Microstock photo site Fotolia has just launched its video offering. Back in February, when the service reached one million registered users, the company indicated that the launch of its video service would come soon, and now it is here.
Fotolia is launching with 10,000 royalty free video clips that can be used in video ads, on Websites, mobile animations, and more. These are generic 5 to 60 second clips which can be used as filler, background or for transitional moments. The costs vary but they start at around $10. Competitor iStockPhoto has offered stock video for years and recently expanded to audio.
Fotolia’s selection still seems pretty spare when you search on a specific keyword like “flu” or “despair.” Fotolia turns up one video result for each of those terms, whereas iStockPhoto turns up 117 and 718 video results, respectively. But Fotolia’s collection should fill out over time. A generic video clip really shouldn’t cost more than $10. What would be nice, however, would be a system where you could request the kind of video imagery you want, and then have it produced by a videographer, who would then maintain the rights to resell it on Fotolia.
Here is a Fotolia video described as “ball with pain”:
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iStockPhoto may return more results, but I see that as hardly a benefit considering most of the time there are only a handful decent results anyway, meaning I have to sort through pages of rubbish just to find something decent.
interesting idea
fotolia has as many content as istock , if not more, but is probably 3 times cheaper. next step sounds ?
This is another success of Fotolia adding more products to it. A good benefit to everyone who uses.
Cheers,
Julius
You missed Pond5 (www.pond5.com) is this writeup. The standout dedicated stock video footage marketplace on the web today.
That’s http://www.pond5.com
Thank you for posting this additional site for videos; it saved me time looking for another source.
Very intersesting idea. Good job and good luck for web 2.0!
Excellent! As a web designer/developer iStockPhoto is a great resource, but it’s always good to see more competition enter the marketplace.
I have done a lot, and I mean A LOT, of work seeking photos for specific concepts at iStock, Getty, and Corbis.
Recreated a couple of searches that I had difficulty with at Fotolia. Image quality and composition are excellent — more like Corbis and Getty vs. iStock.
Not sure, but think there were some of the same images we bought at these other sites.
Prices are amazing. Did not vet their licensing. Something seems suspicious because quality for price is so good. But who knows, maybe they make it work.
Generally I strived to use iStock images because their licensing terms were: 1) Easy to read, 2) Understandable in application. Getty and Corbis were always so complicated.
Anyway, site looks great. Prices for quality of images I looked at are UNREAL. At any site, pay close attention to licensing.
Sorry, this was all about images not video.
But, I’ve certainly got Fotolia bookmarked.
Cheers.
I really dont know about this site Thank you for posting this additional site for videos; it saved me time looking for another source.