The time lapse you linked to on Dreamstime definitely has frame rate problems and if that's what you uploaded to Shutterstock, then they were correct in rejecting it...Dreamstime should have rejected it also.

I downloaded your Dreamstime timelapse and looked through it frame by frame and there's duplicate frames.

You need to look at your final footage in a video player app that lets you step through it frame by frame is see if there's any duplicate frames. I use a Mac and the default Quicktime Player works fine for that, just use the arrow keys to step through frame by frame. If you see any duplicate frame, they you're screwing something up. I'm not sure what an equivalent app would be on a PC.

You didn't say which app you're using to process your time lapse, but you need to make sure the frame rate of your source matched the frame of your comp or project and that matches the frame rate of your output.

If you're having to do any kind of frame blending or Optical flow, then you're definitely doing something wrong.

Wow! Just wow.

How in hell does Adobe allow that???

Each one ends on different words, so I guess it's not considered similar. It's a bit crazy.

Lightroom

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Quote from: marthamarks on May 08, 2019, 19:02

I've been shooting HD stock video with my 3 original Canon 7D cameras, which are really old now, and I know I need to upgrade soon. Also have a great collection of L lenses so don't want to change brand.

I've been waiting for the 7Diii but there's no sign of it yet. (I missed the 7Dii which is now discontinued.)

Can anybody recommend a Canon 4K camera that works well for wildlife? "Dirt cheap" would be nice but not expected. 

Thanks in advance for suggestions.

I use a Canon 5D mark IV for a lot of my stock footage, but it's not really a cheap solution. When shooting 4k it has a 2X crop factor, so good if you're shooting wildlife. Or you can shoot HD using the full frame.

That's useful information, which I appreciate very much. I'd like the crop factor for 4K but it seems a shame to have that fine camera and not to be able to shoot 4K at full frame.

Yesterday, I started researching the Canon R and RP mirrorless cameras. Seems clear that mirrorless is the future, but I'm not sure they're what I want. The RP is so much less expensive� makes me wonder what the catch is.

The search goes on.

I'm pretty sure the Canon R and RP have the same crop when shooting 4K video as the 5D mk IV. One big problem with the RP for shooing video is that it doesn't use the duel pixel auto focus while shooting 4K video like the 5D and R do. The duel pixel auto focus is the main reason I use my Canon for video over the Panasonic GH5.

I have a good amount of 4K stock footage, but HD still sells much more. At some point I would guess that 4K will take over, but I don't see that happening for years. The quality difference between HD and 4K is not nearly as large as the difference between SD and HD. I don't hesitate in shooting or uploading HD if I have a reason to.

I personally have had a 75inch 4K TV for over a year, but actually watching 4K on it is really rare. I actually can't say for sure what I've watched on it that was 4K other then looking at some of my 4K stock on it.

I give some of the clips to the models, but I factor that in as part of what I'm paying them.

When I do a casting for a model/actor, I alway say I'm paying a little bit of money plus they'll get some high quality footage for them to use in their reel or social media.

It's pretty easy to zip up some of the finished clips and throw that up on dropbox for them to download.

If you're buying it because you think it would be fun, then go for it, but I would not buy one just for stock footage. I have a really wide range of stock footage (6000+ clips online) and out of all of the different types of footage, drone footage is my lowest seller.

Adobe stock is definitely the most work and time to submit files. It seems like the submit page could easily be redesigned to work easier and faster. The long vertical list of keywords makes it necessary to do a lot of scrolling, it would be nice to have a a design that doesn't require any scrolling.   

Currently I upload all of my footage as ProRes, but I've been thinking about switching to using H.264. Is anyone having any problems with having H.264 footage accepted at any of the stock sites?

How do you prefer to compress you footage?

Thanks,
Forrest

I've seen another thread where people take a photo of the talent holding the release and use that on the form. Couldn't remember where it was thou.

Do you guys know if we need a release for someone's back (walking away) or body parts in videos? What's your experience on the major agencies like SS and AS?

Also if there's graffitis on a wall in the background (no art, mainly scribbles), would agencies reject the video for copyright issues? I know they do for photos, but it might be different for videos?

Shutter Stock seems be the most hardcore about requiring releases. But I did just have some videos of close-ups of my hands that I didn't include a release for and they were accepted at all the sites I submit to.

I have a some vertical videos and they have occasionally sold, but it's pretty rare. I would not go out of my way to shoot them, but if you have something that works as a vertical and it's not too much trouble to shoot, maybe try it.

Adobe rejects all vertical videos.

I used Premiere to edit my clips and After Effects to color correct and do other stuff to them. My workflow is to import my clips from a shoot into Premiere, add them to a timeline and go through and edit that into the clips I plan to submit for stock. I then select all of the footage in the timeline and convert that into an After Effects project. In After Effects I'll take the comp with all of the footage and use a script that converts each shot into it's own comp. From there I go through each of the comps and do whatever color correction or other things I want to do with the shot. Then render all of the comps out and submit to the different stock footage sites.