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« on: December 11, 2024, 07:47 »
the problem with Midjourney is that it costs too much at 67.91 euros including VAT for a pro plan.
30hr/month fast GPU but due to the excessive quantity of errors that the AI generates,these hours of fast GPU end immediately,and this also seems to me like an attempt to consume fast GPU time,since occasionally symbols are also generated on main subjects in order to make you use the editor and consume more GPU time and therefore buy more time at 4usd/hr.
I think that due to the numerous generation errors,it would be more fair to give at least 100 hours of fast GPU for pro plan and 250 hours for the mega plan.
I haven't tried flux yet but it's on the list.
bad week so far,but I should still close December with more sales than last year,it will probably only be a few more.
Yeah midjourney is way too expensive. I mean 8 to 10 USD / month with unlimited slow generation time would be o.k. With Flux I can generate for 10 USD about 1000 images of which about 80% are usable without errors or very minor things that can be fixed in 10 to 20 seconds. There are also some providers with unlimited flux generations for about 10 USD / month but the generation time is higher with up to 40 seconds / image. Hope this week will pick up again. ///////// Downloads are very slowly picking up. Currently 8 downloads today. Probably I *removed coarse language* up my portfolio ranking because of submitting too many christmas images with too little variarions and now beeing marked as spammer. So I will try to diversify quickly my portfolio and submit less similar topics.
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« on: December 11, 2024, 07:16 »
Original Flux generation:
https://i.ibb.co/yWZ3w1r/129af1b37acd4242add16c925bc66126.jpg
AI 2x Upscale:
https://i.ibb.co/r7YFVPH/Universal-Upscaler-dc3663a9-364e-434a-978f-356af59f4967.jpg
But she has only 4 fingers and is missing a thumb ... If you look at original stock photos, you'll see that the human fingers are often even more disgusting in reality.
If I add grain in Photoshop 80% of you would assume it's a real photo.
https://i.ibb.co/mBmJr5p/Universal-Upscaler-dc3663a9-364e-434a-978f-356af59f4967-grain.jpg
So do you really think that just a normal buyer does even care if it's AI or a real photo if he's gonna use it just for a blog or Website?
What is the 'flux' model? Is that an online service, or something you download & generate from your computer?
It's an open source AI generation model like Stable Diffusion. You can run it local on your computer but you need very powerful hardware. But you can also run it on a server, which you can rent for about 1 USD / hour. But it takes time to set it up. You can also use an already final API, which costs about 1 to 2 cent per image generarion (approx 10 seconds generarion time). Just use google for further information.
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« on: December 11, 2024, 06:46 »
Crashed hard today with just 5 Downloads.
Monday and yesterday I had together 88 Downloads and was position 2.820.
Hope this will turn around in the evening and the remaining week.
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« on: December 09, 2024, 18:01 »
...If I add grain in Photoshop 80% of you would assume it's a real photo.
https://i.ibb.co/mBmJr5p/Universal-Upscaler-dc3663a9-364e-434a-978f-356af59f4967-grain.jpg
This just screams fake.
Arguably not too different from the over-airbrushed, liquify-filter, skin smoothed fashion covers that have been around for years, but now those are churned out in industrial quantities, not handsful.
The masses of getAI people images on Adobe Stock look like a clone army of slick and polished humanoids.
The main issue is the size of the market for stock images. It's not growing anything like as fast (at an educated guess) as the supply of content. And there's only a portion of the buyer population who want the shiny-happy-fakey humanoids. If what was being produced with genAI substantially increased the size of the customer group or the volume of content they're licensing this might be a game changer.
As it is, the more of the look-alike content being generated just increases competition for the buyers who do want that look.
Sorry but you're just someone who constantly moans and never takes action to change things. One more natural image for you without liquid makeup: https://i.ibb.co/LSqYrhw/Universal-Upscaler-ed5ba351-712d-44d1-8e0f-e795a0726b2b-grain.jpg"So do you really think that just a normal buyer does even care if it's AI or a real photo if he's gonna use it just for a blog or Website?"
I was a buyer and I would be absolutely pissed if I zoom into my image full size and I see monster hands. Would never buy from that artist again.
I used to have "don't buy here" list for disappointing ports.
Of course I had a much larger list for good ports that had a nice quality for the content that I was looking for.
It is your business. I try to offer the quality that I want to receive myself.
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I disagree on the growth of the buyer market. I think especially now with ai a lot of people will realize that buying directly from Adobe and then perhaps modifying the image with photoshop, is a lot cheaper and much faster than prompting yourself.
Also more and more countries are moving up and once people use more photoshop, chances are they will also buy stock images via the adobe plan.
If Adobe keeps adding more photoshop subscribers, we will get more customers.
And I think the Ai collection is bringing in a lot of new buyers. Many obviously giving up their plans at the other places to now subscribe from Adobe.
Which probably means the other places will start taking ai at some point.
Because giving customers an ai tool, is like giving customers a camera. Yes they can prompt/take it themselves...but they don't have the time.
Exactly my words. The market will grow because the quality will rise in the next years and most of the buyers are just lazy to prompt or have no clue what they really want until they see what they like.
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« on: December 09, 2024, 16:22 »
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« on: December 09, 2024, 14:41 »
What the heck are you talking about guys?
I see you didn't even try to use AI for daily business tasks like coding review / coding description, writing concepts, summerize und structurize pdf documents, translating texts, review of contracts, evaluation of customer feedback, etc.
When you have problems and chat with the Amazon support, do you really think there are real people even typing, when you want get a refund?
Just use google for AI use cases or better ask an AI chatbot.
The hallucinations problem will be solved with agents (ChatGPT 5) and a multiple plausibilty check of the generated answers.
By the way this week looks ok sofar:
38 Downloads, 26,39 $.
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« on: December 09, 2024, 08:28 »
Good points, but there's a big problem with the data feeding AIit's drying up, and worse, it's getting polluted with AI-generated content. Real, high-quality data takes decades to build, and were running out of fresh, untouched sources.
Sure, AI is useful, but the idea of generating real-time AI images or videos in 3-5 years feels like an overestimation. There isnt even an AI yet that can produce high-quality 3D models with proper topology, let alone handle physics-based simulations like volcano eruptions accurately. Those still rely on real CPU-heavy mathematics, not AI magic.
The tech is moving fast, but its not that fast.
Yes, it's true that AI image models have likely exhausted the market-leading stock agencies for model training.
However, there are still terabytes of unused image material available. Just think of photo communities like Flickr. Then there are social networks like Facebook, Instagram, etc.
There are libraries with historical photos.
You can also extract images from videos.
And there are very powerful LLMs (Large Language Models) for generating image descriptions, which are necessary for training image models.
Regarding performance, I can only refer to the Flux Fast model.
Even now, the model can generate images almost in real-time, I think 0.1 to 0.2 seconds with 4 steps.
Yes, Flux Developer or Flux Ultra takes a bit longer (on high-performance servers, around 6 to 10 seconds with 28 steps and 2K resolution).
But you can see where the development is headed. With new chip technology for AI models, you could also generate Flux Ultra with 4K resolution in under 1 second. And that's almost realtime.
This still feels like a bubble or a vicious circle to me because:
a) While its true that there are still some untapped data sources, most of the high-quality, profitable data has already been mined. What remains is often lower quality, AI-contaminated, or lacks the depth needed for true advancements.
b) Even with more capable models now than a year ago, we still see fundamental issues like six-fingered hands or, in videos, unnatural zoom effects and uncontrollable movement. These flaws highlight that AI, while useful, has serious limitations.
I believe the AI craze will start to fade as people realize it cant fully replace real mathematics or deterministic systems. GPUs, by design, are non-deterministic, which is why AI will probably never truly understand physics or consistently generate anatomically accurate results like proper hands. Its incredibly useful in many areas, but were far from it living up to the current hype.
I'm now using LLMs in my professional context to increase productivity. It's not just about solving complex physical and mathematical problems, but also about efficiently completing everyday tasks, such as using AI as a copilot for code debugging and documentation, automating data quality checks, answering customer inquiries, and so on. The hype is far from over. The problem is rather that most people are not prepared for this and private individuals do not recognize the many areas of application and potential. With the new coming chip technology, it is possible to evaluate almost any complex financial instrument in real-time on financial markets. For example, complex Fourier series can be analytically approximated in less than a second. Autonomous driving will be a major topic in the future. Regarding the generated errors, such as 6 fingers, I can refer to the Flux Model again. At least 8 out of 10 generated images with complex prompts have the correct number of fingers and hand position. Black Forest Labs will soon release a video model as well.
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« on: December 09, 2024, 07:50 »
Good points, but there's a big problem with the data feeding AIit's drying up, and worse, it's getting polluted with AI-generated content. Real, high-quality data takes decades to build, and were running out of fresh, untouched sources.
Sure, AI is useful, but the idea of generating real-time AI images or videos in 3-5 years feels like an overestimation. There isnt even an AI yet that can produce high-quality 3D models with proper topology, let alone handle physics-based simulations like volcano eruptions accurately. Those still rely on real CPU-heavy mathematics, not AI magic.
The tech is moving fast, but its not that fast.
Yes, it's true that AI image models have likely exhausted the market-leading stock agencies for model training. However, there are still terabytes of unused image material available. Just think of photo communities like Flickr. Then there are social networks like Facebook, Instagram, etc. There are libraries with historical photos. You can also extract images from videos. And there are very powerful LLMs (Large Language Models) for generating image descriptions, which are necessary for training image models. Regarding performance, I can only refer to the Flux Fast model. Even now, the model can generate images almost in real-time, I think 0.1 to 0.2 seconds with 4 steps. Yes, Flux Developer or Flux Ultra takes a bit longer (on high-performance servers, around 6 to 10 seconds with 28 steps and 2K resolution). But you can see where the development is headed. With new chip technology for AI models, you could also generate Flux Ultra with 4K resolution in under 1 second. And that's almost realtime.
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« on: December 09, 2024, 05:05 »
Already moving back down. Still it was fun.
pos 692, files 7200
eta
christmas has a high sales potential but you can still make money with other festivals. you just need a lot more and very diverse files. if you have 1000 christmas images, then you will probably need 5000 easter images to get a similar result.
Awesome stats! Last week was really quite fun. Had 144 Downloads and was position 3820. Hope this week will be the same level or higher. ..... I strongly bet that the Flux Model will improve further enormously, because it's licensed now by Elon Musk / X.
sure - just look how he's improved twitter!
Yeah, he messed up with Twitter really hard but his xAI start up is promising as their Grok-2 LLM is almost on the same level like ChatGPT4. Today, I read in the German business magazine 'Wirtschafts Woche' about the German start-up Q.ANT, which has developed a new technology for AI processors that is 30 to 50 times more powerful and energy-efficient than NVIDIA's current flagship. So I stick to my earlier prediction that we will be able to generate AI images and videos in real-time within 3 to max. 5 years. That will be really fun!
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« on: December 06, 2024, 05:57 »
That is really an excellent result, probably much higher than what I will have when I drop back down in January.
Now, where will you be when you have 12k files?
I like the idea of combining a genre with different professions. That will give you a lot of niches.
I was looking at country specific "flavors or vibes". For instance in the US christmas is often a very colorful, loud happy party family and friends gathering.
In Germany it is a lot more subdued often very, very private close family only celebration. Even non religious people might go to church on christmas eve, the evening is more quiet with classical music, colors are matte, lots of handmade wood things, matte candles and lights. Nothing flashy, pink or plastic.
A lot of traditions, decoration elements made by grandparents hanging in your tree...etc...
Now if you want to do christmas Italian style that will look very different again, Swedish style, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Poland...Europe has a lot of regionally different christmas traditions.
And the buyer will recognize if you thought of them when you created the content.
Many yearly events, when you look at the details, are celebrated quite differently with the specific local customs.
Same for weddings, birthdays, funerals, memorials, end of school celebrations etc...there are a lot of local variations.
Of course it is best to be from the region to do it well, but with good research I might also be able to generate content for a christmas celebration for the Philippines.
When looking for niches I usually just do soup...x million files, german soup or soup germany...much less...often less than 10 000.
And then you start to see gaps everywhere and realize our job is endless and all the duplicates of duplicates don't matter.
Yeah, absolutely, and combining these topics with current trends like sustainability, diversity, and mental health... The possibilities for niches are almost endless. There are more than one would suppose at first glance. Personally, I'd rather focus on building a well-diversified portfolio with a balanced sales ratio across various topics, rather than relying on just a few strong bestsellers. That's because if you're heavily dependent on just a few top-performing images / videos and the algorithms or rankings of these change, your entire portfolio's ranking can shift dramatically. I believe you can reach 500 USD / week with 12k portfolio. I mean if some one here achieved over 1k / week with a 20k portfolio, it should be possible. Now imagine what's possible if you go further and combine illustrations, vector graphics, templates, movies. You can still make a good fulltime living with Microsrock over the next years if you work smarter and not harder. I've started uploading images on other topics now, with the goal of diversifying my portfolio over the next year. Sofar 124 Downloads and 107,89 $.
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« on: December 05, 2024, 15:16 »
for 3400 files that is a very good rank
i owe my good holiday rank to my old istock bestsellers. they paved the way.
at least one advantage from the good old days.
and a visible reminder of what is possible if customers like your files. now I just need useful content for the rest of the year.
Yeah, for AI content, one has to focus on quality (it should be impossible to distinguish from a real photo) and niches. The great thing about AI is that you can really quickly generate images and fill the niches you find. It's like you've often said in the past: people don't just look for nice images, but also usable ones. For example, when thinking about Christmas and Santa, it should either be very modern inspired motifs or combine the theme with products and services. Especially when you start combining themes with products or services, you can find niches. Maybe it even makes sense to have AI create mind maps for topics, so you can identify niches more quickly. For Christmas, my approach seems to be successful. So far this week: Downloads: 113 Earnings: 97,65 $ Position: 4.780. 3.485 images.
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« on: December 05, 2024, 05:31 »
pos 665, files 7100
but sadly it will probably be less this December than last
Nice stats! I would suppose your christmas and winter content is currently selling like hotdogs? I'm currently at pos 6.460 with 90 sales / 80,41 $. Selling approx 95%+ only christmas content. 3.400 images.
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« on: December 04, 2024, 14:47 »
My industry predictions are that most agencies will accept AI-generated content due to its improved quality and creativity, which cannot be replicated by traditional photography.
Already, it is possible to generate 4K images using Flux Ultra, and upscaling to 8K will not be a problem with online upscaling providers.
My forecast is that AI-generated content will replace up to 80% of generic photo content within the next 1-2 years, and the entire market, as well as earnings, will increase due to the higher quality of content. However, earnings will be more concentrated among a few large contributors who specialize in AI-generated content and understand the needs of buyers.
Demand for classic shoots will rise only for niches, where byers will need real authentical content, which can't be generated.
AI Video creation will become better but will be still not good enough to replace real video shootings, so that I would wait 2 years before starting generating.
My personal goals in 2025 are:
- To create a portfolio of 20 - 30.000 high-quality, generic AI images with high demand, earning up to $300-500 per week.
So far, I have created approximately 10.000 images in 2 months but uploaded only approx 3.400 images so far. I am currently reaching to approx $80+ this week.
- To create around 300 - 400 high-quality traditional photos during my vacations and photo shoots with my young daughter.
- To learn more about the needs of buyers to create more in-demand content.
- To improve the quality of AI upscaling at higher resolutions.
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« on: December 04, 2024, 04:57 »
Dividing the portfolio between AI images and photographic/illustration images is definitely a great long-term idea. The important thing is to find the right niches. And this is not very easy.
Yeah, this is absolutely the key for maximizing profit. Creating generic stuff via AI, which has no expectations about authencitiy, e.g. fashion, lifestyle, seasonal topics, graphic templates, etc. and taking photos for landscapes, travel vacation hot spots, medical tools, etc. But I think classic photo shoots will become niche in Microstock in the long term. Most content beeing sold on Adobe is generic. By the way this week is quite strong. Sofar 51 sales with 54,69 $. Position 7840. The top 100 will earn nice $$$ this month.
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« on: December 02, 2024, 17:43 »
While you're still laminating and dwelling in the past, I can only say that with AI for beginners, the possibilities have improved massively.
I mean, in the past, it took a decade to build a large portfolio, but today it's just 2 months with 2-3 hours of computer time in the evening without even leaving the house.
Beginners nowadays don't need photographic skills, but only moderate IT skills.
Sure you won't make millions like Yuri did in the past but still it will be possible for them earn some hundred bucks / week.
I also predict that within the next 3 years, Shutterstock & Co. will allow AI-generated images, because the image quality will increase massively again. I strongly bet that the Flux Model will improve further enormously, because it's licensed now by Elon Musk / X.
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« on: November 29, 2024, 16:29 »
You want scary? My numbers right now: Downloads 25, Position 15,550 (in the middle), 1,031 Images. I admit that I'm terrible, don't try hard and don't have many images. So if I'm in the middle, just imagine how bad things are for people doing worse than 15,550?
The really scary part is that there are people with 30k ai files with a lower rank than yours. Even if they automated their ai process, they still spent countless hours chasing a dream that will never come true.
I wish agencies would give more honest information about what kind of income can be reasonably achieved.
On ebay or etsy there are many people with high sales stores that make 30k a month and run their business with employees.
In the stock world there are probably just 10 producers who make over 30k a month and I doubt that even africa studios or yuri arcurs make more than 250k a month.
Compared to other webstores you can have that target the normal population, stock is a very, very niche buyer group.
We saw here that only if you get into the inner circle of less than 100 will you go over 1200 a week at Adobe.
And to make a reliable 500 a week, you need to be around rank 500.
If you are mostly selling images of course, for video it is different.
If agencies would put out a general statement something like: 30 000 producers make 50-100 dollars a month, 8000 make around 3-400 a month, 2000 make around 6-800 a month and less than one thousand make around 1000 a month...that would put things into perspective and give people real information to try and understand their chances.
Because the youtubers make it appear that building a stock webstore is like building a shop on etsy or ebay. From zero to 4k a month in six easy steps...no knowledge required...
But our webstores have no viral component, we don't accumulate 10 million followers and we don't get paid for people just clicking on our files.
And reaching a reliable 1000 a month is usually a multi year process.
There are many other things you can do online that will earn you more money and will probably be a more reliable longterm income.
But people are putting a crazy amount of time and effort into something that will never pay off for them.
Yes, unfortunately that's true. Microstock is not worth the effort at all. It's brutal how many hours of work you can put in and not see any success. I spent countless hours earlier this year not even making 5 USD/month so I stopped creating AI images. After the release of the Flux model in October, I started again and managed to create about 10k new images in about 6 - 7 weeks (2 hours / day = about 100 hours). I am currently scaling up and uploading about 100 to 120 images per day (about 1 hour per day). I currently have about 45 USD outstanding per week and am trying to get up to 500 USD per month. So yeah, it's just peanuts.
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« on: November 28, 2024, 10:59 »
I've been gradually deleting unsold videos that I uploaded in 2018, then improving and re-rendering them, improving my colour management, updating the keyword order and resubmitting. I have been getting quite a few new sales this way on files that I think would otherwise never have sold on Adobe but had done well elsewhere. I have not noticed any negative impacts of doing this.
That is a very smart strategy and certainly beneficial for customers.
Improving unsold files will increase the overall quality of your port.
Yes, it works but I would not recommend this since you are facing a risk to get banned from Adobe.
Adobe clearly states in their "terms of use" for contributors that you first have to inform Adobe in advance before you delete your content. If it only affects a small proportion of the portfolio, it is certainly not that risky.
Isnt that for mass deletions?
If someone has 2000 videos, deletes 10 files, reprocess them and then reuploads them, then next week does another 10 etcthe files are not being removed forever, they are being improved and uploaded with better quality.
I can't find the terms of use anymore but I remember a period of 3 months when you were not allowed to delete a huge amount of your content. Probably they changed it in the meantime. But I personally would not face the risk, especially when you have a good selling account since It's very hard to start with a new one nowdays.
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« on: November 28, 2024, 09:14 »
No answer yet 
Response time 2-3 weeks.
But is $15 really a lot of money for a German citizen? 
Well, my monthly income from microstock has successively fallen by around $1,300 (on average before tax) over the years. If the agencies now start to reduce the remaining amount for whatever reason, there will soon be nothing left.
In addition, the cost of living here in Germany has risen noticeably in recent years. You are well aware of some of the reasons for this.
I have nothing to give away.
In this particular case, however, it's a matter of principle.
Brutal stats.
I can imagine by looking at your images in your portfolio that you were quite successfull back then around 2014 to 2018.
Now some images are outdated but not the topics.
I think if you would renew your portfolio with the same topics (gardening, interior, etc.) you could raise again your earnings.
Hey Andrej,
What you write is basically correct.
But I have a certain attitude towards microstock. I have no desire to invest time in images that end up earning $10 or 20. Then I can invest my time more wisely in my job. And with the development of the RPD at Microstock and the short lifespan of the images, I lack the motivation to feed the beast.
Yeah, you're right. But have you tried AI? This would accelerate your portfolio refreshment by many magnitudes. Since you are an interior designer anyway, you can generate your ideas quite quickly. Here are a few examples of the Flux model + AI Upscaler: https://i.ibb.co/S09Xv2F/Universal-Upscaler-2d5b348c-2d4d-4265-8075-0a51f283fc65.jpghttps://i.ibb.co/P6ykc0W/Universal-Upscaler-b78c69c0-18f5-4766-862f-460c2cd9d34e.jpgYou can retouche minor generation errors very quickly.
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« on: November 28, 2024, 07:12 »
Slow week.
Sofar 37 Downloads (Rank 9.280). Last week I had already more than 45 Downloads with Rank over 12.000.
Last week < 3000 files, currently 3.118 files and 700 pending in review.
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« on: November 28, 2024, 05:46 »
The question is simply copyright.
laion. and some ai companies are trying to make money by stealing other peoples copyrighted works.
That should be illegal.
Ai companies should properly license all their training material and many large companies do.
And it seems now they might be forced to do just that because ai images are poisoning their free scraping pool.
Karma is a bitch.
Ok, when you are talking about copyright it is not that easy in this case. Is it forbidden to use an image protected by watermarks for the training of AI models and then no longer use it or no publish it as such? From my point of view, the question is much more: how high is the reproducibility of the material used by the AI model? In other words, can the image used be reproduced 10, 20, 50 or 99% as such with a specific prompt by the user? A high percentage of reproducibility is technically known as overfitting of the model. And this is exactly where the law should show limits. Every developer should disclose its model calibration quality public, so that this specific issue can be evaluated. Anything else is nonsense and not worth further discussing.
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« on: November 28, 2024, 04:55 »
I've been gradually deleting unsold videos that I uploaded in 2018, then improving and re-rendering them, improving my colour management, updating the keyword order and resubmitting. I have been getting quite a few new sales this way on files that I think would otherwise never have sold on Adobe but had done well elsewhere. I have not noticed any negative impacts of doing this.
That is a very smart strategy and certainly beneficial for customers.
Improving unsold files will increase the overall quality of your port.
Yes, it works but I would not recommend this since you are facing a risk to get banned from Adobe. Adobe clearly states in their "terms of use" for contributors that you first have to inform Adobe in advance before you delete your content. If it only affects a small proportion of the portfolio, it is certainly not that risky.
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« on: November 28, 2024, 02:19 »
LAION owns the metadata and release as CC-BY-4.0
"We do not own the copyright of the images or text."
LAION 5B was completed in 2022 before AI had invaded most sites.
LAION 5B and the previous collections are Open Source
Any future training should exclude AI images. I'm not saying it will, but it should. Part of the problem of scraping for AI is more complicated when it comes to text and undisclosed writings that are created by AI. But here, I think we're concerned with images.
"AI has generated 150 years worth of images in less than 12 months, study shows" https://www.designboom.com/technology/ai-has-generated-150-years-worth-of-photographs-in-less-than-12-months-study-shows-08-21-2023/
Just for interest: LAION-5B contains 2.3 billion English samples, 2.2 billion multilingual samples, and 1.2 billion unknown language samples. Depending on bandwidth, its feasible to download the entire LAION-5B dataset in 7 days using 10 nodes.
I hope that answers some questions about the size and access. I think from what I've found, the dataset is free, and no one was charged or paid for the content. Non-profit funding was used for the gathering of the data.
I don't know if anyone has taken a closer look at the LAION-5B dataset. I don't remember any high-resolution images in there, just some thumbnails with watermarks. I mean, if someone had painted the pictures, scanned them and then used them as training material, would anyone have complained? For me, Robert is the epitome of hypocrisy. He complains about the LAION-5B dataset, but generates his own AI images with Midjourney & Co. Clown world.
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« on: November 26, 2024, 07:52 »
No answer yet
Response time 2-3 weeks.
But is $15 really a lot of money for a German citizen?
Well, my monthly income from microstock has successively fallen by around $1,300 (on average before tax) over the years. If the agencies now start to reduce the remaining amount for whatever reason, there will soon be nothing left.
In addition, the cost of living here in Germany has risen noticeably in recent years. You are well aware of some of the reasons for this.
I have nothing to give away.
In this particular case, however, it's a matter of principle.
Brutal stats. I can imagine by looking at your images in your portfolio that you were quite successfull back then around 2014 to 2018. Now some images are outdated but not the topics. I think if you would renew your portfolio with the same topics (gardening, interior, etc.) you could raise again your earnings.
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« on: November 26, 2024, 04:01 »
Downloads up, $ up and running steady... ebb and flow as expected. Just less than 20k images... no AI. Total covering a 6 day period. Mon - Sat
Nice stats!
What's your return per download in $? <1 or >1?
I would guess ~ 0.75.
Thanks. I average between 0.87 - 0.94. As with most things, this will swing one way or the other but annually, that's what it is.
Really good! Respect!
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