Quote from: WarrenPrice on September 09, 2013, 16:01

Quote from: heywoody on September 09, 2013, 15:35

Frankly, I don't believe anyone is getting 100 DLs on SS and 2 on DT with the same portfolio.  Probably 20 with at least twice the RPD which still puts them miles behind SS.  However DLs per image probably in the same ballpark as FT, 123 and (even IS after recent innovations) and these last three have SS RPD without the volumes, not to mention they have bent contributors over again and again in recent times. 

Reason to be negative compared to SS but dropping them and submitting to those other three makes no sense.

I do.

Me too. And the two DT downloads will likely be subs, too.

.... I heard of someone that had 2,000 images on Canstock and than submitted to GL where they took less that 150 of their images! ....

Quote from: cuppacoffee on September 03, 2013, 16:38

They convert the uploaded jpgs to tiffs and have since the beginning.

Exactly. If anything DT 'TIFF' images are simply degraded JPEG's. This is a non-issue.

Quote from: Microstock Posts on September 02, 2013, 16:20

The flags are great. I notice that many of them are on the first 2 pages with sort by popular. Only one year on ss and the last 3 months earnings are "$89.95, $127.83, and $171.41". Seems like you're figuring things out nicely on your own. 

I have to disagree here, I can compare his portfolio with mine. Same period, same kind of images and same port size and I make double his monthly earnings. The flags look nice, but something doesnt seem right to me.

Yep, the textures don't follow the fabric well enough.

Quote from: TheBlackRhino on August 28, 2013, 16:47

That's unfortunate. The basis of most algebra, our number system and countless other aspects of modern "western" civilization comes directly from Arab culture. I recommend that you and others who do not like Arabs sincerely try to make friends with an Arab neighbor or co-worker before making such judgements.

I am not Arab. However I am a Muslim with many Arab associates and have studied the language. Learning about Arabs and the Arab language has enlightened me to many positive things.

Arab culture influenced people were very advanced when compared to Europe in the 12th century. Not only in medicine, technology but they were also incredibly more tolerant than Europeans and Christians towards other peoples races and beliefs.

They brought great wealth of knowledge to some parts of Europe that allowed a couple centuries later for some countries to start exploring the world and turned Europe in what it became. This is something I've been taught in the first years of school and it's still taught here. Besides I've seen documentaries about the middle ages that can only makes us admire the Arab influenced cultures from the 12th century.

Having said that, something happened that made the Arab to stop in time when compared to the western culture. Or in fact, nothing happened. It's just that they have a set of beliefs crystallized in the form of religious texts that are indisputable and sentence to death people who defy them. Contrary to other religions, the death penalty is inscribed in texts that are so indisputable that at any time any Muslim country, no matter how advanced it may be, may regress a 1000 years just because  some people started to impose the laws of the religion people profess.

In my country, Muslims are very tolerant and there aren't any problems with them and go under the radar. They are honest, hard working and I had colleagues in school that were great kids. They are a small community too. But from what I heard from their main religious leader leads me to think that they are almost blasphemous when it comes to the interpretation of the religious laws, if we take in consideration what we hear from countries like Iran (I won't even mention the Taliban) that follow the religion more to the letter. My doubt is, how much does it take for a fundamentalist to arise and force people to act according to the religion that they affirm to have? My fear is that it's not hard to force people to commit horrible acts when they are inscribed in their religious texts.

This is the best place to find a critic 

I had never heard of Potos.com until I read Dhanford's post, so I checked it out.  I don't understand why anyone would offer their material for so little money.  When prices go lower and lower, there comes a point at which it's no longer profitable for the artist to create material, and Photos.com has gone way beyond that point.  Perhaps if we could create material in the computer and take no longer than 30 seconds per item, it might be worth it.  Otherwise,...    (Apologies for diverting the topic.)

I would guess it's an issue with rendering program and 3d models not that they think it's a real person bur you can send the rejection to scout with a note about how it was created.