Quote from: Dreamframer on July 28, 2010, 13:47

I think they will start to implement things in August. Not all things at the same time, but one by one.

Oh good. So they can drag the problems out much longer. 

I was just thinking how to stop moaning but as I see Saga will be just begin...
Stay tuned 

Why they are not talking about that they will keyword our images and put them in they fairy tale CV, or dont reject our images for few wrong keywords for they 80% of royalty from us?
Everytime is story how to screw us more.

My last batch they removed all the bad keywords and approved the image. Istock reviewers are grown up.

If they make home page for submitters they will drop down in top 500 ww by factor of 2 or 3 on the list and they of course dont like this idea 

Good point but as submitters probably won't have an Alexa toolbar installed, it won't have a lot of influence.
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- In first point you are fairly right. They dont reject all my images for few bad keywords, its about 60/60% in this issue.
Maybe less or more but I thing that from time to time its going better and better (hands up iStock). I mention that in some post ago and I was positive surprised after first approved 3 bad keyword image because I think that about 20-30% of my images are rejected just for few wrong keywords or they reviewers realize that they have more job to do when they give splat from they moaning service (which link is hidden like snakes legs) for they bad decision while risking they job, so for them is easier way to delete ours few bad keywords and it is lets say win/win situation for reviewers and us but its not iStock's public statement policy.
Before that I think Stokas intention is in hair splittering or (Pain In The Ass pedant wanabee process thru horse glasses to screwing us for this minor thing, few bad keywords) how they make more traffic to they site like dog when run around tree to catch up his own tail while they have site maintains problems as all stock sites together x 2 or more (see below)

-- They potential droppings in list of first 500 ww will not be problem for image buyers but for them if someone potential site buyer want buy them (eg. Corbis, CreStock, flemishdreamblogspot.konj, suljo.konj  etc...) In this case they site price will drop down dramatically.
Blah blah which is story that not concern us at all...

Anyhow they drop they pressure on us by few % and try to invent hot water for us...

Michaelo bath is warming up, is soap still safely in you hands? 

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----Question for our Black Diamond queen LisaFx
I notice that you often use acronym PITA in you posts
As you and all of you see I am not native english speaker but I try it very hard and I was wandering what it means.
Is it from dictionary?
pita |ˈpētə| (also pita bread)
noun
flat hollow unleavened bread that can be split open to hold a filling.
ORIGIN modern Greek, literally �cake or pie� ; compare with Turkish pide, in a similar sense (Burek).

or is it?

Pain In The Ass??? (some kind of preparation for Michaelo doubt with fart bath case and soap) 

I know in first place that same acronyms have different and opposite meanings depend from which village is who and in global scale it is big more problem in understanding.
EG
Burek in my language is one sort of PITA and it is tasty meal which dont have any rude connections with (Pain In The Ass) PITA
or like
iSTOCK-a = means CATTLE or LIVESTOCK in little declinations but have this meanings when some value you work like them
or brand name of FORD car KUGA which in my language means Black plague

PLS
Light me up or use more common words for nonnative english speakers...

THNX
Rude Suljo

Quote from: Dreamframer on July 26, 2010, 06:23

Suljo, maybe you are just too old

I think in fact Suljo is just too rude, I already have him blocked

Andrew is a truly nice guy, on forums and in person, and I think you will find most people will agree with me on that. The personal attack is distasteful and has no place here...

I always like fake puritans and soul keepers.
So what if he is nice guy, it doesnt mean thay you must bath with him and pick fart bubbles together.
I dont have nothing about them, I just have my opinion in which amateur way is video done from the "best stok site".

@FD-regular
On they "redesign" I only see that they move search window in line with logo 
Maybe site map was flat so if they change few things that dont be called redesign and they will be payed less.
I agree with concept buyers in front but that means that for us will be more painfull.
Why they are not talking about that they will keyword our images and put them in they fairy tale CV, or dont reject our images for few wrong keywords for they 80% of royalty from us?
Everytime is story how to screw us more.

If they make home page for submitters they will drop down in top 500 ww by factor of 2 or 3 on the list and they of course dont like this idea 
Anyhow they will drop down in SEO after redesign and I just can imagine how many bugs and glitches will be after that wannabe "redesign".

Michealo stay well and hold soap well too. 

I have sales of 2 or 3 images multiple times in sam e day and every with they every possible licence which they offer to buyers and earn me in they statistic about 70 $. I just waiting moment when I will be in (-) minus with them and with my statistic. Or maybe it is they gift to me?!?  
I think they have some glitch like DreamsTime when you buy image and then want buy another at different size or licence system gives you the same old image in that new size but not new one choosen image.

Congrats from angry parrot 
archivement is bigger with B role models, congrats again...

Here is a video about the new design with Rogermexico and the designer

http://vimeo.com/channels/istock

PS: If anyone know how to embed a video who is not from youtube, please help me!

Haw haw
Beardless and yesterday mutated kid and too early baldy guy with wanabee stilish hat are talking about search-find-buy dilemma.
haw haw
I think some of iStock bosses want to dig money out from iStock for invisible redesign so they "hire" kid to pay them provision crumbs for nothing and then he will transfer real mony in they pocket.
BTW that they will bee thousands of bugs and glitches how we will feel that something is going on there.
After all result will be zero  

I sign up today. I hope that they review applications much faster than few months before.

look
without numerous pathing there is no easy setups.
From image form competitor web photo is also deeply alerted with clipping path or mask additions. Look at fake shadows on left bed leg, fake glow shadow on carpet etc. so there is not setup at all. Even if he has milky plastic floor with min 10.000 Whs under floor and also this kind off walls with strobes in this strenght.
I think this image is shooted with basic 2 softboxes and isolated with clipping path and after that they drop automatic perspective shadow and thats it + fake some more which are not so logical.
Images above which I posted are from Whirpool and Miele and I think they are much more whealthy than some ordinary furniture producer or even worse if this producers cant or dont give him them they images of they furniture. (which are digitally alerted or not)
Anyhow If you friend is producer of his furniture and want to be higher than where is now he must hire man who will do the pathing job.
With automatic setup I think that didnt work.
Only setup is this 2 or 3 or 4 strobes but without pathing there in no easy results.
Before few years I have job to do similar thing (to do isolations of furniture from nearly same angle as you postit)
and fake room is shooted in company basement with rough concrete floor and behind rough white walls in basement. I will post it if I found it in my archive, but even today with too much processing it is impossible...

Eh
finaly I found it I dont realize that 10 years are passed...
Strip shows 100% of view of quality which are more than accepted this days...

Quote from: LSD72 on July 08, 2010, 18:53

He was trying to "save" his camera... just in a different way. Holy Water to save its soul and rid it of those artifacting Demons. Canon, Be Healed!


 

Of course that Canon needs to be converted to Nikonism

Also you need to change this cheepy/shty tripod from you avatar 

I think that there is no way/chance to make setup aka MakeItGood for this kind of stuff.
Heres a few examples. Look at number of Paths/isolations for partial corrections/additions what they applied for this shoots in path window.

Thing iStock screw my earnings about 90% from old StockXpert while all time hiding they legs like snake to screw more money from us.

Can somebody know short cut how to select different gradient. OK selecting basic Gradient tool is letter G but how to select eg Radial or other type of gradient only with keys, without clicking?

Also is it possible to select in that way eg if you are on brush tool to select Darken or Multiply option for brush tool?