Author Topic: Adobestock collections-What is your impression? (Read 1026 times)

waitingonthestuff · « **on:** January 08, 2024, 06:53 »

Do they make a big difference to sales? How many collections (roughly) would you recommend?

cobalt · « **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2024, 07:31 »

I don't know if they make a difference in sales, you anyway can only present two on your page, unlike pond5 where there is no limit.

But I find them very useful to help me sort through my own port and to see more easily what is missing for a subject, to give customers a more rounded offer.

So I have around 10+ galleries and sort my incoming files when I have time. Not a priority.

If Adobe would allow us to search our own images with keywords, I would maybe use the gallery system more. But like this it is a little tedious to create a new gallery then manually go over all the pages to find files.

cobalt · « **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2024, 11:41 »

Hi Mat,

that is good to read that at least it is on the todo list for the team.

If you ever need beta testers...

I am a big fan of sorting a port into sensible galleries to make it easier for customers.

The best version I ever saw was on twenty20, unfortunatly taken over and closed down.

Their gallery system was very intutitive and inspiring.

I spent hours browsing various galleries, it had great suggestive features.

Also created many public galleries with mixed content from different artists around a theme.

Many people love to create collections, pinterest thrives on that.

The editing talent in the wider community has never been intelligently tapped by any agency (except twenty20).

Please consider to create a useful interface for "collectors" that will dive into the Adobe collection and create beautiful and very useful public galleries.

Algorithms can only do so much.

Allow the editing talent of the community to surprise and impress you. They are an asset class on their own that should be nurtured and welcomed.

eta

Or buy pinterest and find a useful way to integrate it

cobalt · « **Reply #4 on:** January 08, 2024, 11:42 »

wordplanet · « **Reply #6 on:** January 09, 2024, 10:57 »

Thanks Mat!
Great idea Jasmin!

You can do a keyword search if you hit the link to your portfolio in the dashboard. You can then search your portfolio from there. It's clunky but at least it can be done. Like Jasmin, I use collections to see where I have holes in my collection.

I wish Adobe would bring back the Adobe Collection plug-in option in Lightroom. It was a great way to keep track of what I'd uploaded and also to collect stuff I wanted to upload all in one place - e.g. travel images from the same location taken at different times - without the need to make additional copies in a separate folder to upload. I know there's a new upload from folder option but that defeats the purpose of Lightroom letting you make collections without the need to duplicate files. Adobe has such great software, it's a shame we don't get the benefits on Adobe Stock.

Speaking of software, Mat, any chance we'll get another year of LR/PS or Illustrator for meeting certain sales goals?