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Messages - Jens G
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« on: May 01, 2017, 08:59 »
I've just given up on uploading via the Adobe interface and gone back to Fotolia. Two issues arise from my workflow:
1. Only the first part of the filename is visible. Where clips are visually similar I need to see the whole filename to identify which clip is which.
2. I enter keywords by cutting and pasting from Lightroom, which arranges them alphabetically. This is not a problem for any other agency than FT/Adobe which requires them in priority order. In the Adobe upload interface I can only move one keyword at a time so reordering is difficult and time consuming. At least with the FT upload interface I can select several separate keywords and move them all to the top in one operation.
For the moment at least I will stick with the FT upload interface.
I stick with FT too because of the keywording. Lightroom put my keywords in alphabetical order which is fine with the other agencies. I have all file names, titles, descriptions and keywords in a spreadsheed, where the keywords are arranged after importance. So when I upload to FT, I replace the title with the description, and the keywords with keywords in importance order, simply by copy/pasting from the spreadsheet. The keyword part of it I can't get to work with Adobe Stock. The comma separated keywords don't get separated.
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« on: April 29, 2017, 05:12 »
It's also broken from here, but upload seems to work OK, and I haven't noticed any decline on sales.
Of course I can't see the sales on the contributor page, but the phone app is working OK.
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« on: April 14, 2017, 08:27 »
Don't forget that it's Good Friday today. In many countries it's a holiday.
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« on: December 08, 2016, 10:06 »
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« on: December 08, 2016, 09:53 »
....and submit a driver's license, passport, etc but don't include a photo. 
Looks strange. "Security measure for Tax Forms: please upload a copy of any ID document with photo (e.g: identity card, passport, driver's licence, etc). Note: this should not be a photo of yourself" Should I upload an ID with a photo of some one else ??
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« on: December 04, 2016, 10:12 »
A couple of years back I was at the pharmacy, and there was one of my photos at the cover of their printed winter catalogue  I got a copy of the catalougue, but I'n not sure the clerk believed me when I told her that I had taken that photo I have also a couple of times seen my images used as illustration for articles in newspapers, and when google searching.
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« on: October 31, 2016, 09:40 »
Those are probably some Getty earnings, they're happening every month....0,01$-0,06$...
Then I suppose I should be happy, because I had $0.13 from G.I Connect in august 
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« on: October 28, 2016, 10:20 »
I have deactivated my best selling images at iStock now, and stop uploading new files.
It's a pity, because my october is not bad at all, but I just wont accept the risk of getting only $0.02 for them.
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« on: October 04, 2016, 05:51 »
Mine has returned too, and my balance is positive again :-)
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« on: October 02, 2016, 03:16 »
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« on: October 02, 2016, 01:35 »
Same problem here.
I had a payout in september, and since my august was very good my balance is now negative. Probably something went wrong with the month shift yesterday.
The graph at the dashboard shows correct numbers.
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« on: September 30, 2016, 09:33 »
I don't do a lot of videos, but I have a Sony A6300, and the 4k looks great.
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« on: September 24, 2016, 05:00 »
It seems to work OK from here.
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« on: September 01, 2016, 00:30 »
Well, if previews were shown, then they also affects popularity, because I also had a new file shown on the map without reported sale, and it has climbed in popularity.
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« on: August 22, 2016, 11:58 »
Jens, do you touch the noise removal slider in Lightroom at all when you shoot with ISO 100 to 400 ?
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My default noise reduction setting is: Luminance 25 Detail 50 Contrast 0 Color 25 Detail 50 Smoothness 50 Normally I leave the settings there.
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« on: August 22, 2016, 11:30 »
A6300 handles noise very well.
I have a ISO3200 photo of a bird, that was approved by SS, and the other agencies I upload to.
One thing you can do to reduce noise, and make sharpness look better, is to resize. If a 6000 pixel wide photo is reduced to 3000 pixels, it looks a lot better.
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« on: July 22, 2016, 04:43 »
This july is heading for the worst july for me since I started uploading to SS in 2010.
Subs look normal in numbers,- it's the OD's and SOD's that are missing.
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« on: July 13, 2016, 02:05 »
For me FT is almost the same as SS untill now this month. Last month was close too.
It's not because FT sells more, but because SS is unusual low, even for summer period.
For 2016 till now FT is about 2/3 of SS.
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« on: February 08, 2016, 00:46 »
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I'm not sure if this has changed on the A7RII but one thing I don't like this it's missing a quick way of moving a focus point. On the D800 you just hit the little joystick. On the A7R you need to hit the focus menu, select focus positon, press the wheel, then shoot. Kind of a pain. Sony needs a better method for this.
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On the A6000 I just have to hit the center button to be able to move the focus point, if focus is set to flexible spot or zone. Isn't it the same for the A7 cameras?
Yeah I just checked into the custom settings again and was able to set the center button to activate the focus point menu.
I guess it has to be set to Standard?
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« on: February 07, 2016, 02:03 »
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I'm not sure if this has changed on the A7RII but one thing I don't like this it's missing a quick way of moving a focus point. On the D800 you just hit the little joystick. On the A7R you need to hit the focus menu, select focus positon, press the wheel, then shoot. Kind of a pain. Sony needs a better method for this.
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On the A6000 I just have to hit the center button to be able to move the focus point, if focus is set to flexible spot or zone. Isn't it the same for the A7 cameras?
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« on: February 05, 2016, 04:01 »
I use A6000 for stock, and it is as good as any APS-C camera.
For lenses I mainly use the 16-70/4 and the 90 mm macro lens. I don't know what exactly my SS acceptance rate is, but I guess it is between 80 and 90%.
The A6300 has just been announced, but it will cost about twice as much as A6000.
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« on: January 09, 2016, 05:14 »
You could also have a look at the Sony A6000.
It has about the same IQ as the D3300, but I think it has more bracketing options and larger buffer than the 700D.
This camera is too expensive compare to the other cameras.
So canon or nikon?
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OK In Denmark, where I live, A6000 and 700D are about the same price with kit lens, and the D3300 is much cheaper. Even the Nikon D5200, which has bracketing, is cheaper here than D700 and A6000.
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« on: January 09, 2016, 04:44 »
You could also have a look at the Sony A6000.
It has about the same IQ as the D3300, but I think it has more bracketing options and larger buffer than the 700D.
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« on: December 22, 2015, 08:21 »
After I updated Microstockr on my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini with Android 4.4.2 today, the program stops every time I use it. I think it's when it comes to 123RF captcha.
Looks like the update from today fixed it. Thanks
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