Comments on: Fotolia Version 2: API + Vector Files

By: MrMMM

MrMMM — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:54:52 +0000

I tried checking the website and this is what i got

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: http://www.fotolia.com/
Line Number 109, Column 16:for(var i=0;i

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:25:58 +0000

Some pretty impressive features. I am sure some graphic design software/web design software will take advantage of the API to offer their users an easy way (ala Microsoft Office Clipart) to access photos.

By: Antonio Garcia

Antonio Garcia — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:53:07 +0000

This is a test

By: Lina to Erik

Lina to Erik — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:38:04 +0000

I am sorry, but i totally don’t agree with you. Lucky Oliver is not even comparable to Fotolia. Fotolia’s images quality and the site is much better.

By: Erik Dungan

Erik Dungan — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:25:01 +0000

Lucky Oliver is a better up-and-coming microstock agency. Much better selection and higher quality.

The vector aspect is cool, but definitely not an edge that can’t be duplicated by the others.

By: goreyears

goreyears — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:17:22 +0000

I remember the days when getty and their ilk was about your only route to royalty-free if you wanted anything decent on a budget. Sites like this and istockphoto lower the entry barrier for graphic artists, and this is a good thing, because it just invites more creativity into the mix.

If I was an illustrator, though, I actually would find the SVG thing a bit annoying. Since they offer both SVG and EPS as output options to buyers, why not allow uploads of EPS, too? Most vector art is going to be created in professional illustration program that generates EPS, so exporting same as SVG is an extra step.

Nothing against SVG, but as a format it’s a long way from real adoption on the web, at least until MS starts supporting it in IE. Of course, if this site helps push adoption of SVG then I’m all for it, since I’m a big fan of that format.

Bottom line, it’s a nice site, not really any slower on a high speed connection than istockphoto that I could notice. I’ve been on istockphoto for a long time – and I’m signing up for this one, too.

By: Jupanawa

Jupanawa — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:28:58 +0000

Hello,

The site is not that slow for a new launch with tons of visitors. In addition to increase number in visitors, I can imagine that they need to make the cache effect work. I don’t know what SVG are but any a pretty website !!

Jupa

By: Concrete Stain

Concrete Stain — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:41:03 +0000

Cool site / SVG takes it over the top

By: Kai

Kai — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:50:48 +0000

I don’t like Fotolia for several reasons: too slow, search results are not accurate enough, from 50 visits probably 10 ended with mysql error pages. A quick visit just now didn’t show any big improvements.
istockphoto is doing a lot better job in royalty free stock – my 2 cents!

By: CRed

CRed — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:35:25 +0000

This site seems very slow. They need to fix this soon.

By: Don M

Don M — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:28:38 +0000

XML Parsing Error: mismatched tag. Expected: .
Location: http://www.foto...mber/MyContents
Line Number 123, Column 3:
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By: Don M

Don M — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:06:06 +0000

I signed up with them and right now my profile page is throwing errors. hope it gets fixed shortly. -dm

By: Vick Manson

Vick Manson — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:26:52 +0000

I used Fotolia for 6 months and always find new and interesting stuff for my customers.Very cheap and god stuff but .the site has always been very slow. How will it change with v2 ?

By: Luxeat

Luxeat — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:24:26 +0000

Cool site, but a little slow sometimes..

By: anthony federabal

anthony federabal — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:50:57 +0000

Fotolia is a great site. Can’t imagine how much money i have saved on stock images since 1 year with them . They have the more diverse portfolio from all micros .