Just logged into iStockphoto and there is no sales information for me at all.

Finally, I can see some sales figures on the ESP site (under Royalties.) Though it only provides information for 1 January 2017 (not sure if that includes payment information for the previous month or not.) Is there any way that I can check sales for earlier months too? The last time I was able to see my sales was months ago and I had accumulated $20. The current 1 January 2017 statement only displays a total of $10.50 so I'd like to see all those missing dollars.

Works fine for me.

Interlaced is extremely outdated. There is no need for it.

Unless your'e going to Bluray. 50i is one of the standards supported by Bluray, as well as 24p. But yea for stock footage, I can see that I'm going to have to re-edit and re-upload my videos as progressive.

If you don't want to purchase other software I'm sure there are many free options:

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/the-best-free-video-editor-1330136

Thanks for the link. I'm currently scrolling though the list. I haven't used Lightworks but I thought I recall reading some years ago that the maximum resolution that software could output is 1280 x 720p. Is that still the case or does it support 1920 x 1080 as well these days?

Just wondering if many tv broadcasters or production companies make use of interlaced footage footage or do they mainly prefer progressive? Most of my footage on the stock sites is interlaced (1920 x 1080 50i) because I don't have much choice in the matter. I'm limited by the software that I use - Sony Movie Studio. With Sony Movie Studio, I can create 1280 x 720p (25p) clips or 1920 x 1080 (50i) clips no problem. But for some strange reason, I cannot create a 1920 x 1080 25p video with this software. Well actually, there is a preset that will allow me to export a 1920 x 1080 25p video with Movie Studio but only as an obscure file format that's not recognised by many devices and with a pitifully low bitrate. In other words - pointless.

I have had one 50i video clip sell but I'm not sure if that was just luck. So what's the general consensus - Is there much demand for interlaced HD footage?

The navigation is lousy, but uploading is surprising fast and easy compared to the old iStock uploader. No more custom dictionary nonsense.

Gosh, I hated that. I didn't really see the point of clarifying the meaning of certain keywords you added. I was tired of ticking or unticking the box next to the line: "Did you mean....?"

And bad news for any keywords that their dictionary didn't recognise. I use scientific names in a number of my images of wildlife and plants and so many times, iStockphoto didn't recognise these words and omitted them. Same deal with names of certain locations. I remember there was a time when you could request iStockphoto to add the omitted keywords but then later on, they refused to do so. Consequently, you were put at a disadvantage when people searched for your image and there wasn't a thing you could do about it.

Top left of the ESP submission page is a box that says Istock creative submission (or something like that). There's a drop down on that to change it to Istock Editorial.

When I'm logged into ESP, there's no drop down option on the iStock Creative Image tab.

Okay, I got the image deleted by request (I left a note for the Getty team.) Now, Ive uploaded the same image again but I still can't work out how to mark it as editorial. If I click on the text on the top left of the screen that says: "Submission Batch: iStock Creative Image", nothing happens. Maybe iStock have become like Fotolia - no editorial submissions.

Ive been flying quadcopters for a little over three years. Most of that time was spent on cheap toy grade quads. I started with a Syma X1 - full manual control / no gps. First few months of flying weer really tough - I had three fly aways with three seperate Syma X1s and none of them were ever found. Later on, I acquired a Syma X8C which Ive had for a while now. It's probably the cheapest quad that can lift a GoPro. Ive done a few aerial videos with the Syma X8C and GoPro combination though it's not really suitable for stock footage - no gimbal and the landing gear is visible in the frame (despite using DJI wide skids.) Still great fun though. Two of my videos can be seen here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9390lm0JXIc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKgMWGXqDxs

Maybe one day, I can purchase a more expensive quad for stock footage. I do have a second hand DJI Phantom 2 which came with a bad battery. No gimbal though. As for legalities, no problem here as I am in Australia. In this country, you can fly a UAV for commercial gain without a license as long as the craft weighs less than 2kg.

I was reading on another forum that there was one particular stock agency (can't recall which one) that recommended that submitted videos should have no (or at least very minimal) colour grading. In other words a very neutral look. The reason being is that companies buying the footage will do their own grading to match the clip with the rest of the project's footage.

I definitely don't want a data disc. What I want is a disc that will play in a Bluray player that is connected to a TV (just like ones that you'd hire from Blockbuster etc) with a menu. So you reckon MOV files won't work for this?

Okay one of the images refuses to delete. I don't know why. Every time I click on 'Delete', I get a message that says: "Are you sure you want to delete the selected 1 file(s)?" But no matter how many times I click 'Delete', the image still remains.

It was good, but it seems to me that you can earn a lot more money with photos.

A single video sale can lead to a payout (that's what happened to me on Shutterstock.) Before that video sale, it would have taken me quite some time to reach payout with just photo sales.