...and before exiting lightroom, save the keywords to a spreadsheet for that image/group, so that if you have to add them to other platforms via cut & paste (and the auto-population doesn't work), you have an easy way to extract them quickly. You can also do the same with titles & descriptions. It's a work in progress, but has helped me so far.
Been awhile since I've looked, as a Ps user, think you can add key words in Ps (under File > Image info) or in Bridge. Will those upload into shutterstock as well?
Mykeyworder.com lets you copy and paste the keywords into shutterstock. It automatically chooses keywords for you based on your photo description. I just found out about the site through a Skillshare class. Thought I would share the information.
Strange. Why it doesn't work in my case? I add keywords to the jpeg files that I would like to submit to SS. After I upload them to SS, I don't see the keywords. I don't see the keywords also in other stock websites.
Thank you so much, this is so helpful! I'm about to start with Stock Photography, and this will make my life so much easier LOL Do you know if the keywords also will show up on Instagram? Love the snowman pic, very creative and original! :)
Thanks for the video. I don't have a laptop or a computer. I have a digital camera and a smartphone. Is there a way to do it if you don't have a laptop? Thanks.
Hi Nicole, thank you for this video. Would you say that the same applies to videos - eg. keywording in FCPX? What is the process for key-wording video footage, If I do not want to spend double the time submitting to shutterstok then pon5 etc. Thank you for the answer.
Nicole, when we are exporting from Lightroom what Metadata setting should we choose (all metadata or all except camera and camera raw info)? And do you ever use output sharpening? Thanks so much. I've learned so much from your videos. Trying to get ready for my first upload.
Hi Marian, the only metadata that Shutterstock (and most stock platforms) take away from your photos are the keywords and captions. So aside from keywords and captions, the other metadata information is not important and it doesn't really matter if you export that or not. Hope that helps. :)
@@NicoleGlass Nicole, I used your link for account registration/first upload. So hopefully I will start providing you will some good data soon. I have already had 17 photos approved. My goal is to submit 10 photos a day for the first 10 days to get myself started.
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pro tip, just use stock submitter. only right tool for stock photography upload
Thank you very much! When I started stock photography, I signed up for multiple sites (including Alamy). Shutterstock is the one that did the best for me and after seeing the results, I put more time and energy into that platform. That's why I primarily talk about SS.
Hey Renato, I personally don't use it but I've heard good things. Just keep in mind that Blackbox takes 15% of your sales. If you want to upload your photos to tons of different platforms, it's definitely convenient, but if you're only on one or two platforms it's probably better to upload them yourself. One of my favorite TH-camrs, Chris Hau, has a video that talks a little bit about Blackbox: th-cam.com/video/sRzHkvAPSOs/w-d-xo.html
Or you could just use Xpiks... An open source software for keywording and uploading to multiple platforms all in one go... It also has a keyword suggestion tool... Similar to that on SS... Way better...
@NicoleGlass, thank you so much for this video!! Keywording for 7 sites had really been starting to suck. This should help immensely. Thanks again. And I like the snowman. ☃️. ⛄️ ☃️ Hoping you see this, but it doesn't seem like you're too active anymore. I get it, though. Life's crazy, especially with 'lil ones. Randy
Sure thing! This video is from 6 years ago now but I’m glad it is still helpful ☺️ and yes - life with a baby and toddler is crazy! I’ve also ventured into other non-photography businesses that have kept me occupied
@NicoleGlass , good deal. As long as you're doing well and staying happy. Being a paramedic for 32 years (and counting) and a cop for 14+ (simultaneously) taught me that life's sorry and fragile. 13 heart attacks with 3 full cardiac arrests only confirmed it. Treasure your rides around our sun and treasure that time with your lil ones. I wasn't blessed with any, unfortunately.
Lightroom order the keywords alphabetical. In your experience, do you think that affects sales? I really like the syncronizing keywords from within LR; but if then I have to reorganize them...
Great tip Nicole, I've never thought of that. After seeing your video I looked for other options and I found that on Windows, we can right click the .jpg file, click Properties, click the "Details" tab, and lastly, click the text field for Tags, type the keyword and that's it!
Hi Renato, yeah it's nothing too complicated but I remember getting excited about learning this just because it saves so much time :) And that's great that you have that option on Windows! You can also fill out other sections in Lightroom, like the description - but description formats vary between stock agencies.
One thing that bugs me is when I do the same process as you and then when I go to SS I find out a couple might have been spelt wrong in LR, plus SS will suggest a few more which I'll accept, and now the updated keywords do not apply to the exported image anymore. I would have to copy the changes I made to the keywords in SS and put them back into LR and then export again, to finally upload to other stock sites... Any suggestion here? Me not finding a workflow I really like has held me back from properly getting into stock photography. I might try the Xpiks suggestions from others in the comments. Thanks!
It seems that there is no way to add keywords that might have been forgotten once you have uploaded to Shutterstock. I can add their kw but not any of my own that I might have forgotten. Am I missing something?
Hey Eleanor, actually, you can edit them. Go to your catolog manager. Hover your mouse over the photo you want to edit. Click on the little "pen" icon. And then edit the keywords and/or description. The photo will then have to be resubmitted through the regular submission process. I have done this with a few of my older photos that were poorly keyworded. Hope that helps :)
I utilize Lightroom for adding keywords to images but it seems only Adobe Stock picks them up. I have to add them to each image uploaded to Shutterstock. Drives me crazy and I hate the chore of adding keywords!
Great advice thanks, but you lost me at Lightroom. I won't pay a monthly subscription for anything other than coffee! I submit to about 8 sites and just copy/paste my keywords and description from Shutterstock to my other sites. Downside is iStockPhoto. They only accept certain keywords and I'm forever changing them in iStockPhoto before submitting. It's weird they don't accept any brand names either, not even with editorial content.
This works well if you do not submit to Adobe Stock. They require keywords to be in order of importance, for better search results, and Lightroom puts them all in alphabetical order, so unfortunately I can't use Lightroom for it.
O.M.G. I knew it was there but I didn't realize the implications. Double thumbs up for the tip Nicole. :)
Yeah, sometimes things are just hidden in plain sight 😉
...and before exiting lightroom, save the keywords to a spreadsheet for that image/group, so that if you have to add them to other platforms via cut & paste (and the auto-population doesn't work), you have an easy way to extract them quickly. You can also do the same with titles & descriptions. It's a work in progress, but has helped me so far.
That's a great tip! Thanks for your comment :)
Been awhile since I've looked, as a Ps user, think you can add key words in Ps (under File > Image info) or in Bridge. Will those upload into shutterstock as well?
Very interesting. I don't have Lightroom, But I have Adobe Bridge. Will the Keyword section in the IPTC core section of Metadata do the same thing?
thank you love! been looking for this info through many videos and this is the best one!!
Thank you for your efforts !!!
Wow..thanks Nicole..you saved my time ☺️
Love that snowman photo! I'm going to buy it the next time I do a big spend on Shutterstock.
Is it valid on other stock sites as well?
Hey Nicole, how do you keyword your videos for shutterstock? I use bridge but somehow it doesn't recognize the keywords.
Excellent work
Mykeyworder.com lets you copy and paste the keywords into shutterstock. It automatically chooses keywords for you based on your photo description. I just found out about the site through a Skillshare class. Thought I would share the information.
Nice tutorial mam
do you do this when uploading to dreamstime
Strange. Why it doesn't work in my case? I add keywords to the jpeg files that I would like to submit to SS. After I upload them to SS, I don't see the keywords. I don't see the keywords also in other stock websites.
Thanks for the cool tips
Good one thank you
Thank you so much, this is so helpful! I'm about to start with Stock Photography, and this will make my life so much easier LOL Do you know if the keywords also will show up on Instagram? Love the snowman pic, very creative and original! :)
Hi Elly, no the keywords won't show up on Instagram. The app isn't designed to take in metadata.
I'm glad you like the snowman and the video :)
Ok, thank you! :)
Uploading keywords on the istock site is quite difficult compared to other sites. Does this site accept this lighroom feature?
Xpiks lets you keyword multiple photos at once. Then suggests other keywords from similar images from top platforms.
Yes, I hear that's a pretty good one! Although it doesn't work for every stock platform.
Thanks for the video. I don't have a laptop or a computer. I have a digital camera and a smartphone. Is there a way to do it if you don't have a laptop? Thanks.
Deborah DuBard download Light room mobile app, that’s what I use
Hi Nicole, thank you for this video. Would you say that the same applies to videos - eg. keywording in FCPX? What is the process for key-wording video footage, If I do not want to spend double the time submitting to shutterstok then pon5 etc. Thank you for the answer.
Exactly what I needed to know! Thank you so much ❤️
Thank you very much awesome
Does this also work in the app?
Nicole, when we are exporting from Lightroom what Metadata setting should we choose (all metadata or all except camera and camera raw info)? And do you ever use output sharpening? Thanks so much. I've learned so much from your videos. Trying to get ready for my first upload.
Hi Marian, the only metadata that Shutterstock (and most stock platforms) take away from your photos are the keywords and captions. So aside from keywords and captions, the other metadata information is not important and it doesn't really matter if you export that or not. Hope that helps. :)
@@NicoleGlass Nicole, I used your link for account registration/first upload. So hopefully I will start providing you will some good data soon. I have already had 17 photos approved. My goal is to submit 10 photos a day for the first 10 days to get myself started.
pro tip, just use stock submitter. only right tool for stock photography upload
Great videos, keep it up! Can I ask if you exclusively upload to Shutterstock or do you upload to multiple agencies. If just Shutterstock why? Thanks
Thank you very much! When I started stock photography, I signed up for multiple sites (including Alamy). Shutterstock is the one that did the best for me and after seeing the results, I put more time and energy into that platform. That's why I primarily talk about SS.
Was curious about that as well.
Is this good with vector designs too?
I’m not sure about vectors since I personally don’t create them
Man, you're just cranking em out!
I try :)
WHAT CAMERA DO YOU USED THE MOST FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Canon 5D Mark IV
That is so useful. Many thanks.
Sure, hope it helps:)
PLXX I AM VERY TENS ABOUT MY STOCK PHOTOS......
good hack thanks :)
Hi Nicole, this is an off topic question: what do you think about BlackBox.global?
Hey Renato, I personally don't use it but I've heard good things. Just keep in mind that Blackbox takes 15% of your sales. If you want to upload your photos to tons of different platforms, it's definitely convenient, but if you're only on one or two platforms it's probably better to upload them yourself. One of my favorite TH-camrs, Chris Hau, has a video that talks a little bit about Blackbox: th-cam.com/video/sRzHkvAPSOs/w-d-xo.html
@@NicoleGlass thanks I'll check Chris's video
Or you could just use Xpiks... An open source software for keywording and uploading to multiple platforms all in one go... It also has a keyword suggestion tool... Similar to that on SS... Way better...
Great suggestion! Although xpiks does not support all stock platforms unfortunately.
Thank you for the great informational video. I'm seriously considering taking the leap into stock photography.
You're welcome! Go for it :)
@NicoleGlass, thank you so much for this video!! Keywording for 7 sites had really been starting to suck. This should help immensely. Thanks again.
And I like the snowman. ☃️. ⛄️ ☃️
Hoping you see this, but it doesn't seem like you're too active anymore. I get it, though. Life's crazy, especially with 'lil ones. Randy
Sure thing! This video is from 6 years ago now but I’m glad it is still helpful ☺️ and yes - life with a baby and toddler is crazy! I’ve also ventured into other non-photography businesses that have kept me occupied
@NicoleGlass , good deal. As long as you're doing well and staying happy.
Being a paramedic for 32 years (and counting) and a cop for 14+ (simultaneously) taught me that life's sorry and fragile. 13 heart attacks with 3 full cardiac arrests only confirmed it. Treasure your rides around our sun and treasure that time with your lil ones. I wasn't blessed with any, unfortunately.
Nice video
Thanks!
awesome
Thank you so much.
This was such a fantastic straightforward and warmly presented video. Thank you so much, yer a legend!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad you found it helpful :)
Short instructions and very simply helpful ..thank's a lot
You’re welcome 😊
Lightroom order the keywords alphabetical. In your experience, do you think that affects sales? I really like the syncronizing keywords from within LR; but if then I have to reorganize them...
Hmm I don't think the order affects sales on Shutterstock, but perhaps it has an effect on other platforms - I can't speak for all of them.
It does
saved my life! thanks a lot
Glad it helped!
What about vectors?
Great tip Nicole, I've never thought of that. After seeing your video I looked for other options and I found that on Windows, we can right click the .jpg file, click Properties, click the "Details" tab, and lastly, click the text field for Tags, type the keyword and that's it!
Hi Renato, yeah it's nothing too complicated but I remember getting excited about learning this just because it saves so much time :) And that's great that you have that option on Windows! You can also fill out other sections in Lightroom, like the description - but description formats vary between stock agencies.
Great info, thank you. Now I can preserve the order of the keywords
Awesome! I didn't know this...thanks for sharing.
Sure thing :)
great
Danke!
Thank you very much!
One thing that bugs me is when I do the same process as you and then when I go to SS I find out a couple might have been spelt wrong in LR, plus SS will suggest a few more which I'll accept, and now the updated keywords do not apply to the exported image anymore. I would have to copy the changes I made to the keywords in SS and put them back into LR and then export again, to finally upload to other stock sites... Any suggestion here? Me not finding a workflow I really like has held me back from properly getting into stock photography. I might try the Xpiks suggestions from others in the comments. Thanks!
Just remember Lightroom alphabetizes keywords which some stock agencies don't want.
is there any other option ?
How to fix that?
Great explanation. Many thanks!
No problem, I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
It seems that there is no way to add keywords that might have been forgotten once you have uploaded to Shutterstock. I can add their kw but not any of my own that I might have forgotten. Am I missing something?
Hey Eleanor, actually, you can edit them. Go to your catolog manager. Hover your mouse over the photo you want to edit. Click on the little "pen" icon. And then edit the keywords and/or description. The photo will then have to be resubmitted through the regular submission process. I have done this with a few of my older photos that were poorly keyworded. Hope that helps :)
Nicole Glass Oh wow. Thanks so much! I enjoy your videos and get a lot out of them.
You’ve saved me so much time, thank you
You're welcome!
I utilize Lightroom for adding keywords to images but it seems only Adobe Stock picks them up. I have to add them to each image uploaded to Shutterstock. Drives me crazy and I hate the chore of adding keywords!
That is really strange, seems like there's some sort of glitch. When I add keywords to the metadata, they always appear on Shutterstock.
I am in the same boat as you mate! have you found the solution? thanks.
Nice....!!!
:)
Awesome, Thank you!
I like your nature
Thanks!
What is the best and easy way to add title and keywords to a video clip?
Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for watching :)
Thank you Soo much for replying me
Great advice thanks, but you lost me at Lightroom. I won't pay a monthly subscription for anything other than coffee!
I submit to about 8 sites and just copy/paste my keywords and description from Shutterstock to my other sites.
Downside is iStockPhoto. They only accept certain keywords and I'm forever changing them in iStockPhoto before submitting. It's weird they don't accept any brand names either, not even with editorial content.
Lightroom automatically alphabetizes the keywords, which isn't ideal for some platforms like Adobe Stock. Is there a way around that?
You could copy the text into an online case converter. Google case converter for more into
This works well if you do not submit to Adobe Stock. They require keywords to be in order of importance, for better search results, and Lightroom puts them all in alphabetical order, so unfortunately I can't use Lightroom for it.
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i am indian I like your name nicole glass and your blue eyes
Thank you!
The original problem is when you have to keyword not one but thousands of images in small amount of time.
Yes -- no one said it's easy!
@@NicoleGlass Any idea how to keyword thousands of images in small amount of time?
Awesome, thank you so much
Sure thing :)