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Messages - dragonblade
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« on: July 26, 2023, 13:15 »
Some contributers on the old SS forum were joking that in the future, we would have to pay money to the agencies for them to sell our photos. Another way for them to increase profits (after they have squeezed us dry already.)
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« on: July 26, 2023, 11:00 »
I don't think that many buyers want to cut something, people may need a specific format for their project.
It shouldn't take more than a few seconds to crop. And they can alter and fine tune the framing just the way they want if they have the freedom to crop themselves.
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« on: July 26, 2023, 02:46 »
Thanks. The best is 4096 by 2160, which is a recommendation from shutterstock. FPS is better than 29,97. I would set the bitrate to 200.
I would prefer 4096 x 2304 due to the 16:9 aspect ratio. The client can crop that to 4096 x 2160 if they wish or reduce it to 3840 x 2160. I would set the bitrate to 200.
Would that be 200,000 kbps?
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« on: July 25, 2023, 23:49 »
Ive compiled a time lapse video from a sequence of digital stills. I'm going to create a 4096 x 2304 video at 24fps with the h264 codec. Just wondering what bitrate would people recommend for stock?
With the 3840 x 2160 videos from my Panasonic G7, the bitrate is usually around 93000 kbps or thereabouts. So I'd imagine the bitrate for a 4096 x 2304 video would be a bit higher.
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« on: June 07, 2023, 10:23 »
Works great!
156
« on: June 07, 2023, 03:01 »
Oh cool thanks!
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« on: June 06, 2023, 21:15 »
I have a bit of an issue viewing certain Raw files with my current pc in file explorer. I can see thumbnail images generated by my Panasonic G6 Raw images in File Explorer. Though there are no thumbnail images for Raw photo files that were shot with the Panasonic G7. And that makes the sorting and organising of files much harder. Would anyone know of anything I could install on my computer that would allow me to see thumbnail images for the G7 Raw files in File Explorer?
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« on: June 03, 2023, 12:18 »
Venice is all editorial, and editorial is rarely bought.
Roughly about half of my videdo sales are editorial. Actually, my best selling video on P5 happens to be editorial. Buy a tripod and a gimbal, everything is not stable in your frame. Agreed. I see way too many shaky hand held videos in this port. And those pans need lots of improvement.
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« on: June 03, 2023, 11:32 »
Woops, I was looking at pending images, not videos. Yes, my videos are there and awaiting review.
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« on: June 03, 2023, 08:05 »
I'm reaching out because I recently joined Pond 5 as a contributor, and I could use some advice. Despite having 900 videos in my portfolio, I haven't made any sales yet.
I have a significantly smaller video port compared to yours and when I first started in P5, it took me ages to get my first sale. May have been a few months but I can't recall. When I got my first sale, other sales started occurring not too long after. Another P5 contributor said their experiences were pretty much the same when they started. A very long wait for that first sale and then the flood gates are open. There were even instances when I would get a sale and then about a week later, I would get another sale. Unfortunately later on, something happened. Something changed. Sales seem to have dried up. It's extremely rare when I get any sales from P5 these days. And it looks like other contributors are having similar experiences.
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« on: June 03, 2023, 05:12 »
Ive just submitted some HD video files to SS via Stocksubmitter. According to Stocksubmitter, they were submitted earlier this evening. Though when I got to the SS site, there are 0 files pending review. And 0 files to submit and no files have been recently reviewed. Is this a bug?
SS did have an issue like this in the past where files pending review would not be visible.
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« on: May 15, 2023, 02:07 »
Hmmm....now I'm not so sure if submitting videos to DT is a good idea or not. Apparently, if P5 find out that your videos are on other agencies, they will lower the price of a sale to match the other agency. Though then again, there are so many variables which influence the price on an agency like DT or SS. It's not exactly a fixed price. Though I get the impression that generally, videos would be priced lower on DT compared to P5.
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« on: May 11, 2023, 19:09 »
I just went to deepmeta.com and it's not there. "404 website not found."
Regardless, it looks like Ive likely found the official site anyway. Oddly, the url is the same one above.
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« on: May 11, 2023, 19:00 »
Ah I see the option now. It wasn't specifically pointed out in the otherwise comprehensive video tutorial.
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« on: May 11, 2023, 18:31 »
It's been quite a while since Ive used Deepmeta and Ive forgotten a lot of the details. Just now, Ive watched a comprehensive tutorial on how to use this software to refresh my memory so I can use it again and start uploading more content to iStock. I do recall that you need to submit commercial and editorial photos in separate batches. Though I didn't come across that aspect in the tutorial (unless I missed it somehow.) Just wondering how I would mark a batch as commercial or editorial?
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« on: May 08, 2023, 07:15 »
A nice surprise this morning: 4 sales for a $694.22 total (gross), 40% mine. First time it happens all in one day (Champagne !!!) 
Woah, that is awesome!
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« on: May 08, 2023, 02:26 »
3. Television in buyers' countries is 30 fps standard. North American and Japanese TV use 30fps as well as a few other Asian countries. The majority of countries use 25fps for their television. 4. You can make 24 fps out of 30 fps, but you can't make 30 fps out of 24 fps.
For countless decades, many of the big budget US TV shows were shot on film (at 24fps) and then converted to 30fps. I could list many examples of these - Bewitched, MASH, Charlies Angels, The Six Million Dollar Man, Happy Days, Miami Vice, Knight Rider, The A Team, LA Law, NYPD Blue, Ally McBeal, Sex & The City, Seinfeld, Scrubs and so on. Plus these days, there are a number of big budget TV series shot on digital (at 24fps) within the US. Though I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of US TV content is shot at 30fps.
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« on: May 05, 2023, 20:41 »
I upload batches of images when I have them, and then process them in the DT system over the next several months, as I have time and think of it. Their processing is easy for me, so no big deal.
I find the DT uploading process mostly straight forward except for one thing. Their web uploader is really buggy. Uploaded images seem to disappear and I have to start over again. And this could happen a few times. Now that's with photo files which is frustrating enough. Though last night, I tried using their web uploader to submit video files for the first time and that is a whole new level of frustration. So many times, the web uploader stops the transfer part way through and I have to start again. And again and again and again. It's morning now and none of my video files have been successfully transferred.
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« on: May 05, 2023, 20:30 »
I think it is possible to use your earnings on Dreamstime to buy photos, not sure though if it works below the $100 threshold.
I thought I recall someone asking about that on DT's own forum a few years ago. So far, this individual had no sales and was wondering if he could buy his own images from his port. I guess he was so desperate to get sales that he thought it was worth trying this. Regardless, one of the mods said that this wasn't allowed. Though I guess there might be a difference here. This guy had no earnings from Dreamstime. So I'm not sure if it makes a difference if you make earnings from DT or not.
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« on: March 31, 2023, 18:44 »
Is there still support available for Stocksubmitter?
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« on: March 20, 2023, 21:48 »
Shutterstock announced their "good news" about finalizing the Pond5 takeover I think around Jan 2023.
And yes - so far - jan/feb were about 60% lower than both previous months & previous years, march about 40%... perhaps the "good news" from shutterstock is they somehow found another way to steal revenue... not sure... but, the timing is interesting.
My sales on P5 have been few and far between for a long time now. And if SS is taking over, I could only imagine things will get worse (especially with regards to royalties.) However, around mid January, I received a $46.40 HD video sale via P5. So good things can still happen at least for the time being. Though later down the track, one can only guess at what plans SS have in store for P5.
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« on: March 20, 2023, 20:45 »
Ive been trying to install Stocksubmitter on a new pc running Windows 10 Pro / 64bit. I went through the usual installation steps but the program won't open. When I try and open it, I see the horizontal green bar moving across the screen from left to right with the text: "Checking for updates."
After that, I get:
"Comparing files"
"checking whether the files get modified"
"No updates found"
"Completed (success)"
"Differences found: 0"
This is all displayed very briefly and then disappears. The Stocksubmitter program never appears. I got the same result multiple times last night and today as well.
Should I delete the program and reinstall it?
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« on: March 20, 2023, 20:17 »
So, if some lame ass with millions of followers tweets your photo then you get an enormous exposure.
Without credit.
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« on: March 20, 2023, 19:54 »
If you shoot tourist sites in cities, it may be a profitable business.
That would be rather challenging considering that most cities around the world have banned drones. I don't think I would fly mine in a city regardless - the risk is too great with all the people and buildings around.
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