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Messages - massman
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« on: March 07, 2008, 15:39 »
I'd also go with Epson, I've had several in the past and found them very good indeed. Digital Photographer magazine just ran a group test on three different film scanners and the Epson V700 came out on top. If I was upgrading I would probably go with the V700.
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« on: March 06, 2008, 15:39 »
RAW files are just that, RAW. Keep them that way, don't go fiddling with your camera. I would suggest that saving from the RAW to TIFF would be a much better option. You will retain the 16 bit colour depth and the image want suffer any IQ degradation from JPEG compression, keep your image as a TIFF until you have finished your editing. I tend to archive both RAW and finished TIFF files and only save to JPEG for submission.
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« on: March 06, 2008, 14:15 »
'You want to have your cake and eat it'
Well thats what I do with cake, I eat it. I've never bought a cake and then thrown it away.
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« on: February 29, 2008, 13:49 »
I've also seen a big drop in the size of credit downloads. During Feb '08 I hardly had any XXL, XL or V downloads, however, the majority of the subscription downloads were at these sizes, especially vectors - ouch!
This month I will see only 35% of my November earnings, despite increasing my portfolio by around 25% over the same period.
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« on: February 29, 2008, 11:59 »
My $ revenue has been in free fall at StockXpert since Nov '07. It appears to be subscription sales eating away at credit sales. This month has been the worst:
Feb '08 subscription DLs = 45.8% of total DLs
Jan '08 subscription DLs = 21.6% of total DLs
Dec '07 subscription DLs = 20.1% of total DLs
Nov '07 subscription DLs = 16.7% of total DLs
Oct '07 subscription DLs = 2.8% of total DLs
I decided not to opt out of subscriptions when they were introduced, now I am having second thoughts.
What has been your experience?
Has anyone seen a decline in revenue after opting out?
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« on: February 20, 2008, 06:01 »
I think it's much better, a step in the right direction.
I don't think the images need to be as large and I find the different types of fades/transitions between images a bit too much, I think just one type would work much better.
K.I.S.S.
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« on: February 19, 2008, 07:36 »
I think it's a dependent a lot on the users CPU, but you're right, I've never been satisfied with the animation on that. Guess we'll go back to the standard slideshow.
Zymmetricald, I'd lose those rotating images on the front page. It could be just my monitor but they're not smooth and I'm seeing jagged edges as they spin.
I'll second that. Not very nice to look at.
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« on: February 14, 2008, 12:58 »
Nothing. Nothing at all 
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« on: February 05, 2008, 07:47 »
Good man. Get uploading. Who's to say you won't get 100% acceptance.
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« on: February 05, 2008, 06:41 »
Chode
If you don't upload your images you will have only 1 image in your StockXpert gallery.
If you you upload 2000 and have a 50% rejection rate, you will have 1000 images in your StockXpert gallery.
What have you got to loose? Nothing except $$$.
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« on: February 04, 2008, 06:27 »
I find it very surprising that they are still in Beta, considering the budget, experience and knowledge they have.
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« on: January 29, 2008, 12:33 »
You have to kiss ass in the forums.
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« on: January 24, 2008, 04:45 »
I have a limited budget and I need a good macro lens for stock photography. I am considering buying a used lens from ebay. Does anyone have any experience with any of these lenses? I have a Nikon D80.
Tokina AT-X 100mm PRO D F2.8 MACRO
Tamron AF SP 90mm f2.8 Di MACRO
Sigma MACRO 105mm f/2.8 EX DG
Assuming they will all sell for similar money, which one will give me more bang for my buck. The Tokina seller is local to me, so I can collect and minimize the risk of being ripped off.
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« on: January 21, 2008, 04:00 »
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« on: January 17, 2008, 05:26 »
they stated finally reviewing my images. I see 7 online, 412 pending. I do not now how to view rejects. Do they send mail about rejects ?
vphoto
In your 'My Images' section all images have a coloured dot/light in the 'OK' list, each one means something different: Yellow = Pending inspection Green = Accepted Orange = Rejected If you wish to know the reason for rejected images just hover your mouse pointer over the orange dot/light and the reason should pop up.
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« on: January 15, 2008, 15:53 »
I think I just got lucky with that one image.
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« on: January 15, 2008, 15:08 »
Here are my figures from LO for the past 18 months or so.
Portfolio - 154
Views - 235056
Sales - 114 (including 1 EL)
Received comments - 16
Given comments - 5
One file in particular has done very well for me with 208698 views and 54 downloads
Who knows how it works.
Make of it what you will, but as others have said, with such an easy upload system and a friendly review team, it's no hassle to upload.
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« on: January 14, 2008, 15:44 »
I don't upload that much to DT, but I suppose you could open multiple browser windows/tabs and do it that way.
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« on: January 07, 2008, 11:22 »
Looks like a direct rip off to me. I would report it direct to StockXpert. I would also look for this image at other agencies and report it where relevant. Inspiration is one thing, this is just theft.
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« on: January 07, 2008, 08:58 »
I have been submitting to microstock agencies for over a year and as yet I have not kept any records.
2008 marks the year that I get serious with my photography, stock in particular and I wish to keep accurate records both for me and the tax man.
Can anyone point me in the right direction as to the best way to do this. I would like it to be software based and be able to track progress for individual agencies and again for all agencies together. I understand that Excel is the way to go, but where do you start?
Any info would be very much appreciated as I'm a bit clueless when it comes to this type of thing. Thanks.
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« on: December 21, 2007, 08:48 »
I use Thunderbird and I find it much better than Outlook.
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« on: December 21, 2007, 04:57 »
Vectors sell very well at StockXpert, this price increase is good news.
I think the upload process is very straight forward with StockXpert, it's a lot simpler than IS. All you need is one zipped EPS and a JPEG (The JPEG is automatically available for sale), make sure you upload using the 'graphic' upload page, link is at the top of the photo upload page.
I have had problems uploading ZIP files with Firefox, but IE works fine.
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« on: December 12, 2007, 08:22 »
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