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Messages - caspixel
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« on: March 27, 2011, 16:12 »
I heard from a very reliable source that Charlie Sheen shoots a little micro on the side.
 If ScarletAttentionWhore says "WINNING" we know he's outed himself.
402
« on: March 27, 2011, 16:11 »
I'm always happy when I can make someone laugh. Back at'cha.  
403
« on: March 27, 2011, 14:05 »
404
« on: March 27, 2011, 13:16 »
Did anyone happen to notice his devil and speedometer image have been removed from Shutterstock?
405
« on: March 27, 2011, 13:12 »
This is great entertainment 
Priceless. He links to this site where apparently we are supposed to believe that the woman in the keyhole is 100% computer generated from the supplied CG model?
http://quinetiam.com/?p=537
Instead of from this stolen image:
http://www.fotolia.com/id/10955734
BTW, just would like to say how proud I am to be a member of this merry band of thugs 
He's using that same stolen keyhole woman as his avatar on Linkedin. What an utter moron.
406
« on: March 27, 2011, 12:29 »
I can't figure out why anyone would want to behave like that. What's the gain?!?
Especially when he's clearly guilty.
407
« on: March 27, 2011, 12:28 »
I go to check out a fellow contributor's portfolio, and what do I see but naked women all over the place. Since my content filter has been on for YEARS, my first thought was that these had slipped through the cracks (pardon the pun). But there were so many I figured I better check the content filter.
Somewhere in the F5 fiasco, the content filter was defaulted back to "Show adult content". Just lovely.
That's probably a "feature" not a "bug".
408
« on: March 27, 2011, 12:09 »
My slider was defaulted to the left. Did any IS employee say where it's supposed to be defaulted so we know what buyers are actually seeing?
Hi Paulie!
I think the default is in the middle, at least thats what the majority say on the IS forum.
Mine is set all the way to the right and I've never touched it. I didn't even know it was there until the discussion about it started.
409
« on: March 27, 2011, 12:05 »
Wow. what is wrong with this person?
410
« on: March 27, 2011, 12:01 »
"Calm down, it's the weekend"?
Seriously?
Don't they realise that with commission cuts many of us have to work seven days a week just to keep afloat?
I guess if HQ can take the weekend off they think everyone else can too.
411
« on: March 26, 2011, 09:32 »
Gee, nice responses on that thread. "Calm down, it's the weekend"? Really? Well, some of us work over the weekends, unlike the folks in Calgary. Besides, the guy says he contacted support three days ago. Now he's got to wait 6 or more? Such sh*tty customer service. iStock only cares about money, not the people who actually *pay* them the money.
412
« on: March 25, 2011, 22:14 »
This is one of the reasons I am glad to be exclusive. ill be happy to let Lobo and co hunt the thieves down...
Que? Istock are about the worst agency when it comes to taking action against thieves, even for exclusives. They really don't give two sh!ts about their contributors. They can't even secure their own site, much less police wider abuse. You really do need to get out more (from the IS forums) if you actually want to understand the situation.
Anyway, you probably won't be 'glad to be exclusive' for much longer. We're all having a very good March, which will disguise the issue for exclusives, but just wait until the summer. That's when reality will really hit. My data suggests that exclusives might be down around 20-40% compared to 2010. Independents will probably be down a bit too, due to the commission reductions at IS & Fotolia, but strong growth at Shutterstock will make up most of the difference. Stockfresh is just coming on-line too. The situation is changing. Drastically.
Gostwyck, how dare you take the attention away from ScarletAttentionWhore?!
413
« on: March 25, 2011, 20:49 »
But would that not mean Paulywood would be out of a job. He seems like a nice guy who is just trying to tow the company line. It took almost a week for him to answer in the thread about what is taking so long.
LOL. He was probably trying to get a straight answer from someone at HQ. I feel bad for him. Every day he must wonder if this is the day he is going to be out of a job. He does seem like a nice guy and he's obviously trying his best to keep the enthusiasm going, but iStock's given him an impossible task, like so many of the other lackeys.
414
« on: March 25, 2011, 18:26 »
Again there is that suspicious attitude... like everybody is a scam. Get over yourselves, your not that important.
I offer 800 free pics through a download service. People have to fill out a survey to get the download.
It's free. But people sure get all worked up and suspicious.
And when you do that, does that also install malware on your computer?
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« on: March 25, 2011, 16:50 »
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« on: March 25, 2011, 16:46 »
Why does the devil head look all blurry?
417
« on: March 25, 2011, 14:45 »
they are selling logos there for $250 to $250,000 (USD - not a typo!) and the site only keeps15% while the designer/seller gets 85% of the sales price. seems like a much better deal than the istock one which will presumably sell for 100 to 1,000 credits - though I'm not clear what the percentage of that is for the designer with all the royalty changes lately, but I am pretty sure there is a snowball's chance in hell that it will be 85%.
I don't think the BrandStock logos sell all that much. I see pretty much the same logos on there every time I go to that site. Besides, who would want to buy a stock logo for anything over $500? It's ludicrous to think someone would spend $250k on a STOCK LOGO. For that kind of money, you could most definitely afford the entire process of getting a custom logo. I think iStock's deal with the logo program is supposed to be 50/50, but I could be wrong. Of course, that will probably be changed if it ever gets launched. If they reduce the commission before then they will completely stop the slow trickle of submissions.
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« on: March 25, 2011, 13:50 »
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=308462&messageid=6019582
"While its true that we indeed plan, very thoroughly, future developments and improvements for the year ahead, it's also necessary that we are able to shift our development focus if the need arises. The past year has seen significant changes in iStock (F5 being one of many) in our effort to fortify our position in the marketplace and make things better for everyone, our contributors and customers alike."
Reading between the lines, it sounds to me like the development resources planned to be used to implement the logo program got sucked into F5 and other stuff, and rather than hire more staff, they delayed the logo program.
Then the logo program will never be launched. The site is such a mess I find it hard to believe it would ever get fixed. I wonder how many people are still submitting logos to that dead horse (aside from the few that are still submitting to the challenges). The other thing about the logos that I've seen that I wonder about is how they are even going to have a market. Some of them are *so* specific that I can't see them fitting too many businesses. I thought the whole point was to create something general.
419
« on: March 25, 2011, 12:49 »
Please don't be a photo thefter. Looky only.
You accuse others of having a suspicious attitude, then immediately assume people are going to steal a photo that you post a link to? Nice.
420
« on: March 25, 2011, 12:25 »
More iStock logo program failin'. Still no hint of a lauch date. I like how the logo admin says "the logo program can't exist" without the contributors. Is it too obvious to point out, that the logo program actually doesn't really exist? I feel bad for all the people who submitted. Making logos takes a lot of time, and from what I've seen of the submission process, iStock doesn't make it any easier. http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=308462&page=1#post6174672
421
« on: March 25, 2011, 12:18 »
Why would I want to buy a 300 of only your photos when I could have my choice of millions from a wide variety of photographers for far less money? And I can even see them and test how they work in my designs before buying.
422
« on: March 24, 2011, 10:16 »
It is some of their many partner sites that are worrying photographers.
How can they do this?
423
« on: March 24, 2011, 09:03 »
The OP has posted:
"I just called the magazine and they told me it was bought over getty. Since it was printed in febuary as far as I know it should show up in the GI sales from yesterday, but I can't find it there. Maybe getty pushed it into march. Weird...."
The OP better check who is listed as the copyright holder to the image over on Getty. It's my understanding that many of the images over on Getty have someone different than the photographer listed, so who even knows who is getting paid! I know someone who has "Ocean Photography" listed as the copyright holder to their images. Who (or what) the heck is Ocean Photography and why would Getty replace the real copyright holder with that name?
424
« on: March 23, 2011, 21:46 »
It's too bad that it's so dangerous for badges to speak up - if it weren't I'm sure you'd have many more on board publicly. I won't name names, but at least one badge was canned for speaking out (so no wonder they're so quiet) and it's my understanding that others can't even express their opinions freely in the Inspector forum without threats of being de-badges if they don't pipe down.
Which is why you know when Kelvin and Dawn say they can be critical and are still voicing their opinions, you know it is so much BS.
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« on: March 23, 2011, 18:53 »
There has been an ongoing $0 sale issue.
It looks like Getty Images is the most likely answer for the OP. The images were only put up on Getty at the very end of January, and February sales aren't due to be notified until
I don't know, the OP, later in the thread said he doesn't think it's a Getty sale. I hope he let's everyone know the outcome, provided he's not required to sign and NDA. 
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