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« on: January 06, 2025, 01:41 »
Was gonna say when I read your post earlier - the pre-edited version - that you'd likely see more sales of your video if you transferred it my hard drive than on Pond5 exclusive. 
Hmmm.....interesting logic!
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« on: January 05, 2025, 16:38 »
Edited.
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« on: January 05, 2025, 16:32 »
All agencies i know of specifically ban uploading the same shoot in different resolutions.
Well yea not something I would recommend. I do export a 4k copy and a HD copy from the original 4k video and submit those to different agencies. P5 and AS get my 4k videos. I only submit HD videos to SS. It really sucks receiving say $0.25c for a HD video sale. Though I couldn't handle getting that kind of change for a 4k video sale. That would be too much of an insult. The only reason why I submit videos to SS these days is for the decent value clip sales that occur there once in a while.
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« on: January 05, 2025, 07:20 »
When you find a scene that you
think is worth shooting do you shoot both 4K and HD and submit
both formats?
Well there wouldn't really be any point of recording a subject in both 4k and HD (even if you wanted to submit both resolutions.) Just record once in 4k and be done with it. Then upload that 4k video to your computer and export a 4k copy and also a HD copy from the timeline.
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« on: December 27, 2024, 17:42 »
I'm just a few dollars away from getting my first payout at DT. And that took an incredibly long time (years.) Recently, I had my 900th photo accepted and added to my port on DT. An editorial image. Then later on, I discover that this photo has been removed from my port and placed in the rejected section. And they're recommending me to resubmit the photo as commercial. This is despite the fact that the image is a close up view of products with the company names and logos being clearly visible.
I will keep submitting to DT after I reach payout. The sales are certainly not common or regular but they do add up over time. And the commissions are pretty good compared to a lot of the other agencies. This may sound like a bit of a shocker but for me, DT outperforms Alamy. Sales on Alamy are even rarer and when they do occur, I usually receive amounts that are worse than microstock.
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« on: December 27, 2024, 05:32 »
Well it looks like I have found a solution. Ive just started using Cyberduck recently and it's awesome. Despite my super slow internet speed, I can upload a bunch of 4k videos within a day with Cyberduck. For me, it performs so much better than Filezilla.
How is it better than Filezilla?
Filezilla just gives me failed uploads these days.
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« on: December 26, 2024, 20:38 »
Well it looks like I have found a solution. Ive just started using Cyberduck recently and it's awesome. Despite my super slow internet speed, I can upload a bunch of 4k videos within a day with Cyberduck. For me, it performs so much better than Filezilla.
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« on: December 26, 2024, 05:56 »
My portfolio on Pond5.
https://www.pond5.com/artist/blvdoneprime
You have a great video port. High quality content and a lot of it. Though with the description of your port in the 'About' section, I could see an improvement that you could make. Most sources indicate that the word 'footage' is an uncountable noun. So 'footages' sounds very awkward and unnatural. An alternative would be to use 'footage' or 'videos' instead.
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« on: December 15, 2024, 20:21 »
messed up irony is - what if it is a "stolen" portfolio doing a "copyright claim" against your stuff?
That is a scary thought.
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« on: December 15, 2024, 20:12 »
It's crazy how it can go from multiple sales to zero so quickly. I wonder what happened, and yes this trend began before the SS buyout. Maybe they had no more funds for marketing and promotion when competing with AS iS and SS.
P5 showed great potential in the early days of me joining. But sales dropped like a rock as soon as I moved my videos over to my new exclusive account. And that was before the SS buyout. Not sure if that's a coincidence or not.
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« on: November 05, 2024, 01:56 »
Ok, so you are not a mass submitter with 30 000 sunset clips 
Far from it! What about starlink? Is that available in your location?
I haven't heard of Starlink before. I did a bit of reading and it sounds like it may be available here in Australia in the future. Or is there perhaps the possibility to leave the island once a week and do all your video uploads in one day. Or maybe even once a month?
It's not often when I'm able to get over to the mainland (less than a few times a year.) The visits are brief and I'm spending the whole time shooting stock when I'm over there (not enough time to sit in an internet cafe and upload videos.) But I am sure you have already explored both options, so I can just wish you all the best.
I hope Cyber Duck delivers. I'm currently going through tutorial videos to work out how to use it.
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« on: November 05, 2024, 01:15 »
Why dont you go to an internet cafe, modern office or other place with high speed internet? I'm based on an island and those sort of places aren't the norm here. Agencies dont take physical media and this seems to be a problem with your internet speed. Possibly. And of course agencies did take accept physical media in the old days (when film was the dominant medium.) The other question is are you being selective enough?
You dont need a gigantic volume of clips, you need well researched content of something buyers really need. Highly desirable content, strongly edited, will always outsell a port with lots of fluff where the jewels get visually lost in masse. When I started shooting stock video a number of years ago, I had a port of 35 videos on SS (back when royalties for videos were much higher.) With those 35 videos, I made 3 video sales which is not a bad ratio I reckon. I then increased the number of videos in my port to 60 and that doubled the number of clip sales for me. I also made a number of video sales on P5 with a relatively small port (close to 100 clips.) And one of those videos sold at least five times. Talk to your internet provider, maybe you just need to upgrade your contract.
The internet here is supposedly a decent speed for a family member for the work that he does (from home.) And it was adequate when I first started using StockSubnmitter. Back then, I could upload multiple clips with no issues at all.
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« on: November 04, 2024, 20:24 »
Is the problem with the agencies or your internet connection?
To be honest, I really have no idea. Unfortunately, I'm stuck with the internet speed that I have. I'm sharing the net access with some other people living in the same place.
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« on: November 04, 2024, 19:47 »
A phone is not a replacement for a flip book. There is still demand for these kinds of books with many enthusiasts that enjoy them. There is something about the simplicity of flip books that people find really appealing. It's like a mini movie in your own hands and there's no need for electricity. And being a physical item, it offers a tactile experience - something you don't get with electronically generated imagery.
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« on: November 04, 2024, 18:32 »
I'm wondering if there are any stock agencies that accept physical media posted to them in this day and age? Like submitting your content on a CD or Data DVD. I admit that I'm almost at my wit's end when it comes to submitting video. Submitting video has been a big struggle for a vey long time. Photo files are fine - not many problems there.
Firstly, the web uploaders on the agencies websites (where you drag and drop files) are fine for photo files but extremely problematic for video files. I could try many times with different clips and I would get a failed upload with every single attempt. The only exception that would work would be a video with a very small file size (like a short duration clip.) That did work for me once.
Of course another option is FTP. A number of years ago, I used to use Filezilla but found it very hit and miss. Some video files would go through and some wouldn't. More recently, I tried Filezilla again and I had no success with it this time around.
Some time in the past, I discovered StockSubmitter and that was a life saver for submitting video files. Finally, I found something that was reliable and efficient the majority of the time. I could submit multiple video files at once with hardly any issues at all.
Though these days, I'm having mixed success with StockSubmitter. It still works well some of the time. But there are some occasions where I could try submitting a small number of video files (say 3 - 5) with multiple attempts over a few days and they won't go through. And currently, P5 is not an option with StockSubmitter because of some change that was made to the P5 website. StockSubmitter are working on an update to address that issue but Ive no idea how long that will take.
Ive heard of another popular FTP client called Cyber Duck. I will give that one a go and see how it performs.
If all the online options fail, I may have to consider posting a physical disc containing my video files. That may sound drastic but desperate times call for desperate measures.
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« on: November 04, 2024, 17:37 »
Never used Stocksubmitter. Why would anyone pay money if FileZilla uploads fine and metadata can be added via csv file.
I never pay money either. I use the free option with StockSubmitter. Ive used Filezilla in the past with mixed success. I used it again recently with a new computer (latest version) and had 0 success with it.
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« on: November 04, 2024, 07:37 »
From what Ive heard, something has changed at Pond 5 and StockSubmitter are working on an update to address that.
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« on: October 28, 2024, 20:58 »
I'm planning on getting a flip book printed and self-published. I'm referring to those super small sized books that feature a sequence of images and you need to flip the pages to recreate the appearance of motion. They often feature animation and various types of footage.
For my flip book, I will include the text '"flip book" on the front cover so that people will realise that it's not just a normal kind of book. Though even then, people may not realise that you need to flip the pages. The term 'flip book' can be used to describe a few different types of books which are completely different to each other.
I would like to have something like "Moving Picture Flip Book" on the front cover as an indication that the pages need to be flipped to recreate the appearance of motion. However, there are a number of old Disney flip books which feature exactly those same words on the cover. I don't suppose there would be any issues if I used those same words on my own book? That line might be associated with the Disney flip books (particularly the vintage ones.)
Alternatively, I suppose I could have text that reads: "Motion Picture Flip Book." Though I already have the word "motion" in my title so I would prefer not to repeat it.
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« on: October 20, 2024, 17:43 »
that said DT is an agency i've stopped uploading to. just simply not worth the effort for the tiny sales on there. are you guys actually getting enough to make it worthwhile?
Sales have been picking up for me lately. And I'm about $4 away from my first DT payout.
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« on: October 20, 2024, 01:46 »
Ah I didn't notice that AI setting (when submitting photos.) I deselected it when I submitted my latest photo. That seemed to remove the AI category from my other photos automatically. Though it stills says "AI Contributor" on my photos in edit mode. I'd like to get rid of that label too because I don't have any AI content in my port. Clearly, I'm not an AI contributor.
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« on: October 19, 2024, 07:57 »
I don't believe what's happened to my port on DT. I only submit photos and DT has now labelled me as an AI contributor. I do not have any AI content in my port. Ive viewed a whole bunch of my photos in edit mode and the categories have been changed (without my consent or knowledge.) With all the photos Ive viewed, the top category has been changed to Illustrations & Clipart. And the sub-category reads "Generative AI." And that is complete nonsense. Above the categories, it says "AI Contributor" and "Generative AI category is selected by default."
Has this happened to anyone else on DT?
I'm going to contact Support and tell them to fix this mess.
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« on: April 20, 2024, 01:09 »
If alamy gets away with this,
contributors have to delete all their editorial content,
to avoid possible horror bills in further cases
I hope it won't come to that. I certainly won't be submitting any editorial photos of magazines or newspapers.
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« on: April 14, 2024, 20:23 »
As I mentioned in another thread, exclusive did not work out well for me. Previously, I was happy with my sales I was getting beforehand (even with a tiny port size.) I could see that P5 had great potential with the sales that I saw coming in. Well that all stopped as soon as I opened an exclusive account and moved all my videos to it. Since then, sales are super rare and are almost non existant.
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« on: April 12, 2024, 22:03 »
Okay, my port is back.
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« on: April 12, 2024, 21:55 »
This morning, I discovered that my P5 port has been reduced to one video. I have no idea what has happened to all of my other videos. I have logged into my account on two different computers (not at the same time) and tried different browsers. The results are the same - only one video remaining. I have contacted support.
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