Hi all, hi Mat.

I've got an invitation to use DALL-E. DALL·E is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language : https://openai.com/dall-e-2/

It gives really impressive results !

According to terms of use, i own the content generated by this AI and can even sell it.Is it possible to include this kind of element in my images and submit as stock ?

Terms of use : https://labs.openai.com/policies/terms

Regards,
Thomas

when you go for a blank search, the whole database appears and look at the total , now it's 324,705,176
https://www.shutterstock.com/search

but at the bottom of their site page, you can see 325,718,566 (the same since several days)

is the database decreasing more than we think ?

Actually, i hope so 

Hello everyone,

I 'm just back from Seoul, South Korea with many pictures to process.Most of them portrays urban way of life of this part of the world  with people, lighting neons with brands, skyscrapers, cars, etc...

When i take a look to these kinds of photographs on SS site, i see lot of them licensed for commercial use and some others marked as editorial

I was wondering which way to go in this case : commercial or editorial ?

Waoh 0 sales so far on  a week day,
Did i miss something?[emoji848]

I remember last soccer world cup(june 2014), sales almost stopped for me during one month, wme !
This time seems to be the same story , very slow sales this week   

Next will be summer slump, see you in three months !

I 've just found this article from petapixel,  which would confirm certain rumors concerning the D850's specifications :

https://petapixel.com/2017/08/11/nikon-d850-slides-leak-confirmed-specs-features/

I have a D800e, and i'm thinking to upgrade my gear. Here are the specs who interest me more particularly:

• 45.75MP FX full frame CMOS sensor
• 4K UDH video recording in FX with no crop (but how many fps ?)
• Focus stacking

Of course, it will also depends on the the price...
Any thoughts ?

i was just playing with "similar' button :

https://www.shutterstock.com/fr/search/similar/96326750

Hi ,
I've just noticed that many of my popular pictures have missing keywords. Some of them have only two !!

what !!??

Edit : this appear on buyer page, in catalog manager it seems ok.

Hi all,
I noticed some bugs in the SS Contributor App(iOS):
1/Timeline notifications are erratic (old approved  picture messages appear,etc...)
2/ I used to share pictures via twitter but since several weeks, it doesn't work (only image ID appear in the tweet)

I wrote to support , waiting for a possible answer...
Am i the only one and also, did you notice that the twitter sharing set on main site  is not available anymore ?

Thx

I was surfing on my smartphone when i     received 13 sale notifications by email.
All are subs, no particular subject, old and recent stuff , crap and best sellers...

Any idea of what happened ?

I haven't sold a single picture for a while...completely dead for me.
Anyone else ?

Anyone else ?

One day i'll try to understand how it works...

Not a single sub...
Just me ? 

Hello,
I've just received(like you?) this email from SS :

Want to learn how to improve your photographs for stock and receive live feedback from the Shutterstock Review Team? Join us for the ShutterTalk Live Image Critique on Tuesday, August 18.
If you have an image that you would like critiqued live, please follow the instructions below:
Submit up to three (3) photographs
Submission deadline: August 1
Please send only content that has never been submitted to Shutterstock
Photographs only (no video, illustration, or vector)
Please include your last name in the file name
Participants will remain anonymous within the presentation
You do not need to be an approved contributor to participate
Upload critique submissions here.
Submissions will be chosen by the content review team in advance and shared during the live critique presentation. Images will be critiqued from a quality, legal, and commercial viability perspective. Submitted images will be used for critique purposes only, and as with all content you submit to Shutterstock, our TOS applies.
Don't forget to tune in on August 18!
We look forward to having you join us!

I don't understand  what is an approved contributor ?