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« on: December 14, 2018, 09:41 »
Maybe check if your work hasn't been copied or stolen by another contributor on different websites, he could have sold it to this company as his own work.
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« on: December 14, 2018, 02:46 »
Maybe we should report him to NASA, instead of going to SS for help.
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« on: December 14, 2018, 02:42 »
Hey Mat,
I've got a question regarding the title of the file. On most other sites, we are required to enter both a title and a description, but on AS only a title is needed.
Is it better to keep it short as a title or to create more of a description including for instance the type of shot, concept, backstory etc.?
Thanks for your help!
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« on: December 12, 2018, 09:05 »
Nice list, it would also be good to see the traffic for each website, to get a small idea of how well they perform.
Don't care about traffic, sales are what matter. See list to the right of this site for some idea of many.
Just trying to find other methods to see each website's worth, the list on the right would only give me a better idea if there was a list for each category: editorial, photos, videos, vectors, illustrations, audio and so on. As they are now, some of the top tier are actually my low earners which I might stop uploading to, some middle tier are my top tier while some others are low earners, and some low earners my middle tier. Go figure  So maybe there's more of these low earners that are actually excellent depending of the niche and type of media.
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« on: December 12, 2018, 05:00 »
I have seen at Shutterstock's codec requirements page that they accept Apple ProRes 422 LT.
I have done three different test exports with Apple ProRes 422 QT, Apple ProRes 422 LT & Apple ProRes 422.
Is Apple ProRes 422 LT (for us windows users) going to be ok to submit to all agencies?
I have seen the differences in size but does anyone know about any other differences, I did not have the time to evaluate since I have just updated at work Premiere to 13.0.2.
Up to now with DNx I had no badning or other export problems as compared to exporting in H.264, due to heavy grading.
Is Apple ProRes 422 LT going to be in that matter the same as DNx or "better"?
A NeatVideo denoised file had no problem in DNx but ended up with banding in H.264. Is it safe to suppose that Apple ProRes 422 LT will not have that problem?
Finally, does anyone know if Motionelements and Depositphotos accept Apple ProRes 422 LT?
In terms of best quality to worse (including banding), here's my rankings after doing a few different exports: 1 - Prores 4444 2 - Prores 422 (HQ) 3 - Prores 422 4 - Prores 422 (LT) 5 - h.264 I'm pretty sure all agencies accept HQ and LT as they've been accepting 4444 and 422 so far without any issue. Basically, as a general rule, the smaller the file, the lower the quality - and the smaller the file, the more banding.
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« on: December 12, 2018, 02:26 »
If your camera outputs H.264 and you are merely trimming the start and end of the clip, does this really matter?
I'd still export to ProRes 1- to avoid a heavier double compression and 2- it looks a bit better for potential buyers as some of them will not buy a file in h264 if they're planning to use it on a large screen or do some heavy editing to it. You can try to make 2 different exports of the same video and compare them side by side. My guess is that on the H264, you might see more artefacts or lines in the shadows and plain colour areas.
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« on: December 12, 2018, 01:18 »
Nice list, it would also be good to see the traffic for each website, to get a small idea of how well they perform.
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« on: December 11, 2018, 13:30 »
Yes, do all the main stock video sites accept Prores?
Any nice articles on what the best settings should be for export?
Steve
Yes all the main sites accept Prores. I find Prores 4444 give the best quality if you can maintain your file size under 3Gb (to be able to submit it to most sites). Otherwise Prores 422 (HQ) or 422 is also good.
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« on: December 10, 2018, 11:21 »
Seriously, all I see is a big blur of either noise or artefacts. Try using reduce noise, or smart sharpen with more noise reduction than sharpener on it. You want your blur to be smooth - as attached, although I couldn't do much with this low res 
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« on: December 10, 2018, 01:42 »
They're not great.
I've registered there a few months ago without any hope of selling anything tbh and I've had a few sales (as low as 0.20 EUR per photo), not sure how long it will take to get payout thou. No video sales yet.
They're apparently more focused on the Nordic market, so unless you have something they need, you won't make much.
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« on: December 09, 2018, 04:05 »
Just to follow up, they've come back to me apologising and have reviewed everything I had pending since April. So problem solved for now... until next time
Congratulations! And what are you going to do with all that $0.22 when/if it sells? 
Believe it or not, 123RF is one of the best Middle Tier for the type of photos and videos in my portfolio Sales aren't limited to 0.22, it depends which license is purchased and which contributor level you have.
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« on: December 08, 2018, 04:59 »
Wow I've got commercial videos with status pending since the 11th of April 2018 and editorial photos since the 15th of October 2018 in there. No issue with commercial photos, all the recent ones from the last weeks have been reviewed.
Do we need to email them when it takes too long?
Yes.
Enviado desde mi ALP-L29 mediante Tapatalk
Just to follow up, they've come back to me apologising and have reviewed everything I had pending since April. So problem solved for now... until next time
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« on: December 08, 2018, 04:31 »
Yes that would be an illustration if that's a full 3D render.
If your artwork is a mix of photo and 3D render, then it's more of a gray area.
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« on: December 07, 2018, 13:42 »
Just realised that's where SS got their newest idea: https://www.pond5.com/selectThat's probably the future of the Microstock industry, be 'select' ... or be square.
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« on: December 07, 2018, 01:39 »
Haven't received it, but you should contact Getty support to be on the safe side.
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« on: December 05, 2018, 00:59 »
No twisted math logic that I can see. It's a 10 percentage point drop vs a 20 percent decrease in what is actually being measured. Everyone is correct, and we all lose.
So 10% + 20% = 30% loss in happiness? 
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« on: December 04, 2018, 15:13 »
And Grit.
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« on: December 04, 2018, 15:00 »
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« on: December 04, 2018, 10:21 »
They're crazy! Then I will just delete my account with them.
Too bad about the work, have uploaded in the years about 10000 pictures.
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Well well, then I don't sell any more there either.
Greedy Alamy - byebye
Where will you be sellling which is less greedy?
Wish AS would start editorial, they're fair and they'd probably have volume also.
They're fair? What's their commission rate? Is it more than 40%?
33% as a start, or up to 46% depending on your former FT rank. Also, they've introduced minimum royalties for subs starting at 0.33 USD. It's not amazing, but it feels like it's going in our direction for a change.
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« on: December 04, 2018, 09:55 »
They're crazy! Then I will just delete my account with them.
Too bad about the work, have uploaded in the years about 10000 pictures.
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Well well, then I don't sell any more there either.
Greedy Alamy - byebye
Where will you be sellling which is less greedy?
Wish AS would start editorial, they're fair and they'd probably have volume also. edit: wait what they do? https://stock.adobe.com/editorial
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« on: December 04, 2018, 09:27 »
They make a super long video of drivel, who will actually watch this?? This is totally unacceptable. They give students 100% commissions so we are now paying for them. They do charity, we pay. Sure charity is lovely but don't do it at our expense.
Who would do charity for abused photographers??
I am really sick with this. Does anyone know email for James West?
That's a good point, time we all register for a course and all get 100% comms for 2 years 
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