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Agency Based Discussion => Adobe Stock => Topic started by: MatHayward on June 07, 2022, 10:55
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Hi Everyone,
As I promised yesterday in the other thread, the nomination process for photos to be considered for the Free collection is now up and running. Photos that are approved after the nomination window closes on June 22 will generate a $5 payment for each, for a non-exclusive, one-year commitment. Sign into the contributor portal now to nominate your eligible photos.
You can view the Free Collection FAQ and 2022 addendum for additional information here: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/free-collection-contributor-information.html
Thank you,
Mat Hayward
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Thank you Matt!
I have to say that this last year was absolutely good at Adobe, sales are growing up and the free section had without doubt no negative impact in my sales.
I can understand someone is angry for the new video subscription offer, I see it in the other thread, but... I think that's the market. And also I can't see any other agency so clear and respectful while talking to contributors.
Many thanks
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How do I make it so that the ones that were free last year are not renewed? I do not want to add anything to free and I do not want the old photos that I put free a year ago to be free another year
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The Photos which were for free in 2022 and Adobe wants to keep them for free in 2023: Do contributors get another time 5 USD per image?
Credit = USD?
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Oh boy... it can bring me 245 euros if I nominate them all, and if they all get chosen. Tempting, but I am definitely not gonna give away my best sellers.
I am pretty sure some of the photos nominated wouldnt make 5 euros across all agencies in one year, maybe even in few years, but one probably needs to think about
it in such a way, that the photos involved are pretty much finished when it comes to sales after the free collection period expires, and that will probably apply also to sales on other agencies. If I can ask you people, how were your photos from free collection doing on other agencies?
I only had a handful last year because my port was (and kind of still is) small, so I dont have any relevant data.
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How do I make it so that the ones that were free last year are not renewed? I do not want to add anything to free and I do not want the old photos that I put free a year ago to be free another year
If you do not want to participate again @MxR then no action is required on your part. You must opt-in to nominate your eligible photos. That includes anything that is currently available in the Free collection. Please note that next year (2023) this will be different.
-Mat Hayward
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The Photos which were for free in 2022 and Adobe wants to keep them for free in 2023: Do contributors get another time 5 USD per image?
Credit = USD?
In the 'fine print'...
Adobe will have the right to keep your content in the free collection for additional 12-month periods, subject to (1) giving you notice and an opportunity to opt out and (2) paying you an upfront payment for each additional 12-month period that your content stays in the free collection.
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The Photos which were for free in 2022 and Adobe wants to keep them for free in 2023: Do contributors get another time 5 USD per image?
Credit = USD?
Yes, if you are paid in USD in your Adobe Stock contributor account, then you will be paid $5 USD for each photo approved for the Free collection this year. That includes photos that were approved last year and are currently in the Free collection.
Thanks for the question,
Mat Hayward
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The Photos which were for free in 2022 and Adobe wants to keep them for free in 2023: Do contributors get another time 5 USD per image?
Credit = USD?
In the 'fine print'...
Adobe will have the right to keep your content in the free collection for additional 12-month periods, subject to (1) giving you notice and an opportunity to opt out and (2) paying you an upfront payment for each additional 12-month period that your content stays in the free collection.
Yes, I've called this out specifically in most, if not all of my announcement posts. The updated addendum will allow for content in the Free collection at this time next year to be automatically nominated for the Free collection again. You will have the opportunity to opt out if you so choose. If the files are approved again for the Free collection, you would receive an additional payment.
Please be sure to let me know if you have any additional questions about this.
Thank you,
Mat Hayward
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The Photos which were for free in 2022 and Adobe wants to keep them for free in 2023: Do contributors get another time 5 USD per image?
Credit = USD?
In the 'fine print'...
Adobe will have the right to keep your content in the free collection for additional 12-month periods, subject to (1) giving you notice and an opportunity to opt out and (2) paying you an upfront payment for each additional 12-month period that your content stays in the free collection.
Yes, I've called this out specifically in most, if not all of my announcement posts. The updated addendum will allow for content in the Free collection at this time next year to be automatically nominated for the Free collection again. You will have the opportunity to opt out if you so choose. If the files are approved again for the Free collection, you would receive an additional payment.
Please be sure to let me know if you have any additional questions about this.
Thank you,
Mat Hayward
There seems no possibility to denominate a photo (or nominate it for that matter) that was in the free collection last year. How to solve that?
Edit: Never mind, I just see that it's now possible to nominate or denominate them as well. Good testing guys, before the release :) But still quick action to fix the bug.
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Oh boy... it can bring me 245 euros if I nominate them all, and if they all get chosen. Tempting, but I am definitely not gonna give away my best sellers.
I am pretty sure some of the photos nominated wouldnt make 5 euros across all agencies in one year, maybe even in few years, but one probably needs to think about
it in such a way, that the photos involved are pretty much finished when it comes to sales after the free collection period expires, and that will probably apply also to sales on other agencies. If I can ask you people, how were your photos from free collection doing on other agencies?
I only had a handful last year because my port was (and kind of still is) small, so I dont have any relevant data.
I think you are right. If the photo doesn't sell anywhere else as well then it might be an interesting offer. If it sells good on other agencies it can become risky to let clients get it for free at Adobe.
So that's how I see it and act on it.
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I did a quick check on what was eligible for nomination in my portfolio and I don't understand why items that have been downloaded within the last month and have lots of downloads are eligible.
Last time around, I thought it was only things that hadn't been downloaded in a certain amount of time that were eligible.
I'm not assuming; I checked several against my recent downloads list (by hand I would add; there are no ways to see downloads by date for a given image).
Have the rules for what assets can be included changed this time?
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I'm just curious, I have 450 files eligible for free collection, but I'm pretty sure, I have more photos than that? How are eligible files selected?
Last year they selected photos that have had downloads but not more then three or something like that. Although this time around I have photos that did not have a download and was still selected.
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Hello, can you tell me if there's a way to select the images we'd like to nominate versus nominating all eligible assets? It says we can adjust individual files until the 23rd and I just wanted to make sure before I click on it that there's a way to deselect some images. Thanks so much.
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only an extension of last year's files (and only photos in my case) .. not one uploaded this year, for example?
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I did a quick check on what was eligible for nomination in my portfolio and I don't understand why items that have been downloaded within the last month and have lots of downloads are eligible.
Last time around, I thought it was only things that hadn't been downloaded in a certain amount of time that were eligible.
I'm not assuming; I checked several against my recent downloads list (by hand I would add; there are no ways to see downloads by date for a given image).
Have the rules for what assets can be included changed this time?
Yes, seems strange. Some pretty good sellers are eligible.
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...If I can ask you people, how were your photos from free collection doing on other agencies?
I only had a handful last year because my port was (and kind of still is) small, so I dont have any relevant data.
impossible to say for sure, esp'ly with large portfolios - you're asking for proof of a negative. how would you measure any influence when there are so many other factors involved? and when sales at other agencies are falling for other reasons & and sales of almost any particular image are random.
meanwhile, many of us have long maintained that sales at one agency don't affect those at other agencies & no one has offered evidence to the contrary
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How do I make it so that the ones that were free last year are not renewed? I do not want to add anything to free and I do not want the old photos that I put free a year ago to be free another year
If you do not want to participate again @MxR then no action is required on your part. You must opt-in to nominate your eligible photos. That includes anything that is currently available in the Free collection. Please note that next year (2023) this will be different.
-Mat Hayward
Thanks Matt, when I first saw the photos that were already free from the previous year I didn't see the select free tab
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Thank you! If all mine are chosen (but I know they won't be based on last year's experience), I'd get a little over $7,000. My sales never suffered last year and I'm nominating all of them. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush...
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This may have been asked already, but do the download numbers in the assets that have been free for the last year reflect all downloads or only payed downloads?
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This may have been asked already, but do the download numbers in the assets that have been free for the last year reflect all downloads or only payed downloads?
If you look at Adobe's FAQ they say that you can't see how many downloads an asset in the free section has, so I have to assume that any numbers you see are paid downloads.
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I did a quick check on what was eligible for nomination in my portfolio and I don't understand why items that have been downloaded within the last month and have lots of downloads are eligible.
Last time around, I thought it was only things that hadn't been downloaded in a certain amount of time that were eligible.
I'm not assuming; I checked several against my recent downloads list (by hand I would add; there are no ways to see downloads by date for a given image).
Have the rules for what assets can be included changed this time?
This is still the same Jo Ann. If a file was a top seller in the past 12 months it would not be eligible for nomination. In my account, I have some files eligible with hundreds of downloads in the lifetime of the image, but only a couple in the past year. The files that are eligible for nomination were determined last week, so it's likely there will be a few odd exceptions in which an image went on a download spree the past week and is still available for nomination. Please know that in those rare cases, when the nomination process is complete and the final selections are being made, those images will not be accepted. It's not in any of our best interest to pull content from the paid collection if it is trending towards consistent sales.
If you have a file or files, Jo Ann that seem to not align with what I just wrote, please send me an email with the specific file numbers and I'll look up their sales history to check them out.
Thank you,
Mat Hayward
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Hello, can you tell me if there's a way to select the images we'd like to nominate versus nominating all eligible assets? It says we can adjust individual files until the 23rd and I just wanted to make sure before I click on it that there's a way to deselect some images. Thanks so much.
Sure thing, Xirae. You can do it one of two ways. If you think you'll be nominating most eligible files, I recommend you click to nominate them all and then go through your dashboard and deselect those you do not want to include.
If you think you will be nominating a minority of what is eligible, then the process will likely be quicker to go through and click to nominate the individual files.
Let me know if you have any additional questions about this.
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
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This may have been asked already, but do the download numbers in the assets that have been free for the last year reflect all downloads or only payed downloads?
Only paid downloads are reflected in your portal statistics @wds. Downloads from the Free collection are not counted in the portal.
Thanks for the question,
Mat Hayward
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Matt,
Will selected assets count as sales towards getting a free subscription?
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Matt,
Will selected assets count as sales towards getting a free subscription?
Good question, but no. Downloads in the Free collection do not count toward your statistics.
-Mat Hayward
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Matt,
Will selected assets count as sales towards getting a free subscription?
Good question, but no. Downloads in the Free collection do not count toward your statistics.
-Mat Hayward
Not even the initial $5 sale to Adobe? It would certainly serve as a great incentive to submit more to the free collection. I submitted only a small portion of those selected. I would submit more knowing they count for at least one sale.
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Looks that we are not getting bonus for subscription anymore so it doesn't really matter.
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Happy to see that my eligible images have increased by around 50% over last year. Hopefully those accepted will also increase by 50%.
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[Downloads in the Free collection do not count toward your statistics.
-Mat Hayward
That would be my suggestion for improvement. Of course, free DLs should not count towards free subscription, but it would be helpful to know the stats. I.e I nominated photo last yr, got 5 credits, and now I see that photo had 10 free DLs over last 12 months. So maybe I would not re-nominate same photo this time around estimating it has potential to earn more as "not free". On the other side, photo with 0-5 DLs in free collection is probably good candidate for re-nomination.
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I think it helps with visibility, so I nominated a few.
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.... but it would be helpful to know the stats. I.e I nominated photo last yr, got 5 credits, and now I see that photo had 10 free DLs over last 12 months. So maybe I would not re-nominate same photo this time around estimating it has potential to earn more as "not free".....
you're assuming that 10 free DL would have translated to 10 paid DL
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you're assuming that 10 free DL would have translated to 10 paid DL
Yes, and that is big 'if'. But it would give insight how certain assets are doing & help decide if they can make more than 5 dollars over 12 months
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Is it for photos only?or also for illustration and vector?
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I did a quick check on what was eligible for nomination in my portfolio and I don't understand why items that have been downloaded within the last month and have lots of downloads are eligible.
Last time around, I thought it was only things that hadn't been downloaded in a certain amount of time that were eligible.
I'm not assuming; I checked several against my recent downloads list (by hand I would add; there are no ways to see downloads by date for a given image).
Have the rules for what assets can be included changed this time?
This is still the same Jo Ann. If a file was a top seller in the past 12 months it would not be eligible for nomination. In my account, I have some files eligible with hundreds of downloads in the lifetime of the image, but only a couple in the past year. The files that are eligible for nomination were determined last week, so it's likely there will be a few odd exceptions in which an image went on a download spree the past week and is still available for nomination. Please know that in those rare cases, when the nomination process is complete and the final selections are being made, those images will not be accepted. It's not in any of our best interest to pull content from the paid collection if it is trending towards consistent sales.
If you have a file or files, Jo Ann that seem to not align with what I just wrote, please send me an email with the specific file numbers and I'll look up their sales history to check them out.
Thank you,
Mat Hayward
Hi Mat,
several of my eligable files were only uploaded this year (2022), so they weren´t even online for 12 months... I don´t remember that being the case last year. So, did the rules (4 or less sales withing the last 12 months) change after all?
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Thanks so much for clarifying, Mat. :)
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Wasn't the last time a counter that showed you how many files you've selected?
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[Downloads in the Free collection do not count toward your statistics.
-Mat Hayward
That would be my suggestion for improvement. Of course, free DLs should not count towards free subscription, but it would be helpful to know the stats. I.e I nominated photo last yr, got 5 credits, and now I see that photo had 10 free DLs over last 12 months. So maybe I would not re-nominate same photo this time around estimating it has potential to earn more as "not free". On the other side, photo with 0-5 DLs in free collection is probably good candidate for re-nomination.
Where do you see that stats that shows the number of free downloads an asset has gotten?
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So, did the rules (4 or less sales withing the last 12 months) change after all?
There rule absolutely did change. I have images up for selection to the free gallery with just one or even 0 sales and not just a few, but actually several hundreds.
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So, did the rules (4 or less sales withing the last 12 months) change after all?
There rule absolutely did change. I have images up for selection to the free gallery with just one or even 0 sales and not just a few, but actually several hundreds.
Hi Firn,
Can you confirm if they had several hundred downloads in the past 12 months? Most likely, as in my account, the vast majority of those downloads happened more than a year ago. If I'm mistaken, please email me the file number(s) directly so I can take a look: [email protected]
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
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[Downloads in the Free collection do not count toward your statistics.
-Mat Hayward
That would be my suggestion for improvement. Of course, free DLs should not count towards free subscription, but it would be helpful to know the stats. I.e I nominated photo last yr, got 5 credits, and now I see that photo had 10 free DLs over last 12 months. So maybe I would not re-nominate same photo this time around estimating it has potential to earn more as "not free". On the other side, photo with 0-5 DLs in free collection is probably good candidate for re-nomination.
Where do you see that stats that shows the number of free downloads an asset has gotten?
Download statistics from the Free collection are not available.
-Mat Hayward
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I did a quick check on what was eligible for nomination in my portfolio and I don't understand why items that have been downloaded within the last month and have lots of downloads are eligible.
Last time around, I thought it was only things that hadn't been downloaded in a certain amount of time that were eligible.
I'm not assuming; I checked several against my recent downloads list (by hand I would add; there are no ways to see downloads by date for a given image).
Have the rules for what assets can be included changed this time?
This is still the same Jo Ann. If a file was a top seller in the past 12 months it would not be eligible for nomination. In my account, I have some files eligible with hundreds of downloads in the lifetime of the image, but only a couple in the past year. The files that are eligible for nomination were determined last week, so it's likely there will be a few odd exceptions in which an image went on a download spree the past week and is still available for nomination. Please know that in those rare cases, when the nomination process is complete and the final selections are being made, those images will not be accepted. It's not in any of our best interest to pull content from the paid collection if it is trending towards consistent sales.
If you have a file or files, Jo Ann that seem to not align with what I just wrote, please send me an email with the specific file numbers and I'll look up their sales history to check them out.
Thank you,
Mat Hayward
Hi Mat,
several of my eligable files were only uploaded this year (2022), so they weren´t even online for 12 months... I don´t remember that being the case last year. So, did the rules (4 or less sales withing the last 12 months) change after all?
No changes in the selection process that I am aware of. Do those new files have a large number of downloads?
-Mat Hayward
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So, did the rules (4 or less sales withing the last 12 months) change after all?
There rule absolutely did change. I have images up for selection to the free gallery with just one or even 0 sales and not just a few, but actually several hundreds.
Hi Firn,
Can you confirm if they had several hundred downloads in the past 12 months? Most likely, as in my account, the vast majority of those downloads happened more than a year ago. If I'm mistaken, please email me the file number(s) directly so I can take a look: [email protected]
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
No, Mat, you misunderstood, or maybe I worded it poorly, sorry: I meant that I have several hundred images up for selection that only had one download or no download at all. And last year no imges with zero downloads were nominated, but are nominated now, so something has changed in the nomination process, at least for me.
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So, did the rules (4 or less sales withing the last 12 months) change after all?
There rule absolutely did change. I have images up for selection to the free gallery with just one or even 0 sales and not just a few, but actually several hundreds.
Hi Firn,
Can you confirm if they had several hundred downloads in the past 12 months? Most likely, as in my account, the vast majority of those downloads happened more than a year ago. If I'm mistaken, please email me the file number(s) directly so I can take a look: [email protected]
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
No, Mat, you misunderstood, or maybe I worded it poorly, sorry: I meant that I have several hundred images up for selection that only had one download or no download at all. And last year no imges with zero downloads were nominated, but are nominated now, so something has changed in the nomination process, at least for me.
Oh, got it. I don't know what the exact criteria is to qualify other than they cannot be assets with good sales in the past 12 months. It sounds like your eligible files meet that criteria.
-Mat Hayward
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photos selected only. will there be a selection round-2 again?
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Oh, got it. I don't know what the exact criteria is to qualify other than they cannot be assets with good sales in the past 12 months. It sounds like your eligible files meet that criteria.
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So, did the rules (4 or less sales withing the last 12 months) change after all?
There rule absolutely did change. I have images up for selection to the free gallery with just one or even 0 sales and not just a few, but actually several hundreds.
Hi Firn,
Can you confirm if they had several hundred downloads in the past 12 months? Most likely, as in my account, the vast majority of those downloads happened more than a year ago. If I'm mistaken, please email me the file number(s) directly so I can take a look: [email protected]
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
No, Mat, you misunderstood, or maybe I worded it poorly, sorry: I meant that I have several hundred images up for selection that only had one download or no download at all. And last year no imges with zero downloads were nominated, but are nominated now, so something has changed in the nomination process, at least for me.
Oh, got it. I don't know what the exact criteria is to qualify other than they cannot be assets with good sales in the past 12 months. It sounds like your eligible files meet that criteria.
-Mat Hayward
I think it's strange to that photos without any downloads are being nominated. How is Adobe deciding that a photo without any download is nominable?
Did we miss a sale or does Adobe see lots of views (which we don't know of) that would make the photo interesting for their free collection?
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...I have images up for selection to the free gallery with just one or even 0 sales and not just a few, but actually several hundreds.
... I meant that I have several hundred images up for selection that only had one download or no download at all. And last year no imges with zero downloads were nominated, but are nominated now, so something has changed in the nomination process, at least for me.
I have a few 0 download images that are eligible for nomination and I can't guess why they would be included - not uploaded in the past year. Most 0 download images are not included.
I have two recently uploaded images, each with 2 downloads. The one uploaded Feb 15th is eligible but the one uploaded March 7th is not.
This has no bearing on my decision - I do not wish to offer my images for free - but I think there are some very odd choices the system has made.
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Matt, You confirmed that downloads of free images do not count towards getting a free subscription. But if I have 100 images accepted and Adobe pays $5 for each of those images, would it count as 100 sales toward a free subscription?
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I did a quick check on what was eligible for nomination in my portfolio and I don't understand why items that have been downloaded within the last month and have lots of downloads are eligible.
Last time around, I thought it was only things that hadn't been downloaded in a certain amount of time that were eligible.
I'm not assuming; I checked several against my recent downloads list (by hand I would add; there are no ways to see downloads by date for a given image).
Have the rules for what assets can be included changed this time?
This is still the same Jo Ann. If a file was a top seller in the past 12 months it would not be eligible for nomination. In my account, I have some files eligible with hundreds of downloads in the lifetime of the image, but only a couple in the past year. The files that are eligible for nomination were determined last week, so it's likely there will be a few odd exceptions in which an image went on a download spree the past week and is still available for nomination. Please know that in those rare cases, when the nomination process is complete and the final selections are being made, those images will not be accepted. It's not in any of our best interest to pull content from the paid collection if it is trending towards consistent sales.
If you have a file or files, Jo Ann that seem to not align with what I just wrote, please send me an email with the specific file numbers and I'll look up their sales history to check them out.
Thank you,
Mat Hayward
Hi Mat,
several of my eligable files were only uploaded this year (2022), so they weren´t even online for 12 months... I don´t remember that being the case last year. So, did the rules (4 or less sales withing the last 12 months) change after all?
No changes in the selection process that I am aware of. Do those new files have a large number of downloads?
-Mat Hayward
No, they have less than 4 downloads - but they are only online 5 months or less. I was under the impression that they needed to be online at least 1 year to be eligable.
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Matt, You confirmed that downloads of free images do not count towards getting a free subscription. But if I have 100 images accepted and Adobe pays $5 for each of those images, would it count as 100 sales toward a free subscription?
No, the Free program has no connection to the bonus program in any way.
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
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Matt, You confirmed that downloads of free images do not count towards getting a free subscription. But if I have 100 images accepted and Adobe pays $5 for each of those images, would it count as 100 sales toward a free subscription?
If you get $500 use that to pay for the annual sub
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First of all, I would like to thank Mat for the good information and communication. I appreciate it very much!
Nevertheless, the alarm bells generally go off when I read the word "free". Because in my view, it triggers completely the wrong thoughts in the minds of customers.
I have 1,485 files at AS.
For the free collection, 160 files are eligible - just under 11% of all my files. So if all 160 files were selected by Adobe, I could - theoretically - get $800. However, probably only a small portion of them would be selected. I don't know, of course, but it would bring maybe $200 if I released the images for the free collection.
My RPD at AS is $1.17.
Of the 160 files, there is not one with 0 downloads. The image with the most downloads has been purchased 115 times. Together, the 160 images have sold 865 times so far (which is actually 2% of my total downloads - so AS picked really poorly performing images). The revenue for the 160 images so far is $1,012 - calculation based on my average RPD. From May 08 to June 08, these images brought $41.50. If I extrapolate that, I come up with $500 in a year for these files.
One should really think about whether this is worth it, from my point of view. Especially since a couple of the images suggested by AS have counterparts in my portfolio that might not get bought then either. And some of the images are doing quite well at other agencies. Maybe they would not be bought there anymore, if they are available for free at AS.
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@Mat,
Three final questions if I may:
1) How come some photos without any downloads are eligible?
2) How come some photos that were recently uploaded are eligible?
3) In the addendum in point 10 it says:
"For Works first placed in the Free Collection after the Effective Date: before a Free Period expires, Adobe will give you prior notice and an opportunity to opt-out of including Works in the Free Collection during the next Renewal Period;"
Does this mean that Adobe can keep it in the free collection as long as you do not fully opt-out of the free collection or are we still able to select and de-select individual photos that have been in the free collection in the previous period? Because I read it as you can only fully opt-out if you do not want a certain photo to be in the free collection anymore after the period expires.
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@Mat,
Three final questions if I may:
1) How come some photos without any downloads are eligible?
2) How come some photos that were recently uploaded are eligible?
3) In the addendum in point 10 it says:
"For Works first placed in the Free Collection after the Effective Date: before a Free Period expires, Adobe will give you prior notice and an opportunity to opt-out of including Works in the Free Collection during the next Renewal Period;"
Does this mean that Adobe can keep it in the free collection as long as you do not fully opt-out of the free collection or are we still able to select and de-select individual photos that have been in the free collection in the previous period? Because I read it as you can only fully opt-out if you do not want a certain photo to be in the free collection anymore after the period expires.
Thanks for the questions. I don't have insight available to share as to the specific selection process for what makes an image eligible or not. That takes care of questions 1 and 2. Sorry, I know it's not what you want to hear, but I dont have any information to share on this and I do not anticipate that changing.
Yes, your interpretation of the updated addendum is correct. If an asset is approved for the Free collection this year, by default it will be opted in for nomination to be considered for the Free collection next year. If approved again, another payment would result automatically. You will have the opportunity to "un-nominate" all or some eligible files for a reasonable time period that will be specified at a later date but unlike this year, that will be a manual process on your end. If you want to keep the files eligible, then no action would be required.
-Mat Hayward
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@Mat,
Three final questions if I may:
1) How come some photos without any downloads are eligible?
2) How come some photos that were recently uploaded are eligible?
3) In the addendum in point 10 it says:
"For Works first placed in the Free Collection after the Effective Date: before a Free Period expires, Adobe will give you prior notice and an opportunity to opt-out of including Works in the Free Collection during the next Renewal Period;"
Does this mean that Adobe can keep it in the free collection as long as you do not fully opt-out of the free collection or are we still able to select and de-select individual photos that have been in the free collection in the previous period? Because I read it as you can only fully opt-out if you do not want a certain photo to be in the free collection anymore after the period expires.
Thanks for the questions. I don't have insight available to share as to the specific selection process for what makes an image eligible or not. That takes care of questions 1 and 2. Sorry, I know it's not what you want to hear, but I dont have any information to share on this and I do not anticipate that changing.
Yes, your interpretation of the updated addendum is correct. If an asset is approved for the Free collection this year, by default it will be opted in for nomination to be considered for the Free collection next year. If approved again, another payment would result automatically. You will have the opportunity to "un-nominate" all or some eligible files for a reasonable time period that will be specified at a later date but unlike this year, that will be a manual process on your end. If you want to keep the files eligible, then no action would be required.
-Mat Hayward
Thanks for the answers. Pitty we cannot have insight and understanding on the first two but they are not so important anyway, just strange.
Just for all clarity because maybe I was not clear.
If I have 100 photos I would nominate now and they all get accepted then next year, by default, they will be nominated again. Which is fine. But let's say I want 90 to continue and 10 not. Will I be able to deselect those 10 images only and let the other 90 go through? Or is my only option, to prevent those 10 photos from going to the free collection again, opting out all together of the free collection? So then none of my images will go to the free collection and none will receive the 5 credit payment.
So, does this sentence: "opportunity to opt-out of including Works in the Free Collection during the next Renewal Period" applies to single/individual photos or the option to make use of this program as a whole?
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@Mat,
Three final questions if I may:
1) How come some photos without any downloads are eligible?
2) How come some photos that were recently uploaded are eligible?
3) In the addendum in point 10 it says:
"For Works first placed in the Free Collection after the Effective Date: before a Free Period expires, Adobe will give you prior notice and an opportunity to opt-out of including Works in the Free Collection during the next Renewal Period;"
Does this mean that Adobe can keep it in the free collection as long as you do not fully opt-out of the free collection or are we still able to select and de-select individual photos that have been in the free collection in the previous period? Because I read it as you can only fully opt-out if you do not want a certain photo to be in the free collection anymore after the period expires.
Thanks for the questions. I don't have insight available to share as to the specific selection process for what makes an image eligible or not. That takes care of questions 1 and 2. Sorry, I know it's not what you want to hear, but I dont have any information to share on this and I do not anticipate that changing.
Yes, your interpretation of the updated addendum is correct. If an asset is approved for the Free collection this year, by default it will be opted in for nomination to be considered for the Free collection next year. If approved again, another payment would result automatically. You will have the opportunity to "un-nominate" all or some eligible files for a reasonable time period that will be specified at a later date but unlike this year, that will be a manual process on your end. If you want to keep the files eligible, then no action would be required.
-Mat Hayward
Thanks for the answers. Pitty we cannot have insight and understanding on the first two but they are not so important anyway, just strange.
Just for all clarity because maybe I was not clear.
If I have 100 photos I would nominate now and they all get accepted then next year, by default, they will be nominated again. Which is fine. But let's say I want 90 to continue and 10 not. Will I be able to deselect those 10 images only and let the other 90 go through? Or is my only option, to prevent those 10 photos from going to the free collection again, opting out all together of the free collection? So then none of my images will go to the free collection and none will receive the 5 credit payment.
So, does this sentence: "opportunity to opt-out of including Works in the Free Collection during the next Renewal Period" applies to single/individual photos or the option to make use of this program as a whole?
You would be able to opt out the 10 photos you do not want to be nominated for consideration while leaving the remaining 90 as nominated for consideration.
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
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Dear Mat, thank you. Everything is clear. Have a great day! ;)
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You would be able to opt out the 10 photos you do not want to be nominated for consideration while leaving the remaining 90 as nominated for consideration.
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
Thanks again for clearing that up.
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Matt
A suggestion for consideration. Adobe could introduce free photos for free subscriptions. In exchange for an X amount of new exclusive accepted submissions, a contributor gets a free subscription. Adobe becomes the copyrights owner and such photos are not linked to the photographer unless the photographer opts in to have them visible in their portfolio. 20 photos per year seem a fair number to me.
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Matt
A suggestion for consideration. Adobe could introduce free photos for free subscriptions. In exchange for an X amount of new exclusive accepted submissions, a contributor gets a free subscription. Adobe becomes the copyrights owner and such photos are not linked to the photographer unless the photographer opts in to have them visible in their portfolio. 20 photos per year seem a fair number to me.
Thanks for the suggestion. We are not interested in taking over the copyright of the work of photographers however.
Keep in mind, if you have 20 photos approved for Free, we would pay you $100 (assuming you are paid in USD). The cost of the Creative Cloud Photography plan is $9.99 so you could use that $100 to pay for the first 10 months of the subscription. If you had 24 files approved for the Free collection, you could pay for the entire year. This way, the many thousands of contributors who have already received a complimentary Creative Cloud for their successful contribution to Adobe Stock can choose to spend the money they receive on something else.
Thanks again,
Mat Hayward
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Keep in mind, if you have 20 photos approved for Free, we would pay you $100 (assuming you are paid in USD). The cost of the Creative Cloud Photography plan is $9.99 so you could use that $100 to pay for the first 10 months of the subscription. If you had 24 files approved for the Free collection, you could pay for the entire year. This way, the many thousands of contributors who have already received a complimentary Creative Cloud for their successful contribution to Adobe Stock can choose to spend the money they receive on something else.
Thanks again,
Mat Hayward
So does this means there will not be any CC bonus program this year?
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Keep in mind, if you have 20 photos approved for Free, we would pay you $100 (assuming you are paid in USD). The cost of the Creative Cloud Photography plan is $9.99 so you could use that $100 to pay for the first 10 months of the subscription. If you had 24 files approved for the Free collection, you could pay for the entire year. This way, the many thousands of contributors who have already received a complimentary Creative Cloud for their successful contribution to Adobe Stock can choose to spend the money they receive on something else.
Thanks again,
Mat Hayward
I do not like the concept of my assets being available for free and would rather give 20 new ones and keep it a secret. Assets selected by Adobe have in common that they already sell, on this and or other sites. With the current selecton process for the free collection, clients who paid for an image and subsequently see it for free, that does not result into happy customers. By building the free collection from fresh exclusive images, this would be avoided. If I get paid $500 for 100 images, that is because Adobe will make money also, without taking much risks, they are safe bets. Adobe could take risks with the free collection.
I got free subscriptions and used Adobe during that period. Last year,
I did not qualify and reverted to using other software. Getting a free subscription served as a great incentive to grow and promote my Adobe portfolio and to use the suite. That made me a defacto brand ambassador. If I was to buy an Adobe subscription, I would look at the special offers I receive from various sources. Adobe does not have a discount rate for its contributors. Maybe something to consider.
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Keep in mind, if you have 20 photos approved for Free, we would pay you $100 (assuming you are paid in USD). The cost of the Creative Cloud Photography plan is $9.99 so you could use that $100 to pay for the first 10 months of the subscription. If you had 24 files approved for the Free collection, you could pay for the entire year. This way, the many thousands of contributors who have already received a complimentary Creative Cloud for their successful contribution to Adobe Stock can choose to spend the money they receive on something else.
Thanks again,
Mat Hayward
So does this means there will not be any CC bonus program this year?
That's not at all what he said.
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That's not at all what he said.
No... he said that we can spend our money on CC, among other things. Truly enlightening.
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Keep in mind, if you have 20 photos approved for Free, we would pay you $100 (assuming you are paid in USD). The cost of the Creative Cloud Photography plan is $9.99 so you could use that $100 to pay for the first 10 months of the subscription. If you had 24 files approved for the Free collection, you could pay for the entire year. This way, the many thousands of contributors who have already received a complimentary Creative Cloud for their successful contribution to Adobe Stock can choose to spend the money they receive on something else.
Thanks again,
Mat Hayward
So does this means there will not be any CC bonus program this year?
I don't have any information on a 2022 bonus program available yet. As soon as I do, I'll be posting in MSG for sure.
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
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Happy to see this coming again. Last year money i got Was real financial help for me and fact that it's basically "renting" assets for a year is really fair offer for contributors. Fact that I'm in control of my own work is refreshing in sea of agencies basically taking advantage of our hard work. I got a lot for my free asset last year and my downloads did not suffer. Adobe is my best performed agency since then. Thank you Adobe for not being greedy towards us like others are.
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Its a little hard to judge how much our earnings were affected as hard to compare. Previous years no free images for subscribers. What has happened im sure is Adobe Stock picked up a load of new subscribers. They arent paying $5 out of the kindness of their hearts. I do believe everyone kind of wins here. I only saw sales go up in the last year and I believe Adobe Stock is killing it now. Its a genius plan
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Many thanks to everyone who nominated eligible photos. The nomination process is now closed and in the hands of the team reviewing the files for approval. I'll keep you updated as I learn when that will be finalized.
-Mat Hayward
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Thanks Mat & Adobe! It's great that there is still one company left that values its contributors.
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Can't wait for results. Last year I got selected 54 from about 600. And my sales haven't suffered at all, I'm making about 30% more this year than last year. This year I have eligible 451 photos.
One question, will this year also be more waves, or is this one time thing?
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Can't wait for results. Last year I got selected 54 from about 600. And my sales haven't suffered at all, I'm making about 30% more this year than last year. This year I have eligible 451 photos.
One question, will this year also be more waves, or is this one time thing?
I can't say for sure right now with photos. I expect another wave with vector files down the road when the 12 month anniversary comes up for those. I'll be sure to post information when I have it available.
Thanks,
Mat
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Matt, when can we expect the first batch to be approved? This month's sales is down the drain and some extra funds would be great to begin the summer slump.
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Matt, when can we expect the first batch to be approved? This month's sales is down the drain and some extra funds would be great to begin the summer slump.
Same question here. It's been 4 days since the images eligible went in for review. Is there any date we should expect some extra bucks?
Thanks!
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Selections are happening. I nominated seven images (big total, I know), and one was selected two weeks ago.
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Matt, when can we expect the first batch to be approved? This month's sales is down the drain and some extra funds would be great to begin the summer slump.
Same question here. It's been 4 days since the images eligible went in for review. Is there any date we should expect some extra bucks?
Thanks!
You'll be the first to know! As per the terms, it will happen within 30 days.
Thanks for your patience,
Mat Hayward
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It seems I got 4 selected so far, I got 58 total in free section, 54 from last year and 4 from this batch.
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Well, that was quick 8) not a lot for first batch, but better than nothing.
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Ok, I just got money for 34 assets
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Just received a payment for 58 images.
Some new images to the free collection are showing as "Free" while others show "Free" + In Review. Not sure if this means another payment maybe due if the ones in review are also accepted.
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Had a number of photos accepted which is nice. The number of photos I have in the 'free' collection is more than the money credited. Is this because some of the photos from last year haven't dropped out of the collection as yet because a full year isn't up for them?
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Had a number of photos accepted which is nice. The number of photos I have in the 'free' collection is more than the money credited. Is this because some of the photos from last year haven't dropped out of the collection as yet because a full year isn't up for them?
Yes, this process is ongoing at this time everyone and should be completed later today. By now, if you had photos approved for the Free collection, you should see a payment has been added. This payment is not recorded in your sales statistics however, it is only seen in your actual balance.
When you view your portfolio at this moment, many of you are still seeing content that was previously accepted along with the newly accepted content. The files that were in the Free collection last year, but are not accepted this year are in the process of being removed and should be back in the paid collection sometime today.
You will receive an email tomorrow that explains exactly how many files were approved. Congratulations to everyone who had images approved, thank you very much for your participation. I'll be checking in periodically to answer any questions you may have.
Thank you,
Mat Hayward
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Thanks Mat. Can we expect more waves of approvals for the Free section ?
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Thanks Mat. That was very helpful.
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Great stuff. Thanks Mat.
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I think it's live now, I got the money I can't account for with downloads.
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Thanks Mat. Can we expect more waves of approvals for the Free section ?
I can't say for sure whether more photos will be approved this year or not.
The process of removing the content previously in the Free collection that was either not approved again this year, or not nominated is now complete. The easiest way to see the selected files is to view your public facing portfolio page and filter by Free.
As mentioned, you'll soon receive an email that confirms the number of files that were accepted and the payment amount you received.
Thanks everyone!
Mat Hayward
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Had about 150 accepted today. That was a nice surprise for the day.
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How is this free photos good for us and Adobe's business? Just curious how it can increase overall revenue for Adobe and us contributors. I have a bunch of photos approved already.
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Thanks Mat. Can we expect more waves of approvals for the Free section ?
I can't say for sure whether more photos will be approved this year or not.
The process of removing the content previously in the Free collection that was either not approved again this year, or not nominated is now complete. The easiest way to see the selected files is to view your public facing portfolio page and filter by Free.
As mentioned, you'll soon receive an email that confirms the number of files that were accepted and the payment amount you received.
Thanks everyone!
Mat Hayward
What I would be very interested in, Mat: did you offer pictures for the free selection yourself?
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You can see Mat's free section here:
https://stock.adobe.com/search/free?creator_id=19000
Even a free Mat :)
https://stock.adobe.com/images/portrait-of-an-old-mature-man-with-his-arms-crossed-and-a-stern-expression-on-bearded-face/389537689
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52 selected so far.
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You can see Mat's free section here:
https://stock.adobe.com/search/free?creator_id=19000
Even a free Mat :)
https://stock.adobe.com/images/portrait-of-an-old-mature-man-with-his-arms-crossed-and-a-stern-expression-on-bearded-face/389537689
Ha Ha! That image has actually done OK in the past. For the record, I used the neural filter in Photoshop to significantly advance the appearance of my age! :)
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From 36 nominated files…they took 1…can‘t even see the five dollars yet?
I have to say I am a bit confused, why suggest so many files?
Well, guess I am doomed to make money with the other files. :)
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I never nominated any files... how does it works?
Like if I nominate 100 files will they take all 100 or will they choose from the nomination?
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I never nominated any files... how does it works?
Like if I nominate 100 files will they take all 100 or will they choose from the nomination?
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/free-collection-contributor-information.html
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I nominated all possible files (about 451), 34 were selected, last year it was 54 from about 630
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Oh, ok, so they are very selective, didn‘t realize that. Thank you for the info.
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I received an email that says:
You have assets accepted for the free collection
Dear Xxxx,
We are sending this email to let you know that we’ve accepted 100 asset(s) you nominated for the Adobe Stock free collection.
Congratulations! We’ve added an upfront payment of £500 to your overall earnings balance.* (Please note, that there won't be an itemized entry for the free assets.)
Questions?
Reach out to our support team.
Regards,
The Adobe Stock team
* Please note: The numbers in this email are approximate; check your earnings statistics for exact numbers.
Please note that "100 asset(s)" and "£500" are fictitious because I do not wish to publish my real data, however the proportion is correct.
I believe there are a couple of problems here:
1) £500 should read $500 (ok, this is just a typo);
2) Some of us - depending on geographic location - are being shortchanged (again), as the actual amount paid for each photo (worth $5) is £3.75, while at the current exchange rate it should be about £4.14. A 10% difference!
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As I understand they said, they will pay you in whatever currency you are using. I was paid in euros, as usual.
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As I understand they said, they will pay you in whatever currency you are using. I was paid in euros, as usual.
You're lucky, as they pay you $1 = €1 which is more than the real exchange, while $1 = £3.75 is less.
This is an ongoing issue which Fotolia first and Adobe now have no intention of fixing.
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Honestyl, I don't have a clue what youre talking about.
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Honestyl, I don't have a clue what youre talking about.
No problem, you don't have to worry actually. It's only an issue for those being paid in pounds, since Adobe applies a wrong (and highly unfavorable) currency exchange rate from dollars to pounds.
For those being paid in euro, it's the other way around: Adobe applies a wrong (but slightly favourable) currency exchange rate by considering one dollar = one euro.
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Oh, ok, so they are very selective, didn‘t realize that. Thank you for the info.
Yeah, they don't want just files with low sales, they want files with potential.
I only submitted files with low total sales across all agencies, with no potential in my opinion. No surprise that only 2 were selected.
Allowing more to be given away for free, is like sawing off the branch you are sitting on.
There is no free $5 lunch!
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Well I see no change at all in the status of my submitted photos for the free collection. I guess it is 'America first'? ;)
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The current size of the free collection is much lower than it was in April 2022 (when it was 1,054,293 items including 817,193 photos). Not sure if this will grow again, but it's now just over 765k total with 544k photos.
A number of the large initial contributors to the free collection - Wavebreak, Pressmaster, Wirestock, Rawpixel, Freepik for example - have reduced or eliminated their free content
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Oh, ok, so they are very selective, didn‘t realize that. Thank you for the info.
Yeah, they don't want just files with low sales, they want files with potential.
I only submitted files with low total sales across all agencies, with no potential in my opinion. No surprise that only 2 were selected.
Allowing more to be given away for free, is like sawing off the branch you are sitting on.
There is no free $5 lunch!
If sawing the branch means best month in 2 years, I don't mind more branch sawing.
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Oh, ok, so they are very selective, didn‘t realize that. Thank you for the info.
Yeah, they don't want just files with low sales, they want files with potential.
I only submitted files with low total sales across all agencies, with no potential in my opinion. No surprise that only 2 were selected.
Allowing more to be given away for free, is like sawing off the branch you are sitting on.
There is no free $5 lunch!
If sawing the branch means best month in 2 years, I don't mind more branch sawing.
You may now have a branch, but also broken legs. Congrats! :D
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You can buIIshit whatever you want, all I know is, my earnings in the last 12 months are my best 12 months I had at Adobe.
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Hi Mat!!!
Just a few comments:
1) I still haven't received a confirmation email for free collection nominees, although, in my portfolio, I see a huge number of files eligible for the free collection;
2) There is no way I can remove a file from selected eligible collection nominees at my Dashboard, - is this a bug?
Many thanks!
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When does the review process end? I’ve had a few images selected but several are still in review. Just curious when the review is over. Thanks!
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Still two questions for Mat/Adobe:
- to download the pictures that are free, do you need a (paid) account with Adobe?
- are there any restrictions what you can do with these images? For example can downloaders use them commercially?
To late anyway now because we submitted them (or not) and there is no way back. But still curious.
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Still two questions for Mat/Adobe:
- to download the pictures that are free, do you need a (paid) account with Adobe?
- are there any restrictions what you can do with these images? For example can downloaders use them commercially?
To late anyway now because we submitted them (or not) and there is no way back. But still curious.
I am not Mat, but I can answer that question. Yes, you need an account, if you click on the license button on a free image it askes you to log into your account.
The licence type for the free images is a "standard" licence, as it says under each free image. The images can be used commercially. They standart licence allows the following usage:
-Unlimited web views
-Use the asset in email marketing, mobile advertising, social media, or a broadcast program
-Can modify the asset
-Up to 500,000 copies or views of the asset
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Still two questions for Mat/Adobe:
- to download the pictures that are free, do you need a (paid) account with Adobe?
- are there any restrictions what you can do with these images? For example can downloaders use them commercially?
To late anyway now because we submitted them (or not) and there is no way back. But still curious.
I am not Mat, but I can answer that question. Yes, you need an account, if you click on the license button on a free image it askes you to log into your account.
The licence type for the free images is a "standard" licence, as it says under each free image. The images can be used commercially. They standart licence allows the following usage:
-Unlimited web views
-Use the asset in email marketing, mobile advertising, social media, or a broadcast program
-Can modify the asset
-Up to 500,000 copies or views of the asset
Thanks for the info. Could have looked that up myself obviously. Lazy me :)
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@mat Any chance you can throw in one of your nice shirts when the next batch of free images are under review?
Matt, when can we expect the first batch to be approved? This month's sales is down the drain and some extra funds would be great to begin the summer slump.
Same question here. It's been 4 days since the images eligible went in for review. Is there any date we should expect some extra bucks?
Thanks!
You'll be the first to know! As per the terms, it will happen within 30 days.
Thanks for your patience,
Mat Hayward
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Hi Mat!!!
Just a few comments:
1) I still haven't received a confirmation email for free collection nominees, although, in my portfolio, I see a huge number of files eligible for the free collection;
Same.
With the addition that I nominated the files, but so far none seem to be selected, in stark difference to the year before. Also no confirmation email. Hm.
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Hi Mat!!!
Just a few comments:
1) I still haven't received a confirmation email for free collection nominees, although, in my portfolio, I see a huge number of files eligible for the free collection;
Same.
With the addition that I nominated the files, but so far none seem to be selected, in stark difference to the year before. Also no confirmation email. Hm.
...sorry, but authors do not nominate the files by themselves, Adobe does... we just approve or disapprove... My problem is I can't remove any files from this eligible free collection... Last year it was possible, now not!!! :)
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...sorry, but authors do not nominate the files by themselves, Adobe does... we just approve or disapprove... My problem is I can't remove any files from this eligible free collection... Last year it was possible, now not!!! :)
They tell us which files are eligible for us to nominate them. We nominate from that selection and then they approve our nominated files or not.
"Eligible for free" only means that you may (or may not) nominate those files. If you don't nominate them, they remain "eligible", but they are not considered by Adobe.
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...sorry, but authors do not nominate the files by themselves, Adobe does... we just approve or disapprove... My problem is I can't remove any files from this eligible free collection... Last year it was possible, now not!!! :)
They tell us which files are eligible for us to nominate them. We nominate from that selection and then they approve our nominated files or not.
"Eligible for free" only means that you may (or may not) nominate those files. If you don't nominate them, they remain "eligible", but they are not considered by Adobe.
...no, last year was done differently, - Adobe first picks up eligible files and marks them eligible, then the contributor has to remove if he/she wants certain files out from this selection (there was only one action available for contributor to remove a file if any, I removed just a couple), then Adobe reviews the eligible collection and selects only a few, the best ones... In my case, last year, Adobe picked up only about 100 files from a few thousands, a ratio was 1:20 I guess... So, now, my problem is that I can not anymore remove any files from the eligible collection, there is no such action available... I think it is a bug... and that was and still is my question to Mat!
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...sorry, but authors do not nominate the files by themselves, Adobe does... we just approve or disapprove... My problem is I can't remove any files from this eligible free collection... Last year it was possible, now not!!! :)
They tell us which files are eligible for us to nominate them. We nominate from that selection and then they approve our nominated files or not.
"Eligible for free" only means that you may (or may not) nominate those files. If you don't nominate them, they remain "eligible", but they are not considered by Adobe.
...no, last year was done differently, - Adobe first picks up eligible files and marks them eligible, then the contributor has to remove if he/she wants certain files out from this selection (there was only one action available for contributor to remove a file if any, I removed just a couple), then Adobe reviews the eligible collection and selects only a few, the best ones... In my case, last year, Adobe picked up only about 100 files from a few thousands, a ratio was 1:20 I guess... So, now, my problem is that I can not anymore remove any files from the eligible collection, there is no such action available... I think it is a bug... and that was and still is my question to Mat!
No, it was the same last year. You had a deadline till when you could add or remove images that are eligible for the free collection. I think it was something like the 27th of June this year. After this you cannot add or remove images anymore.
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OK, now I understood the problem! The window for free-collection selection is already closed, it was very short, ~2 weeks...
I did not do any actions, because I did not know about it, was no any announcements, no emails...
There is an option "eligible" available in my dashboard, I have now no idea whether my eligible files were/are considered for Adobe's review or not...
In any case, I am fine... if now no files are in the free collection, they will generate over the year I am sure at least the same amount if not more in revenue... But in general, I am confused, last year was everything more clear done...
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Honestyl, I don't have a clue what youre talking about.
No problem, you don't have to worry actually. It's only an issue for those being paid in pounds, since Adobe applies a wrong (and highly unfavorable) currency exchange rate from dollars to pounds.
For those being paid in euro, it's the other way around: Adobe applies a wrong (but slightly favourable) currency exchange rate by considering one dollar = one euro.
Well at this time 1$ = 1€ anyway.
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Hi Everyone,
You will soon see the toggle switch for "in review" files removed. This is for files that you had nominated for consideration into the Free collection, but were not accepted during the recent 2022 wave. I have confirmed there will be no additional waves of approvals for photos from the current group of nominated files.
Let me know if you have any questions,
Mat Hayward
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Hi Everyone,
You will soon see the toggle switch for "in review" files removed. This is for files that you had nominated for consideration into the Free collection, but were not accepted during the recent 2022 wave. I have confirmed there will be no additional waves of approvals for photos from the current group of nominated files.
Let me know if you have any questions,
Mat Hayward
Does that mean that all photos that have the status "in review" were not selected, and more importantly, will not be selected, by Adobe and will go back into your normal portfolio?
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I nominated a few of mine and just tried to check but the Adobe page only partially loads. I can see my photos but I get circling blue arrows under downloads, earnings, and 12-week trend.
I tried a few times, different browsers, and they have been circling for several minutes. Anyone else have this issue? If my nominations are live, I can't see them.
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Hi Everyone,
You will soon see the toggle switch for "in review" files removed. This is for files that you had nominated for consideration into the Free collection, but were not accepted during the recent 2022 wave. I have confirmed there will be no additional waves of approvals for photos from the current group of nominated files.
Let me know if you have any questions,
Mat Hayward
Does that mean that all photos that have the status "in review" were not selected by Adobe and will go back into your normal portfolio?
Those files were already in your "normal portfolio." They will remain there. The only difference you'll see is the toggle switch indicating they are "in review" will be removed.
Thanks,
Mat
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So there will not be a second wave this year like last year?
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Hi Everyone,
You will soon see the toggle switch for "in review" files removed. This is for files that you had nominated for consideration into the Free collection, but were not accepted during the recent 2022 wave. I have confirmed there will be no additional waves of approvals for photos from the current group of nominated files.
Let me know if you have any questions,
Mat Hayward
Does that mean that all photos that have the status "in review" were not selected by Adobe and will go back into your normal portfolio?
Those files were already in your "normal portfolio." They will remain there. The only difference you'll see is the toggle switch indicating they are "in review" will be removed.
Thanks,
Mat
Thanks Mat for answering.
But thanks Adobe for nothing that none of my submitted photos were selected then. Maybe for the better :)
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So there will not be a second wave this year like last year?
That is correct.
-Mat Hayward
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Just wondering.
Anyone else got zero photos selected by Adobe in this 2022 wave? Or am I the only poor sucker?
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Just wondering.
Anyone else got zero photos selected by Adobe in this 2022 wave? Or am I the only poor sucker?
Of almost 400 requested, I only submitted about 50 photos with very few sales across ALL agencies, photos with very low global earnings.
I only got 2 selected. Not zero, but close.
This is because AS doesn't just want to pay $5 for random garbage (like my ~50 selection), but for photos that will attract customers.
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Just wondering.
Anyone else got zero photos selected by Adobe in this 2022 wave? Or am I the only poor sucker?
Of almost 400 requested, I only submitted about 50 photos with very few sales across ALL agencies, photos with very low global earnings.
I only got 2 selected. Not zero, but close.
This is because AS doesn't just want to pay $5 for random garbage (like my ~50 selection), but for photos that will attract customers.
Thanks Zero. Did the same, looked if any photos were doing well elsewhere and nominated the rest. But still I think there were some good photos in between, even with the very rare EL at Adobe. I guess they didn't select that many photos this time around or was it the same as last year? I just started then so I had just one photo eligible that was also taken then.
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Hi everyone, i just checked my photos still in review, just wonder how much photos will selected. How many we can know the result ?
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Hi everyone, i just checked my photos still in review, just wonder how much photos will selected. How many we can know the result ?
No more photos will be selected:
I have confirmed there will be no additional waves of approvals for photos from the current group of nominated files.
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but i still can see "in review" under my photos?
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Just wondering.
Anyone else got zero photos selected by Adobe in this 2022 wave? Or am I the only poor sucker?
Of almost 400 requested, I only submitted about 50 photos with very few sales across ALL agencies, photos with very low global earnings.
I only got 2 selected. Not zero, but close.
This is because AS doesn't just want to pay $5 for random garbage (like my ~50 selection), but for photos that will attract customers.
That's a surprise, knowing what quality work you do. I had 11 selected, but I'm a bit confused, because some are the same as last year, but some from last year, have disappeared. I don't know if they are re-selected or if they were part of the second wave and will soon be dropped.
I suppose I'll find out when I get paid? No complaints.
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Hi Everyone,
You will soon see the toggle switch for "in review" files removed.
Soon as in the next coming weeks or months Mat? Because days is a station already passed.
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Hi Everyone,
You will soon see the toggle switch for "in review" files removed.
Soon as in the next coming weeks or months Mat? Because days is a station already passed.
What difference that make? Nominations are finished.
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Hi Everyone,
You will soon see the toggle switch for "in review" files removed.
Soon as in the next coming weeks or months Mat? Because days is a station already passed.
What difference that make? Nominations are finished.
No, it does not make a difference for the selection proces, I guess. But if a well organised company, like Adobe, announces something, I expect it to happen. Otherwise it looks amateuristic and then I doubt the whole message and the company.
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Are you one of those people?
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Are you one of those people?
What do you want Dumc?
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A quick update to let you know that the toggle switch on files that were not approved for the Free collection has been removed. Thanks very much for your patience and for your participation.
-Mat Hayward
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greetings to everyone
Will there also be an Adobe Stock Free Collection this year? when will the elections be?
could you give information?