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The rejection things is annoying especially when you can't work out what it actually got rejected for. Totally understand fair rejections that are my fault. 

I usually just brush rejections off unless I'm getting a lot and it's something I'm doing wrong. 

Feeling more anxious about rejections now in case I get blocked from uploading because either I made a mistake (humans make mistakes) or because of a review process mistake. 

Let's hope it plays out fairly and doesn't turn into Adobe Gestapo.

My biggest fear is that they will prefer AI images and this is a way of discouraging images made by humans. 

Injustice for all - well said and LOL. :D
I do not think Adobe is proffered AI images at this moment, yesterday I upload 10 images around 9 years old an it was approved. I believe it was still more important what is on the images and quality.

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Dreamstime Website dead?
« on: May 18, 2025, 15:33 »
Uploading is very easy, sales are slow. In 2024 I made exactly 100 dollars while adding 2700 files and reaching around 4600 uploads.

Now I have around 5k files and this year so far 10 dollars.

Wow.  That is brutal.   I have ~2500 files and ~25 dollars so far this year and I thought I was doing poorly.   Single Alamy sale last week is more than entire year on DT at this pace.
No bad. I have 7000 file and  $19.40 in 2025

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try nightcafe, they have a variety of video generators.

https://creator.nightcafe.studio/explore

it is more expensive than doing it directly on kling and they only have kling 1.6, but they also have luma dream machine, runway gen3, wan 2.1 and a simply stable diffusion animation.

It is not cheap, but to experiment and learn with different models i think it is ok.

I might try kling later in the year, we will see.
Thank You, I will look at that

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I am testing motly kling 1.6 via the nightcafe creator. they also have other generators, but they are expensive.

I only upsize to hd and want to get a workflow to see what gets accepted before I invest any money.

Currently I am stuck with a large batch of ai, that might now be unsellable. I will use these files as base images for video. Hope that works.

Otherwise I prefer to do it all with camera. Much cheaper and you aleays get exactly what you want.

Hm I can not complete my kling security verification, the puzzle is not moving to empty spot :( and so far no respond from kling.

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Photography Equipment / Re: Stuck Polarizer Ring
« on: May 11, 2025, 09:13 »
I also use plastic wrench https://youtu.be/dGI_whvT3rI?si=2dEr9Jh1BJhZqYpP and works great

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nice work and i like your thumbnail photo.  have you gotten monetized yet?  nice consistency and thanks for sharing.
Thank You yuriy, no monitized at this moment

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Hi everyone,
my April 2025 sellers is on my YT right now https://youtu.be/Vb3enhVPu5M?si=sojtvda1ZyRe8rph

Miro

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Where did you buy it? Give a link to the product.
From Amazon

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New video about SmallRig armand clamps for ,,not just,, B-roll and photography https://youtu.be/op97jcPJ2wE?si=Ak0tUxo9i19JMXwS
Video is not sponsored.Maybe can motivated You for some new ideas for microstock

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I’m wondering about the best timing for holiday uploads.
I upload a small amount of vectors and since early buyers are fewer than those buying closer to the holiday, I worry that if I upload too soon, my images might get buried before the peak season.

What’s your strategy?
I have no strategy I  think this is not really ,,strategy business,, :)   but I think  4-6 months is ok but I have some last minute seller uploaded 1 month before holiday

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Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe announce images removals
« on: April 13, 2025, 16:18 »
I got the email and I have no idea which were removed.  Because they could be buried in my pages of rejections somewhere.
Yes, absolutely buried.

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I have very small around 10 years old mini portfolio there, no too much sales but I do not upload to much there today but maybe I will try it again. All my sales is with partners agency. 

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Income from March sellers in 2025 https://youtu.be/nmWfbUCahhM?si=Bm1xbkfgEb6YSm7T
All Best

 Miro

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Six stock photography theme You must have in Your portfolio - my new video on You Tube https://youtu.be/oGgp8FNmK9M?si=yeN3C2Rpyv5uaUmK

Best
Miro

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Same her I use Voukoder for long time, this is great and everything in one place

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How fast is the noise removed from the video, how many hours do you wait? How powerful is your PC?
Why don't you use Topaz?

Around 7 minutes for 20 second 4K short clip Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHz   3.60 GHz 64GB RAM
Topaz is more expansive for video, I try it couple months ago. At this moment I do not need it.

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I add new video about enhancing video and images https://youtu.be/j0uIPf1CdRg?si=aWjetI-CNxaKl2tz
New for me but works well with some my images and video.

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My February sales are online on my YT channel https://youtu.be/RAwilLSEPi4?si=ZAmdBXkOGns1cbOl

Best
Miro

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General Stock Discussion / Re: My 10 Best Seller with Alamy
« on: February 28, 2025, 09:04 »
Amazing work! Thanks for sharing!  8)
Thank You very much

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General Stock Discussion / Re: My 10 Best Seller with Alamy
« on: February 28, 2025, 09:03 »
Looking for inspiration? Here is My 10 Best Seller with Alamy https://youtu.be/mBpQlB2qt-c?si=FKY4vwvVK5ZZpv1m
Best
Miro

are those net price?
No it was what I get

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General Stock Discussion / My 10 Best Seller with Alamy
« on: February 26, 2025, 16:37 »
Looking for inspiration? Here is My 10 Best Seller with Alamy https://youtu.be/mBpQlB2qt-c?si=FKY4vwvVK5ZZpv1m
Best
Miro

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Spring ideas for stock photography new video on my YT https://youtu.be/8d0B2iiZVX8?si=Z6SMOvG5ETWbmAaC 
Best
Miro

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Upload small batches is the way to go
tried that --

unfortunately ,if one file fails anywhere, any other batches also fail

Only batches all in the same queue.
So drip up batches after each is accepted, if you keep getting fails.
However, Alamy QC fails are pretty rare*, so maybe ask yourself (to OP) why you're getting them.
*Actually Alamy QC is pretty rare, files usually get accepted as soon as submitted, so aren't checked, so long as you have a good track record. They seem to check random batches from time  to time, or if I haven't submitted for a while, like months.

Yes I agree it was really very rare, I am with Alamy 20 years. I am accepted always next day after upload. 

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Upload small batches is the way to go
tried that --

unfortunately ,if one file fails anywhere, any other batches also fail
Looks like no in my keys.

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Last weekend I upload some images to Alamy, before if is one images failed all other images from same submission is also failed. Not at this time. One is failed but other stays online for key wording.
I am not sure it was accidentally or no. I hope, they finally find out it was not smart way before.

If it fails for intake data, error or image size, the whole batch doesn't fail. If it fails QC, the whole batch fails.

As far as I see, no changes to the one fail, all fail rule.
It was Failed QC

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