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Adobe Stock / Problem filling out form W-8BEN
« on: November 16, 2022, 08:57 »
I have some problems filling out form W-8BEN, i'm from Venezuela, individual. I look for the Internet web page address, but it told me error 404. Someone could help me with this, please? Thanks you!

" Special rates and conditions (if applicablesee instructions): The beneficial owner is claiming the provisions of Article and paragraph____
of the treaty identified on line 9 above to claim a _______% rate of withholding on (specify type of income): _____________________________________"

I don't know, why when a choose Venezuela as country (country i'm living) , the form, fill Venezuela on line 9, for that reason the form pushing me to fill the line 10.

Well, i think i solve this. I use Google and find this.


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Shutterstock.com / Re: Working together to lead the way with AI
« on: November 03, 2022, 18:16 »
Some here look like lawyers, passionate lovers, staunch defenders of artificial intelligence programs that generate images. I really don't understand this kind of behavior from those guys so much!

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Dear Contributors,
 

Greetings from 123RF!

 

Recently, we notice an increase in the submission of AI generated content.

 

Due to the legal uncertainties with regards to AI generated content, were getting in touch to inform you that 123RF will cease to accept all submissions created using AI generation platforms. This ruling will be applied retrospectively to content uploaded prior to this announcement.

 

What we will not accept into any paid collection:

Any content generated from AI generation platforms (examples include but not limited to: Dall.E 2, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, etc.)

 

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].

 

Thank you.

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General - Top Sites / Re: Dall e 2 will make us all redundant?
« on: October 13, 2022, 16:22 »
And this is how its going to be rolled out to the masses:

https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/12/microsoft-brings-dall-e-2-to-the-masses-with-designer-and-image-creator/
I think the end is more near than i supposed! Well i'm selling all my photography gear, as i said before, in order to learn new skills that AI can't get . I'm in the searching for that activities where AI is very weak, i would hear some suggestion from you, maybe it would work for some people here too.

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General - Top Sites / Re: Dall e 2 will make us all redundant?
« on: October 06, 2022, 10:57 »
If i want to learn to drive a car, could i steal a car for two days and gave it back when i learned? If i want to fly a plane, could i steal for one month and gave it back when i learned?

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General - Top Sites / Re: Dall e 2 will make us all redundant?
« on: October 03, 2022, 20:25 »
Hey guys, i will sell all my photography and design gear, and i will  learn anothers skills. This AI monster probably will end with my extra income microstock. Sad but true! I will sell all my photography stuff, because wait so much would be so late! :-\

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Hope the mayority of free web sites about AI for images are like this. 

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again, unsupported assumptions tending towards conspiracy theories- that's not how machine learning operates,

Then please enlighten us how it does work.

and your claim DALL-E copies other images is specifically denied by open-ai.  you may choose not to believe them, but that doesn't justify your claiming to know how the image is created.


I am not claiming the Ai copies any specific image. I claim that the AI creates images on a variety of existing images and I claim that the AI has to store what it learned somewhere. We store information in our brain, computers typically use databases. Without a database or some other data storage the AI can learn nothing. So the question remains what exactly is stored in this data storage, what does the AI actually learn? Clearly it does not learn what a naval battle is. It only learns how images with that description or that keyword look like and it has to store this information somewhere. So it has to store for hundreds of thousands keywords how the images with those keywords look like. How else would it be able to create images when the user enters those keywords?

You seem to think that this is some kind of magic. I believe it is technology.
Speaking of database is quite reductive. Never heard of neural networks or deep learning? The images are not "stolen" but used to form concepts, as you do looking around, stimulating your brain through your eyes. Also if you are not a scientist there are tons of information online to begin to have a better idea of the machine learning process.
The Ai should learn from public domain images, how an image it is! Not use images that are not public domain!

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Many here celebrate this, but perhaps it is the beginning of the end of an extra income like microstock. Someone  could not agree with  I will say, but using images from microstock or from the web makes these AI image creation companies cheaters who are taking advantage of something that is not theirs.It is not as deep a thought as many have written here. In conclusion it is a misappropriation of images.

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I used the following words, but the pics, i think are awful " layflat  vintage typewritter with film camera and cup of coffee on wood table"

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I used the following words,using an AI app, "Donald Trump astronaut" and i got this.
https://www.craiyon.com/?prompt=donald%20trump%20astronaut


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Many are happy with the AI, but when they lose some source of income because of it they won't be so excited! On the one hand, the reduction of the world population is sought, many people will be without work and they will be left over being a burden for governments.

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General - Top Sites / Re: Why don't members show their images?
« on: September 12, 2022, 20:35 »
I would love to see people post their rejections!
We can all learn from those.

Why don't people show the links to their ports?
Afraid of all the trolls that hang out in every forum.
I don't care for all the whine posts and don't read them. What I care about is images that sell and those that don't.
Trolls be damned.
So here is the link to my port.
It's a work in progress and always has been.
I'm not interested in bragging or showing off. I'm interested in what sells.
So here is my troll bait link.
https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Grossinger?sort=newest
I don't really need comments on my port, it is what it is.
If you want to criticize my port you had better post the link to your port or be known for the troll you are.
Because people is shy!

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Adobe Stock / Re: Low Adobe sales past few weeks
« on: September 08, 2022, 09:23 »
I just realised I passed the 100k DL marker this month and $100k last month... Really should pay more attention :D

As always... thanks Adobe for making it possible!

For me, this is the time of year that the volume really starts to increase until December... then 3-4 weeks of being a little quieter before it all licks off again.
That's awesome, you should have an outstanding portfolio!

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Adobe Stock / Re: PNG files on Adobestock - Some Questions
« on: September 08, 2022, 08:51 »
I see this blue ribbon on my dashboard. We don't accept PNG's file with transparent background. I don't undesrtand!

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Sorry to be harsh but the quality from micros has gone from mediocre to garbage The only ones that supply to micros nowadays are bad photographers that do not find any demand of their images from no clients and amateurs that they really don't care if they make a few hundred or a few thousand a year

But as a pro endeavor any field in pro photography is much much more lucrative than stock photography or video. It is what it is.
In countries like India people could live with few dollars, i think. I live in a third world country Venezuela, and i spent for living two people, for food and medicine only , aprox $400, i live in my own apartment and i have not car, i use Metro.

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The news said that the US went into recession, this is going to make the situation worse in every way and in this microstock.
https://www.efe.com/efe/america/economia/la-economia-de-ee-uu-en-recesion-tecnica-al-caer-el-0-2-segundo-trimestre/20000011-4858490

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I wonder how everything increase prices, however microstock content decrease price. Maybe , because of for demand and offer law. What do you believe? ;)

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Ordinary russian people don't have blame for government decisions.
I llive in Venezuela a socialist country and the US government have made some sanctions on Venezuela. In Cuba have many sanctions from the US, but the government is stiill in power in Cuba. In the end, the most affected are the ordinarie people.

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Off Topic / Re: Russian photographers should be banned!
« on: March 06, 2022, 11:52 »
I hope stock agencies will do action. Russian photographers should be banned.
Cancel culture in action! Stop hate, world need love!

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123RF / Re: Is it worth uploading vectors to 123RF ?
« on: February 17, 2022, 15:19 »
Hello. Sure it's not. But you have to upload before 2007 or 2008.
I sell wayback machines if you want...  ;D
Wayback machine i need one! ;D

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Cameras / Lenses / Re: Equipment you use
« on: February 12, 2022, 14:16 »
My newest camera is a Canon 60D, i'm selling some of my photography gear and only have the minimum necessary (3 lenses and 2 flashes).

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Selling 3D content on iStock
« on: January 31, 2022, 21:33 »
Hello people

I have the following question: can you upload 3D content for sale on iStock; So far I have limited myself to photography, illustration and vectors. But what about 3D content?



Thanks in advance

I sell there 3d renders, but not 3d models, i don't know it's possible.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Selling 3D content on Adobe Stock
« on: January 31, 2022, 21:33 »
hi guys

I'm an Adobe Stock contributor. Until now the content that I have uploaded is photographic and vector but I also want to upload 3D only that I know that the possibility of selling 3D content is limited to a select community selected by the Adobe stock team. How can you apply to be able to sell 3D? I think you have to start, I think, on the Behance platform or something like that.

Does anyone know how it is applied to be able to sell 3D in Adobe stock??


Thank you.
I sell there 3d renders, but not 3d models, i don't know it's possible.

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