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Messages - Klauts
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« on: March 24, 2011, 11:31 »
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« on: July 31, 2010, 05:57 »
Same here. Received money today(Paypal). I put the request on the 17th.
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« on: July 24, 2010, 08:39 »
I didn't get them either. Probably because of this: Promotion is only valid in the United States and Canada, excluding Quebec (Territories).
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« on: July 21, 2010, 14:59 »
In other words, what circumstances occur that you have the info embedded in the JPEG and not in the EPS?
Scott
Bigstock
Many of us use Adobe Bridge(or other batch keywording software) which does not support adding IPTC/XMP data directly to the eps so we add it to the jpeg. EVERY other agency that takes vectors that I submit to(about 10) can extract the iptc from the jpeg. I have to copy paste the keywords manually when submitting to Bigstock and it's getting tiresome.
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« on: July 21, 2010, 14:45 »
Congrats Lisa!
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« on: July 16, 2010, 04:28 »
In June 123RF rejected 19 out of 49 vectors I submitted there. All 19 of those were accepted by SS, DT, FT, et al. So I have stopped submitting at 123RF for the time being.
Heh, funny. You've made me look into my history and it seems they rejected my last 2 vectors lol. Weird. I have a 90% acceptance ratio there, and I don't remember having a vector rejected before. What's a bit ugly is that they didn't even specify a rejection reason.
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« on: July 14, 2010, 12:19 »
Just out of curiosity is it related to Avid, the guys who make the (awesome) film editing software and also own Digidesign?
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« on: July 12, 2010, 12:15 »
Well the rasters probably go to the photo reviewers and they pretty much accept anything(illustrations that is).
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« on: July 12, 2010, 09:56 »
Same here.
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« on: July 12, 2010, 08:39 »
Still, Exclusivity at IS at least offers substantial benefits and probably, for some contributors, higher earnings or at least comparable.
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« on: July 12, 2010, 05:34 »
Can anyone please shed some light on this mystery? Id cut my earnings 20 times if I dropped the rest 
Same here. You gave me quite a shock when I read the title lol. Can't understand it either. Not to mention that, if I'm not mistaken, I recall that if you're exclusive with DT you can't even sell RM with other agencies.
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« on: July 11, 2010, 16:07 »
Congrats Spain.
However for the sake of the beauty of this sport I hope that mister Webb goes back to being a cop or whatever he did before, because this was the worst referee I've ever seen in a World cup match, let alone in a final.
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« on: July 09, 2010, 09:34 »
You know you're stressed AND doing microstock if your first reaction to this test is "whoa, lots of artifacts".
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« on: July 09, 2010, 09:32 »
It is a day or two later than usual but nothing to be concerned about yet. If you read your payment notification it probably says the same as mine;
"Just thought you would like to know that your Shutterstock earnings have been computed - and will be sent out by the 15th of the month."
Yes, but I haven't got a payment notification at all this month...
(and they have already taken the money from my balance which is unusual)
It's weird. I didn't get the money yet either but I did get a mail. Maybe your mail ended up in the Junk folder or something? As for the balance, they usually take mine about one week before payment gets to paypal.
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« on: July 09, 2010, 07:27 »
You mean the small, medium, etc? Yeah they do their own from the eps(or from the jpeg, depends on agency). Just be sure to make a big enough jpeg. Anything over 8Megapixels should be good I guess.
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« on: July 08, 2010, 06:59 »
I use Illustrator and export the jpeg directly from it using File>Export. You can also go to Save for web and devices but I don't use that. I only export one large jpeg and every agency(that I submit to, most of the top and middle tier and a few others) takes it.
Some want the eps and the jpeg zipped together(afaik, Fotolia, DP and Cutcaster).
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« on: July 05, 2010, 17:12 »
Yep. It's the industry standard rate at which most contributors say "No thanks."
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« on: July 04, 2010, 04:45 »
Speaking about TS. Just checked the homepage and they're now selling 5-image packs at 60$ per pack. Anyone know what royalties to they pay on those? 25c? 
Here's the answer to that question from KKThompson's post here:
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=175321&page=1
"Many of you have expressed concerns about the image pack offerings on Thinkstock. Royalty rates will be 20% of the equivalent single image price in US dollars. (Image pack price / # of images * 20%). "
If my math is right that should work out to $2.40. Maybe if there are enough of those they could offset the .25 subs.
Thank you Lisa. Hi-jack over.
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« on: July 03, 2010, 13:24 »
Speaking about TS. Just checked the homepage and they're now selling 5-image packs at 60$ per pack. Anyone know what royalties to they pay on those? 25c? Sorry for hi-jacking.
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« on: June 21, 2010, 09:04 »
More upload problems??? I tried twice to upload a batch. Each time it seemed to be working but when I was prompted to save ... nothing was there.
Anyone else having a problem with the upload?
Exactly the same here.
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« on: June 15, 2010, 12:24 »
I used this site to keep an eye on it.
http://www.nowinstock.net/digitalcameras/canon/rebel/
You might also want to get a prime, especially for video. The 50 1.8 is the cheapest(by far) but it's still good bang for your buck.
Put the 50 f/1.8 on 5d mk1 and it will shine. Put it on T2i and it'll be crap.
Downsize the 18MP to 12MP and it will shine again. Not saying the 50mm 1.8(I've got one that I haven't used for ages) is spectacular but for 100$(sau cat mai e pe la noi) it does it's job well. And if the 50 1.8 will be crap, how will the 18-55 do lol. I recommended primes specifically because of the better resolution they have, because they'll be really stressed at 18MP APS-C. Also because of the larger aperture for video. Shooting video at 5.6 with the 18-55 won't look too good.
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« on: June 09, 2010, 04:44 »
Well the Swiss Knife is a type of knife, similar to what the Swiss armed forces have. The term "Swiss Army Knife" is a trademark but, there are more manufacturers so the appearance of one probably isn't
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« on: June 01, 2010, 17:48 »
This is good news! Thanks for posting Lee. 
I said when StockXpert closed that if the original owners opened another site I would support them and I will. The pricing and royalty split seem fair. And as already mentioned, these guys have a history of building a successful site and of very good contributor relations. Just submitted my application.
If you can just send them in a hard drive that makes my job worlds easier.
Well, you may be in luck. From the upload guide: "For your convenience, we also accept files on DVD's and hard disks in certain cases. Please contact us if you have a large number of files with embedded metadata and you want to leave uploading to us. "
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« on: June 01, 2010, 14:51 »
It's tiered by vector detail:
Vectors*
Code Detail Price
Low detail 1 credits
Medium detail 5 credits
High detail 10 credits
Super high detail 20 credits
I like that subs are capped at max 2 MP.
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