Lightstock Team
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Is your review process automated?
No. Every video clip that is uploaded to Lightstock is personally reviewed by a curator. They will be looking at the technical as well as stylistic aspects of your clip. If your clip is rejected, y...
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What’s the ‘story’ field all about?
Often clips will have a unique and powerful story behind them that only you can tell. It’s not required, but we love when our Partners choose to add depth and layer to their content. Customers appr...
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Do you require me to write a title or description of my clip?
Not if you don’t want to. Lightstock is happy to fill it in for you if you choose to leave it blank.
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Can your uploader handle uploading multiple video clips at once?
Yes. But I wouldn’t go over 10 video clips at once. Many times browsers can crash during an extended period like that. In the future, we will have an FTP solution for footage and images, but we do ...
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Do I need to tag and keyword my videos after I upload them?
Not if you don’t want to. Lightstock will tag all of your clips for you; all you need to do is drag and drop your files onto the uploader and click “upload.”
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Can my clips include alpha channels and other unique things?
Yes to alpha channels and things like ‘clips-within-clips’. However, avoid uploading footage with text or borders.
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Do I need to upload a proxy file for review?
No. Just upload the one full-res clip.
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Can you be more specific concerning compression and frame-rate?
Set your compression quality to 95% or to 'Best' or 'High'. We accept frame rates from 24fps to 30fps.
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What are the technical requirements for clips?
You simply upload one full-res file. We highly recommend that you make the format for your full-res clip an MP4 file encoded with the H.264 (x264) codec with a bitrate up to 15,000 kbps. You could ...
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What should the length of my clips be?
We prefer clips between 15 and 60 seconds. We may also consider some clips over 60 seconds, but no longer than 90.