Author Topic: Be careful if you're using Topaz AI (Rejections for "AI Modified) (Read 21816 times)

userpoland · « **Reply #50 on:** March 09, 2025, 14:26 »

Yes Topaz Ai leaves tags however in Vegas Pro you can clear these tags after saving in ProRes codec without setting etc.

I doubt there is technology that detects if an image has been enhanced in Ai programs and how edited.

stoker2014 · « **Reply #51 on:** March 09, 2025, 15:07 »

Quote from: userpoland on March 09, 2025, 14:26

Yes Topaz Ai leaves tags however in Vegas Pro you can clear these tags after saving in ProRes codec without setting etc.

I doubt there is technology that detects if an image has been enhanced in Ai programs and how edited.

If you go down the path of violating stock requirements and trying to fool them, I think this is not the right path. Good luck to you!

userpoland · « **Reply #52 on:** March 09, 2025, 16:10 »

I wrote to Topaz Ai asking if I have the copyright after image enhancement like simple dehazing or sharpening.

The company replied that I still have the copyright and that it is not a graphics generator with descriptions from scratch. I am not interested in scaling the image.

After all, the main requirement of stock agencies is to own the copyright, and I don't know if they should care how I edit my photos or videos. There is also such a thing as professional secrecy.

Istock/Getty Images previously didn't exactly answer my question about whether I can enhance images with Ai.

userpoland · « **Reply #53 on:** March 10, 2025, 04:09 »

I would also add that on the Istock/Getty Images website they don't ban anything. Using Ai tools to remove noise, improve image quality like sharpening and even scaling. They also don't prohibit editing videos as far as improving image quality or adding smooth slow motion with Ai tools.

Istock/Getty Images mainly only writes about AI tools like cutting objects and pasting to about 10% and banning the upload of images of graphics, photos and videos created from scratch with generator descriptions.

"Which generative AI tools can I use to retouch my content? (Are the following tools allowed - Topaz denoise, Topaz upscale, Lightroom denoise, Lightroom lens blur, Photoshop Render a lens flare, etc?

Software packages and the specific tools/features within them will evolve over time, so we will not be providing guidance at this level. Instead, we’ve provided requirements for applying either Retouching or Modification. If you follow our Retouching Requirements, you do not need to worry about whether the tool is traditional or using generative AI. Alternatively, if you follow our Modification Requirements, it is your responsibility to be sure that you are not using generative AI tools. "

"Do NOT submit content created or modified using AI generative tools or models (e.g., Stable Diffusion, Dall-E, MidJourney, Adobe Firefly, etc.)"

https://contributors.gettyimages.com/article/10847

https://contributors.gettyimages.com/article/9608

gnirtS · « **Reply #54 on:** March 15, 2025, 23:40 »

Half the problem is the misuse/misunderstanding of the word "AI".

Its become a marketing slogan just as years ago everyone added "HD" after everything to make it sound cool.

AI in terms of sharpening/denoise etc is just a marketing term for "algorithm". We've always used algorithms in photo and video work to produce and edit images. Nothing has changed.

Thats different from *Generative AI* where the algorithm invents new things that weren't there at all instead of basing calculations on the content of the file itself.

Generative AI is frowned upon and can lead to accidental copyright infringement. Algorithm stuff basically cant.

Adobe have a fairly clear page on what constitutes AI use for flagging and what doesn't and its a fairly sensible, if hard to police, guideline.

Brasilnut · « **Reply #55 on:** March 17, 2025, 10:47 »

Strangely, iStock is now having no issues accepting my Topaz sharpened/noise-reduced images.

Danybot · « **Reply #56 on:** April 11, 2025, 16:23 »

Quote from: marinb on January 06, 2025, 13:01

However, ... if you paste an AI-generated image (Image A) over an unedited image (Image B) in Photoshop, flatten it, and save the result, Image B’s EXIF metadata will not retain or include any metadata from Image A. I think it will have NO data from image A, except the pixels copied. Basta. All the info, in the EXIF or out of it, will be the one Image B had from the beginning, except "edited in Photoshop" will be added almost for sure.

Yes, this works. I tried it, just for curiosity. It certainly wouldn't be worth the effort of doing this regularly.

It confirms that iStock is doing the most simple-minded thing possible. They just discriminate against the use of particular software tools because they are capable of doing generative AI, even if they are not being used for that purpose.

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