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« on: June 03, 2014, 12:59 »
Just went down in the middle of an upload!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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More information about this error may be available in the server error log. +1 The uploaded images appear in the 'Content overview' but if I click on 'edit submitted images', I get the same error again.
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« on: May 28, 2014, 07:38 »
Vectors have taken 2 days to be reviewed in SS this week.
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« on: May 28, 2014, 02:05 »
Like it, just need to take some time and get used to  Good work!
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« on: May 28, 2014, 00:54 »
Just Curious...are we still resolute about this?? I know lots of folks over the years. The majority I talk to is staying in. I do respect there decision and then I shut up. I send them every Link. What more can I do? any Ideas?
Yes Laurin. I see quite a few resolute contributors who have been spreading the word and reporting successful OPT OUTs. I saw a few on the SS forum also. I think we will see more OPT OUTs in small and mid-level contributors. We may not see much in high-volume contributors as I think many of them may be exclusive to FT. Hearing the feedback from many posters here on this thread that DPC is being heard for the first time by many only from a fellow contributor makes me think that this will continue on for some more time. Meanwhile, I saw that the image count on FT has reached 28.5M (it dropped lower than 28M in the start of May). In all likelihood a good majority of these 500K images made it to DPC. But to see that DPC image count is still showing some reduction (based on the figures in this thread a day or 2 ago), tells me that the OPT OUTs are still ON.
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« on: May 26, 2014, 10:54 »
Thanks Laurin for your response
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« on: May 26, 2014, 09:02 »
I have a question to FT contributors with a good sized portfolio who have OPTed OUT (>1000 images). Have you seen any trends in your FT sales post the OPT OUT taking effect ? One of the things that I was hoping was to see FT-only contributors getting more non-subscription sales. My thinking is that customers who may have moved to DPC may buy most of their images on the so-called DPC subscription but may pick up on credit sale the images that they want but dont see in DPC. A trend that may signal customers looking at DPC as a high volume dollar bin and looking elsewhere for low volume special buys.
No, I don't see any positive or negative trend. I opted out with 7000 images mid May. Fotolia is not doing well for me, but the downward trend started more than 12 months ago, so has nothing to do with DPC.
May is a disaster, but May is always a disaster compared to March and April, so I don't see a link with DPC here either.
Thanks Anyka ! Also : from the point of view of a customer, DPC is a different site from Fotolia. So why would a customer always go to Fotolia if they cannot find an image on DPC? You can bet Fotolia is not suggesting "if you cannot find what you need, Fotolia still has 7.000.000 more images at higher prices" 
I was looking at it from the point of view of existing FT customers who may have moved to DPC. You are correct in the sense if it is a new non-FT customer, they may not check in FT if they dont find what they want in DPC.
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« on: May 26, 2014, 03:15 »
I have a question to FT contributors with a good sized portfolio who have OPTed OUT (>1000 images). Have you seen any trends in your FT sales post the OPT OUT taking effect ? One of the things that I was hoping was to see FT-only contributors getting more non-subscription sales. My thinking is that customers who may have moved to DPC may buy most of their images on the so-called DPC subscription but may pick up on credit sale the images that they want but dont see in DPC. A trend that may signal customers looking at DPC as a high volume dollar bin and looking elsewhere for low volume special buys.
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« on: May 22, 2014, 11:13 »
It takes a big heart to share information in a field as competitive as microstock ! I have been blessed reading the very many posts of Jo Ann which have been informative, helpful and very useful for newbies like me Thanks to efforts of Jo Ann and a few others, microstock continues on despite greed from a few. Wishing all good times ahead and an extra helping for Jo Ann  Thanks Ron for initiating this special thread
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« on: May 22, 2014, 00:10 »
I see a PP sale (TS) show up for 1-Apr today ...
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« on: May 21, 2014, 12:12 »
Wont work for me. In FT (which I have stopped uploading post DPC fiasco), my ELs are 20$. Assuming that I OPT IN, customers will have to pay 50$ for an EL (though an EL looks heavily improbable ) in DPC. If customers know that DPC images are a subset of FT images, they will compare the EL price in both FT and DPC and pick the lower one. In my case, FT and not DPC ... and I wont get the *chunky* 30 credits !
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« on: May 21, 2014, 03:48 »
It's gone for me - are you guys reading it from the cache?
I have never accessed crestock before. Today was the first time and it worked.
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« on: May 21, 2014, 03:13 »
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« on: May 20, 2014, 03:36 »
Ron - I take a lot of time processing my images. Much of my time is spent in viewing the image at 300% to fix any hot pixels as I cant see them in 100% view on my HD display laptop. Other than peering through the image section by section from left to right and top to bottom (in LR), I dont know any other way. Is there something different that you do to fix hot pixels ? Thanks !
Why are you looking for hot pixels at 300% if you cant see them at 100%? An image is reviewed at 100%, I do not fix anything that appears beyond 100%. Also, I downsize all my images by 50%, it automatically reduces noise and increases the illusion of sharpness (kudos to Jens). But you can use spot removal in LR and batch process all the hot pixels at once. Just fix them on the first image and then, select all images, click sync, select spot removal, and apply.
This is not directed at you: But that is what I mean with getting 23-36 cent. I am not going out of my way to get 23-36 cent. If they want to sell images for 20 cent or a dollar they get images with minimal effort. Any image sold for more is cherry on the cake. So I have less ELs and SODs, but I also dont spent hours setting up, and processing to get immaculate images.
The images pass the inspection at several agencies, so its not like I am selling inferior images. They are good images, just not with a ton of work applied to them.
Agreed Ron ! I need to make my workflow a lot leaner !
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« on: May 20, 2014, 00:59 »
Ron - I take a lot of time processing my images. Much of my time is spent in viewing the image at 300% to fix any hot pixels as I cant see them in 100% view on my HD display laptop. Other than peering through the image section by section from left to right and top to bottom (in LR), I dont know any other way. Is there something different that you do to fix hot pixels ? Thanks !
can you get your camera to map them and fill them in?
Thanks Tom ! I dont know how to do it. I will look it up and hopefully find how to do it
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« on: May 19, 2014, 23:33 »
To be honest, lately I have gone completely the opposite. When I go on one of my hikes, I put the 6D on full auto and just shoot. Come home, process, keyword and submit. Production has gone up, and I dont have to worry about settings and bringing a tripod. Just enjoy the day, take snapshots, and be happy. Yesterday submitted another 55 images from my walk to Dublin city and back, Saturday in the sun. Processed the 60 images on Sunday when it was raining. Half commercial, half editorial. 48 approved today. The other 12 rejected for trademark. Will resubmit as editorial and done.
Ron - I take a lot of time processing my images. Much of my time is spent in viewing the image at 300% to fix any hot pixels as I cant see them in 100% view on my HD display laptop. Other than peering through the image section by section from left to right and top to bottom (in LR), I dont know any other way. Is there something different that you do to fix hot pixels ? Thanks !
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« on: May 19, 2014, 23:21 »
I'm still getting some 40 cent subscription downloads, in spite of the fact that I've opted out of the DPC. How can I verify that my images are no longer available in the DPC?
Please look at the last line of the first post in this thread: http://www.microstockgroup.com/fotolia-com/how-to-opt-out-of-dollar-photo-club/msg380052/?topicseen#newI checked my OPT OUT in DPC manually. Search for some of the most popular of your images. After OPT OUT, it takes about 4 to 5 days for them to be removed from DPC. The images are present in searches a little longer. If you click on them, you get the message "Image not available". My experience is about 3 to 4 weeks ago.
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« on: May 19, 2014, 11:19 »
Thanks Gannett77 !
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« on: May 19, 2014, 11:09 »
I started uploading images to Alamy. I also have the same/similar question. I have some images that are RF on SS but were rejected by some other agencies citing the reason that they see people in that image. Now if I have to submit these to Alamy, should I mark these as RM?
In case you miss my reply on the other thread, if you have files RF anywhere, you can't submit them RM at Alamy. Therefore for unidentifiable people, which may be accepted on some sites but not others, you have to choose.
Another possibility for some images might be to remove the people and submit to Alamy RF and mark them 'digitally altered', which isn't going to make much difference to (m)any buyers of RF. (It's probably mostly an issue for editorial buyers)
So, can files that are RF in other sites be submitted as RF in Alamy ?
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« on: May 18, 2014, 12:10 »
Thanks for helping out Mike. I am sorry to see you go, honestly. I think you are important to us and you have great experience and a lot of knowledge. Thanks again.
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« on: May 17, 2014, 13:23 »
For me personally, it would be better if we had a handful of fair microstock agencies rather than just one or two. I still believe FT can make some changes to FT and DPC that make it worthwhile for the contributors. If they think a little differently, they possibly can gain market share by not reducing the prices of our hard work.
Throughout this thread various contributors have made a few suggestions that can improve FT and DPC:
- Having the ability to opt-in specific images to DPC (not the existing option of all or none).
- Increasing the upfront amount that buyers need to pay to buy images for a dollar in DPC thereby committing to a higher number of images to purchase in a month (conforming to a true subscription model).
- Clearer terms to distinguish between standard and enhanced licenses.
Each of us have different thresholds as to when to participate in DPC or not at all or move out of FT.
I hope that in some time there will be positive changes to FT and DPC. If nothing else will happen, I guess everyone will make their own decisions and that is always the best thing to happen.
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« on: May 16, 2014, 12:42 »
They must be laughing so hard right now.... 
I dont know about that. It is still early days and as they say "he who laughs last laughs longest".
As Ron said, let us not comment about anyone's decision to remain in DPC. Let us hope for the best as we create more DPC awareness and hopefully more OPT OUTs.
Yeah I know but I am just in shock right now... I think people need to think and to remain strong and together. At least I hoped they would.
As I said before, the opt out and the increase where achieved thanks to those who fought.
Anyway, my work will be on Shutterstock from now on... No yes-i-accept-whatever-you-do-with-my-work for me.
I understand and thanks for your stance on this issue
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« on: May 16, 2014, 12:30 »
They must be laughing so hard right now....
I dont know about that. It is still early days and as they say "he who laughs last laughs longest". As Ron said, let us not comment about anyone's decision to remain in DPC. Let us hope for the best as we create more DPC awareness and hopefully more OPT OUTs.
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« on: May 16, 2014, 01:01 »
I still hope that the DPC image count will drop below the 20 million mark. I continue to see people OPT OUT and more importantly to know that many contributors are hearing about DPC and more importantly the OPT OUT option only now. As the word spreads (thanks to all our efforts), the image count will continue to drop. Granted that after the mail from FT (about increase in some of the subscriptions) a few may have OPTed IN. There is nothing that we can do about it. Also, some of the top earners from FT might still be contemplating about this. It is a huge decision for them to OPT OUT. We need to give them more time for them to make their decisions. It is clear that if DPC survives and grows, every one of us (low / medium / high earners), will have to be happy with 0.25 (to 0.40) sales. And with words like "never expire", "always" the sale count may not take an upward trend. Let us keep fighting for what we think is the right thing for a vast majority of us
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« on: May 15, 2014, 13:28 »
Most sites view from registered buyers are counted but I suspect lots of the views on DT are bots
Bots ! Must be ! The view count for some of the images are in the 100s with hardly or no sales. And there is a 2014 New Year images of mine still getting some views
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