Also think about it from the customer's point of view. They are working on a project. They have a client deadline. If they work at a bigger firm, then they have multiple bosses who will review the work before the client even sees it. Ain't no body got time for an auction style purchase system. Time is money, an auction system increases time for the customer and thus increases their costs. Thus no body would use it.

In the meantime, use a cooling stand with the laptop... the cooler it is the longer it make use of the full CPU power.

Great tip, thanks!!!

Quote from: charged on November 15, 2019, 02:17

I was watching this youtube video "How to Make Your Mac Faster"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeVPwlbownU

He talks about adding an external eGPU for base model 13" Macbooks. How that makes the machine run a great deal faster for video editing.

I have 15" 2017 MBP with a graphics card - Radeon Pro 560 4GB, Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB. I also have 16 GB memory 2133 MHz.

Would I get any performance boost from adding an eGPU? Or would it be for naught since my machine is not a base model machine.

I'm not particularly tech savvy when it comes to tech hardware. I don't do any video editing. Though I do tons and tons of photoshop batching. Like tens of hours every week. I would like to see my photoshop batching speedup if possible.

eGPU is good for video but not as much for Photoshop. What chipset you using. Ideally it should be an i7 or i9 for increased speed as well as higher speed SSD drives for exporting / saving work.

My main Mac is a Mac Pro 2013 6 core but I do use a MacBook Pro 13 2018 with 8gb ram but maxed out quad core i7 cpu. That was faster on photoshop than my dual graphics card 2015 15" MBP 16gb ram. Handles 1gb composite psd files easily enough. If you are already running a hi spec i7 / i9 cpu then it's going to be a maxed out MacMini or good spec iMac.

These are my specs...
Hardware Overview:

  Model Name:   MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier:   MacBookPro14,3
  Processor Name:   Intel Core i7
  Processor Speed:   2.9 GHz
  Number of Processors:   1
  Total Number of Cores:   4
  L2 Cache (per Core):   256 KB
  L3 Cache:   8 MB
  Hyper-Threading Technology:   Enabled
  Memory:   16 GB

Also my main hard drive is SSD, and my external hard drive is also SSD.

I was watching this youtube video "How to Make Your Mac Faster"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeVPwlbownU

He talks about adding an external eGPU for base model 13" Macbooks. How that makes the machine run a great deal faster for video editing.

I have 15" 2017 MBP with a graphics card - Radeon Pro 560 4GB, Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB. I also have 16 GB memory 2133 MHz.

Would I get any performance boost from adding an eGPU? Or would it be for naught since my machine is not a base model machine.

I'm not particularly tech savvy when it comes to tech hardware. I don't do any video editing. Though I do tons and tons of photoshop batching. Like tens of hours every week. I would like to see my photoshop batching speedup if possible. 

This really matters to me because I visited a dozen state and federal parks, conservation areas, recreation areas, wildlife refuges, etc.  Made hundreds of quality stills and videos. Got no property releases for any of them. It never mattered before. I will be royally p*ssed if SS starts balking on that at this point.

Some places do require permit. For example the US National Park Service.
https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/news/commercial-film-and-photo-permits.htm

Having said that, I've uploaded hundreds of photos from US National Parks to iStock without an issue and without a permit. I realize you were talking about Shutterstock.

Quote from: Alex M on November 07, 2019, 15:52

My friends had the same problem a few days ago. They contacted support and received an answer and I quote: "Reviewers now want to be able to read the signature so they know it is the same as the printed name. [...] in some countries it is acceptable for signatures to be mainly initials but reviewers need to see American style signatures which look like the printed name."
I hope this helps.

another absurdity

my signature has never been legible, and i'm hardly alone - there's no 'American style' that requires it.  for voting records, they just have to be able to match your scribble w the one on file

It might be due to the fact that inspectors have no way of knowing if it is a signature or an initial. Thus it might just be a case of - when in doubt, reject.

I had no idea what is the difference between city and town. City - bigger, town - smaller? In general yes but apparently in England a city is one that has a cathedral. Other parts of the world don't have cathedrals so we are guessing again. But it was interesting to know there was a criteria.

Most likely one would keyword for American English, since they seem to be the bulk of the stock buying customers. Thus City - bigger, town - smaller.

Quote from: charged on October 30, 2019, 10:22

Quote from: qunamax on October 30, 2019, 09:50

Isn't there an option to buy images with a specific license for this exact purpose, to incorporate them as elements in your work that you will commercially sell?
If it wasn't allowed/possible I guess most of the 3D renders including textures wouldn't be allowed on agencies...? I don't imagine many 3D artists produce their own textures.

Some places do grant you license for this exact purpose, and as far as I know, stock libraries are NOT these places. Depending on where the textures came from, they do grant you the license to resell their work as part of your work as anything you want, including stock. So in that instance, you are clear, because their license is clear.

Interesting, for some reason I assumed this was a common thing, given that buyer buys an advanced license, at least on Adobe Stock as it's incorporated into their applications.

As far as I know, and I could be very wrong, the facts are, the license you buy at Adobe Stock is for you to use in either personal or business use (ie advertising). Either of those are fine. Using pieces of other people's stock photos into your own stock photo is against the rules. Anyway someone else earlier already posted the wording in the T&Cs.

I sort of surprised that they figure out you used other people's photos. It isn't obvious to me. Maybe they used computer software to scan pixels or the other artist complained about you. Or you have other photos where you used other people's work and it is more obvious there.

I guess you didn't understand the rules, that you are not allowed to use other people's photos in your stock photo. I think it is probably too late now to contest the termination, though maybe you can write them and say how sorry you are and that you will never do it again.

Clearly you are incredibly talented in image manipulation, it would be a shame for your talent to go to waste. Maybe you can sign up for a new account in your spouse's name. Or go change your name legally and get new ID and resubmit the files under your new name. These are obviously drastic options to take, but it sort of just depends on how much you want the income.

Meanwhile these photos where you used other people's work, you NEED to take them off all stock sites quickly before they all ban you. Obviously Adobe comes here and reads the forums, I assume many of the other big ones might too.

I also use the modified one from Arcurs site, thou sometimes I get a rejection because of the date format, I don't use US format, but usually reupload solves it.

Did you upload using mobile app?

I do write in US date format, however, I also spell out the month. So there is no ambiguity, no matter which country's date format.

Do your own research on this . Doctors in America make on average three to four times more than most Doctors in the world. In the UK an average Family Doctor makes  around 70K per year. In the US the same doctor makes around 180K. A lot of the really good doctors of the world come to the US and leave their beloved countries for the money. In Taiwan a Family Doctor makes maybe 45K a year. To make up his or her money they see 10 times the numbers a week than US doctors. Just to make money. Most US doctors work five days a week. In Taiwan six to seven days is a normal week . Yes American medicine may be screwed up but I will take it over an overworked, underpaid world doctor any day. I guess world doctors are like stock photographer , it is all about numbers.     

There is no correlation to doctor's pay and the health of the country's population.

The United States has the 3rd highest overall physician salary.
https://journal.practicelink.com/vital-stats/physician-compensation-worldwide/

The world health organization ranks America's medical system as 37th place in the world.
http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-information/world-health-organizations-ranking-of-the-worlds-health-systems/

The figures seems to suggest the United States is spending a lot of money on health care and getting lesser results than other countries who spend far less.

I don't think Taiwan is a fair comparison to the United States. Their annual GDP per capita is $25k USD. I'm not sure at that kind of earning power they would be considered first world.
https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/taiwan/gdp-per-capita
And from what I've read online, long hours at white collar jobs in Taiwan is standard. 60hrs per week is not unusual. Similar to long hours at white collar jobs in New York City is often standard. I worked and lived in NYC for several years, a lot of people, including myself had long hours at their desk job. It was difficult to make social plans with friends because you never knew if you could actually leave work in time.

Doctors in most rich countries start their careers with little to no student debt, while in the United States they start out on average of $130k in student debt.

There is also the issue of doctor's pay linked to the number of services they provide. The more test they run on you, the more they bill you. There is an incentive in the United States that drives up health care that don't necessarily exist under a universal health care system. In the United States there is also what people call defensive medicine, where the fear of lawsuits drive doctors to perform tests they know are most likely unnecessarily to cover all their bases, and the consequences is that it drives overall medical spending up.

Compared to previous month, slightly more images licensed, $ sale is down. So I'm disappointed.