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« on: June 23, 2014, 18:18 »
The whole problem with Unions or collectives or whatever you want to call the organization is you have to be able to control the source of production. The people who read this forum represent 1%? of the total images in micro stock.
I don't know. We were able to remove almost 25% of DPC's images in a month, so I would say we control a lot more than 1%. Following the Pareto Principle, about 20% of microstock contributors should control about 80% of all microstock content. So a relatively small number of people should be able to wield a significant amount of power.
True, but you forgot about image factories
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« on: June 23, 2014, 18:17 »
If you can't sign your name to it, then you probably shouldn't write it.
That's why the internet is so out of control nowadays. Anonymity tends to bring out the worst in people, allowing them to say things they would never say in public.
It doesn't bring out the worst, not necessarily. I would say it brings out their true nature. For some, that is the worst, for some it's not.
453
« on: June 18, 2014, 16:00 »
What is the best way to set up payments if your bank account is in euro?
All of the agencies pay us in USD (except ft to some lucky one who registered in the correct zone -_-) so how do you handle your banking to minimize costs?
Payoneer, to make it short.
I have a $, a € account and a account in my local currency. The local currency account costs me a fee of about 3 $ a month. The foreign currency accounts are free if you have more than 50$ in them. Beyond that, I use Payoneer as much as possible and therefore keep the money in the original $ currency. Mostly because I spend US$ a lot with these cards (traveling, software, hosting, etc.). If needed, I transfer money to a account....for saving mostly the € one.
Thanks. The majority of my income is from SS, who don't support payoneer, are there alternative options?
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« on: June 18, 2014, 14:04 »
What is the best way to set up payments if your bank account is in euro?
All of the agencies pay us in USD (except ft to some lucky one who registered in the correct zone -_-) so how do you handle your banking to minimize costs?
455
« on: June 18, 2014, 13:56 »
Error started for me also in the last couple of days. So I switched to the web uploader.
Upload over the web yields less broken thumbnails than ftp upload.
456
« on: June 15, 2014, 11:15 »
It would be good if the developer showed up and was someone who is "verified". It's hard to trust you account data with someone who you don't know, so it can be free as much as it likes.
457
« on: June 14, 2014, 07:55 »
It won't be dead.
There will be more people uploading photos.
But the number of (good) illustrators and people who knows how to do 3d renderings will not increase by so much.
So I recommend that you start learning these tools.
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« on: June 04, 2014, 15:13 »
Yeah, I didn't have problems with those on my old rig (Core2Duo), I'm saying performance wise it's probably smarter to buy an Intel if you're a heavy user of PS/LR.
And still nobody ran the benchmark, funny. 
how about a simple test instead of a 3 pages one?
It's a simple test. Much simpler than uploading to istock, alamy, dreamstime & co. And if you have time for that, you certainly have time for this. Anyway, this just shows that people aren't really interested in specs. They want the workflow to be pleasant, but don't care about numbers. And I understand that. How it feels is important. But if you want to make a quantitative measure, you need benchmarks.
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« on: June 02, 2014, 11:05 »
The categories are larger (15%) because of the variation in the income, but I'm aware this doesn't "fix" the question completely. Just take an average of all of your months in 2014 and calculate like this. 
460
« on: June 01, 2014, 07:02 »
-3% compared to April 2014
+430% compared to May 2013
461
« on: May 28, 2014, 13:52 »
Yeah, I didn't have problems with those on my old rig (Core2Duo), I'm saying performance wise it's probably smarter to buy an Intel if you're a heavy user of PS/LR. And still nobody ran the benchmark, funny.
462
« on: May 28, 2014, 12:38 »
If they had given some details, depending on those I would decide.
As they gave none, I have to assume the worst - this is something like DPC. Opted out immediately.
463
« on: May 28, 2014, 07:46 »
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« on: May 27, 2014, 17:17 »
Got the grey bar, saw the details of the sales. If this is it (and it looks like it), it's miserable.
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« on: May 27, 2014, 14:58 »
I just checked the .csv file... still 0 for subscription royalties and downloads (columns D and E), this huge boost is just added to partner program royalties (column L). So I have no idea if these are the subs.. they certainly aren't regarded as such in the csv file.
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« on: May 27, 2014, 14:52 »
It looks like this to me:  So all subs are credited on April 30th? Ugh?
467
« on: May 25, 2014, 16:01 »
Strangely, I don't look at my computer. I generally look at what's on the monitor...
And this is one of my points. What's on the monitor, by way of the Windows working environment, are some of the "uglies" I refer to.
I think photoshop and lightroom look quite the same in both environments.
468
« on: May 24, 2014, 16:40 »
The question is why would you want to buy the same components when you can get the same (or better) performance/durability for less money? I'm not denying that macs are built well and have good components overall, I'm saying they're too pricey and that one can shop much smarter if cost effectiveness is the key. If someone buys a mac "because it looks good on the desk", there is no point in telling that person anything about the processor or the storage.
Anyway... most people would be completely fine with an i5 pc with an SSD drive (for 600$).
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« on: May 24, 2014, 14:09 »
Didn't I read in their forums that iStock subs are still to come?
Yup. Right after PP. You can also check the .csv file 
470
« on: May 24, 2014, 13:30 »
Pretty good results for me. Let's see what subscription sales bring
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« on: May 24, 2014, 12:45 »
Scarlett Johansson and Judi Dench and both really good at what they do, but who would you rather have sitting on your desk top? Sorry but PCs fall into the only-your-mother-could-love genre.
1) You can install MacOS on your PC for the software look, and regarding hardware appearance, there are some miniATX cases which are quite beautiful (check this one, for example) Or maybe some of these: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/33151/bitfenix-launches-the-phenom-another-remarkably-beautiful-pc-case/index.html2) This is mine, just a moment before closing it:  Also, the new mac pro looks like a rubbish bin to me, so I'd rather have mine. 
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« on: May 24, 2014, 08:31 »
Then you have both your OS of choice and the best components for the money.
As today's Macs are intel machines you don't need a PC to run window or Unix
Just for the fun:
http://www.cnet.com/news/macbook-pro-declared-best-performing-windows-laptop/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/04/25/the-best-windows-pc-is-an-apple-mac/
I thought we were talking about desktop PCs, not laptops. The second comparison is between a clean install and a branded laptop with a load of crapware on it. Did you read the article? In the first article, the best performer is a macbook pro at 1200$ with a score of 1.05 and acer takes the second place with a score od 1.12 for 429$. So acer is a clear winner. And that isn't even with a clean install. Now, does anyone want to run some benchmarks or just talk about how their OS of choice is somehow superior to the other? :yawn:
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« on: May 24, 2014, 07:11 »
Again, to each their own. When I'm buying a computer, I'm looking at cost effectiveness. Someone else will look at design. I'm not saying mine is better. But I am saying mine is better in cost effectiveness and as this is what I'm looking for, PC is a clear winner. Also, if you dislike Windows, you can use linux. Ubuntu is pretty nice. But you know what else? You can also build yourself a hackintosh - buy all the components and build a regular PC and then just install Mac OS on it. Then you have both your OS of choice and the best components for the money. So why buy a Mac then at two or three times the price?
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« on: May 24, 2014, 05:08 »
What is better, a machine with a benchmark result of 200 but needing to spend days and days in assistance every year, or hours in hacks, manipulations, re-configurations, restarts, etc
Or a machine with a benchmark result of 600 but just working, always, without ask nothing?
I don't know, it depends on personal preference and your skills with technology. And why does it have to be a false dichotomy? I've never had a problem with my PC. Now, does anyone want to run the benchmark, I don't feel like going into a mac vs. pc flame. To each his own.
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« on: May 23, 2014, 20:13 »
Anyone wants to run some benchmarks?
I can run something on my PC (like a complicated PS action) and we can compare times, so we have a quantitative measure, not just anecdotal data.
go ahead
Ok, done.
The test is from here and it contains both the file and the action:
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/photoshop.php
My overall result is 128.1 sec.
My configuration (without the monitor) was 955 euro, which means I paid 7.45 euro for a second.
what a big page man, not ready to read it all, how about a smaller version?
Nope.
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