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General Stock Discussion / Earnings in the 800-1000$ month range, who makes it?

« on: June 04, 2018, 08:23 »

So, let's say you want to sell (almost) exclusively stock footage. Assume 800-1000$ monthly would be enough for you to live without a day job (either because you live in a cheap country or have other passive sources).

Roughly how many clips (port size) in how many agencies (assume agencies from the top 10...) did you need to upload in order to reach (more or less) that kind of value? How long did it take to reach than monthly average?

Are there many people here in that stage? Is it reasonable to assume those goals, or really a fantasy except if you are a world class videographer?

Beginners like myself do tend to try to see down the road, even in the middle of the thick fog of uncertainty that this business presents at the beginning...

ps - i know the "depends on how good you clips are" will be the obvious (and correct answer), but let's assume a competent portfolio, not genius, but solid.

thanks for the answers?

Adobe Stock / trouble with FTP upload to Adobe Stock

« on: June 03, 2018, 12:23 »

Hi,
Just traying to upload my first batch of HD videos (8, total 850mb) to Adobe Stock.

I'm using Filezilla, but i already tried Cyberduck and the following problem happens just the same:

I use the personal credentials provided by the site, but neither filezilla nor cyberduck seem to quite accept the password. The message is "unsafe server doesn't support FTP over TLS". Anyway it starts to upload just the same, but it will eventually reset, going to 0% on the download bar, and the message "ECONNRESET" shows up, connection will fall and the process restarts...

Really could use some help, this is the first time i try to upload to adobe stock. So far i have been able to upload to Shutterstock, Pond5, Envato and Dreamstime (although these last two haven't showed up in the website yet.. is it normal to take more than 2 days for the clips to be ready for edit and complete in the website?)

Thanks a lot!

General Stock Discussion / doubt about WHEN model release is needed

« on: May 17, 2018, 07:05 »

Hi everyone. I'm learning the theory behind stock footage upload workflow. A question raised, regarding model (and for that matter property...) releases.

So, it's pretty obvious that a recognizable face must have a signed release by the model in question. But... when there is a model (or many like in a street scene) but not recognizable, can it be uploaded as a commercial clip even without model release? What about (for instance), a close-up of, say, two hands writing on a keyboard (no face). Would that require a release?

So, for instance, i thought this shot would need a release, but it turns out it's being sold as a commercial clip stating clearly that it has NO model release. I know the model is seen from behind (no face), but still:

https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/134920/ibiza-dancer-gogo-woman-club-disco.html

This next one shows parts of 2 different bodies, IS sold for commercial purposes, and has NO release:

https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/73505213/tatoos-artist-using-needle-and-dabing-colour.html

I'm a bit confused. The same questions go to property (example... shooting a known city square where one can recognize buildings in background...)

Video Equipment / Sofware / Technique / Hardware update for 4k needed?

« on: May 06, 2017, 09:28 »

Hi everybody!
after consideration, i decided to invest in a 4k capable camara, to try my shot at Video Footage (thinking about the future, where 4k will probably become standard).

So i decided based on much research, budget considerations, etc... to get the Sony A6300.

Now the problem is that my laptop where i have so far made my 1080 editing will not take it, it's far to old. So, the question is to decide whether i buy a new machine (probably a Imac, i'm a mac guy...), which means a bigger investment right now or if it's worth to update my macbook pro i keep it going a couple of years more (smaller investment). So my macbook is:

-mid-2010 (2,66 i7; 4gb RAM; NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, with VRAM 512). I have a 500gb SATA Harddrive.

So... if i update this and get 8gb RAM and eventually a new hard drive, would it be able to deal with 4K files (Basic clip editing for stock...) or would it be too painful/impossible? Thanks in advance for the help!.

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