Anyone else thing getty killed istock? 1111 Responses

Last post: 3 months, 4 weeks ago | Thread started: Jul 25, 08, 11:39 a.m.

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• Iggyboo

  Anyone else agree that istock has become too costly for its members and getty went over board and made it really expensive? If I was a photographer I'd be kinda upset at the rates too.. Istock used to be the lower end now its trying to make itself the bridge between getty and the lower end. I will still use it for vector but even that is becoming too expensive..

  Jul 25, 08, 11:39 a.m. – Permalink

• imnotadesigner

  what a bunch of bastards…

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 08, 11:46 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  Have the rates changed?

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 08, 11:47 a.m. – Permalink

• imnotadesigner

  Getty is the Wal-Mart of stock photography

  • Which makes istock the convenience mart or somethin– ukit

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 08, 11:47 a.m. – Permalink

• marcostill

  20 dollars for a 11x17 high res photo is real expensive?

  • 20 dollars for a photo that used to cost 3 dollars is 17 dollars more than what it used to cost.– Iggyboo

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 08, 11:49 a.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  Last year I bought 100 credits for like 60 dollars with a coupon. and I would get about 3 credits to a 5mb image and the licensing was good for 250k repeats of use. Now the licensing is changed the average image costs 10 credits or 12.50$ usd for a damn photo and... the licensing is all screwy because it looks like getty has gotten in there and reduced reprintability on some of the photos. You gotta read the fine print. And the vector rules changed making it alot more prohibitive to use vector in or as a logo etc.

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 08, 11:52 a.m. – Permalink

• robotron3k

  getty in getting massacred by fickr.com some of the worlds greatest, high resolution free photos!!! i worked at a fancy pants design shop in NY with a huge account and they told all the designers, "need an image, steal one from flickr"

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 08, 11:55 a.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  Yea I worked at a big agency too. and its up to the designers to stop that shit. Because honestly It's not right to the photographers. That being said you should go out of your way to flickr and find those photographers and negotiate rates for specific images. That's much better than using getty and you can generally get them for a more affordable price then getty. and better terms.

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 08, 11:57 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  Is usage only limited for print? There isn't a limit on web pageviews or anything like that is there?

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 08, 11:57 a.m. – Permalink

• marcostill

  everything go up in price. still much cheaper then big stock companies. you sound sad.

  • You sound like you work for them :)– Iggyboo

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 08, 11:59 a.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  And that idea of everything going up in price is illogical when looking at the rise of their cost. unless you think 200%+ inflation is reasonable in 2 years for piece of shoddy stock photography..

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 08, 12:13 p.m. – Permalink

• seed

  Not too costly for a photo but it is legitimate to be disapointed that IStock isn't what it once was.

  

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  Dog-earJul 25, 08, 12:47 p.m. – Permalink