7.1 After Effects File Information
- Version: You will need to identify the version required for your AE
project, i.e. 5.5 PRO or 6.5 STANDARD. Remember that there are certain
effects/features in the PRO version of After Effects that are not included
in the standard version.
- Plug-Ins: You will need to ID ALL plug-ins necessary for the
project that are not included in the version you have identified.
7.1 Titles
Use a simple title to
describe your project file, like "Subtle Wedding Picture Collage," "Complete Business Graphics Collection." Your title should be as unique as possible while remaining around 1-4 words.
Titles must be descriptive.
We have our pages set up so that search engines such as Google will find
the file info page for your file if someone searches a term that is
included in your title.
Be clear and concise in your titles. Be specific.
“Cool Animation” is not specific. Give it a name, include the suggested
uses if this makes it more specific.
Don’t use Underscores in the name of your project. These skew how the files are displayed on the site.
4. Don’t use words such as “HD”, “photojpeg”, etc. in your titles.
Words describing format or codec are not needed. Users can specify
format within the search engine. The codec also shows on the file
information page.
7.2 Descriptions
Your description allows
you to go into more detail about what exactly is happening in the project file. Make it as detailed as needed to give the user the necessary information but don't make it long and drawn out. Descriptions are also indexed by major search engines so consider your word usage carefully.
7.3 Keywords
Keywords are the most important factor in making your project files easily accessible to your potential buyers. RevoStock.com uses a
primary and secondary keyword system in order to make our search engine return
the most relevant results to our users.
PRIMARY KEYWORDS: In
the "Primary Keyword" field you should enter only 4-5 keywords that
exactly describe your project. For instance, in the subway image below you
might use: subway, train, and metro. Be absolutely exact as possible so
that if someone types in "subway" and chooses to search only by
primary keywords, they will only get project files of a subway.
SECONDARY KEYWORDS:
In the "Secondary Keyword"
field you are given more freedom. You should still only include keywords
related to your project, but you may enter keywords that may not exactly or
directly describe your project files. For example, for the image below you might
enter: Railway, Transportation, Underground, Waiting, Busy, Travel, City, Urban,
Move, etc. etc. Users will be given the option of choosing to search by
primary keywords, secondary keywords or both.
When entering your secondary keywords, try to imagine what someone might be
searching for and enter keywords that would relate. Here is an example of
keywords to use for the following file: Subway,
Urban, Green, Transportation, City, Commute, Fast, Underground, Tube,
Public, Lights, Motion, Atlanta, Train, Tunnel, Transit, Metro, Rail,
Ride, Wait, Station, Stop, Fast, Lights, Railway, Work, Move, Downtown,
Rush, Platform
Do
not attempt to include words in your title, description or keywords
that attempt to unfairly bump your project files above anyone else's.
Keep these guidelines in mind when entering keywords:
1. Keywords must be relevant to the clip.
If others look at your project, they should be able to instantly identify
why particular keywords are used for a project. This is especially true
for concepts. Concepts must be easily identifiable and not too
abstract.
2. Generic keywords such as film, video, high definition, animation, graphic, etc. aren't necessary.
Users can select what format they want when searching for a project file, so no need to specify high definition, pal, or ntsc in your
keywords.
3. The search engine will return results on the singular and plural versions of a word.
For example, if you have a shot of cows. If you put cow or cows (but
not both) in your keywords, the search results will return the cow
file.
4. Don't use your producer name in your keywords.
If users want to see everything by a particular producer they can use
the "By producer" link on the left hand side or they can click on the
producer name under the clip.
5. Enter your keywords with one space only between the words and no commas.
6. Please use more than 3-4 keywords for a project.
99.9% of project files can be described by more than just 3-4 keywords. Don’t go overboard, but spend some
time with a thesaurus or ask your friends for words they would
associate with the project file.
7. Be global in your thinking.
For example, in the US a mobile phone is called a cell phone, but in
many European countries it is called a mobile. So think globally in
generating your keywords.
