how many sales am I losing out on cuz my max is 720?
stephenkirsh
2 Sep 2009 06:26
I'm shooting w/ a D90 and 720p is my max. How many sales do you guys think I'm losing out on because I can't do 1080?
JohnLRice
2 Sep 2009 07:34
As a buyer I can say I'm perfectly happy using 720p and in fact that's the resolution I've been using in Sony Vegas Movie Studio to render my music videos for YouTube so it's actually the perfect resolution for me right now. I'll actually use lower rez stuff too if it looks reasonable and/or the content fits what I'm trying to do.
Price is a big factor with me since I'm just doing this out of my own pocket and I get nothing in return . . .except some feedback, hopefully a little praise here and there! ;-) I sort by price now and try to find things I can use that are in the low end of pricing and then I'll often time stretch things longer to make it go farther. It kills me when I see an awesome clip that I really want to use but can't because there is no money or credit left or if I do spend $150 on a single clip I wont have enogh clips t finish. On my most recent video The Last King I could of easily used three times as many clips, but I spent well over $300 here and had to stretch most of the clips and compromise greatly what I was trying to convey.
I know it's a lot more work but if you guys can shoot the same content (when possible) at 2 or 3 different resolutions and price them in a wide range, us little independant film maker type folks can continue to learn our craft/art with the lower resolution stuff and the professional customers that produce commercials/TV shows/documentaries etc can use their deeper pockets to buy the higher quality stuff.
Price is a big factor with me since I'm just doing this out of my own pocket and I get nothing in return . . .except some feedback, hopefully a little praise here and there! ;-) I sort by price now and try to find things I can use that are in the low end of pricing and then I'll often time stretch things longer to make it go farther. It kills me when I see an awesome clip that I really want to use but can't because there is no money or credit left or if I do spend $150 on a single clip I wont have enogh clips t finish. On my most recent video The Last King I could of easily used three times as many clips, but I spent well over $300 here and had to stretch most of the clips and compromise greatly what I was trying to convey.
I know it's a lot more work but if you guys can shoot the same content (when possible) at 2 or 3 different resolutions and price them in a wide range, us little independant film maker type folks can continue to learn our craft/art with the lower resolution stuff and the professional customers that produce commercials/TV shows/documentaries etc can use their deeper pockets to buy the higher quality stuff.
stephenkirsh
3 Sep 2009 22:26
Some things you can only shoot once (like action).
Thanks for the insight.
Anybody else?
Thanks for the insight.
Anybody else?
ODesigns
3 Sep 2009 22:57
I think about that all the time.
I don't think 720p is a bad resolution. If anything, you/we might be missing out because we're not offering 480 (SD) versions. A lot of people still use and need SD clips, so you may want to try, as an experiment, down-converting some of your favorite clips to 720x480 and see what happens.
I used to offer SD and HD versions of my clips, but I stopped doing that due to the workload it requires on my part.
On the other stock agency (the one with an "i" in the name) where they auto down-size, most of my sales are of the lower resolutions. That used to frustrate me, but now, I just see it as a sale. And a sale is a sale.
I think most customers see price and not necessarily resolution.
You also need to get more clips in your portfolio before seeing some regular sales. Don't get upset just yet.
I don't think 720p is a bad resolution. If anything, you/we might be missing out because we're not offering 480 (SD) versions. A lot of people still use and need SD clips, so you may want to try, as an experiment, down-converting some of your favorite clips to 720x480 and see what happens.
I used to offer SD and HD versions of my clips, but I stopped doing that due to the workload it requires on my part.
On the other stock agency (the one with an "i" in the name) where they auto down-size, most of my sales are of the lower resolutions. That used to frustrate me, but now, I just see it as a sale. And a sale is a sale.
I think most customers see price and not necessarily resolution.
You also need to get more clips in your portfolio before seeing some regular sales. Don't get upset just yet.
stephenkirsh
4 Sep 2009 00:31
Did you notice any difference in sales when you uploaded SD to pond5?
ODesigns
4 Sep 2009 00:44
The number of SD clips in my portfolio is such a small percentage of my overall clips, that I don't think it's making a difference.
That said, I do have some sales of SD versions of clips that also had HD versions, so either the buyer bought the SD clip (knowing there was a HD version?) because the SD clip was cheaper, or they just needed SD.
Would that same buyer buy the HD version if that was the only option (in my portfolio)? That's the $64,000 question.
I do have one or two SD and HD clips priced at the same price point. I did this as an experiment.
One clip's SD version sold, leaving the HD version untouched. The other clip's HD version sold, leaving the SD version untouched. So I guess that doesn't prove much of anything, other than this business is a crap shoot.
My feeling is this: cast a wide enough net, you're bound to catch something. Grow your portfolio, and you're bound to get sales. With my 900+ clips here, I do pretty good (not enough to retire, but enough to cover some of my monthly bills).
That said, I do have some sales of SD versions of clips that also had HD versions, so either the buyer bought the SD clip (knowing there was a HD version?) because the SD clip was cheaper, or they just needed SD.
Would that same buyer buy the HD version if that was the only option (in my portfolio)? That's the $64,000 question.
I do have one or two SD and HD clips priced at the same price point. I did this as an experiment.
One clip's SD version sold, leaving the HD version untouched. The other clip's HD version sold, leaving the SD version untouched. So I guess that doesn't prove much of anything, other than this business is a crap shoot.
My feeling is this: cast a wide enough net, you're bound to catch something. Grow your portfolio, and you're bound to get sales. With my 900+ clips here, I do pretty good (not enough to retire, but enough to cover some of my monthly bills).
RStock
4 Sep 2009 12:10
720p is still a viable format. In fact, our $20k+ Panasonic VeriCam's highest resolution is 720p. And the VeriCam is a fairly popular camera.
AAndromeda
4 Sep 2009 14:16
my three most popular clips are all 720p. I have a newer camera that shoots 1080p but none of those clips have made it up there yet. i dont think it matters too much.
motion_poland
7 Sep 2009 10:52
i always upload HD and SD verisons os my clips, and i think SD versions is about 1/3 of my sales, but with lower price its about 1/4 income, and its a good option to let choose customer whitch version he/she wants to buy.
Of course SD clips have smaller prices then HD
Of course SD clips have smaller prices then HD