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« on: November 18, 2022, 07:42 »
Jacob. Slightly better known by his middle name - Yuri 
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« on: August 29, 2022, 13:29 »
That's the new Silver level which started this July. Contract changes in June 2021 said you needed to gross $250 between July 2021 and June 2022 to remain on the Gold (40%) level. To be quite clear that is $250 total license value (not your earnings). Though people will only drop in July each year, you will go back up to 40% at any time if you hit the $250. You can double check your commission level from your Contributor Dashboard. Click the Account Settings tab at the top left of the page and it will tell you what level you are currently on.
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« on: July 11, 2022, 11:40 »
Not quite sure where I would place a campaign video between commercial and editorial - bit in the middle in my opinion. However, be aware that in the terms Shutterstock can license an editorial image for commercial use "at their discretion". I think that's been the case for several years now.
Take a look at any editorial image on the buyers site. There's a note saying to get in touch if you want to use an image/clip for commercial purposes. Subject to agreement they offer Asset Assurance which indemnifies the buyer against any claims.
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« on: June 01, 2022, 07:15 »
Thank you for letting us know. The response I got from BS in May was that their technical team were working to resolve it (though I imagine that is just a cut and paste response to any fault being reported). Going forward, the low number of sales I get at BS wouldn't currently warrant the effort of uploading directly to them. That said, I did look at the upload page (just to remind myself what it looked like after 11 years!) and there is still a message saying my account is linked to Shutterstock and not to upload the same images to avoid duplicates. They're maybe too busy with their new acquisitions to get round to removing it.
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« on: May 31, 2022, 09:56 »
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« on: November 01, 2021, 10:56 »
Hi Leaf could you remove GL from the Microstock Poll Results
Some people seem to be submitting sales revenues which is clearly impossible seeing as they closed down.
Likewise both Cutcaster and Stockfresh are both gone but can still be voted for in the monthly poll.
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« on: June 14, 2020, 12:38 »
UK based Photo Archive News (PAN) website reports on stock agencies/libraries. They already ran a piece about Shutterstock changing their payment structure. News items to: [email protected]
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« on: June 06, 2020, 06:20 »
How about a Twitter campaign where everyone posts photos, videos and illustrations that are #NoLongerOnShutterstock ? You could include a link to where the work is still available.
This would allow many more people to get involved, because you dont have to close your account or turn your port off, just delete one item. Imagine if thousands of people did this all on the same day.
A variation on your idea Michele - I thought I'd start a nice little Show and Tell thread on the Shutterstock forums. Twitter to follow. All my 2610 images opted out this morning. https://forums.submit.shutterstock.com/topic/100375-soon-to-be-deactivated-images/
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« on: May 28, 2020, 01:44 »
They actually do accept
Images and videos that are newsworthy, timely, and depict real people, events, places and products.
https://stock.adobe.com/editorial
If we don't have press credentials it is another story, right?
That's a partnership deal they have with Reuters. Regular contributors (us) cannot currently submit editorial images - other than the very restricted Illustrative Editorial (product type images with no people allowed).
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« on: May 27, 2020, 09:05 »
Seems like we can't trust Shutterstock anymore..
Adobe still has fair commissions
Agreed here. Also, not just illustrative editorial but open up to editorial with people for both stills and video.
With you on this for stills. I'm always surprised that they leave so much money on the table by not taking regular editorial images. It would be a great time for them to launch this given there are so many contributors currently feeling #shaftedbyshutterstock. It wouldn't even take much beyond three simple steps: I) Add an Editorial Use tickbox on the submission page 2) Add Editorial Use only wording on the buyers page 3) Tell their reviewers that editorial images do not require model/property releases See, I just launched it for them. We just need them to action it now.....
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« on: October 22, 2019, 13:28 »
Good idea Pete - just done it. They still get votes on the earnings poll because if you ever uploaded images there (and didn't realise they are gone) you would put them down as zero earnings when filling in the poll each month. Kind regards, David.
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« on: October 22, 2019, 00:41 »
By the way on the right have a lot which do not meet this requirement, some of them even do not exist anymore (Macrografiks, PhotoSpin.. )
Add ViscoImages and Stockami to the list of defunct agencies that are still listed on the right and in the monthly poll page. Hopefully, Tyler can remove these when he has a few spare minutes.
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« on: October 11, 2019, 14:26 »
As part of their recent site revamp they removed the views count citing it was a drain on server resources. Here's a thread on the DT forum about it: https://www.dreamstime.com/thread_50968Very few sites have a views count anyway - it's the sales that matter 
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« on: September 11, 2019, 09:52 »
Thanks Mat. I'll just keep hoping then! Kind regards, David.
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« on: September 11, 2019, 08:48 »
Thanks for the update Mat. I have a few editorial images with street scenes or beaches where there are people in the background. This is an example:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/merida-mexico-december-26-2007-meridas-191207564
It's not focusing on a person, but there are unreleased people. Is this allowed or not? I did read the information page, but the one disallowed example just showed one highly visible (though out of focus) person, so I wasn't sure.
No, unfortunately we wouldn't be able to accept that shot because of the recognizable people. The disallowed example was a shot I took of my Daughter to illustrate that even though she is out of focus she would still be considered recognizable and the image can't be approved at Adobe Stock.
-Mat
Mat - nobody seems to be asking the obvious question, so I will. Is Illustrative Editorial (with no recognisable people) the full extent to which Adobe is going to allow editorial images? Many of us were hoping for editorial on Fotolia/Adobe for a long time but were thinking of parades/street scenes/music festivals etc (all with plenty of unreleased people in them) which many other agencies accept. Is this something we can expect in the future? Kind regards, David.
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« on: August 08, 2019, 08:41 »
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« on: March 07, 2019, 14:21 »
Add to the above I couldn't submit monthly poll vote either. Tried twice and it just took me back to an unfilled page for February. Obviously a few site issues tonight.
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« on: February 07, 2019, 10:36 »
Just talked to someone at Adobe, they are reading this thread and seems like they are listening to the concerns posted here ...that's a breath of fresh air. hopefully Adobe Stock (contributor) Portal will evolve to a lean & mean insight machine for all of us contributors.
If Adobe are reading this they should now that their Uploaded Files submission page is very buggy especially if you multi select files.
The 'Recognizable people or property?' buttons are not working properly. They work great the first time and then they break. Even when 'No' is already selected you have to click on 'Yes' and then 'No' again.
The 'Auto Keywords' always messes up when you multi select. It adds auto keywords whether you want them or not. It does not remember any keywords the file may already have.
Got caught by this too. With a single image the auto keywords came up and I just deleted them and pasted in my correct set. When I multi selected several images I didn't see any auto words appear and just added mine and submitted not knowing the auto words were there. Which is why I now have Greek island images pending with handy keywords such as Turkey and Jordan! I'm hoping data can be amended if accepted? What I really want is a way to just permanently disable that auto keyword feature. Anyone found if that's possible? Experienced keyworders probably don't need or want it and new people (who might find it useful) are poorly served by having random (wrong) countries ascribed to their images. That said, I actually liked the upload page and found the process simple and intuitive (auto words apart).
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« on: February 03, 2019, 06:56 »
Maybe it works differently for photographs, I am an illustrator and I got several custom work requests through shutterstock (I put my e-mail in my profile description).
I don't do any other marketing, no website or FB or insta just a twitter account for doing automated tweets whenever I had work accepted. Some customers also contacted me through that.
Hi, how did you manage to connect twitter for automated tweets? Can't find it in the profile. Thanks!
It doesn't work anymore. There used to be this option on SS to set up automated tweets or fB posts, for accepted images, or sales. I think it stopped working a couple of years ago.
More like six years ago! https://forums.submit.shutterstock.com/topic/74782-shuttertweet-and-facebook-connect/?do=findComment&comment=1441351
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« on: January 24, 2019, 05:28 »
Got a payout last October and then manually deleted my (mainly editorial) 2400 images before asking them to close my account. Commission cuts, low sales and images pending review forever made them not worth the bother. Shame, a few years back they were a decent selling, fair paying, mid tier agency which I was happy to support.
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« on: January 20, 2019, 12:27 »
It's a partner deal with Canstock. You get commission on print and product sales or a 25c subscription sale for the 10x8 free prints that FreeArt offers. Here is the thread from when it was first announced http://www.microstockgroup.com/canstockphoto-com/exciting-announcement/ . Anyone that has no intention of selling direct through an art site like FineArt America may welcome the extra (potential) sales. Otherwise you can ask to be opted out of the deal (I did and they did it promptly). Regards, David.
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