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« on: May 10, 2025, 10:20 »
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« on: May 10, 2025, 10:10 »
In its first quarter fiscal 2025, Adobe generated over $125 million in bookings from AI-related products and delivered 10% revenue growth. The fact that about 35% of monthly active subscribers of Photoshop are using the generative AI features on offer underscores their growing need. That's taking away 35% of our sales.
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« on: May 10, 2025, 10:08 »
.. {silly pseudo science deleted}
dailymail.co.uk...
so now your source is a right-wing tabloid with low reliability ratings? thought you didnt trust the media?
Stop lying, trolling and stalking me in all topics! I did not write in my post that I believe or do not believe in anything. I am writing in this topic on topic. The author of the topic created this topic so that disinformation about UFOs and aliens could be published here.
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« on: February 23, 2025, 09:43 »
Its a start.
You will move up very quickly with more sales.
my weekly dropped to 1290
If you are 1290, which is very good, what does that say about making money in Microstock? Only 1289 people in the world ahead of you. Very small number of people making a living at this while sales and income are dropping.
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« on: January 08, 2025, 06:08 »
Yeah, more than exciting news... minimum per sale 10 cents on SSTK + minimum per sale 1 cent on Getty => new historic low... long live microstock!
Things will only get worse with the monopoly.
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« on: November 27, 2024, 07:43 »
Deletion of uploaded files is treated same as file rejection and effects on your stats and sales.
If that is the case with deleting stuck files, then the effect would be negated when re-uploading them back into the queue?
Of course NOT.
if you upload 1000 images your upload counter will state that you have 1000 uploads.
And if you delete 100 and then upload those 100 again, your counter will state that you have 1100 uploads and 100 deleted / rejected images.
It is a basic math.
Where do I see the stats and sales you are talking about, that shows how deleting a file becomes a rejection? What difference do stats make?
The name isn't Madede it's Madeup. Dreamstime has acceptance stat not AS.
Fact that you cant see them on AS dashboard isn't the fact that they are not there.
Mat Hayward back in a days clearly explained how upload / rejection stats work as I said it in a same topic where those 2 "persons" above dig and quoted my post.
You say upload counter, where is that? Now you are claiming that the proof is some invisible stat that we can't see. Where did Mat explain that, a link would be good.
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« on: April 11, 2024, 08:19 »
Why is it that sometimes the AI tools (I have used Firefly 2.0) seem to generate the "same person" or very similar looking people multiple times? Aren't they trained on some huge number of different images?
I think there are two answers. The AI thinks in a group of data then makes a composite face, based on all input. Just like if you ask for a brown rabbit, and the output looks like every brown rabbit the ai has seen, asking for a pretty lady will look like all of the pretty ladies that the ai has seen. There will be variations, but the main result, starts with the combination of the training. I see many results that look like famous or popular people in the news. The ai could have been selectively trained more on politicians, actors and actresses. Do you get many that look like Taylor Swift or HR Clinton?
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« on: April 11, 2024, 08:12 »
Space aliens are a minority group? Pete was right, you have no sense of humor and can't recognize a joke.
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« on: March 20, 2024, 07:11 »
Coming Monday, the 18th. But I thought I'd just jump ahead and start the thread.
How did you know they were going to be late this month?
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« on: March 10, 2024, 06:10 »
Who says the money is in escrow? And if we really owned it DT would have a legal obligation to pay it out if we close our account
The money is owed as payment or commission. Go ask your accountant or read some law. You signed a contract, now you want to change, you must earn $100 to be paid, which means owed money is not payable until you reach $100. If you quit before earning $100, you get nothing.
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« on: March 10, 2024, 06:06 »
I tend to agree with Liz. In my view outstanding balance, be it 1 USD or 99 USD, should be paid out when contributor requests that his account is closed.
You signed a contract when you joined that says otherwise. We can agree what's right and what should be, but you can't blame DT or accuse them of anything illegal.
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« on: February 27, 2024, 07:20 »
Hi there!
Do you think it's worth starting your 123rf adventure in 2024? I'm a fairly successful contributor on Adobe Stock where my monthly revenue is between $2,000 and $3,000 and my portfolio is 35k images. I'm wondering if it's worth putting my entire portfolio on 123rf and to start uploading there on a regular basis?
I also noticed that they offer PREMIUM or PREMIUM+PLUS sales - which option is better according to your experience?
No
If you do not need additional $100-$200 than do not submit.
Is that every 5 years? Will 123 be in business in 5 years?
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« on: February 13, 2024, 07:28 »
Honestly, if "It's a third-party information, so probably I will not be able to provide further details.", I don't believe it. Why should I believe it? False accusation is a serious thing. I don't believe anything without seeing an evidence on my own eyes.
As much as most of us contributors dislike Shutterstock these days, can't accuse anybody without firm evidence. There are too many of those false accusations/fake news out there on internet. There's no way for me to investigate this particular case. So, I don't believe it at all till I see the evidence. That being said, I think those low sales numbers on Shutterstock are real. They don't get the best contents for video nor photos. So, customers are leaving as many contributors left. The best photos go to Adobe Stock and the best videos go to Pond5. So it was wise for them to buy Pond5. And probably was a big pay day for some long time Pond5 employees who might have had a stock option on Pond5.
Third party information without details. Does anyone think we haven't done this test before to see if all were being reported. I thought Lagereek was banned from the forum for life. This is his kind of crap claim. You're right about the TOS and we can't buy our own photos but paying someone to download 1 from 25 different people, to test SS isn't a violation. No evidence no facts.
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« on: February 08, 2024, 07:52 »
If you follow fb groups and discord, the 8 weeks seems to mostly affect newbie accounts.
Slowing them down to actually think before they upload is probably a good thing.
Slows down the spammers as well.
Illustration and photos are currently being inspected in my case in about a week, only pngs need 30 days.
That is a very fair review time.
Plusback to over 90% acceptance rate, which is even more important.
Main change - upsize with stability or midjourney directly, less gigapixel use and upload much smaller versions, often 3500*2000
I have a bunch of AI photos in review que for 3 weeks now. Maybe mass rejection affected my rating?
We have a rating? Where do I find that?
There is no rating to see. Our ranting is imaginary until some one shows it's real. Buyers and reviewers don't see our rank. I guess I had 3 coincidences 😂 Mat, what are the benefits of top sellers list (other than getting a free PS subscription)? Can customers see that seller was on that list? What about people who accept our submitted images, do they see that sellers images are what customers seek?
The main benefit is an increased level of bragging rights. If you make it to that list, it's validation you are doing something right. It means your newer uploads are meeting the needs of customers and are selling well. The moderation team does not see this information, nor do customers.
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
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« on: January 11, 2024, 05:33 »
Or are you trolling and flooding?
Are YOU trolling or flooding? 
Every topic is a duck thread for Stoker.
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« on: October 13, 2023, 09:23 »
There is no relationship with any agency. All agencies provide a platform to distribute your content and in exchange the platform gives you a small royalty and it's always on their terms. All agencies have a unilateral contract. We are all expendable. Those are the facts.
And the only way we can enjoy fair compensation for our work is to unionize. Period. Otherwise, online agencies will always be in control. Either you accept their terms and continue providing them with your images or you don't. That's the world we currently live in. We set-up our own agency and agree to providing OUR agency with images, clips and illustrations and no one else.
You do that, I'll join and be exclusive. Tell me when you have the financing and the system.
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« on: September 25, 2023, 07:59 »
It is a known scientific fact that aliens have indeed infiltrated the air space of the planet and further more landed craft on numerous ocassions. You just choose to believe this is not possible despite evidence to the contrary.
If this is a know scientific fact, maybe you can show the evidence?
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« on: September 25, 2023, 07:51 »
....
The judges should try themselves to create an image like that.
They would quickly understand how much work and how much human thinking goes into this.
of course it's futile to hope for rational thinking by many US congressfolk & judges. their level of ignorance concerning science and technology is staggering consider evolution-, vaccine- & climate-deniers
admittedly it was a long time ago - there's former Senator Ted Stevens, chair of the Senate committee responsible for regulating the internet:
the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.
Sounds like Trump and his stupid double talk. But AI is not human and in order to be protected the work has to be made by a human. Remember the monkey that someone tried to claim had rights to a photo. "copyright law only protects 'the fruits of intellectual labor' that 'are founded in the creative powers of the mind.' " That's the law.
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« on: August 22, 2023, 07:44 »
Here's the basis hypothesis. They see a light in the sky that they can't identify, it must be space aliens. A extreme leap and conclusion without any basis.
What is coming? When?
You've clearly made up your mind that nothing is coming.
Why won't you tell us? "Personally I want disclosure or rather full disclosure so that we can put the secrecy to bed and get on with learning what we can. " You say you know, you won't answer because you don't like us? Where's the full disclosure.
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« on: June 12, 2023, 15:34 »
Or maybe it is a commercial opportunity to create a MAGA oriented stock site with only suitable imagery.
Millions of people in the US follow the movement. They could have their own safe stock agency filled with obedient housewives dressed 1950s style and perfect children holding guns even as toddlers.
Freedom of choice and freedom of business.
Then they dont have to complain that looking at the content of international stock agencies is somehow out to get them.
Right off you change the subject and avoid the issue. Men do not belong in women's locker rooms. Men do not have the same bodies as women. https://nypost.com/2023/06/12/trans-cyclist-austin-killips-wins-nc-race-by-5-minutes/You can dress as you want, think you are happier in another body, or have sex with who you decide. Noone should be allowed stop you. But if you want to know what sex you are, look between your legs. If you had some conversion, look at your birth certificate or your genes. That's real. The rest is a make believe world. It is unfair to natural born women to have to compete against fake women.
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« on: June 11, 2023, 07:00 »
I feel that those who ask for it don't like what they read because the evidence challenging deep-rooted beliefs is often hard to swallow.
There is that, but these people then need to avoid the internet alltogether...
I do understand if some people are frustrated because they live in dictatorships and even under an alias they fear to speak their mind because somebody might identify them and give them problems at home.
But for others it is inspirational to see that there are places in the world where people are genuinely free to discuss their thoughts, including very controversial and painful issues.
Without discussions issues don't move forward.
And many of us are very active with our causes and also represent them in stock.
Maybe we'd like to read about photography or micro stock and avoid the never ending stream of causes and political views? If I wanted to read politics, I'd go to a forum about politics. LGBTQ+ is politics, you are trying to force acceptance of your personal views and private lifestyle on others. Would you want someone to come and post nothing but bible quotes, their personal religious beliefs, and their religion arguments on this forum. We take photos that are religions, that should be allowed.
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« on: May 24, 2023, 10:19 »
Some of the TV shows about these kinds of things are amusing entertainment but that is about it. The Ancient Aliens guys are interesting because they present some evidence that almost sounds reasonable and is highly believed by the respected "Ancient Astronaut Theorists".
Yes.
A theory is only a theory if it is testable. For example, they can say that aliens built the pyramids, or gave the technology to humans to build them, but because that claim cannot be tested, it is not a theory - its just an opinion.
I don't think theory means what you thinknit does.
String theory.
Darwins theory of evolution.
The theory of everything not My opinion on it.
Her theory was that all children want to learn.
There is no evidence on which to base such a theory.
You have no understand of how science works, especially for someone who claims to have studied. Making claims that something is a UFO, is not a theory, but a statement of fact. Pure conjecture, peer review, there's none. Anyone anywhere can write some claims and fabricate a story and publish that, when it's pseudoscience and UFOs. This is backwards and you don't understand. The system isn't write about some UAP and then demand that someone else prove it's not. Real science has review of theories and articles and studies, before they can be published, in a journal. Proof is evidence that's collected and repeatable that others can study. The questions are about proving something is true first, before making a claim. All you have is your close minded belief and you block out and deny everything that doesn't fit your personal theory. Real study includes everything in order to balance what is claimed. You only include what fits your theory. That is close minded thinking not what you think is open minded.
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