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« on: May 12, 2017, 09:31 »
We would like to share an update regarding small and medium sized videos on Fotolia. We increased the price for small videos from 12 credits to 30 credits, and for medium videos from 30 to 45 credits, which will result in higher royalties in parallel. Downloads for HD 720 and HD 1080 remain at 60 and 75 credits. The royalties you receive for Fotolia credit sales are determined by your rank; please see this for more info: https://us.fotolia.com/Info/Contributors/Royalties/VideosVideos on Adobe Stock are offered at HD 1080 and 4k only and you will always earn 35% royalties for every purchase on Adobe Stock. -Mat
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« on: May 11, 2017, 11:28 »
Thanks for your patience! You can now submit your .eps vectors to Adobe Stock.
Mat
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« on: May 08, 2017, 21:09 »
Hello All, Not a week goes by where I'm not asked at least once what type of content Adobe Stock is looking for. The general, catch-all answer is that regardless of the subject matter, buyers are looking for authenticity. Real looking people in real situations with genuine expressions and interactions. That remains true and I expect it always will. That being said, a more specific list of content needs and requests has been generated. If you are looking for some motivation on what to shoot next..look no further than the list linked below.... https://adobe.ly/2pdvHeB
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« on: April 28, 2017, 00:47 »
Hi All,
We would like to let our contributor community know that we had to temporarily disable the ability to upload .eps vector files. We will report back when it's re-enabled again. You can continue to submit .ai vector files in the usual zipped format. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
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« on: April 19, 2017, 15:57 »
Hi All,
I see that this notification was posted in another thread but I'm posting it here as well to ensure maximum exposure.
We removed the View statistics from the Adobe Stock contributor portal, because the feature wasnt yet providing aggregate views across the Fotolia and Adobe Stock websites and caused confusion.
Over the last few months our foremost priority for the Adobe Stock Contributor website has been to make the submission process as fast and easy as possible. We now provide an automatic category suggestion, more auto-keywords and the ability to upload a CSV file of metadata for easier keywording of multiple files or videos.
We are working on improving the available statistics on the contributor portal but cant share a release date at this time.
Please share your feedback on the portal and keep the suggestions for improvements coming. I recommend you take a look at the expanded auto-keyword function and the auto-category feature as those are two new features that can potentially increase the speed of your upload process dramatically.
I'm at Photoshop World in Orlando this week so my responses may not be too swift but I will check in here as often as I can.
Thank you!
Mat Hayward
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« on: November 29, 2016, 14:55 »
We wanted to let our contributor community know that we are running a promotion in the US, UK and Australia/New Zealand to offer a subset of our Fotolia customers to try an Adobe Stock plan and convert their Fotolia credits to standard licenses.
The transfer of credits to standard licenses requires the purchase of an Adobe Stock plan. The royalty you earn for licenses will initially be $0.99 per image, with each image during the promotion representing one converted credit. Soon thereafter, we will move to pay a royalty at 33% of the image price based on the specific, undiscounted product that was purchased by the buyer. For reference, based on some of the most popular Adobe stock plans, the small image plan of 2 images per month will earn you $3.30 in royalties for each sale. Licenses from the 10 images a month plan pay out at $0.99, and sales from a large subscription plan with 350 or 750 images a month guarantee a minimum payout, which is $0.25 - $0.40 based on your Fotolia rank. We'll be monitoring royalties and payouts closely to keep a careful eye on the success of our contributors.
The Fotolia website remains a primary destination for our clients and well continue to serve them. In parallel, since many clients use Adobe products and appreciate the benefits of integration, we want to provide an opportunity with the promotional offer to experience the full set of features of Adobe Stock plans, such as our extended range of asset types (Premium, 4k Video, 3D, templates), content at all price points, integrated workflows, and many more.
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« on: October 25, 2016, 22:46 »
Adobe Stock & Fotolia are offering a mail-in option for hard drives with video content. We know it can take quite a bit of time to transfer large amount of data over a FTP connection, and we want to make it as easy as possible to submit your video content to us. If you are an existing videographer who has at least 500 HD (or better) clips that are ready for submission, email us at [email protected] to arrange to have a hard drive sent to one of our office locations. Please include your location, the amount of content you have (number of clips and size in GB), your existing Adobe Stock or Fotolia account information and the category your content falls under (Lifestyle, Nature, Business, etc.) Requirements for hard drive submissions: 500 or more clips HD 1080 or 4k frame size Files must comply with our video specifications Have appropriate metadata embedded into each clip or a single CSV file with all necessary information that matches with the number of videos being submitted.
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« on: October 20, 2016, 07:48 »
Hi all,
I wanted to let you know about a couple of updates that have been done to the Adobe Stock Contributor portal.
The price for Extended licenses will now be automatically set to the maximum available based on your Fotolia rank. This impacts silver rank and above as your prices will be set at 100 credits for Fotolia sales when you upload through the portal.
Another nice change...you will find thumbnails showing your images in the sold files tab now.
Thanks so much for all of the feedback you have shared with us so far. Please keep it coming as we have a strong team working to make the contributor experience even better!
-Mat Hayward
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« on: September 19, 2016, 23:05 »
We are happy to announce the Adobe Stock Contributor Site https://contributor.stock.adobe.com, a new platform that allows you to upload and sell your photos, illustrations, videos and vectors to the worlds largest creative community. Our goal was to design a portal that makes it easy and fast to upload, index and submit your content. You can upload as many images as you want at once and the new auto-keyword feature is a time-saving tool that generates the first five keywords of each image you submit. Of course these can be modified, re-ordered and replaced as you desire. Youll also have the ability to upload images to Adobe Stock directly from Lightroom CC and Bridge CC. Our goal is to open the feature to more content types and to integrate into more CC applications soon. Check out our Contributor tutorial page for instructions how to use the new site and how to create successful stock photos, vectors and videos. For more information, FAQs and submission guidelines, check out our Learn and Support page here: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/topics.html
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« on: February 17, 2016, 13:37 »
Hello everyone,
We are pleased to announce that as of today, Extended Licenses for image files (photos, vectors and illustrations) are now available on Adobe Stock!
Extended licenses for images will be available on-demand on Adobe Stock for $79.99 and you will receive 33% commission of the USD sales price equating to 26.40 credits.
Thanks
Fotolia/Adobe Stock Team
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« on: February 04, 2016, 11:38 »
Hi everyone, We are pleased to announce that 4K video content is now available at Adobe Stock. 4K clips cost $199.99 and your commission rate is 35% (approximately 70 credits). Customers now have the option to purchase the 4K version of your clip for $199.99 or they can purchase the HD version for $79.99. This is a great time to submit new content as we are working hard to get your work in front of the millions of creatives around the world using Adobe software. We are looking for 5-60 second clips. Details on technical specifications can be found here: https://us.fotolia.com/Info/Contributors/Files/VideosKind regards, Mat Hayward email: [email protected]
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« on: January 25, 2016, 14:57 »
I have good news for video content providers. Fotolia has just been updated so the system will read embedded keywords (the keywords that you add through software programs such as Bridge and Premiere) in your uploaded video clips. In addition, the system will read the "description" metadata and will add this as the title of the clip in the indexing tool. This should speed the submission process up for you considerably. We are working hard to create new tools to make uploading new content to Fotolia and Adobe Stock a seamless process so stay tuned!
-Mat
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« on: January 04, 2016, 17:07 »
Hi All, Happy New Year! I wanted to give you a heads up. Pending credit conversions at Fotolia are no longer displayed in the conversion page. After you submit a payment request you can check the status at the top of the credits page in your account. Here is a direct link: https://us.fotolia.com/Member/MyCreditsDon't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions comments or concerns. -Mat
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« on: November 30, 2015, 23:50 »
We are pleased to announce that Adobe Stock is now selling HD video content, providing you with the opportunity to reach Adobes large audience of video users. Starting today, HD video files are available to Adobe Stock members for $79.99 USD.
The standard royalty rate for all Adobe Stock video sales is 35%. Those of you that are ranked Emerald or above prior to November 23 will receive a rate of 40% to reflect your past achievements and contributions. As with all Adobe Stock sales, your commissions are paid directly into your Fotolia account.
There is high demand for video in the industry. We are looking for 5-60 second clips of lifestyle/people, sports, aerial, nature, and general b-roll.
Clips will be sold through stock.adobe.com as well as directly through After Effects CC and Premiere Pro CC. Users will now be able to search for and license videos directly in their libraries panel, making for the most streamlined and efficient purchasing experience in the industry.
Some of you have noticed a change in the language of your sales emails regarding subscriptions vs. on-demand. Currently, the system is set up to report all Adobe Stock sales including videos as though they are part of a subscription even though they are not. The language in the emails has been changed, but the stats in your "my sales" page are still going to be shown as subscription sales for the time being. Please note that the engineering team is working to fix this and the issue should be resolved in the next several days.
As always, please don't hesitate to reach out to me directly with any questions, comments or concerns.
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« on: August 25, 2015, 13:01 »
Hi all, I am happy to announce another great change has been made for contributors when uploading to Fotolia/Adobe Stock. When indexing your images you are no longer required to select sub-categories. The option is now available for you to simply select the main category when submitting your content. You are certainly welcome to continue selecting sub-categories for fine tuning search results. However, it is now up to you. Many more exciting changes and tools are being prepared for you so stay tuned! -Mat Hayward email: [email protected]
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« on: August 06, 2015, 13:32 »
Are any of you planning to attend Photoshop World in Las Vegas next week (11th-13th August)? We will be in the Adobe Stock booth each day and would love to meet you in person to discuss anything Fotolia/Adobe Stock related. Come say hi!
-Mat
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« on: June 22, 2015, 13:17 »
Hi All,
I want to let you know that the requests and suggestions made after the Fotolia site was upgraded last month are still being reviewed and implemented where possible. The newest change has been activated.
You can now add up to 200 characters when submitting an image title/description.
We are continuing to work on reducing your submission time. More to come soon, please keep sending your suggestions and needs.
-Mat
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« on: June 15, 2015, 23:27 »
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a brand new stock marketplace, Adobe Stock!
As most of you will know, Adobe has continually strived to ensure those working in the creative industry, including photographers, are at the forefront of their company environment and ethos. We are together working to expand this vision towards a multi-billion dollar sharing economy which you are now part of. All images available in Fotolias standard collection have automatically been added to Adobe Stocks platform.
The integration of Adobe Stock with Creative Cloud allows Creative Cloud customers to launch Adobe Stock directly within CC desktop software, and add watermarked or licensed images to their Creative Cloud Libraries. This in turn allows them to access and work with images across multiple desktop tools. When creatives are ready to license the image for the final project, they can do so directly within the desktop software they are working in. In short, your images will be far more accessible and easy to purchase than ever before.
Adobe Stock will act in addition as a standalone website expanding again the potential reach for your images to be seen by millions. This will no doubt have a phenomenal effect on your sales.
The good news does not stop there. Fotolia subscription payouts have been raised, from 20-25% to 33% for all contributors! Adobe Stock payouts will be 33% on all products. And are maintaining the existing Fotolia guaranteed payout floors to protect your commissions on large subscriptions.
In addition, all subscription sales at Fotolia and Adobe Stock will be equal to one full download towards your rank. This gives you an opportunity to jump through the ranks and increase your income at a much faster rate. All you have to do is continue to submit your images through Fotolia.
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« on: June 11, 2015, 09:25 »
Hi All,
The Fotolia site development team has updated the indexing page so you can shuffle and sort your keywords in order of relevance again.
In the indexing tool under the box of keywords simply click the "order keywords" link. You can move any keywords you want up or down from there. Remember that the search places priority on the first 7 keywords submitted so be sure to place the most relevant keywords at the top of the list.
Have a great day!
-Mat
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« on: February 06, 2015, 17:12 »
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« on: January 09, 2015, 15:17 »
Hi All,
It was just announced that HD videos are now worth 5 downloads rather than 1 in consideration of rank at Fotolia.
I've been talking to a lot of customers and it's obvious to me that high quality stock video content is very much in demand. There is a lot of opportunity to earn some serious money with video content. This change will help video contributors jump up in rank much faster and increase earnings.
Cheers!
-Mat
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« on: May 13, 2014, 15:48 »
Hi Everyone,
Ive got exciting news to share with you! Fotolia has changed the commission structure for monthly subscription downloads for all contributors.
The changes have taken effect as of today so you may have noticed some differences already. From now on, all contributors that are opted in to Dollar Photo Club will receive 25% of the price paid for a subscription download. For example, a $25 monthly subscription provides 5 XXL images resulting in a $5 price per image. Your commission on that sale will now be $1.25 instead of the flat rate it has been. In some cases this change can result in more than a 500% increase in commissions.
As subscription quantities increase, the cost per photo goes down. The good news is that your commission will never go under what it is now . In other words, the minimum commission you will receive is the same commission as it has always been. This change can only affect you positively.
The 25% rate is for those opted IN to DPC. If you choose to opt out of DPC, Fotolia will still pay a 20% commission for subscription sales at Fotolia which in some case is a 400% increase for existing sub commissions.
Some more news will come soon regarding the Extended license at Dollar Photo Club.
Cheers!
Mat
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« on: December 24, 2013, 14:26 »
Some of you that know me are aware that a big part of my photograph focus has been in the entertainment industry. While I cover all areas of entertainment, my primary focus has been with live music. 2013 proved to be an epic year for me as far as surreal experiences are concerned. I've put together a 3 minute video featuring some of my favorite concert photos captured in 2013. Check it out if you have the time.
| <![CDATA[<a href="http://youtu.be/-qOWJrBAYiQ" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://youtu.be/-qOWJrBAYiQ</a>]]> | Have a very Merry Christmas everyone! I am confident that 2014 is going to be amazing! -Mat Hayward
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