Keywords seems to have become a necessary evil, with most submitters putting in all 50 keywords just to maximise chances of a view.

This is clear in the kind if results stock sites show up even for very specific queries. So it'll be interesting to kmow how buyers are actually searching for stuff. Is it a word, aeries of words, an actual sentence etc

Maybe not as bad as the others, but seems like they are trying to lure people back. Would you restart post this


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Gave it a shot today, it seems to be unforgiving with my HP laptop with integrated intel XE graphics. It almost melted.

But its pretty fun to use vs Adobe that seems to throw up strange problems at times

Given the cost and issues with Adobe I'm planning to switch video editing to DaVinci Resolve. Wanted to know if any others are using it and if the workflow (after the steep learning curve) is better

In Premiere, I usually take one long video or multiple clips. Turn them into 10-15 sec compositions. Edit, stabilize and color them and then use media encoder to create the output files for upload. Can all this be done

I tried reaching out to stocksubmitter but there was some error there also. Also last time they suggested that it was due to the login being incorrect (which in my case it's not)

Quote from: Rage on December 05, 2021, 01:53

Started getting this issue again asking for the new api key. Using the old one just gives an error "Parse error, unable to find authentication form" . How do I solve this?

This is the new key, deactivate and add this and re-verify and it will work.....

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For some reason I'm now not able to get the ESP keywords on iStock again. Has the key changed again? What is the way to ensure I keep getting the new keys?

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Seems like an issue at my end then. Will try for a reinstall tomorrow then.

What is the telegram handle for their support?

Quote from: stockastic on January 06, 2022, 19:53

Having just told Alamy to close my account, I'm now done with microstock, and with so-called "sales" that net me 4 cents. My goal for 2022 is to forget about these crooks, try to do some good photos that people like, and sell a print now and then via POD.

Sickening feeling but today i photograph all the gear that might be of some value to sell and list it, keeping one lower end camera and that's it.  It's over.  Job search and a big of day trading is now my full time job.  I will leave the content up in case a sale happens but it's over as business.

This is heartbreaking, wishing you all the very best for these new avenues. Hope you still find joy in photography

Surprised at how low dec was for me. Seems like shutterstock buyers went on a break almost mid Dec. Will try doing this analysis today

Just in time since the cliff dive at the year end is almost here

Started getting this issue again asking for the new api key. Using the old one just gives an error "Parse error, unable to find authentication form" . How do I solve this?

Do we have to manually set them back at the correct prices? It seems like a fixed price for HD and another for 4K regardless of what it was initially