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123RF / Re: Payment???
« on: June 16, 2016, 16:21 »
What a shame!  We supply images which can be sold and we are treated like 3rd class citizens.  All we ask that we get paid on time for our services.  Is that enough to ask?

How would they feel if they had to wait to get paid?  I don't that think that would hold well with them.
I agree. Some agencies overall seem to take it easy with payout dates.

Clipdealer also changed their payout dates over the course of the last year. Every month I got my money a few days later. Not cool, if one relies on individual payments to be on time...

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Is Shutter Stock Down Anywhere?
« on: June 15, 2016, 09:53 »
Both, buyer's side and contributor's side down for me. Germany.

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Direct link:

wow.

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General - Stock Video / Re: VB withholding tax
« on: June 13, 2016, 01:12 »
If you provided a W-8BEN don't worry. They are switching (still) their accounting system so some sales may show a withholding tax deducted but according to their support it will be corrected for the payouts.

So if you had 0% withholding before it will stay the same.

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Interesting. I thought the MP limit on Shutterstock was 25MP and no file size limitations...?

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Pond5 / Re: Is it OK to resubmit at Pond5?
« on: June 03, 2016, 03:05 »
After 9 years I got my first footage rejections at Pond5. I don't agree with th reasons given as the quality has increased compared to previously submitted clips.

Has anyone experience with resubmitting a previously rejected clip and how relaxed is Pond5 handling such a case? Do they shut your account down once they see that a rejected clip is resubmitted or do you just get a warning or something?

Thanks in advance.

I had numerous resubmissions of previosly rejected footage. Usually the second or rarely third is OK since there is almost no review process now at all IMO. A friend of mine had a long discussion about rejected videos of aquarium and finally got almost all videos accepted without any second submissions (there were about 20 clips). I can suggest you to use live chat with support here, they are quite friendly: https://help.pond5.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Thanks Irina! Much appreciated!

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Pond5 / Is it OK to resubmit at Pond5?
« on: June 02, 2016, 15:09 »
After 9 years I got my first footage rejections at Pond5. I don't agree with th reasons given as the quality has increased compared to previously submitted clips.

Has anyone experience with resubmitting a previously rejected clip and how relaxed is Pond5 handling such a case? Do they shut your account down once they see that a rejected clip is resubmitted or do you just get a warning or something?

Thanks in advance.

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Sounds more like Pond5 was rejecting everything he/she was uploading. I may be wrong though.

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ImageVortex.com / Re: any sold files?
« on: May 30, 2016, 15:42 »
I cannot believe that they still exist. After they didn't change their landing page for roughly 4 years, I decided to drop them... That was 3 years ago. LOL.  ::)

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General - Stock Video / Re: motion graphics file requirements
« on: April 28, 2016, 12:14 »
... Fotolia don;t accept Photo JPEG for some reason.. unless they do and I'm missing something. ...
That is incorrect.

Fotolia does accept Quicktime mov files with Photo-Jpeg compression. Have been uploading that format for years.

Only for quality and editing reasons I have switched to ProRes recently and Fotolia seems to be processing them fine now (PC generated files).

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Thanks for that. You learn something new every day! I'm assuming you'll still need to have the Quicktime codecs though?...
No you don't. I've uninstalled Quicktime and rendered ProRes successfully afterwards.

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I'm curious how you output your files in ProRes if you're on Windows? Is there some software that converts it? And... if there is, surely you still need the Quicktime codecs for it to work?
http://crookedpathfilms.com/?p=312

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I don't know why I can change the price of some photos.  Maybe it has to do with how many sales the photo has made and my contributor level based on past sales.  I change XS price to 3.  That automatically changes the X price to 90, but you can set at 100 if you want.

XS price [1-3] X price [90-100]
So you must be either at the Saphire+ ranking or offer partial or fully exclusive files to able to set your base price at 3 credits.

It has nothing to do with how many downloads you had per photo it's the total that counts: https://www.fotolia.com/Info/Contributors/Royalties

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Leave it installed, and just don't run it, if you need the codecs.  It says you actually have to load a malicious page that runs it for it to do anything.
Thanks for your input but I decided to remove it. I only used the Quicktime formats for stock footage clips and since I have not received one rejection for the ProRes versions of my clips I don't need Quicktime anymore.

Quicktime often gets installed together with iTunes and if Apple decides not to update Quicktime anymore knowing that there are holes in the code it will be a popular target for attacks whichever way they might be executed.

I understand that this may be just one of many programs on my computer which has vulnerabilities but since I don't need it anymore it's a no brainer.

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I just read about the end of updates for Apple's Quicktime on PC leaving doors open to any new found holes the code may have.

On a German news web site they urge all PC users to uninstall Quicktime (since players like VLC can handle most files perfectly fine anyway) unless you definitely need it for video production.

If I understand correctly, an export of Photo-JPG or h.264 requires Quicktime installed on a PC right?

So what do you guys do? Apple did not comment on this question yet...

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA16-105A

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VideoBlocks / What's the current review time at Videoblocks?
« on: April 01, 2016, 15:23 »
I have stuff sitting in the queue for six weeks now.

How long has it been for you lately?

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Considering the current review times it looks like that they are getting so much more content than last year that obviously it is diluting our sales.

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Is anyone already uploading 2 versions of a clip (one graded/one neutral)?

I thought this is a big NoNo uploading "duplicates" and risking warnings or account closure due to violating submitters terms...?!?

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Off Topic / Re: OMG America!!!
« on: March 16, 2016, 05:56 »
Looking at the presidential race with a European perspective but also having experienced a couple of elections while living in the US I think that Trump has one simple advantage over most of his competitors (both Republican or Democrat):

He has no background in politics and he speaks his mind.

No matter how crazy his ideas are, he just speaks the way he feels and it looks genuine and authentic. Something the other candidates do not show!!!

Ever since I somewhat followed the presidential elections in the US I felt like all candidates are not "real". They didn't look, talk and present themselves as a natural person rather than something that their advisors tell them to be.

Political correctness gone mad if you will. Always being careful what to say. Trying not offend anyone (which obviously is impossible).

Trump on the other hand loves to offend, to be difficult and nasty. He surely f$%&ed up many businesses and pi$$ed off many people on the way but still he managed to build a little empire. He is definitely not an economical loser.

Anyhow, IMO as long as there is no other candidate standing up like a genuine, authentic person who also says things that not everybody likes, this may be a big wake up call for America.

I'm not saying that Trump would be a good president but so far it shows that he is doing something right.
Do you really think trump is genuine?  Even his hair is made up :)  He gets angry and walks away whenever someone makes allegations about his business deals.  An honest genuine person could admit to past mistakes but politicians can't do that, so I think Donald Trump is just another politician.  He isn't PC but he has his own way to not answer questions or to make the person asking an awkward question look stupid.  He is so verbally abusive to anyone that seriously questions him, how can anyone think that makes him genuine?
That is just my feeling. Your experience may vary. Any half-brained person would not vote for someone that suggests building a wall to Mexico etc. - that being another issue, how it's possible that so many Americans still support someone who makes such claims.

THAT, is something America has to worry about. We experience a similar issue in Germany with AfD (strong right party). They do not have a proper politcal plan but still they manage to mobilize people to go vote.

Such "politicians" also understand how to make people vote who haven't been voting for years. This is all stuff Trump is doing right.

Again, I'm not claiming he is a good politician or president. But it baffles me that all other candidates and the media is acting all surprised about his success when obviously previously elected politicians failed to understand how to address those people that now vote for Trump.

Anyway, this will be an endless discussion. I'm not in the US anymore so I will just get my popcorn and watch the show.

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Off Topic / Re: OMG America!!!
« on: March 16, 2016, 04:13 »
Looking at the presidential race with a European perspective but also having experienced a couple of elections while living in the US I think that Trump has one simple advantage over most of his competitors (both Republican or Democrat):

He has no background in politics and he speaks his mind.

No matter how crazy his ideas are, he just speaks the way he feels and it looks genuine and authentic. Something the other candidates do not show!!!

Ever since I somewhat followed the presidential elections in the US I felt like all candidates are not "real". They didn't look, talk and present themselves as a natural person rather than something that their advisors tell them to be.

Political correctness gone mad if you will. Always being careful what to say. Trying not offend anyone (which obviously is impossible).

Trump on the other hand loves to offend, to be difficult and nasty. He surely f$%&ed up many businesses and pi$$ed off many people on the way but still he managed to build a little empire. He is definitely not an economical loser.

Anyhow, IMO as long as there is no other candidate standing up like a genuine, authentic person who also says things that not everybody likes, this may be a big wake up call for America.

I'm not saying that Trump would be a good president but so far it shows that he is doing something right.

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123RF / Re: Uhh ...
« on: March 08, 2016, 11:57 »
...I don't know why they wouldn't want the free advertising and exposure in stock photos?
Perhaps because some of the stock photos may be of low quality and would hurt the brand? Maybe their product appears in some context they don't agree with? Also, they completely lose the overview of images that contain their product.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Fotolia - Keyword Ordering on Upload
« on: March 04, 2016, 12:15 »
I believe this discussion is not resulting in conclusive results as everyone's portfolio (and size) is different.

Therefore the base line is already skewed.

Now, mixing this with the fact that some people order the keywords while others don't + plus the quality, niche and quantity that needs to be taken into consideration leads to an infinity of findings.

Just my 2 cents.

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Veer / Veer closing
« on: March 01, 2016, 14:56 »
On their web site:

Quote
As part of VCGs purchase of Corbis and partnership with Getty Images, the Veer site is being retired effective March 30th and Veer customers will be transitioned to iStock.
Veer contributor royalties will continue to be paid through standard processes throughout the transition. Following site retirement contributors will be released from contractual obligations with Veer.
Contributors not already submitting to iStock are welcome to apply, heres how to sign up:
Step 1: Join iStockphoto
Step 2: Choose a Member Name
Step 3: Apply to be an iStockphoto contributor
Please enter the code VEER in the Contributor Invitation Code field of the application process and the iStock team will expedite your application.
The Veer team would like to thank you for the partnership over the years.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: New Pond5 and Membership Program
« on: February 25, 2016, 12:15 »
Slightly OT, do I see that correctly that I can download my own videos 3 times each for free?

There is a link for the free download on the preview page for each video.

Can anybody double check that?

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Shutterstock.com / Re: SS Down?
« on: February 17, 2016, 04:14 »
I assume that everyone posting here is also sending them an Email describing the errors they get, right?

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