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Messages - Mifornia
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« on: October 18, 2023, 21:27 »
Its definitely a very sad development for skilled artists. There will be people with very clean prompts who can generate clean vectors with minimum touch ups.
However, I saw a similar development when computers were introduced, the need for classically trained artists with solid anatomy knowledge, a hand that was painfully developed to draw classical strokes that breathed, clean color palette, intricate composition, etc its all mostly became irrelevant. I saw so many artists who couldnt draw basic perspectives, yet they graduated with degrees.
I also put my brushes aside and learned Adobe, Softimage, then next new software , etc
To my surprise, all of the top artists at several major companies that I worked for still had a very strong classical training, even if they didnt use it. There is a certain level of acknowledgment of the pain of learning those skills from mean old instructors, that does give you a right of passage and a faster rise to the top.
And what about globalization? We already compete with artists from countries where $ stretches so much more, its actually worth it doing vectors for stock.
Lets hope that it still be the same you still need an artist to create an image that stands out. Uneducated eyes just cant do that, but they definitely can dilute the market where good artwork may get lost.
I witnessed how computers changed art, AI might be even more disruptive and scary Im trying my best to learn it as well, it seems easier than learning Adobe, Softimage, Maya, etc Even easier than learning digital painting that so many traditional artists also used to laugh at.
We can protest and fear the future, but today will turn in to a different tomorrow that will be filled with new kind of artists, artists who didnt live in a world without AI and for them AI will be a natural tool, just like Adobe for us.
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« on: October 18, 2023, 20:41 »
It looks like all vertical format has the shopping cart icon instead of "Free with trial". Maybe because "Free with trial" doesn't fit on narrow images?
some contributors have all of their images set with a shopping cart icon (is that a premium pricing level?) others have all of images as free download. How can I add this option (shopping cart icon option whatever its called) to a file of my choice? Can someone explain please?
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« on: October 17, 2023, 21:24 »
How can you adit what photos are free with subscription and what are not?
Some of my images have a shopping card icon on them. It seems that it gets assigned automatically? How can I change that?
Thank you for your help. (Googling it wasnt productive)
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« on: September 11, 2023, 23:20 »
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« on: September 11, 2023, 22:57 »
How important is to add keywords to image metadata? I can do that from my computer, but not from my iPad (most of my illustrations are made on iPad) It it ok if I dont add metadata to my images?
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« on: September 10, 2023, 09:18 »
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otoh, the good news is they're catching up - recent photo reviews were only 10 days old, but dozens AI gen from last month havent been reviewed, and weirdly 3 images are 2 months old
can you please post a link to unreviewed images or let me know how to see them?
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« on: September 01, 2023, 21:57 »
(I dont know how to upscale AI photos with good results. Tried Gigapixel, Photoshop and Lightroom, but Im not satisfied with results: especially extra lines around hair. So I do illustrations.
Im still processing my 3000 photos from my vacation. Interesting thing is that I see AI with less quality pass and photos with better quality get rejected)
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« on: September 01, 2023, 19:40 »
.... and you can know with confidence you're account won't be blocked because of it.
Thanks,
Mat Hayward
Mat, is this really the new tone with the contributors? If you do everything the way we want (and keep changing it every day), we love you?
But if you make one mistake, we'll block you? Great 
Mat, we are all adults here, with experience in the stock business or other training and decent Jobs, have families, raised children and Adobe is just treating us like a bunch of toddlers at the whim of our teachers.
You are the only agency here that creates an atmosphere of fear, although everyone here in the forum is trying to help Adobe.
I submitted images today (no AI) and felt bad about it because of your new threatening disclaimer. But I don't want to feel threatened when I send pictures, not to mention the fact that I won't know the outcome of my threatening experience for weeks 
This is a real new experience in stock photography 
As far as interpersonal issues are concerned, Adobe is really screwing things up here.
Thanks
Hi Ralf. I'm actually communicating the opposite of what you wrote. The concern I was addressing is regarding the new checkbox that appears before you can complete the submission process. The checkbox states the following:
-I added a model release for each recognizable person
-My content has no logos, trademarks, or other intellectual property issues
-If my content is AI generated, I have checked the box declaring so
-If my content is AI generated, I have not generated it with reference to other artists(s) in the prompt.
-I understand my account can be suspended if I breach the guidelines.
The issue that was called out earlier in this thread, is that these checkboxes appear even when you are submitting content for the illustrative editorial collection. Clearly, you cannot submit to the illustrative editorial collection and affirm your content has no logos or trademarked elements.
My response was to confirm that we recognize the language needs to be updated to address this. Until that language is updated, it is OK to submit to to the collection and check the boxes. You will not be blocked if you do so.
thanks,
Mat Hayward
Hi Mat, Currently, there is no way to double check if you checked AI box after images got uploaded to queer. There is information that its illustration, what category it is, what language, title and keywords. However, no information if AI box was checked or missed. Can you please add a confirmation that AI box was checked in uploaded images? Thank you
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« on: September 01, 2023, 19:28 »
So...you are blocking the queue for us all with your unlimited uploads
But it makes sense to reward the old guard.
Old age before beauty as we say in German...
I will never have that problem. When I read that people upload 1000 files a week or 100 a day...even if I did only simple backgrounds...I wouldn't be able to achieve that.
I am trying to increase my output, but the absolut max I was ever able to do was 30 in one day. Usually I do 50-100 a week.
Doesn't matter if it is photo/video or ai. Research is a big part of my workflow and that simply takes time.
It will get better next year, when I just have to expand on my themes.
I currently can upload max 5 images per day. I cant even imagine uploading 30 per day, let alone 100. Do they not upscale them, re-save them, put metadata, and do description/keyword them? Descriptions and keywords alone take me 10 minutes per file. They must be making a huge amount of money
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« on: September 01, 2023, 19:18 »
I manually figured out that one of my png files didnt have transparency. No files were reviewed for more than a month. I deleted and uploaded it with transparency and reviews started again. Too bad you cant see if your file is transparent or not after you upload it: transparency looks like white color. Obviously I submitted it with no transparency by mistake
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« on: August 23, 2023, 22:24 »
My png is 26 days old.
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« on: August 23, 2023, 08:56 »
I get a message in my portal that flashes: not all of your images can be submitted for a review. How can I identify images that cant be submitted and delete them?
I didnt get any emails what images cant be accepted, images are not flagged or rejected. My account is not blocked
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« on: August 22, 2023, 11:58 »
I get a message at times that flashes: not all of your images can be submitted for a review. How can I find the images that cant be submitted and delete them? Nothing been accepted since July 26 and before that I was getting acceptance emails every 3 days on average. I didnt get any emails what images cant be accepted and there is no explanation or red flag or rejection on any of the images in queue. I have 3 pages of submissions waiting for review. My account is not blocked and Im still getting sales daily.
Only 1 of my hand drawn illustrations wasnt accepted for quality and about dozen of actual photos from my Sony α7 III . I mostly create png with transparency and submit them one by one. (I have BFA and been a working artist for 25+ years in CA) I also started to submit AI jpg. No vectors. Ive been previously featured as a top seller
I read all of the requirements for AI and correct file submissions and try very hard to follow them. I emailed for answers with no reply. How can I solve this puzzle of what files cant be accepted?
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