Hi Everyone,
 
After 11 great years at Adobe Stock (and Fotolia), collaborating with amazing contributors worldwide, I have decided to embark on a new journey within the team.
 
I am pleased to announce that I have accepted a new role on Adobe�s Content Operations� Moderation team as Moderation Coordinator. In this capacity, I will be working closely with our expanding team of moderators to assist in the process of evolving and scaling the moderation process at Adobe.
 
This transition means I will no longer be providing direct support to MSG members, and my presence here in the Microstock Group Forum will be far less frequent than in years past. Since joining this forum in 2008, I have enjoyed every moment spent here. Your candid feedback and passionate approach to content creation and the community have been truly informative and inspiring.
 
Thank you for welcoming me into this community over the years. I wish you all the very best and continued success in your endeavors.

Stay creative!

Mat Hayward

This issue has been identified and resolved. You should be able to scroll as normal now. Thanks for your patience!

Mat Hayward

While review times for some have definitely been longer than they were in years past, I'm not aware of any review times at 5 months. 8 weeks is more realistic. The screen shot shared by the OP shows the date from the time the file was uploaded, not the time submitted. Most comments/questions I have fielded on this, it turns out the file was uploaded to the portal, then sat there for months without being keyworded and submitted. The actual review time is based on the day/time you submit the content, not upload it. I know that can be confusing since the wait time shown is based on the upload date.

Please share with me the file number you are referencing so I can see if that is the case here or not. If it has truly been sitting in the moderation queue for 5 months, there may be an issue I need to investigate.

thanks,

Mat Haywawrd

I tried to set it up as it seems far quicker than Paypal but I can't get Adobestock to recognise the Payoneer account.

Anyone else use it and have issues or is it all good for you?

Payoneer is only available to contributors based outside of the United States. If your account is based in the US, you cannot submit payment requests via Payoneer. More information can be found here: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/getting-paid.html

-Mat

I was wondering if we can go exclusive with them? If yes then what royalty do they offer?

You are welcome to submit to Adobe Stock exclusively! The royalty rate we offer is 33% for images and 35% for videos. I should mention, that is the same rate we offer to those who are not submitting exclusively to Adobe Stock also

Sadly, we do not have an exclusivity program, but I think it's great you would consider it if there was!

-Mat Hayward

I appreciate the spirited discussion. Please know that we are regularly reviewing our policies and we are looking into this.

Thank you,

Mat Hayward

I got a day full of 0.22$ ones today, quite weird...

I recommend you check the status of your tax form. I would speculate you are paying maximum tax withholding rates. You can check to see what is being withheld in the insights page of the portal. Click the withholding line item in the drop down menu.

-Mat Hayward

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on April 26, 2024, 07:53

That's not good; I am puzzled that I've seen lots more of the $0.32 custom royalties, but nothing lower. I did note that today's royalty rate on the higher end custom royalties was up to $1.06 (from $1.05 for the last few days). Not back to the $1.37 from January, but still nice to see something going up instead of down

Do you see any of the $1.06 custom royalties?

Mat Hayward had written that the royalty rates for the unlimited subscriptions were calculated daily based on total purchase volume - which I would have expected to be the same worldwide, but perhaps that's not the case. I'm in the US; are. you? (I know people had said this isn't a tax withholding issue).

Yes, I'm not in US, so it's still puzzling for me, because the last 2 days I'm getting custom $1.06 too...

@bpawesome What is the image number? I'm not aware of any .28 royalties at this time.

-Mat Hayward

Quote from: cascoly on April 23, 2024, 15:27

Quote from: Injustice for all on April 23, 2024, 15:05

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Even with just one AI-generated pixel,do I still have to label the content as AI?

don't underestimate single pixels --after all, the sophons are omniscient proton-sized nanobots

the 3-body problem!:D ok you've definitely already seen fallout! I just recently saw that the 5th season of StarTrek Discovery is out,later I'll start the free trial via Amazon Prime,since i have already used the free trial in Paramount!

anyway yes,I wondered if something had changed since Mat's last livestream,however it would be interesting if we could have a checkbox for content where we can declare that the subject is real,because it's a shame to have to label content as AI if only an abstract background is added for example,who knows maybe in the future!

Here is the official policy per our learn and support page on generative AI about when to tag as AI and when it is not necessary.

Does the use of Generative Fill and Generative Expand in Photoshop and Generative Recolor in Illustrator require labelling an image as generative AI?

Label your image as generative AI when the use of generative AI tools in Photoshop or Illustrator changed, augmented, or added a new primary subject of an image.

Examples when to label your image as generative AI:

Generating new additions, such as a new person, animal, or object
Adding new subjects might compromise the accuracy of an image
Making significant adjustments or changes to a human subject in an image
Recoloring the primary subject of an image

Examples when you wouldn�t be obligated to label an image as generative AI:

Extending background for any reason
Removing IP or other forms of retouching
Removing distracting objects or people
Recoloring the background of an image

Hi everyone,

We are announcing the ability to upload videos through drag and drop directly into the Contributor Portal. You will now be able to choose between drag and drop in the Portal or SFTP for your video uploads. We encourage you to continue uploading large volumes of video through SFTP for ease of submissions. 

Let me know if you have any questions,

Mat Hayward

You can find an Adobe Stock livestream archive here: https://www.behance.net/adobestock/livestreams

-Mat Hayward

Yes it's an old thread but just curious if the overall guidelines contained in here are still applicable or have there been any backend changes to AS/Search/Keywording in the meantime that we need to be aware of?

There have not been any significant changes to how search works at Adobe Stock. You still want to list the most important/relevant keywords in order of importance. The most impactful keyword should be first. The top 10 keywords have the most weight in your search results.

Good luck,

Mat Hayward

We do not provide specific, detailed custom rejection responses as that would extend the wait time for moderation far beyond what it is now. I suggest you post a sample of content you feel was rejected in error here for impartial feedback from the MSG community. It's hard to see our own work through impartial eyes, you may get some feedback that you hadn't thought of before.

Good luck,

Mat Hayward