Or at least so it seems.

Last week, it occurred to me to check the stats of the two images I have in the free section. To my surprise, one of them was missing from my portfolio and, worse, I found there an image which was sent to the keymasters.

Both images got a warning about being online for more than 4 years without sales. I donated to the free section the one that is missing, but the other one was sent to re-keywording, something that indeed happened, since the title, keywords and description were revised. I don't remember ever donating it, why would I do that after having it re-keyworded?

Maybe I'm going crazy or my memory is playing tricks on me... Too bad I deleted the emails with the warnings. But hell, I feel 99% sure about this.

Support is looking into it, but I would like to check if anyone else is having the same issue. Do you have images in the free section that shouldn't be there?

Is there an easy way to check whether or not one has images in the free section? I don't think I do, as I have never donated any, but would be happy to check.

Click on My Profile, on the top of the page. If you have free images, there should be a listing, just like the ones for the latest uploads and most popular images. Or visit the url

http://www.dreamstime.com/USERNAME_free-images_pg1

replacing USERNAME with your actual user name.

Edit: just checked your profile and it seems you don't have any. Thank you for your interest .

Support confirmed the "free" image was keyworded in 2010 and they moved it back to the commercial section. Didn't explain the missing image, nor did they offer compensation for the free downloads, though...

I consider the matter closed. Keep an eye on your free images!