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« on: October 30, 2023, 11:08 »
I have at least 6 images that are very similar on my portfolio but, for some reason, only 2 are showing up on the "More From This Series" option below that.
Is there anything I can do to change this? Should I draw it to Adobe's attention? The images are certainly very similar and could easily attract a potential buyer's attention if they liked one of the images.
Thanks
This isn't something that can be customized. -Mat
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« on: October 29, 2023, 14:05 »
I currently have an ad running on Pinterest which points to a specific Adobestock collection of mine. Now I am wondering if I have made a mistake.
If I point someone to an Adobestock collection, can they easily buy an image from within that? (It's difficult for me to know as the account owner)
Thanks In Advance
This is fine. I hope it works well for you! -Mat Hayward
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« on: October 25, 2023, 19:26 »
Its gone!
Yes it is. The bar is gone. The information is still available however. Check the statistics dropdown and you'll see a new line item "other payments". Moving forward, this is where you will see payments that don't fall under the traditional activity category. -Mat Hayward
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« on: October 25, 2023, 17:28 »
Update: Next batch of 13 images rejected as a whole!!!
Seriously?? Not a single image gets through? Is this the end?
Was it because they are autumn pictures and the review took so long that they are too late?
Mat, can you please explain to us what's going on?
I would need to see the photos. Share them here and I'll be happy to provide a critique.
Thank you,
Mat Hayward
Come on, Mat! I really appreciate your presence here and I am grateful for all the insights you provide. However, when it comes to review process, the way you act is just ridiculous. Instead of admitting that there is a problem with random rejections (not to mention months of waiting for any decision), you keep pretending that everything is fine. It doesn't matter what the quality of 13 images discussed here is. It is a general problem that affects, as far as I can see, all the members of this forum, even the most professional ones.
Fair enough. Thank you for your feedback. -Mat Hayward
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« on: October 25, 2023, 14:21 »
Update: Next batch of 13 images rejected as a whole!!!
Seriously?? Not a single image gets through? Is this the end?
Was it because they are autumn pictures and the review took so long that they are too late?
Mat, can you please explain to us what's going on?
I would need to see the photos. Share them here and I'll be happy to provide a critique. Thank you, Mat Hayward
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« on: October 24, 2023, 13:40 »
Mat,I almost forgot,I saw that you are Metallica addicted,you probably already understood this,but my nickname here on microstockgroup is inspired by Metallica's epic album and justice for all and my avatar is the Rage Against The Machine t-shirt,the statue of liberty with a Molotov cocktail instead of the torch! 
you miss the 80/90s too I see!come on..we're still going strong! 
I saw them live during the "And justice for all tour." Had quite a story come out of that one actually. Probably best left out of the internet -Mat
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« on: October 24, 2023, 11:15 »
Hey Mat, don't you think Adobe should hire some new employees, with human intelligence, for real contents review? 
I tried suggesting that, word for word. They pointed out that when they hired me, they were hoping for "human intelligence". Clearly, that didn't work out so this one was a swing and a miss. Thanks so much for the helpful suggestion though Mat
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« on: October 22, 2023, 08:09 »
Mat, you may have mentioned this elsewhere, but I must have missed it.
If I use Generate in photoshop to remove an item from my photograph, do I have to check the AI box?
Thanks
Generally, no. You would not need to identify a photograph that you used Firefly to remove an item from. Please review the full policy here for clarity: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/generative-ai-content.htmlThanks for the question, Mat Hayward
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« on: October 20, 2023, 14:49 »
There is absolutely no relation between opting into the Free collection and your review results. The moderation team would have no way of knowing how many files, if any you opted in for free.
The only thing opting into the Free collection affects, is the potential for sales on approved files during the year they are in the free collection, as well as your contributor balance when you are paid for approved files.
I love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next person. Sorry to debunk this one for you.
-Mat Hayward
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« on: October 19, 2023, 18:29 »
Mat, will the contributors get a share of the credits used for the "fast lane" generative fill?
Credits are distributed through your Creative Cloud subscription. If you qualified for a bonus code for a complimentary Creative Cloud subscription, then yes is the answer to your question. -Mat Hayward
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« on: October 19, 2023, 16:13 »
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« on: October 19, 2023, 12:29 »
Hi Everyone, I'll be broadcasting live in Behance Live (I come from the land of redundancy land) at 12pm PT with Adobe legend, Terry White. We'll go over the latest and greatest Adobe features recently announced including Firefly, new Lightroom tools, and more. The tools we will discuss have potential to make your lives easier, and/or expand your stock portfolio so you should check it out. I hope to see you there. We should have plenty of time for a live Q&A so if you have a burning question, this is a good opportunity to ask. https://www.behance.net/adobestock/livestreams-Mat Hayward
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« on: October 16, 2023, 17:34 »
I have sent you the information. Thanks.
Thank you @Hannafate. I received your email and have removed the generative AI tag from all the files you listed. I'm sorry for the inconvenience the mistake caused you and others.
Regarding the comments from @Synthetic, you are correct that the support team is particularly busy these days, so it is taking a longer time than we would prefer to resolve many contributor issues. That said, this is not a low priority at all. We take it very seriously and are working to resolve this, and all other issues as quickly as possible.
As always, your patience is greatly appreciated.
-Mat Hayward
Does it make any difference? I mean should I search and report any images of mine that are not AI that are labeled as that? Or can I just ignore the problem and see if something changes?
It's hard to say. If your image was not created with generative AI software but was inadvertently tagged as generative AI, I believe it is a reasonable request to remove that tag. The team is doing their best to get through support cases as quickly as possible. You are welcome to reach out to me directly as well. Thanks, Mat Hayward
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« on: October 16, 2023, 11:11 »
I have sent you the information. Thanks.
Thank you @Hannafate. I received your email and have removed the generative AI tag from all the files you listed. I'm sorry for the inconvenience the mistake caused you and others. Regarding the comments from @Synthetic, you are correct that the support team is particularly busy these days, so it is taking a longer time than we would prefer to resolve many contributor issues. That said, this is not a low priority at all. We take it very seriously and are working to resolve this, and all other issues as quickly as possible. As always, your patience is greatly appreciated. -Mat Hayward
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« on: October 14, 2023, 11:47 »
I have sent multiple messages to support without response.
I am deleting the offending illustrations, and re-uploading them. (tedious and annoying)
How do I make sure they don't get mislabeled again?
Send me an email with the file numbers. I'll look into this asap: [email protected]Thank you, Mat Hayward
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« on: October 12, 2023, 09:52 »
1. No AI/ML Training
When using our generative AI features, you agree you will use them only for your creative work product and not to train AI/ML models.
This means you must not, and must not allow third parties to, use any content, data, output or other information received or derived from any generative AI features, including any Firefly outputs, to directly or indirectly create, train, test, or otherwise improve any machine learning algorithms or artificial intelligence systems, including any architectures, models, or weights.
Later on it mentions that they might introduce some beta features that wouldn't be OK for commercial use in any context but is very vague about how you're supposed to know (emphasis mine):
Thanks for calling this out, Jo Ann. I want to confirm and clarify that you can upload Firefly outputs to Adobe Stock without violating Adobe's generative AI guidelines. The guidelines you quoted are meant to prohibit users from using Firefly outputs for personal or 3rd party AI/ML models. Regarding your last point about future beta features, you can be confident that if something comes up down the road, I will be here to help explain as best I can. Thanks again, Mat Hayward
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« on: October 11, 2023, 09:42 »
Is anyone else finding that the selection of categories for photos is a bit limited on AS? Two extra categories that I could think of right now (that could be very useful) are Health and Products.
Thanks for the feedback. My advice is to use the auto-category that is selected for you by default. In my experience, the selection is almost-always accurate. The reality is that the category has very little influence in search and/or sales results. My recommendation is to focus your attention on strong metadata with your title and keywords. Thanks again, Mat Hayward
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« on: October 06, 2023, 19:09 »
@ Mat Hayward
https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=%22japan+web%22
28,968 files NOT identified by checking the box Created using generative AI tools.
And that is just a small amount of "vectors" created by AI which are accepted in a collection without being stated as a AI generated content.
I strongly think that accepting those files on a daily bases , as regular vector files, harms both contributors and buyers.
I don't see much AI here. Pretty solid styles and correct shapes. I maybe found 2 images on the whole page, which could be AI. OR it can be SVGs, produced by vector AI...
Let me remind you that vector artists don't have the Created using generative AI tools checkbox. But we desperately need it.
Do not submit vector images created with or by generative AI software. Thank you, Mat Hayward
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« on: October 04, 2023, 17:24 »
Can we please, please, lose the blue notification bar? Every time on my phone I have to dismiss it to see my sales total.
Noted and shared with the larger team. Thank you! -Mat
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« on: October 02, 2023, 15:48 »
Thanks for the feeback.
-Mat
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« on: September 29, 2023, 14:35 »
You can confirm your rate for the Missions in the contributor portal by clicking the Missions tab at the top.
So we all have different "rate" for the same job? Based on what?
Differences in Mission offers may be due to the type of Mission, amount of content, or estimated cost of production. It may also be due to A/B testing during the limited beta rollout of our new Missions feature. Missions are currently limited to only a select group of contributors. This test aims to evaluate varying pricing structures to allow us to better understand what resonates most with our community, helping us scale Missions to the larger Contributor community in a sustainable way.
Mat,I'm interested in knowing if every real environment can be considered a topic,for example bananas in a basket in the middle of the grass,or bananas hanging on a wall are okay?
because if any real environment is considered valid,then is possible create 50/60 different topics.
Yes, that should be fine. Thanks for the question, Mat
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« on: September 29, 2023, 13:20 »
You can confirm your rate for the Missions in the contributor portal by clicking the Missions tab at the top.
So we all have different "rate" for the same job? Based on what?
Differences in Mission offers may be due to the type of Mission, amount of content, or estimated cost of production. It may also be due to A/B testing during the limited beta rollout of our new Missions feature. Missions are currently limited to only a select group of contributors. This test aims to evaluate varying pricing structures to allow us to better understand what resonates most with our community, helping us scale Missions to the larger Contributor community in a sustainable way.
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« on: September 29, 2023, 11:16 »
Why do I see 60$ for the first two "missions" - eating food and hands with food, and only 40$ for the bananas and flags "missions" ?
I also noticed a transcription error in the Italian language,for the mission of hands with food which is 80,but in Italian it is translated 60.
okay,maybe it's better if Mat,if possible,confirms what the exact amounts are for the missions.
However,I want to add that 60 for each single mission for bananas is fair,but in my opinion 80 for "close up of mouth eating food" is low,because it involves a whole series of other things in addition.
Thanks for the feedback everyone. We are interested in learning more about what you like/don't like about the Missions so please keep your comments coming. You can confirm your rate for the Missions in the contributor portal by clicking the Missions tab at the top. Please note, this is a limited release, so not everyone will see the Missions tab at this time. Thank you, Mat Hayward
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« on: September 27, 2023, 18:27 »
"You may submit up to five separate sets of 5001000 pictures by restarting the Mission after submitting the previous set".
After this quote,I have two questions:
1-Can I upload a set of 500x5 times and get 5X money?(if so,things get interesting)
2-What is the difference between uploading 500 or 1000 images? What is the advantage of uploading 1000 in one set?
Thanks for the feedback everyone. To answer your questions @Injustice.... 1. Yes, you can submit 5 Missions. If they are all approved, you would receive 5 payments. 2. I can see no advantage to submitting 1,000 images in on Mission. It makes more sense to me to submit two separate Missions with 500 images each and receive two payments. Regarding the comments such as what @Derby said "it's absolutely not possible to collect 500/1000 snapshots in a few days". Respectfully, I disagree. It's important you don't confuse these photos with traditional stock photos. A big difference is that we encourage similar images. You can shoot up to 50 frames of the same setup by changing the general composition, focal point, etc. You can shoot these in JPG and upload them as-is straight out of camera. Obviously, you want them to look good, but you do not need to spend time doing RAW conversions or postprocessing. In addition, no keywords are required. In my workflow, postprocessing and indexing take more time than actual photography. I think you would be surprised what you can accomplish in a relatively short period of time. Keep the feedback coming! -Mat Hayward
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« on: September 23, 2023, 10:33 »
Someone knows how many days appears the money when it is withdrawed from Adobe Stock? I withdrowed on september 12th and not news about on my PayPal account. Thanks!
Yes, correct. The average payment is processed in 7-10 business days.
-Mat
I normally request money at the end of each month, but this month I too requested a payout after the Firefly "bonus" showed up. I haven't yet been paid either. They say 7-10 days (I think - it might say 7-10 business days).
I can't request my end of the month payout until the earlier one is paid - you're not allowed to make a request if there's a payment pending - so I hope they sort this out next week.
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