Quote from: MatHayward on May 25, 2023, 10:39

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on May 25, 2023, 07:56

Check your dashboard for info.

Thanks for calling this out, Sean!

Yes! The Free collection is back for photos and nominations are open. Please sign into the contributor portal and nominate any and/or all eligible photos as soon as possible.

Let me know if you have any questions,

Mat Hayward

What about vectors ?

It's only photos at this time. Vectors are not up for renewal yet. Thanks for the question.

-Mat

Quote from: MatHayward on May 25, 2023, 10:39

Mat, can you please conform that the "checkbox" on the left with the blue color means an image IS  nominated and the one without the color means it is NOT nominted?


Because last year a lot of my images that I am absolutely sure I did not nominate ended up in the free collection, so this year I want to rule out any mistaked on my side.

As mentioned above, blue is nominated. Thanks for checking.

-Mat

Finally Adobe introduced its brand new Generative Fill technology with Photoshop Beta. Everything is can be done easier now but what are the usage circumstances of this feature? Can a photographer use it on photos and sell on any agency? As far as i know, Shutterstock only works with Dall-E and Adobe has it own Firefly technology.

Thanks for the question. While Firefly is in beta, it cannot be used for commercial purposes. Therefor, Firefly content cannot be sold in stock at this time.

-Mat Hayward

Quote from: MatHayward on May 15, 2023, 14:13

Quote from: stocker2011 on May 11, 2023, 19:46

I remember Mr. Hayward promising this years ago, now he's gone silent.

How about an update on this feature, adobe can't be struggling for money and it's long overdue.

Setting a custom thumbnail is still not an option.

Thanks for your feedback,

Mat Hayward

Quote from: MatHayward on May 15, 2023, 14:13

Quote from: stocker2011 on May 11, 2023, 19:46

I remember Mr. Hayward promising this years ago, now he's gone silent.

How about an update on this feature, adobe can't be struggling for money and it's long overdue.

Setting a custom thumbnail is still not an option.

Thanks for your feedback,

Mat Hayward

Why not? Why is Adobe having difficulty to implement this? Don't they see the value of it, is it to costly or does Adobe think it isn't of any value for us contributors? We need practical answers, be more eloborate then just saying it's still not an option. It's informative (but we already know it is still not an option). But it is not an answer to the question asked. More and more doubting the value of your reactions on this forum and why Adobe can't call things as they are from their point of view. Maybe we will listen if we agree or not.

I don't know why not, SVH. It's a known need, but has not been added to the list for engineering resources.

thanks,

Mat

Quote from: MatHayward on May 03, 2023, 13:38

Thanks Michael, I appreciate your courtesy very much. To clarify, yes, there is a large volume of generative AI content coming in which has created a backlog in the moderation queue. As mentioned, we have recently set upload limits to give the moderation team a chance to catch up in the queue. We are looking at up to 5 weeks in some cases for review times. I'm hopeful we will get that wait time down to a more reasonable level in the weeks to come.

Thanks to most of you for your patience,

Mat Hayward

Hi Mat, thanks for the info but is there a reason, that you would give here, why some contributors images are not reviewed for a month while other contributors that submitted more recently are getting reviewed? I can accept waiting patiently except for the fact that it doesn't seem to be fairly spread out based on upload dates. I have less than 100 in the queue, the person I know with many reviews over the last month is usually at or under 100 in review at a time. I am speaking of AI mostly, though I do have one photo that is also waiting longer than typical. Neither of us are new adobe contributors.

Thanks,
Impatient for review justice 

No, sorry but I don't have specific details on moderation queues and how they are set up to share.

thanks for the question,

Mat

Something started to work, but now I'm stuck on "This code has already been redeemed" when I try to redeem the code on https://redeem.adobe.com/

Obviously I didn't redeem it before

We are looking into this. I'll provide an update asap.

Thank you,

Mat

Taking up to 10 days to review content seems reasonable, but I have some content in the queue for closer to 30 days now. So I eventually contacted contributor support. Then I received the standard reply about a high volume of uploads and review times being longer than usual.

I also recently submitted content to another large site and it was reviewed in less than 24 hours.

It is taking on average between 25-30 days for illustrations to be reviewed currently. We are working to get this down to a more reasonable length of time. To do so, we've recently implimented an upload limit for new contributor accounts. This should allow the moderation team to clear the backlog which is currently running deep. Once that is cleared, we'll start to adjust the upload limit up or down based on the volume of submitted assets at any given time. The goal is for timely reviews for everyone and I am confident we'll get back there in time. Thanks very much for your patience.

-Mat Hayward

Hi Everyone,

A quick update to let you know that as promised, we have added a search filter for generative AI images for Adobe Stock customers.This can be discovered in the filter panel on the left of the search results.

It is very important if you are submitting images created with generative AI software, that you click the check box when indexing to confirm it is generative AI. All other generative AI submission guidelines remain in place, including metadata requirements and submitting all generative AI images as illustrations regardless of whether they are photo-realistic or not.

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/generative-ai-content.html

thank you,

Mat Hayward

HI! Question about AI-generated images with people. Do I understand correctly that we can skip par of "Witness" in the Property/Model release if it is AI generated image, as there is no real person under 18, for whom witness would be actual? Please share your experience, how do you submit images with persons to Adobe. I don't have any person just to use as a signature giver as I see in lots of youtube videos as suggested.

A property release is required for images that feature fictional people created with generative AI software. A witness is not required on that release.

More details on generative AI submission guidelines can be found here: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/generative-ai-content.html

Thanks,

Mat Hayward

Mat, what if I use AI to transform my original image?

Will it be considered as AI or original image?

I'm assuming you mean this in the context of uploading to Adobe Stock? If you are using any generative AI software during any part of the creation of your asset, you must comply with all generative AI submissions. As noted above in this thread, while Firefly is in beta, you cannot use the content generated for commercial use, which includes stock uploads.

As a reminder, the generative AI submission guidelines can be found here: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/generative-ai-content.html

Thanks,

Mat Hayward

Hi Everyone,
 
This morning Pacific Daylight Time, we emailed our contributors the following message.
 
“We wanted you to be the first to know that today Adobe introduced Adobe Firefly, a new family of creative generative AI models. Firefly’s initial focus on images and test effects is now available in beta at firefly.adobe.com. The first model of Firefly is trained on Adobe Stock images, openly licensed content, and public domain content, where copyright has expired and is designed to generate images safe for commercial use. During the beta phase, the Firefly-generated assets cannot be used for commercial purposes.
 
We are investing in generative AI to help creators transform the way they imagine and explore possibilities. We are committed to developing generative AI responsibly, with creators at the center. Through efforts like the Content Authenticity Initiative, we’re standing up for accountability, responsibility, and transparency in generative AI. We are developing a compensation model for Stock contributors, and we will share the details of this model when Firefly exits beta.”
 
You can read more about our announcement here: https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2023/03/21/bringing-gen-ai-to-creative-cloud-adobe-firefly
 
Please see our FAQ for more information about the beta release of Firefly here: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/firefly-faq-for-adobe-stock-contributors.html
 
Learn more about the Content Authenticity Initiative here: https://contentauthenticity.org/         
 
Please let me know if you have any questions,

Mat Hayward

A quick note to confirm the last few questions...

Due to the current conversion to USD, a withdrawal is temporarily not possible.
As of Friday, March 3, the payout will be possible again.

Future payouts will be processed in US Dollars.

Thank you,

Mat Hayward

Quote from: MatHayward on February 21, 2023, 14:02

As long as the subscription you are redeeming for is the exact same as your current plan, the expiration date should extend out an additional year if redeemed now.

And mine did - thank you Adobe - but it took a little while after I redeemed the code for the expiration date to change from 2023 to 2024. I logged out and in again, refreshed the page - but I don't think it was anything I did, just needed a little more patience

I think that is a normal experience. Thanks for sharing Jo Ann. After redeeming, give it around 5 minutes or so before you can expect to see the expiration date for your subscription to update.

-Mat