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Messages - Year of the Dog
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« on: March 18, 2025, 20:45 »
That is a good point. Will producers get to ask them if they will be accepted, before they start deleting files?
But overall I think it is a good solution. I was wondering how the exclusives will fare and if maybe their royalties will be lowered if there is a large influx of new exclusives.
If too many people are exclusive the fine balance of higher royalties and prices versus the indies does not work.
Where are you finding all of this about exclusive or what's going to happen to SS and how everything will change. Do you have an inside connection or is this all made up from imagination. Why should they raise our pay when they have the only agency, and own everything.
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« on: February 17, 2025, 08:24 »
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
I've never seen that. One fail all fail. What was the reason?
To encourage us to check our files more carefully before submission.
Plus it's their ball, their rules.
What ws the reason they gave for the fail, not why do they do that.
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« on: February 01, 2025, 08:59 »
looks like people enjoy reading and commenting and following us injustice.
at least we have sales...and want to improve our income.
others are just here to enjoy playing in politics threads.
How does putting your sales and rank on the forum every day improve sales and income?
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« on: January 26, 2025, 21:41 »
2020 Biden "pauses and has a perplexed look on his face as he collects himself to compensate for his stutter." They have been covering for him since before he was elected.
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« on: January 09, 2025, 09:18 »
The usual sub-continent FB groups they AI spammers have noticed that sales are better from non-ai images as they're more attractive to buyers so have started doing exactly that, not labelling.
(As well as submitting to agencies that dont allow AI at all).
After I looked at the FB group, those people couldn't make a real image, if their life depended on it. They copy, flip, use stolen images for inspiration, then use AI to make new trash. All they do is spam and ask how to make money. There's no effort at all.
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« on: January 09, 2025, 09:09 »
My sales on iStock have doubled since this merger was announced, and I haven't had a download on SS since the first news of the merger.
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« on: November 28, 2024, 09:43 »
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?
Madeup doesn't answer her made up stats or where to see them. Good anonymous troll on personal attacks and telling others how she thinks they should be. Momie probably told her she was a special person when she was a little girl and she believes.
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« on: October 30, 2024, 07:50 »
No one wants a flip book, we have phones that show video.
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« on: August 19, 2024, 16:13 »
Leaf hasn't posted since January. The site is slower every day. There aren't poll results because 39 people is not enough. I will post this and see if it goes live or if the forum times out before it's created. Enjoy the group while you can.
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« on: May 14, 2024, 09:49 »
then as I already said,in my opinion basing a portfolio only on AI is a mistake in the long term,just as not making AI content is a mistake too!
Your positioning is clear. And you have some nerve to intervene on this post. 
You should look for the post with the petition: "Come on people! Signing! PRO AI" 
or go and pour out your views on the numerous posts that praise all the advantages of AI
Unfortunately, the vast majority of those who still speak here are won over by AI.
Otherwise, the approach of this petition is commendable. But, I doubt Adobe will change its policy, they enjoy an all-powerful situation. And they dare to talk about ethics...
It's hard to keep beating the drum for your minority opinion. Why don't you form a union or coalition of people who agree with you? I'm not won over by AI but I have better things to do than cry, complain, attack and accuse others. Next you'll claim that the people who agree with you have left the forum. Imaginary friends who agree, but they are invisible?
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« on: April 15, 2024, 13:31 »
I think society is not being told a lot. I see this in the example of Ukraine. There is zero information about Ukraine on US TV channels. But in Ukraine there is war and genocide. The same can be said about UFOs and aliens. The media of mass disinformation simply do not talk about it and everyone thinks that it means none of this. It's simple. This is a massive deception of the masses through the media.
Less than 0.1% of the population, or 1 in 1,000 people, has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria. We read about the people with a psychological disorder and the other alphabet people, making the news as they force their personal choice issues on us. You brought up something more important to the world, where an entire country is being taken over, at war, people dying. Genocide, civilians murdered, the Russian government lying on a daily basis. UFOs and aliens are not news or important, they are just sensational stories to sell tabloids or fantasy books.
Our gender is not debatable, labeled as assigned at birth, it is our genetics. We don't get to pick, based on some emotion or psychological disorder. People being murdered in the Ukraine is more important. If you don't see enough honest news, you aren't looking in the right places. If you are depending on news that comes out of Russia, of course it's all lies and coverup. The rest of the world is showing us the truth.
The moderators on this forum chose to remove certain posts and leave the slur "Alphabet People".
I will not debate this subject further.
However I also cannot prevent others doing so with a moderation team who feel it appropriate to allow such slurs to remain. Of course that means your unpleasant statements are in the public domain where your customers exist who will of course contain "Alphabet People". Good luck with that.
You have no problem calling anyone who disagrees with you a racist and a bigot. When someone disagrees you want them censored, to block their free opinion and thoughts. When anyone disagrees with your nutty UFO and alien crap, you come out slinging personal attacks and ignoring the facts that don't fit. Maybe it's you who should be blocked because of your unpleasant statements. You don't get to trample my thought and free speech with your close minded woke agenda, that doesn't allow anyone saying any different than what you believe. The moderation team lets you get away with lies and personal attacks, why should they be censoring a word or phrase that defines the many fringe groups?
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« on: April 12, 2024, 13:53 »
I think society is not being told a lot. I see this in the example of Ukraine. There is zero information about Ukraine on US TV channels. But in Ukraine there is war and genocide. The same can be said about UFOs and aliens. The media of mass disinformation simply do not talk about it and everyone thinks that it means none of this. It's simple. This is a massive deception of the masses through the media.
Less than 0.1% of the population, or 1 in 1,000 people, has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria. We read about the people with a psychological disorder and the other alphabet people, making the news as they force their personal choice issues on us. You brought up something more important to the world, where an entire country is being taken over, at war, people dying. Genocide, civilians murdered, the Russian government lying on a daily basis. UFOs and aliens are not news or important, they are just sensational stories to sell tabloids or fantasy books. Our gender is not debatable, labeled as assigned at birth, it is our genetics. We don't get to pick, based on some emotion or psychological disorder. People being murdered in the Ukraine is more important. If you don't see enough honest news, you aren't looking in the right places. If you are depending on news that comes out of Russia, of course it's all lies and coverup. The rest of the world is showing us the truth.
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« on: March 23, 2024, 07:19 »
We have an official response from kelvinjay on the iStock/Getty forum:
" UPDATE: Refunds / cancellations
Some contributors have noticed an increase in cancellations on their royalty statement this month.
A large corporate customer who licenses a high volume of content mistakenly selected these uses as royalty-bearing when, in fact, they were for comp / low-resolution image use. It is standard industry practice that comp uses, for client pitches, mock-ups, etc., are not a royalty generating license.
We subsequently met with the customer to reiterate the correct licensing requirements and reversed these transactions. Due to the customer's sizable team, some assets were selected for intended comp use multiple times, necessitating multiple cancellations
In future, if the customer licenses and downloads some of the affected assets for actual, published projects, these will appear on Connect statements. Please note there is no need to open tickets regarding this issue.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience or confusion caused during this process."
Team comp use means all of these are reversed.
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« on: March 23, 2024, 07:11 »
Hey all,
I am new to this AI thing. Just wondering where to start so I can start selling AI images. On Dreamstime for example.
I am currently using Adobe FireFly to generate images but you have to pay....
Thanks in advance!
You only have 34 images, you should be able to add more to bring your total up. DT can't be passive income unless they pay you. Did your Canon Power Shot G2 break? Maybe AI will be your answer.
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« on: March 11, 2024, 06:12 »
Yes, it doesn't seem to be as easy as you might think at the first glance.
I found one "study" with analyse of the keywords and other factors of the 10,000 bestsellers on SS:
https://xpiksapp.com/blog/microstock-keywording-analysis/
There are some interesting insights, some no-brainer but aswell some patterns you would not think about.
Probably one should focus more on low-competition keywords by using more verbs and adjectives and less nouns.
Aswell one should probably try more 2-word keywords.
https://xpiksapp.com/blog/keywording-files-for-microstock/
Another interesting aspect to think about is using various image descriptions and keywords instead of the same ones for series, since then images would not compete against each other.
Aswell not using too generic keywords.
I wonder if updating the keywords to current new trends would lead to a better visibility / rankings and more sells or if the ranking is already "fixed" within the time.
You could spend less time trying to trick the search and take better pictures.
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« on: February 28, 2024, 15:19 »
I think I may have an explanation for why we're seeing lower royalties on custom licenses this month versus during January. In another thread about royalties, Mat Hayward said:
It should make sense JoAnn but there is still something I don't understand:
For what I can see the "custom license" earning for contributors is not really "fluctuating": at the contrary it decreases regularly from january 1st
It started with about 1,47$, then started decreasing and it had never went back to that price
I can't see a single sale with a higher amount than the previous ones.
It quite difficult to understand that the increase of use of this pro plan is so regular in 45 days from the beginning of year.
Did this happen last year too or just January 2024?
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« on: February 13, 2024, 09:45 »
It's an interesting experiment, and I understand that the contributors want to stay anonymous, because buying your own images is against the TOS. But on the other hand, this leaves very little room for verification. Anyone can claim anything. Always be careful with 3rd party information like "heard it from a friend who has been told by a friend that another friend..." Information can get thickened or altered per hop :-) It's not much a friend of a friend thing. I know the guy on the forums for many years. And yes, it's about ToS. He is still not ready to pull out the portfolio from SS.
But this is not the first time I have seen such accusations against the SS. It was always something like, I know the client and he told me about a purchase that I dont see, or someone would just say that some studio made a control purchase and it's failed, etc. Things I might have missed or not believed. But this time I have a clear numbers, clear data on what and when. That's why I bring it here.
This is a good idea. Ask your friend to check DP, DT, AS, IS and Alamy for the same, then write the anonymous report of the findings. Why only SS?
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« on: February 04, 2024, 07:53 »
All those nobody stock contributors hate me. LOL!! Whatever.
They got nothing better than ridiculing people. Useless posters.
They've never started a meaningful thread/conversation. All they do is to come in and ridicule people. And then I strike back, they get upset like a little punk. LMAO!! Weak.
Seek support from a mental health professional.
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« on: February 02, 2024, 07:04 »
I had a look at the mage page.
In the terms of service it says that everything created is public domain.
Not sure if that is ideal.
Everything created is public domain because AI can't be copyrighted. A machine is not a human mind.
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« on: January 28, 2024, 07:32 »
While Mick West is still defending his balloon theory for the Jellyfish footage Dave Falch has stepped in to give his analysis.
Conclusion: Black DARPA craft undergoing testing and footage leaked.
https://youtu.be/S9qbB23BuhI?feature=shared
He does however explain what it's unlikely to be. Spoiler: No balloon animals
When you post stupid videos and allegations like this, you make yourself look like a fool. Giant jellyfish UFO. Looks like a deflated weather balloon, drifting in the wind. Stick to serious questions like Dod, disclosure and the oversite committee, not foolish sci-fi click bait.
It's just a weather balloon. UFO nuts make the ordinary into a mystery. They lack critical thinking of any kind. Lowls, prove it's not just a weather balloon.
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« on: September 28, 2023, 10:44 »
NASA Report, Officials stressed the panel found no evidence that UAPs had extraterrestrial origin.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/nasa-s-ufo-task-force-has-released-its-final-report-it-s-not-aliens/ar-AA1gJtVJ
We find no evidence that UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin, said team lead David Spergel at Princeton University during the press conference. Most events are explainable as planes, balloons, drones, weather phenomena and instrument features.
NASA Independent Panel report.
That said it only exhibits 70% human dna and 30% unknown.
 ??
Unknown doesn't translate to aliens or anything, it means... UNKNOWN very simple, it couldn't be identified because the structure was too old or had been destroyed. Finding nothing is not a way to jump to the conclusion that it's something else.
Thank you Peter for explaining the obvious. Just answering a question. Don't panic no one is challenging your religious beliefs.
Looks more like they are challenging your cult religious beliefs. Your denialist rants and personal attacks on anyone who questions your religion is over reaction to doubts. Why can't you answer or give us the evidence for the claims instead of many people, or calling them whistleblowers? Their whistle makes no sound just a stream of hot air.
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« on: August 21, 2023, 05:36 »
One thing for certain in my experience is that it has never ever gone down like this before. Especially with what I know is coming.
What is coming? When?
The aliens are coming seems to be what Lowls is saying. I don't welcome that idea. If they are here as the grim reapers to harvest us, will they take the prize cattle first or thin the herd. Maybe they see the planet is being mismanaged and the pandemic didn't kill enough. We have famine, climate change, over population, nuclear weapons and more. I don't know why everyone thinks they are benevolent. We could be nothing but stock for a food supply for many other species. No one welcomed the slave traders, but people want to meet the aliens who could end our freedom. I think the aliens first mission will be remove the agencies that are interfering with the plans. Take out the government that has captured fellow visitors and holds them hostage while trying to duplicate the technology. Next will be the meddling investigators who are exposing the aliens to the rest of us. They are not hiding without a reason. I don't welcome the aliens revealing their plans here.
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« on: July 18, 2023, 06:29 »
What do the aliens look like? We have all kinds of reports and claims, people have seen them and believe they have been abducted. What do aliens look like in their descriptions. That's a pretty basic and simple question? Is there any group consensus or collective way to describe the alien appearance?
What do UFOs look like. I mean, I can describe an airplane, boat or a car, can someone describe what the aliens travel in? No I don't expect anyone to understand the propulsion systems, just some nice basic data to build from?
There are all kind of photos and claims. Darn near everyone now carries a camera/phone that can take photos or video. I would expect we'd have more and better images, than in the old days.
After the disclosure or the official first contact, you should be able to buy an encyclopedia of aliens with illustrations. If you survive the ontological shock.
For now, the field is so muddied with hoaxes and disinformation, that for the average person it is difficult to figure out what is true.
Listen to serious and credible people like Elizondo, Nolan, Coulthart or Valle. You will not hear stories about the Galactic Federation or alien races from them. But what you hear from them sounds very serious. Elizondo and Nolan probably cannot disclose everything they know and have seen. Look up that famous "somber" comment from Elizondo...
There are plenty of reports from "experiences", just look for them. There are some recurring "races" of aliens in their stories, but it is up to you to judge how credible a given experiencer is. I will not do that for you. I am not trying to convince anyone about anything, but I wish some people expanded their intellectual horizons a little. It is great to be an open-minded skeptic, but it is stupid to be a denialist.
Why haven't we had a disclosure or an official first contact yet? Well, just look at this thread... Denialists and religious fundamentalists on the whole planet would probably go berserk... But things have accelerated greatly in the recent months for some reason. I think we are approaching that moment.
This will be just another farce from the UFO cult followers. These events are nothing but more programming for the weak minds of the brainwashed.
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« on: June 30, 2023, 08:15 »
I just got a review that says data set image which means a rejection, without saying it's a rejection or why. This is stupid dumb. I will delete the image. Now SS doesn't have to review, just let AI drop them into data set or approve.
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« on: April 18, 2023, 09:03 »
Each one needs to be edited to remove the color bar in the lower right. Resizing could be done batch. Still, I haven't seen anything from Open AI that didn't need editing, and people who use the other, still need to edit for size and error's.
Not sure what color bar you are talking about, my AI images don't have any.
Everyone who still claims AI images need some major editing is either lying to keep up the pretense that there is some actual human work involved or is simply using the wrong AI image generator.
Maybe this was true for the first gen Ai generators, but by now they produce perfect results at least 90% of the time.
Perfect results, you're joking.
Artist wins and rejects the prize. https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/artist-refuses-photography-award-after-revealing-his-picture-was-ai-generated/ar-AA19Yj8MFor me, working with AI image generators is a co-creation, in which I am the director. It is not about pressing a buttonand done it is. The images are "fake memories of a past, that never existed, that no-one photographed," created by putting them through AI image generators between 20 and 40 times, Eldagsen says on his website.
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