Free Software For Selling Photography Online
News & Announcements
Fotolia: web training is required for the first-time HTTP uploaders
Feb 13th
If you use ProStockMaster to upload your files to Fotolia, please note that the current implementation of Fotolia web site requires you to pass web-based training wizard if you never upload files to Fotolia via HTTP (i.e. from your web browser). Even if you already have a complete Fotolia portfolio full of microstock photographs, and even if they are already accepted and all photos are selling on Fotolia, you are still required (!!) to pass this web training first time you use HTTP upload. If you did not pass the training Fotolia’s web site will NOT allow ProStockMaster to upload your files.
Automatic updates
Jan 4th
It looks like ProStockMaster needs a completely automatic update procedure (similar to anti-virus DB updates).
I’ll try to implement it in one of the next releases. Once implemented, the software will just update itself on its start if a new version is available on the web, instead of showing up a message “Update available, please download and install”.
Version 1.2 is coming! Keywords suggestion, folders upload and more!
Dec 14th
This Service Pack upgrades the application from version 1.1 to version 1.2.
The upgrade is free of charge and available for both evaluation and commercial license holders.
ProStockMaster v1.2 Release Notes
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1. New functionality added:
1.1 “Upload Folder” wizard (“Tools/Upload Folder…” menu)
Allows upload all the images in the selected folder and, optionally, subfolders to the selected stock photo sites.
All files in the selected folder(s) are verified for IPTC data vailidity before upload. Files with invalid IPTC data
(e.g. with no keywords) will be rejected from the list of files to be uploaded.
The upload window can be minimized or send to the background and the photographer can continue
working with ProStockMaster during the upload (be carefull not modfying the uploading files)
1.2 “Generate” button in the main IPTC panel activated, keywords generation functionality added.
Type a couple of keywords for your new image, than press “Generate” and wait for a few seconds.
The keywords text area will be filled by the additional popular keywords associated with the keywords you typed.
1.3 Two more stock photography sites are supported: Fotolia and LuckyOliver. Go to “Tools/Sites…” to activate them both.
1.4 “Help/Software Updates…” menu is partially implemented: if selected, the application will look if a new version is available on http://www.prostockmaster.com
However, the download and install of the upgarde is not automated yet – if available, the upgrade should be done manually.
1.5 Added support for proxy with authorization. In order to switch proxy support on, add proxy parameters to “ProStockMaster.properties” file.
The format is name=value, one parameter on each line, like it is shown below:
proxy.user=username
proxy.password=pswd
proxy.host=hostname
proxy.port=8080
2. User interface is adjusted for the high-resolution monitors.
Follow resolutions are supported now:
1920×1200, 1920×1080, 1680×1050, 1600×1200, 1440×900, 1280×1024, 1280×800, 1280×720, 1024×768, 800×600
3. Search cancel confirmation is removed as unnecessary
4. Evaluation license changed: 30 days expiration only (no upload limits anymore)
5. Issues solved:
3.1 “Application failed: null” error message during the program installation on non-US Mac OSX with Java 1.4 and 1.5 and on non-US Windows with Java 1.4
3.2 Attempt to close the main window by pressing “X” in the top window bar did not show the confirmation dialog and did not save the UI settings
ProStockMaster v1.1 receives “100% CLEAN” Softpedia award!
Oct 19th
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v1.1: So far so good
Oct 17th
Well, I have got tens of downloads in the just a few days from the version upload to the web. No problems in the software found yet.
Some problems were raised when the new version was installed along with the Alpha2 trial and is located in the same place. Please DO NOT install v1.1 “on top” of Alpha2! Completely remove both Alpha2 program directory and its DB before installing v1.1.
It is highly recommended to verify before the installation that you have working Java on your computer.
I recommend JRE 1.5 update 7 for WIN and at least JRE 1.4.2 or higher for MAC.
You can verify it works Ok by simply running ‘java -version’ from the command window. You are expected to see 1-2 string with the text similar to “Java Virtual Machine version 1.5 update 7 …”. If you get something like “command not found” in response to your “java -version” command you java installation is probably corrupted.
Thanks to everybody who already downloaded the version and of course to people who decided to purchase it!
