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Messages - gillian vann
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« on: April 25, 2013, 20:03 »
yes I use one of those (also use the SS one sometimes)
but you surely put the keywords in your metadata, along with title and description? you don't seriously cut n paste from a kw tool page for each site you upload to??
652
« on: April 25, 2013, 19:48 »
you can batch edit using the "indexing" feature.
however there's no opt out on the categories, not that I've found.
653
« on: April 25, 2013, 19:46 »
they come in alphabetically. I use Bridge/Adobe Camera Raw and that's how they come in. sometimes they also come in with ";" instead of "," and there's one site (can't remember now) that doesn't like it.
so you have to then CMD select the 5 you like and "move to top". It's just another 6 mouseclicks to add to their upload process. #annoying
654
« on: April 25, 2013, 19:00 »
did everyone get the email about keywording? Or is it something that goes out randomly? Our search engine takes the order of the keywords into account as a way of determining the relevancy of each keyword. The most relevant keyword must come first, then the second, etc. blah blah blah and then drops this small task if your previous content was indexed with keywords in alphabetical order, no problem! You now have the possibility to review the keywords ordering for validated files. Go to "Manage my Files" when you are logged in, and click the "edit" link on the content you wish to review. Change the order of your keywords according to relevance, as stated above; validate the conditions; and click the "Submit and finish" button. Your content will be re-indexed and will appear to relevant search requests, ensuring you more sales. gah!! I've got a small port and even I groaned at this. I'm presuming the majority of us have kw in metadata so they just go in alphabetically. sometimes I grab 3 and click "move to top", sometimes i don't, especially when I use the indexing/batch process feature. but I suppose I should do it, as FT have ensured me I'll get more sales. 
655
« on: April 25, 2013, 18:53 »
for the record, has anyone noticed a decrease in review times?
656
« on: April 25, 2013, 18:50 »
@Shady Sue
If people dont want to understand the dont want to understand.
Or sometimes they are on the payroll of the company they are defending so hard.
Good Night
you've had someone come in and try to explain away your arrogance emotional outburts way of communicating as being a "cultural difference". Sure, ok, I can swallow that (I am married to a Dutch Saffer so i get it). But do you see others writing in bold all the time? nope, because it's to make a point, and in your case, it's a touch on the rude side, and is going to upset people. Despite cultural differences you should be able to see how we behave in this forum, which has its own culture - regardless of where you are sitting now.
657
« on: April 25, 2013, 05:35 »
I once did two websites using OScommerce which was also php. what a hassle! i'm not a coder or anything so I would have to read forums to learn how to make changes and then very carefully go into the code and make the changes, fearful that any extra character would break the site. ugh! It was about 3 weeks of work (plus therapy trips for the pinched nerve in my arm)
I once tried to install Wordpress, as they claimed it was the fastest. easiest "one minute set up" (or something) and it was not. I'm still using blogger as a result. I'm getting just a touch too old - with diminishing patience! - to have any enthusiasm for this type of thing, and my kids are about 5 years off being helpful.
658
« on: April 25, 2013, 03:22 »
ja, you make is sound so easy, but I suspect a normal person won't think so!
659
« on: April 25, 2013, 02:38 »
it looks beautiful! well done.
although, your watermarks are a touch heavy?
apart from that, loving it! i've no idea how to/what's involved in setting this up, suspect it's beyond me, have just been enjoying watching the process. good luck to you.
660
« on: April 24, 2013, 22:19 »
Best site is your own area. You know it better than travelling photographers; you are always there, so you don't have to shoot in a hurry, and you can study the best hours and seasons for getting the best light/results.
+1 for this so true, I shot some winter sunsets on the Gold Coast about 3 years ago and each year I go back a few times in May (we have a holiday place there) and I've not had anything near as good as that year. being able to shoot outside of tourist season is a bonus too. outside of that I find it very hard to shoot for stock when travelling. It's such a solitary thing, requiring early mornings, which doesn't work when you're with your family. I always have the Grand Plan that i'll shoot heaps for stock and it'll subsidise the trip, but it never works out that like. Maybe pays for a lunch...
661
« on: April 24, 2013, 22:08 »
Maybe if I were clairvoyant, but I'm not; and for that reason, I'm out.
Reading words would be enough in that case.
I think Liz said a few times your post is impossible to understand - you've not given any real details. I agree, as do the others who have read and not commented here. Getting shirty at members here won't help. I've no idea what your issue is apart from 'something happened, and you said something to iS and they said something back that you think is a threat'. aargh, it's like having a conversation with my 8 year old! i think you should do... something. can't be any clearer than that, can i?  suggest you have a cup of tea and write a calm, polite response to iS, stating the facts as you see them and asking for clarification, and hopefully this will be sorted.
662
« on: April 23, 2013, 18:54 »
oh, i didn't see that but I often use the indexing feature to do a bunch at a time. I'll have to look harder for the "none"
edit: there appears to be no "none" when you do the batch edit?
663
« on: April 23, 2013, 17:18 »
Unless things have changed, at fotolia selecting a catagory is not required in order to submit an image.
I havent' found that. And once you select a category you have to keep going and choose sub categories, even when they don't really fit.
664
« on: April 23, 2013, 17:07 »
^ well they technically do, don't they? they have no limits, whereas the rest of us can only upload 999. 
665
« on: April 23, 2013, 15:26 »
it's a sad state for them when any announcement has everyone wondering what's going on behind the curtain.
That's what happens when you destroy Trust.
666
« on: April 23, 2013, 07:06 »
667
« on: April 23, 2013, 06:59 »
i'm sorry, all i've got is "Sexpo in mexico" in my head. (surely you have Sexpo in canada?)
668
« on: April 23, 2013, 06:15 »
999 is ridiculous to ordinary folk. it's like "all you can eat" seriously, how many can you really upload?
sure, i could trawl through my own back catalogue and find some great sh!t stuff, but it would be a fool's game only played to increase my port #, nothing more.
669
« on: April 23, 2013, 06:12 »
when they announced their last big cut they swore we'd all see volume increases in 2013.
NOPE.
i've increased my port 100% in the past 4 months (easy to do at my <500 size admittedly) and not seen any shift in sales. my BME is still in last year.
anyone else?
670
« on: April 23, 2013, 04:50 »
awesome .... now can I say, lol, "mexpo" edit: you changed the title! Oh the power you wield!
671
« on: April 23, 2013, 04:27 »
it's certainly very quiet over there of late. I honestly think ppl are scared.
672
« on: April 23, 2013, 04:18 »
They seem to be trying to solve the wrong problem.
Fix the Google Drive deal guys. We need to be paid fairly for our images in order for this business to be SUSTAINABLE for us. Just really REALLY try to understand that. Please.
Once you've done that, give us information and opt-out options on future deals, and I'm sure you'll see an avalanche of wonderful images start coming your way again. It's no good opening the floodgates until you've done something to encourage contributor trust and enthusiasm.
are you going to be the one to start a thread at iS? it's like the elephant in the room over there.
673
« on: April 23, 2013, 03:58 »
I don't understand why they aren't using categories in the search.
on eBay if you do a search you can refine it further via categories.
on iS all the categories are listed so if you click one - thinking it'll narrow the results - it can result in a 0 items page. then you have to unclick that out of the search terms (once you work out to do that, the first time I just started from scratch). sure, it does refine the search if you click on one that has files in it, but it's unsophisticated.
I'd still vote Fotolia's categories as far more annoying.
674
« on: April 23, 2013, 03:51 »
I wished they'd been more specific about:
Additionally, we've also relaxed some of our technical requirements for photos which will help reduce the number of outright rejections for small issues that don't compromise the composition nor limit the usefulness of the file. Emphasis will be placed on the overall beauty and composition of file.
so that I could decide if it's worth Scouting any rejections.
Hmmm... that is strange, cause yesterday I got two rejected photos with a standard generic response, of the flat/dull, on camera flash (which was not used), incorrect wb text.
ditto, but in a way it's almost a relief, there's one more file out of their clutches. It's terrible, it's like being trapped in a marriage that we're too afraid to leave, but we know isn't great.
675
« on: April 23, 2013, 03:47 »
hard to know what whacky things those crazy kooks will come up with next! It's been a v interesting year at iS, that's for sure. Perhaps we should start a betting thread; you're allowed one prediction only. Could be fun.
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