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Image Sleuth / Re: 52112.com STOLEN CONTENT OF ALL KINDS
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Image Sleuth / Re: 52112.com STOLEN CONTENT OF ALL KINDS« on: November 18, 2022, 07:42 »
Jacob. Slightly better known by his middle name - Yuri
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Adobe Stock / Re: AS Editorial Rejections of current« on: September 14, 2022, 07:34 »
For those (me included) who were hoping they would open up their "proper" editorial section (from the likes of Reuters etc) to the rest of us, be aware they closed that down a couple of months ago. Here's a report on this from PAN (Photo Archive News).
https://photoarchivenews.com/news/adobe-stock-closes-editorial-photo-feed/ 3
General Stock Discussion / Re: Alamy Percentage from each photo sale.« 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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Shutterstock.com / Re: Political campaign video usage« 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. 5
Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock's Bridge to Bigstock« 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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GLStock / Re: Leaf time to delete GL« on: November 01, 2021, 10:56 »Hi Leaf could you remove GL from the Microstock Poll Results Likewise both Cutcaster and Stockfresh are both gone but can still be voted for in the monthly poll. 8
Alamy.com / PA to move all photography to the Alamy platform« on: August 27, 2020, 12:21 »
News article today on Photo Archive News: https://photoarchivenews.com/news/press-association-moving-all-photo-assets-to-a-single-platform-alamy/
Whether this is good news for Alamy contributors, bad news, or will make no difference we will have to wait and see. 9
Shutterstock.com / Re: Stop uploading to SS & join the action« on: June 15, 2020, 03:57 »Russian microstock community reports: 250000 portfolio by Paul Smith just disabled. Quarter of a million celebrity images gone in one click. Way to go Paul 10
General Stock Discussion / Re: Press Release - Stock Coalition calls for Shutterstock shutdown« 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] 11
Shutterstock.com / Re: With new earning structure made by Shutterstock will you disable your portfolio?« 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. 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/ 12
Adobe Stock / Re: It's time for Adobe to accept editorial video« on: May 28, 2020, 01:44 »They actually do accept 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). 13
Adobe Stock / Re: It's time for Adobe to accept editorial video« on: May 27, 2020, 09:05 »Seems like we can't trust Shutterstock anymore.. 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..... 14
General Stock Discussion / Re: Is this a stock agency?« on: January 04, 2020, 14:57 »
Freeart is an affiliate of Canstock. Read more here https://www.microstockgroup.com/canstockphoto-com/exciting-announcement/
From memory (may be wrong) but GoGraph is a Dreamstime partner. Regards, David. 15
General Stock Discussion / Re: Non-exclusive agencies not presented in the list on the right.« 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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General Stock Discussion / Re: Non-exclusive agencies not presented in the list on the right.« on: October 22, 2019, 00:41 »
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. 17
Dreamstime.com / Re: Anyone Using The Dreamstime Mobile App?« 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_50968
Very few sites have a views count anyway - it's the sales that matter 18
Adobe Stock / Re: Illustrative Editorial Submissions expanded to Gold rank« on: September 11, 2019, 09:52 »
Thanks Mat. I'll just keep hoping then! Kind regards, David.
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Adobe Stock / Re: Illustrative Editorial Submissions expanded to Gold rank« 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: 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. 20
Shutterstock.com / Re: I'm not surprised this contributor couldn't get a model release! Seriously?!« on: August 08, 2019, 08:41 »
Page four of his port has actor Jason Statham captioned as "men with baldness" !
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angelescaliforniausa-05112019-men-baldness-1438183688?src=9f4eRcGj8k8nQ2JCN0PB2A-4-46 21
Site Related / Re: Leaf, cant move spam to garbage« 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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Adobe Stock / Re: Better contributor site - Adobe Stock vs Fotolia?« 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. 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). 23
Newbie Discussion / Re: Direct contact from a customer?« 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). More like six years ago! https://forums.submit.shutterstock.com/topic/74782-shuttertweet-and-facebook-connect/?do=findComment&comment=1441351 24
123RF / Re: New to 123RF. How long does it take after images are uploaded to get reviewed?« 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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General Stock Discussion / Re: Someone Selling Our Images on Ebay« 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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