their top contributors...showing appreciation for their work rather than suppressing their sales to please investors. The good old days, when the site worked flawlessly almost all the time, they had standards for accepting work and if you did good work you made it to page one in the search results because buyers could actually find your stuff.
I feel so old and tin-foil-hatted now.
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« on: November 15, 2018, 10:21 »
I'm not familiar with the terms at every site, but I can't imagine reselling your images would be allowed anywhere.
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« on: November 15, 2018, 10:12 »
He copied me, but not exactly, so SS will do nothing.
However, in the first example it's clear he downloaded someone's illos and just placed one on top of the other (bodybuilder), so SS should remove that one, at least.
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« on: November 13, 2018, 13:27 »
So far it hasn't allowed me to upload a file because it found an "unexpanded pattern," though the elements I used are in other files and have no patterns in them...I checked everything several times and re-uploaded several times, then finally gave up on that illustration. So I guess it's good and bad.
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« on: November 12, 2018, 09:39 »
est-ce normal ? Oui.
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« on: November 10, 2018, 08:31 »
Thanks for pointing out how gerrymandering, voter suppression and other Republican shenanigans lead to a government that represents the minority rather than the majority...even when Democrats win more votes (see Gore; HR Clinton; the current race for governor of Georgia).
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« on: November 10, 2018, 01:50 »
Do you mean Barbasol?
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« on: November 08, 2018, 20:30 »
Trump is rude as well!! but Acosta is not great at his job! CNN should have replaced him long ago. People need to be civil and kind to one another and Trump is just as bad. We all need to look at the election map and see a sea of red with some blue pockets in the cities and realize that we all need to get along. Trump is not my idol or hero by any means, man needs to grow up but on some of his policies I do agree, not all but some.
"As of October 2017, Gallup polling found that 31% of Americans identified as Democrat, 24% identified as Republican, and 42% as Independent.[3] Additionally, polling showed that 46% are either "Democrats or Democratic leaners" and 39% are either "Republicans or Republican leaners" when Independents are asked 'do you lean more to the Democratic Party or the Republican Party?'" 81% of Americans live in those "blue pockets." Stop kidding yourself with the "sea of red." The majority of Americans are Democrats or lean that way,
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