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Messages - Jimi King
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« on: April 15, 2008, 14:23 »
I've not noticed anything spectacular sales wise. I only have one with each, which was to find out exactly what you are asking, and no I don't think they get better positioning.
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« on: April 14, 2008, 14:40 »
I got student discounts on the internet using my college ID I made in Photoshop.
I am a professor of Physics at Berkley University. I have the ID to prove it.
Wish I'd thought of that. Mind you the only time I'd need it would be to buy the educational version of Photoshop.
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« on: April 14, 2008, 13:24 »
With all these alternatives I can't see why I bothered buying Photoshop in the first place. Although I did get a still shrinkwrapped copy of CS2 from eBay. I don't think I'll ever bother with CS3. I've spent so many years working with Corel Photo Paint that I find it hard getting my head around Photoshop, although the cloning in PS is definitely the best, especially with a tablet. The most amazing program in the world for Vector illustrations, and the production of web sized graphics is Xara Xtreme. Really fast and versatile. Amazing for cutting bits out of images and feathering. I use it more than anything else.
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« on: April 14, 2008, 04:24 »
...somebody pointed me to a program called Deep Paint the other day. It seems to be a pretty good Photoshop clone. The downside is that the company who produced it seemed to have stopped any development in it some years back. The upside is that it's free! I haven't tested it out but I installed it and had a look through and it looks pretty good, so if you haven't got PS or the budget to buy it, then this might be worth a try.
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« on: April 11, 2008, 09:21 »
I think .35 is all we're gonna see. Particularly in view of all the competition offering subscription deals.
And as for a tiered structure, that would be complete suicide for them. Remember their whole business plan is based on their customers NOT downloading the full quota. Giving their biggest contributors an incentive to upload more photo's is not really going to help them at all.
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« on: April 08, 2008, 04:58 »
They are a bigger earner for me that 123RF and Stockxpert. So as far as I'm concerned they are in the "big six".
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« on: April 07, 2008, 15:57 »
Hit the "faved" link at the top. The page that opens will be your portfolio, with the ability to select "faves". You'll be told how many faves you can have.
Select your full quota. You should find you get more downloads. You can change them around whenever you like. Worth doing so to get more exposure on different images from time to time.
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« on: April 05, 2008, 07:03 »
I have the 8" x 5" (A5) size and it's plenty big enough. Any bigger I'd have a sore arm.
Important to remember that unlike a mouse, bottom left of the screen is bottom left of the tablets working area. Likewise top right of the screen is top right on the tablet, which considering it has a 2-3" surround can be a long way away.
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« on: April 04, 2008, 05:24 »
There are definitely images from V1 that simply don't show in keyword searches. I have images on a particular subject that just don't feature. I have since uploaded new images and they show up every time.
I contacted support about it and all they ever say is that they are still working on it.
My advice. If you have images from V1 not showing on keyword searches, upload them again.
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« on: April 02, 2008, 18:58 »
I buy some stuff from iStock because they often have good images that the others don't.
If available I buy from 123Rf because you can usually get an 800+ pixel image for 1 credit. I'm usually only buying for website use but even so having a larger image is better for isolating. I've also bought some stuff from Fotolia.
All of the above have the best zoom-in facilities of the microstocks.
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« on: April 02, 2008, 04:23 »
It still says the following on their website:
"The contributor can convert their credits into money which will then be transferred directly into their Paypal or Money booker account. From their Paypal or Money booker account, the contributor can transfer the money into their bank account.
Fotolia charges No Fee for transactions over 50 credits. Transactions less than 50 credits will be a low fixed price of 1 credit whatever the amount of the conversion. Thus you can transfer money as soon as your account contains at least two eligible credits.
Important! For anti-fraud reasons, conversion of Fotolia credits through Paypal or Moneybooker is not permitted until 45 days after selling your first image."
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« on: March 28, 2008, 15:52 »
Yep, looks like they may have done an ad campaign or something.
Be sure to set your faved images if you haven't already done so as that will increase sales even more.
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« on: March 28, 2008, 07:49 »
It's worth persevering with Shutterstock. They are potentially the biggest earner of them all, if you upload there regularly.
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« on: March 27, 2008, 16:51 »
I heard there are no categories at 123? Is it true? All I got to do is upload my files using FTP (with keywords in ITCP data) and click PROCESS and thats all I have to do?
This is true, there are no categories at 123RF. You just have to upload and add any relevant releases (model or property) and then submit. They read the IPTC data automatically. For the record, Bigstock is a better earner than 123RF. Well it is for me, but then Bigstock is a better earner than Stockxpert for me so I guess I'm not typical. 123Rf will definitely give you more success than Lucky Oliver, Canstock and Crestock though. If you have a portfolio with thousands of images then 123RF AND Bigstock are a must.
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« on: March 25, 2008, 19:22 »
I expect that they'll be pitching that particular offer to European customers. I'm sure that if they pitch it to UK customers it'll be in pounds sterling, and probably 25 pounds at that, which equates to around $50 US these days.
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« on: March 24, 2008, 05:10 »
I wouldn't go expecting any great rate hike on the basis of SS's 25 shots for 29 Euros offer. They've set the price high on that because they know that anybody taking that offer up is definitely going to take all 25 pics.
As they have stated before, if customers on their normal packages took all they were entitled to they'd be running at a loss, so they aren't going give the submitters great big rises on the basis of a few people taking a one day special and probably disappearing, never to be seen again.
Come May, I predict they'll put the photographers cut up to 35c. And I wouldn't be surprised if they raise the minimum earnings requirement from $500 to $750 or even $1000 either.
As for the one day deal, try looking on the bright side. The reason you have to keep uploading to SS is because most of their regulars have already downloaded all your older shots. If they get plenty of one dayers you might find that your old stuff begins to pick up a few hits here and there.
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« on: March 19, 2008, 04:53 »
I agree. I look at microstock as a bonus (and hopefully a pension) that I enjoy doing.
And if I were making $30k plus a year at it I wouldn't be on forums telling everybody about it.
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« on: March 19, 2008, 04:47 »
I have bought a lot of stuff at iStock. Most recently though I have been checking to see if I can get the same shot or similar on 123RF.
You can get twice the size and bigger (more than enough for web pages) for one credit at 123RF.
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« on: March 06, 2008, 03:56 »
eBay's usually pretty good for CS2, that where I got mine. I was lucky enough to get one still shrink wrapped.
Stay away from the educational copies though (unless you know something that I don't that'll get around that).
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« on: March 04, 2008, 10:10 »
I'm surprised you have problems with Fotolia, I have found them to be one of the easier going agencies personally.
I submit the same photo's to all those agencies that I upload to, and I have four times as many images with Fotolia as I do with iStock.
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« on: March 03, 2008, 10:16 »
Fotolia do indeed still have the "Download Details" link on the sales page.
They are the only one who do though.
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« on: March 01, 2008, 19:34 »
Third best behind SS and IS for me. And yes they do have FTP.
Most of their customers are European, so you might find that different images sell on Fotolia.
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« on: February 02, 2008, 08:17 »
Dell 24" widescreen (1920 x 1200). Very good
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« on: January 27, 2008, 19:36 »
Bigstock are a slightly better earner for me than SX. I would call them slow but steady. 123RF are slow and.. well slow.
My experiences don't agree with the poll. Fotolia is better than Dreamstime for me.
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« on: January 27, 2008, 14:43 »
I think you'll find that the Fotolia site automatically scans your upload and rejects it straight away if it's too small or the wrong ratio.
Wise choice to avoid SS until you have a bigger camera. Even though they'll take 4MP images it would be a tough ride getting through the application process. Same with IS, DT and SX.
But Bigstock will take as low as 800X600 and 123RF will accept 2200x1700.
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