Author Topic: Large image previews on SS ? (Read 79608 times)

Red Dove · « **Reply #50 on:** October 22, 2015, 05:11 »

Someone in the room should have pointed out the emperor had a bare arse.

I'm surprised at SS - this is amateurish.

Cesar · « **Reply #51 on:** October 22, 2015, 05:34 »

forum is not working on SS... i tried to post there

Dodie · « **Reply #52 on:** October 22, 2015, 05:59 »

Quote from: Cesar on October 22, 2015, 05:34

forum is not working on SS... i tried to post there

It is working for me.
http://forums.submit.shutterstock.com/topic/86995-new-preview-on-images/

kaboom · « **Reply #53 on:** October 22, 2015, 06:05 »

For vector people - I found out that my older vectors dont have this huge preview option because in the past I uploaded only very small JPG thumbnail together with the EPS file. So they cannot enlarge this small thumbnail and the little eye icon is not there...

If this is the only way how to protect my files from being stolen or copied and traced, then I will be sending them only small thumbnails in future again even if it means that I will be losing potential sales from bigger JPGs. The way they chose might work for some photos but for vectors it is a complete disaster. Only Dreamstime handles this well and I doubt SS will follow their way.

Shelma1 · « **Reply #54 on:** October 22, 2015, 06:12 »

They don't accept small jpgs any more.

kaboom · « **Reply #55 on:** October 22, 2015, 06:15 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on October 22, 2015, 06:12

They don't accept small jpgs any more.

Really? So it is 2000x2000 pix minimum?

Dodie · « **Reply #56 on:** October 22, 2015, 06:21 »

Quote from: Red Dove on October 22, 2015, 05:11

Someone in the room should have pointed out the emperor had a bare arse.

I'm surprised at SS - this is amateurish.

You are very polite. I would say: this is incompetence, like in so many other cases lately on SS.

ACS · « **Reply #57 on:** October 22, 2015, 06:29 »

For my texture/pattern images, I hardly see any watermark! This is very bad. Watermark must be stronger. I don't understand how they can't see this?..Unbelievable!...

Sebastian Radu · « **Reply #58 on:** October 22, 2015, 06:30 »

Is there anyone who has sent a claim?
$:-\$

sharpshot · « **Reply #59 on:** October 22, 2015, 06:33 »

I saw this reply from SS in their forum

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Posted Today, 12:00 AM
As always we appreciate feedback from our contributor community on changes we make in our marketplace. To drive more download opportunities, we are implementing a new watermark design. The new design, which we collaborated on with members of our contributor community, provides additional protection for your images that have an off-center focal point and for vector images overall.

While we’ve found that the new watermark provides additional protection we’ve also identified a small sub-set of images where the watermark could be more pronounced. We are adjusting the watermark on these images.

Our goal is to protect your content and drive value in our marketplace. We will keep you updated on progress as we continue to implement this change

No idea why the members of the contributor community or themselves didn't see that some images are unprotected by this watermark but hopefully they will fix it quick.

Dodie · « **Reply #60 on:** October 22, 2015, 06:41 »

Quote from: Sebalos on October 22, 2015, 06:30

Is there anyone who has sent a claim?
$:-\$

Many.

Shelma1 · « **Reply #61 on:** October 22, 2015, 07:05 »

Quote from: kaboom on October 22, 2015, 06:15

Quote from: Shelma1 on October 22, 2015, 06:12
They don't accept small jpgs any more.

Really? So it is 2000x2000 pix minimum?

They had a thread about it...I don't remember the exact dimensions. But if you're getting 2000x2000 accepted, that must be it.

Shelma1 · « **Reply #62 on:** October 22, 2015, 07:06 »

Quote from: Sebalos on October 22, 2015, 06:30

Is there anyone who has sent a claim?
$:-\$

I emailed support to tell them I've stopped uploading until they fix it. I wasn't happy with their answer, that it only affects a small subset of images. We've all easily found many images where the watermark is invisible.

ACS · « **Reply #63 on:** October 22, 2015, 07:16 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on October 22, 2015, 07:06

Quote from: Sebalos on October 22, 2015, 06:30
Is there anyone who has sent a claim?
$:-\$

I emailed support to tell them I've stopped uploading until they fix it. I wasn't happy with their answer, that it only affects a small subset of images. We've all easily found many images where the watermark is invisible.

Even say if 1000 images is affected, this is no excuse!

Noedelhap · « **Reply #64 on:** October 22, 2015, 07:58 »

A fresh new day!

- 10 sub sales
- 2 On Demand sales
- 1 footage sale
- 638 steals

At least one of those numbers is going up.

kmlPhoto · « **Reply #65 on:** October 22, 2015, 07:59 »

I dont like image theft any more than anyone else. But I need to ask how this is going to hurt me? Legitimate SS customers are high volume consumers. They are not going to cancel their accounts and start pirating images. The criminals who do this are not our customers. No I dont want them stealing my work, but I see it as a risk of doing business. I would rather a buyer see my work in full size and look for more of my content risking some theft. Just another opinion.

Sebastian Radu · « **Reply #66 on:** October 22, 2015, 08:04 »

Something tells me that sales will be at much the same, will not explode.
Maybe I'm wrong... I hope I'm wrong

Shelma1 · « **Reply #67 on:** October 22, 2015, 08:04 »

But it's not either/or. It's and. You can have a large preview AND an effective watermark. They just need to fix it.

ravens · « **Reply #68 on:** October 22, 2015, 08:26 »

The watermark is too weak. Shutterstock sells high quality images and the buyers know that. Buyers do not need to "review" the images. They are protected enough, they have the right for returns etc. but what are our rights? To work hard and let people steal our images?

Anyone who is serious about buying doesn't need this giant nearly-no-watermark preview. Who makes use of this novelty are those who would not buy in the first place, but who copy paste our work on websites, social media, blogs, etc etc, illegally.

The preview image is very easy to use in a small size, because in small sizes the watermark does not show. There is no need to start removing it because it simply does not show. If the background is light, or in vectors, nada.

Email the support or write on the SS forum and demand them to fix this! I just did that.

sharpshot · « **Reply #69 on:** October 22, 2015, 08:34 »

Quote from: kmlPhoto on October 22, 2015, 07:59

I dont like image theft any more than anyone else. But I need to ask how this is going to hurt me? Legitimate SS customers are high volume consumers. They are not going to cancel their accounts and start pirating images. The criminals who do this are not our customers. No I dont want them stealing my work, but I see it as a risk of doing business. I would rather a buyer see my work in full size and look for more of my content risking some theft. Just another opinion.

If you don't mind seeing your images being sold on DVD's on ebay or being uploaded to sites by theives as if they created them or any of the other ways image thieves make money then fine but I think it should be possible to have a large preview that still has a visible watermark on all images.

kaboom · « **Reply #70 on:** October 22, 2015, 09:08 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on October 22, 2015, 07:05

Quote from: kaboom on October 22, 2015, 06:15
Quote from: Shelma1 on October 22, 2015, 06:12
They don't accept small jpgs any more.

Really? So it is 2000x2000 pix minimum?

They had a thread about it...I don't remember the exact dimensions. But if you're getting 2000x2000 accepted, that must be it.

Thanks. For a while now I have been submitting 2800x2800 or so, to fit also iStock requirements. But now I tried submitting an EPS with small JPG (500x500) through web upload and it went through, both to Content Editor and then to review queue. I had to delete it then because it was not a new image I would like to submit, just one of the old I already had there and I wanted to try it. I wonder if a reviewer would reject it for having a thumbnail too small.. well.. anyway, Im surprised they consider most vectors to be "a small subset of images". I wonder how they would like if this small subset of images was removed from their site.

ACS · « **Reply #71 on:** October 22, 2015, 09:30 »

The images in which the background is an important part of the image (ie landscapes with sky) it is okay. But for the isolated on whites with a little bit texture on the subjects, with textures, with patterns, the current system is ineffective. It needs to be at least black.

Mrblues101 · « **Reply #72 on:** October 22, 2015, 09:33 »

They are working on it now?? When i click on of my images it show me a "out of service" page

Shelma1 · « **Reply #73 on:** October 22, 2015, 09:40 »

Quote from: kaboom on October 22, 2015, 09:08

Quote from: Shelma1 on October 22, 2015, 07:05
Quote from: kaboom on October 22, 2015, 06:15
Quote from: Shelma1 on October 22, 2015, 06:12
They don't accept small jpgs any more.

Really? So it is 2000x2000 pix minimum?

They had a thread about it...I don't remember the exact dimensions. But if you're getting 2000x2000 accepted, that must be it.

Thanks. For a while now I have been submitting 2800x2800 or so, to fit also iStock requirements. But now I tried submitting an EPS with small JPG (500x500) through web upload and it went through, both to Content Editor and then to review queue. I had to delete it then because it was not a new image I would like to submit, just one of the old I already had there and I wanted to try it. I wonder if a reviewer would reject it for having a thumbnail too small.. well.. anyway, Im surprised they consider most vectors to be "a small subset of images". I wonder how they would like if this small subset of images was removed from their site.

Especially with Halloween and Christmas coming up, which are dominated by vectors.

marthamarks · « **Reply #74 on:** October 22, 2015, 09:48 »

Quote from: Mrblues101 on October 22, 2015, 09:33

They are working on it now?? When i click on of my images it show me a "out of service" page

Yes, mine too. Let's hope they're fixing this disaster.

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Author Topic: Large image previews on SS ? (Read 79608 times)

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