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Messages - nicemonkey
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« on: November 15, 2008, 16:42 »
I never add categories...
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« on: November 12, 2008, 08:57 »
Yaymicro is showing no sign of life at all!
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« on: November 12, 2008, 02:51 »
Congratulations....we all dream of sales like these 
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« on: October 28, 2008, 10:40 »
I have a slow trickle of sales but nothing to write home about (1 every other month) . I really like the upload system
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« on: October 26, 2008, 03:49 »
I have the login page book marked but now it comes up with "We're sorry, but the page you have requested could not be found."
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« on: October 19, 2008, 04:32 »
No sales for me either but I keep uploading in the remote hope that it might take off
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« on: October 07, 2008, 09:02 »
Yes this image was created with just simple straight forward gradients and some experimenting with the path finder tool. The drop shadow is simply a gradient faded to white placed behind the button
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« on: October 07, 2008, 08:26 »
I use Cyberduck
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« on: October 05, 2008, 13:21 »
I dont understand how shutterstock ranks our images. When you look at the Illustrator and vector categories my image appears in the No1 position but when you look at the "top 50 most popular" my image appears at 19 in the Illustrator queue and 26 in the vector. My image has been selling well but I am not sure that it is selling well enough to be at the top of the list.
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« on: October 03, 2008, 10:09 »
The way I learnt was to pull apart other peoples work, try and figure out how they achieved the look I was after.
The pathfinder tool has 10 different tools each allowing you to chop/intersect an element. It is hard to explain here how each one works here but the little icons are self explanatory....just overlap two shapes and press each icon in turn to see what they do.
Try searching for a turturial on creating buttons.
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« on: October 03, 2008, 08:29 »
Gaussian blur, inner glow etc all get turned to bitmap but worse than that they turn anything that they intersect with to bitmap.
The same thing happens to transparency or blend modes.
Obviously you can use all of these things but then save the file as a jpeg and not upload the eps file but it does defeat the object.
Also be careful with the 3d tool, you can use it but not with shading and remember to expand the element before saving it and clean it up....you end up with stray points and parts that you can't see because they are the back (or would be if you could see them).
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« on: October 03, 2008, 07:18 »
Easy mistake to make...
To get round the drop shadow issue try duplicating the (button etc) add a gradient to it and slightly off set it from the original. It takes a bit of trial and error but you can get some good effects. (fade 50-30% black to white)
The transparent effect can be achieved again with a bit of trial and error but try using the pathfinder tool to divide the element up and add gradients to it. Try duplicating the objects add transparency to it then try copying it with the method above...then obviously delete the transparent element.
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« on: October 03, 2008, 07:05 »
I guess that you have used transparent elements or opacity on objects to get the file size so large. These things must be avoided because they are not supported in Illustrator 8. Try using gradients or gradient mesh's to get the same effect. Also avoid things like drop shadows.
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« on: September 12, 2008, 04:41 »
A customer wants to buy one of my image for use on a bill board. They have contacted me directly and also want a new piece of work created but do not want to buy the rights to any of the work. Should I deal with the customer directly or direct them to where my work is for sale on a stock site. Which license would they need and which site would give me the best return.
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« on: September 12, 2008, 02:13 »
I saw the announcement a week or so back (also Illustrator CS4), ever since then I have been squirreling my spare money away! If only there was a site that accepted CS3/4 vector files so I could use it to its full potential!
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« on: September 08, 2008, 02:14 »
I guess what could be happening is that the reviewer is opening the eps file in illustrator and there is an element in your CD file that is not compatible with vector form in illustrator...so it bitmaps it.
Have you checked that the document is set up as a cmyk file rather than each element.
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« on: August 17, 2008, 16:19 »
Good luck
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« on: August 15, 2008, 04:48 »
Is there any restrictions on selling our own artwork on canvas that we have submitted to stock agency's on a royalty free basis?
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« on: August 14, 2008, 05:28 »
congratulations, Nice image, It gives you a warm feeling when you get an enhanced sale 
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« on: July 16, 2008, 02:46 »
Not sure if it counts but I switch into zombie mode for submitting images...only music and the voices in my head get me through!
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« on: July 14, 2008, 05:42 »
Yep it is back up and the sales figures have jumped from 0 to about what I was expecting for this time of day so panic is over!
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« on: July 09, 2008, 13:57 »
I guess it is most relevant for Illustrated background image and business images (where company's will add there own ident)
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« on: July 08, 2008, 13:36 »
I have had 1 sale but nothing for about 3 months  . I will give it a couple more months then stop uploading!
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« on: July 07, 2008, 01:08 »
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« on: July 04, 2008, 00:53 »
halloo every body
i got my first vector sale ever on fotolia am soo happy ... someone liked my artwork its called (Love) here is the link check it out & tell me ur opinions plzz thanx in advance...
http://www.fotolia.com/id/8023813
karim farah
It is not a vector, it is jpeg. It is an illustration. I dont see vector format available for sale. :p
I agree, mekarim you only have the bitmap file for sale. Fotolia takes svg files. They are easy to upload and (normally) much smaller in size but so far they havent worked out a way of reading the meta data from the files yet.
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