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« on: March 19, 2019, 08:07 »
It's popular to make successful companies look like they are in debt, because it can then be used as a tax writeoff.
If indeed this is true (haven't read the article or investigated it) - then I'd say there is some creative accounting going on. Legitimate - but creative - to make it look like a liability when in fact it is profitable.
552
« on: March 15, 2019, 23:22 »
I think it was an AI/algorithm that flagged it.
Looking at it through a "computer's" perspective - the dog's tooth that happens to be right beside a 'pink' tongue from a 'computers' perspective looks like a nipple on a breast.
I.e.,
553
« on: March 14, 2019, 09:33 »
Just got an e-mail saying there is a change coming to the contributor agreement coming... hope it really is "good news"...
554
« on: March 12, 2019, 00:01 »
About 5,000 to 10,000 clips of similar production quality and subject matter as hotelfoxtrot would probably do it:
https://www.pond5.com/stock-video-footage/1/artist%3Ahotelfoxtrot.html#1/2063/artist:hotelfoxtrot
Of course, those shots cost a lot to make, so if you're talking $150k profit, you'd probably need 20,000-30,000.
Mm, good point - I had forgotten about them. But yes - I think I read/heard somewhere they actually do much better than that...
555
« on: March 11, 2019, 20:42 »
First you have to invent a time machine. Set it to go back to 2005. Check your computer's hard drive to see if your photos/videos survived the trip. Assuming they did, upload them all. Enjoy a few years of six-figure income until 2012-ish when the tidal wave of competition hits and your income falls by around 20% each year.
Now get back in the time machine, go back to 1980 and buy a bunch of Apple stock.
If I invented a time machine - while yes - I probably would still do some microstock (think of all the cool 'historic' photos I could get) - I'd probably be focused on other things other than just microstock  But - it's a serious question - if you were making $150k, what would you be doing to do so?
556
« on: March 11, 2019, 19:31 »
Title says it all. I'm genuinely interested in figuring out how can I make $150k/year from stock photos/videos?
It's fun to do - now I'd like to figure out how to reach those numbers. Figured I may as well ask in case anyone has some good ideas. Ideas/suggestions?
Perhaps - hypothetically - imagine you personally *were* currently making $150k/year from microstock. What would you have to be doing to acheive that?
Thanks!
557
« on: March 10, 2019, 16:41 »
I agree.
They totally devalued everyone's work in Dec 2018, and what was essentially (on average) a $7 sale/item (split 50-50) has now become between $0.25-$0.50/item, with the unlimited downloads. They got a short-term boost in sales - but now items are appearing on torrents, google drive sites, pirate sites, etc, etc.
I'm sure some authors (a small portion) may have seen a boost in sales, but I believe that is just short term. I think other authors that may have seen very little sales now see a small increase (but overall - less for the majority because now it is more widely distributed, as well as at a lower value).
A number of people complained, but they don't seem to care, because they went ahead and did what they felt like anyways, in spite of a very large protest.
Really the only way is to delete your portfolio, and not submit there. If a number of people did the same, then yes - I think it would stop that.
It is the same with envato elements.
558
« on: March 06, 2019, 15:02 »
Interesting. I have several monitors -
On my one monitor, I couldn't tell the difference for the first image. On my second monitor, I could notice more shadows (that were hidden) in the first image (thought it was a volcano though, not fireworks), actually wasn't quite sure what it was a picture of).
On both, I notice a difference in the orange in the eggs.
Third, bottom coins look a bit better.
I wouldn't worry about it. You can't control it.
559
« on: March 06, 2019, 12:57 »
I tried uploading several months ago - and then they automatically rejected hundreds of my clips. (Not one was approved). Tried contacting them, no reply.
Strangely - their library continues to grow, so I am not sure if they are just not accepting from new authors, or just have a certain preferred set.
560
« on: March 05, 2019, 19:38 »
Depends.
Yes, drone footage sells. But there are 100,000's of thousands of people with drones, taking footage, and uploading it. If you did it 5 years ago, it would be much much easier to make money from footage than it is today.
Can you make money from it? Yes.
But will you make a LOT of money? Really depends. If you take attractive footage that people want, keyword/title it properly, and have a lot of videos, then maybe. There is a lot of competition, so it depends if you can make it stick out.
If you are *only* getting it for footage, then you probably should *not* buy it. But if you are getting it to have fun, and maybe make some money too, then sure, go for it.
A good drone will be about $1500 USD.
561
« on: March 05, 2019, 14:35 »
Sadly for me it's been since I created my account... and I have several thousand files! no position just means 0 sales... 
Yes I figured that out at the start of the week. I mean it does say week...  Now I know better.
562
« on: March 05, 2019, 12:41 »
This is what you can do.
a) Don't submit to them
b) Figure out a way to prevent image theft
c) Submit to them, and don't worry about the people who will just take the images, because there will be people who need larger images. (Not all images are used "just" for website design/etc).
563
« on: March 05, 2019, 08:19 »
no position just means 0 sales... I don't yet have a position on adobestock
Might have been broken, or updating. Look now?
I had a Position for week, then yesterday there was none.
As someone pointed out, if we knew what the number means in income, that would be interesting. For example, last week I only made $13 on AS. (all of this is round numbers, hypothetical) and I rank 10,000, so people who made $13 last week are 10,000
People making $?? are 6,000, see where that leads? Useful numbers not just a "position".
Now let me ask, and maybe someone knows? Is Position dollars, downloads, or what? When does a week begin and end, Sunday or Monday?
564
« on: March 03, 2019, 23:54 »
I don't yet have a position on adobestock
565
« on: March 03, 2019, 12:54 »
Strange. I actually see good sales on Pond5 (and I am relatively new), but 0 sales on adobestock...
Many factors of course come into play, such as upload timing, behind-the-scenes curator ratings etc.
But maybe your pricing is much lower at P5, or is it the same or higher than Adobe Stock?
Actually pricing is the same... So very strange... I was thinking maybe adobe was more geared just for photos, since I hadn't had any video sales yet...
566
« on: March 03, 2019, 09:09 »
Strange. I actually see good sales on Pond5 (and I am relatively new), but 0 sales on adobestock... 2. How are video sales on adobestock?
I find them to be generally quite good, usually more than Shutterstock and Pond5 for me. I'm sure others experience different results, as it depends a lot on when you started uploading and how many sales you already have. For example, I believe Pond5 is the absolute most difficult site to enter today because of the large number of clips. But people who entered the market 10 years ago and managed to get good sales then, may still see great returns because of higher search placement.
An easy way to see if your keywords are working is to search for your own clips (logged out, cookies cleared / different browser). If you can't find them, neither can the buyers.
567
« on: March 02, 2019, 12:50 »
pinging mat, anyone know if he's here?
568
« on: March 02, 2019, 09:33 »
Thanks for sharing, insightful!
BTW - good luck in your poker tournament! Did you get a free-buy in? Or did you pay $10k to join?
569
« on: March 01, 2019, 00:03 »
Hi Mat -
Assuming you may get a lot of PM's (sent a PM a few weeks ago never heard back)., so please reply to this message, thanks!
1. Could you please send a request to the dev team to be able to update keywords for "approved" videos/images via .csv? Didn't realize order was important, and it's extremely time consuming to manually use the drag/drop interface to try out different keyword orders for something that may or may not result in any extra sales. If I can edit via .csv, MUCH much more efficient!
Should be an extremely easy thing to code (i.e., less than 2 minutes code wise because most likely just a flag in your DB, but if you do a bunch of testing, etc at most a day. Really only an hour, but giving extra time here).
2. How are video sales on adobestock? I have a bunch of approved videos with no sales as of yet, so not sure if it is because of the keyword combinations/ordering, or if it is just because of low video sales (and then realizing adobestock may be more of an 'image' stock site).
Thanks very much!
571
« on: February 28, 2019, 16:03 »
As for post processing/color grading/etc - I aim for taking the shot/video correctly the first time, so I don't have to re-do things over again. So, very rarely do I have to do any post processing.
If you take a look at the bestsellers at any stock agency, you will find that 90-100% of the clips are quite heavily graded with a cinematic look.
Unless you have in-camera LUTs, a magical cinematic sensor, and/or a nice combination of 2-3 filters on your lenses, I doubt you can get a graded shot in camera. 
yes. I have a magical camera. complete with flying unicorns, white puffy clouds and rainbows. i press a button, and it magically does all the work for me. except splice videos 
572
« on: February 28, 2019, 10:34 »
yes, I have "googled" - but there is one company that has effective spammed pretty much all keyword combinations for exactly the same product (the "wondershare" video editor/converter/etc) - which - isn't really all that great, so it's hard to find anything else that isn't some variant of the wondershare product.
I am looking for something where I can simply pop in a clip, edit the start/end points, and output the final result quickly (without taking 5 minutes to process a 10 second video which most video editors will do).
Any recommendations on that?
As for post processing/color grading/etc - I aim for taking the shot/video correctly the first time, so I don't have to re-do things over again. So, very rarely do I have to do any post processing.
573
« on: February 27, 2019, 16:50 »
Hi!
Please recommend a good video 'splicer'. I just want to be able to import a clip (say 1 minute long) - and then pick the start/end locations and split it creating a new output clip. I don't want it to actually "re-process/re-export" the video (i.e., which can take 1-2 minutes) - but rather it just resets the start/end markers and outputs a new clip in a few seconds.
The one I currently use doesn't really work for all videos (in that it doesn't set the start/end positions correctly) so I am looking for a new one.
Thanks!
574
« on: February 21, 2019, 14:55 »
Sounds like you are owed $5+ million dollars! Congrats! Just kidding Yeah, sounds like they made a mistake, surprised they disclosed that. Probably not just to you, but everyone with an iStock account.
575
« on: February 20, 2019, 15:29 »
Yes, it's normal.
Depends on the agency, who is reviewing at what time of day, etc, etc. Sometimes you can even get the same content accepted at an agency that previously rejected it based on who is reviewing it.
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