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a release is needed pretty much anytime you upload to StockXpert too. lol

After reading about the DT one with IOFoto, I'd have entered that if I knew.  So it depends on what's up for grabs!

I have gos lenses and I still get CA when shooting white backgrounds so this LR option is a charm for me (IS are picky about this). I've never tried Aperture since I'm on PC but I can't live without LR now. I barely go into PS now. And the new LR 2.0 will have dodge & burn and other spot editing functions. 

It's amazing who I'm running into doing micro.

Hiya Kosmik - from an old friend.

Matt (mavrik, DPC)

And yet my 5 batches still sit... lol

So if you were illustrating a recipe site you wouldn't know the difference between a cup and a liter?  I'm not eating your food.  lol

"Type of photo" is another generic "crap" answer.  All of Fotolia's are.  Let's think about what they are:

"Did not meet our technical specifications" (something's wrong...we're not telling you what but we don't like it.)

"Type of photo" (we couldn't think of a better way of saying we don't want this)

"Similar photograph" (rejected by an inspector who's "sick of isolations")

If they don't want anymore photos, why let us upload?

I have been waiting for more than a week for review

This is definitely good to know - not "good" but at least I don't feel like a 'tard.  lol (me being a tard is not out of the question but may be I'm not a StockXpert tard)

 

"File uploading has been temporarity disabled to allow us to reduce the number of files waiting review in the Approval Queue."

Obviously (to me) if they reduce the number of files waiting but we get a big backlog of stuff to upload, the moment they open the FTP again, we all smash them with files and they can't handle it (again).  When you're getting shut down every other week, its' time to add a reviewer or ten, don't you think?

Just my 2c.

Thanks for having this Leaf!  I'm gonna go add my blog now.

ETA: someone already did.  thanks!

If anyone needs an invite for the longer trial, lemme know.

My theory on it is this (and I'm going to expand on this at a later point) - if you're maxed out on "microstock time" then it makes sense to dump the low performers.  If you're sitting at your computer writing posts, thinking of stock ideas, etc. why not be submitting too? 

For instance - my WORST performer, by far, is Canstockphoto.  I have had 73 images up with CanStockPhoto for over 3 years.  I just made my first payout.

That's horrid right?

Think about it this way - uploading 73 images, today, takes me under 1 hour.  I got $50 for that hour although I didn't collect on it for a long time.  My thinking - this is an investment for a long period of time.  $50 per hour is worth it to me.  And keep in mind - that's CanStockPhoto.  My worst performer by far.

SO, if you're going to shoot the images, IPTC them for the big 6, and NOT dump them, what are you giving up?  It takes me only a few minutes to submit to CanStockPhoto - if I dump another 200 there, in say 2 hrs, that'll be $100+ over the next 3 yrs. 

On the other hand - if you're maxed out on time, and you can't possibly do as much uploading as you want, you HAVE to dump the lowest sites first.  That only makes sense and that's the rationale behind anyone "dumping" sites.  To me, I'm not maxed out - I have more "stock time" than "stock ideas" right now.  So I upload everywhere because it's profit for me.

14/40.  LOL

What a joke.