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« on: March 21, 2024, 16:18 »
Just had a huge day today. On it's way to BWE for photos on Adobe Stock. Thank you for your support!!
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« on: March 21, 2024, 16:16 »
Like the Rock said,
Just kidding. Yes, if it looks like photo, photo.
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« on: March 21, 2024, 14:26 »
Maybe gone fishing?
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« on: March 21, 2024, 09:27 »
So, since I had massive rejection on GigaPixel4x upscaled photos of Midjourney generated AI images, I compared different options and found Midjourney's own 2x upscaling to be the most natural looking. I've been uploading the 2x Midjourney upscaled photos and are getting good acceptance rates on Adobe Stock these days, but my concern is 2x upscale may not be big enough for some buyers. So, my current option is to have Midjourney 2x upscaled photos to 2x upscale on Gigapixel AI on standard setting. It seems like the standard setting mostly just double pixel count without overly make the photos look artificial. What's your best option in upscaling AI images? Do you think 2x upscale is enough for long run? I'm worried I may need to re-upload 2x upscaled photos in 4x upscale to increase sales for buyers who want more pixels. I was thinking maybe the buyers will do own upscaling if they want to. But 2x upscaled photos look the most natural without looking artificial.
Since you're one of the contributors with most sales here on the board I would suggest to track your sales (via google lens, etc.) and look up in which resolution the images are used. I currently upscale also 2x and with lower resolutions about 4096 x 2288 or even lower.
Can't imagine higher resolutions are used that much, so I would instead use the setting, which leads to the most high acceptance ratio.
My 2x upscale resolution is 2688 x 1792. I did check the sales of 2x upscaled photos and 4x upscaled photos, but so far haven't seen any evidence of buyers avoiding 2x upscaled photos compared to 4x upscaled photos. That's a good thing.
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« on: March 21, 2024, 08:19 »
So, since I had massive rejection on GigaPixel4x upscaled photos of Midjourney generated AI images, I compared different options and found Midjourney's own 2x upscaling to be the most natural looking. I've been uploading the 2x Midjourney upscaled photos and are getting good acceptance rates on Adobe Stock these days, but my concern is 2x upscale may not be big enough for some buyers. So, my current option is to have Midjourney 2x upscaled photos to 2x upscale on Gigapixel AI on standard setting. It seems like the standard setting mostly just double pixel count without overly make the photos look artificial. What's your best option in upscaling AI images? Do you think 2x upscale is enough for long run? I'm worried I may need to re-upload 2x upscaled photos in 4x upscale to increase sales for buyers who want more pixels. I was thinking maybe the buyers will do own upscaling if they want to. But 2x upscaled photos look the most natural without looking artificial.
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« on: March 21, 2024, 08:07 »
This week, numbers are good near BWE, but ranking is just usual. Everybody else must be doing well this week.
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« on: March 20, 2024, 21:32 »
It's just a common sense to try to create what's selling. But I was trying to explain a pitfall of creating very similar images. You got to differentiate from what's already out there in the same concept/genre. That's my approach. There's no copyright in concept for photo/video/images. So, you can't own that. Nobody owns "business theme", "Christmas theme" etc.
Also, many images on my portfolio top page are images with only 1 recent sale. And if these don't get additional sales, they'll get pushed back to further down pages. So, it's not that simple to guess what's really selling on somebody's portfolio.
A lot of people copy images almost one to one along with titles, etc. thats what is bothering me. Not a just a knowledge that concept of technology or Christmas theme is selling well, so they should do technology and Christmas images. (Yes, those themes sell the best, but there are millions of images of tech and Xmas that dont sell at all)
I do own a copyright to my hand drawn illustrations and I dont want them to be copied. It takes a lot of time to report it.
Yeah, I hear you. But it has nothing to do with me. So, good luck.
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« on: March 20, 2024, 21:26 »
I'm seeing my Pond5 sales picking up really well this month. Anyone else having similar results?
Really good to see this with various problems and slowing sales on some other agencies in recent months. Hopefully will see continued sustainable lift in sales on Pond5.
Not really, unfortunately for me. What's your pricing for HD and 4k? I'm $74/HD and $149/4k now.
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« on: March 19, 2024, 21:28 »
BTW, I love generating AI images. It's so much fun!!! Especially when I try my own concept. I do keyword search to see if anybody already uploaded similar theme/concept. When I find not many are out there yet, I feel really motivated.
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« on: March 18, 2024, 14:13 »
I think if an agency that is selling AI images is seeing a sales boom, then agencies that are not selling AI content soon will be selling AI content.
I don't think it's that easy. For example, Shutterstock isn't taking AI works for 2 reasons I think. 1 is they want their own AI generator to generate AI images so that they'll keep 100% of revenue. 2 is the potential legal issue in future. You never know if there may be massive lawsuit against AI generated images. They don't want to risk that.
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« on: March 18, 2024, 09:23 »
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« on: March 18, 2024, 08:38 »
It seems that AI sales haven't overly hurt sales of non-AI images which is a nice thing!
Yes, that hasn't happened yet so far. Good!! I think I'm getting more non-AI photo sales because I get more traffic to my portfolio from AI photos. So, adding more materials to your portfolio is good in general.
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« on: March 18, 2024, 08:17 »
OK start this week. March has been consistent. But I like the progress I've made so far by adding AI generated images. When I release my "How to get rich quick by selling AI images on Adobe Stock" tutorial video for $100, all newbies out there should buy.  It took 10 years to get to the level I was at with regular photos. It took only 6 months to nearly double that level by adding AI generated images. I thought AI images would destroy us, but so far not a bad deal. I started way too late in AI images, but somehow made it work. It must have been a bonanza for those who started at the beginning of last year.
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« on: March 17, 2024, 20:28 »
1 good day and 4 slow days somehow kept me at good ranking this week.
My advice to newbies is to listen to people who are doing well and at least much better than you.
Also look at contributors on Top Seller list and figure out why they are doing well.
https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/en/insights/best/contributors
Just copying their bestsellers may not bring you $$ because everybody may be doing the same and the market is saturated with similar images already. It can be hit or miss and big disappointment in my own experience. So, find your niche also and come up with your original idea.
Well, that actually bothers me and thats the reason why I dont want to be featured again on a bestseller list. First time was ok, but after second, third time, I got 50+ ports copying my images!!! It really sucks, since coming up with original ideas is not that simple and then hundreds of similar images with exactly same description etc now my profitable niche that I found is over saturated with copycats. I understand ports from 3rd world countries copying, they are desperate and dont give a flying #$& about copyrights , but in well educated countries you do know about copyrights and yet still openly advertise to copy bestsellers? Why???
It's just a common sense to try to create what's selling. But I was trying to explain a pitfall of creating very similar images. You got to differentiate from what's already out there in the same concept/genre. That's my approach. There's no copyright in concept for photo/video/images. So, you can't own that. Nobody owns "business theme", "Christmas theme" etc. Also, many images on my portfolio top page are images with only 1 recent sale. And if these don't get additional sales, they'll get pushed back to further down pages. So, it's not that simple to guess what's really selling on somebody's portfolio.
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« on: March 17, 2024, 20:24 »
@blvdone
I prefer not to say the precise number but more than 7000
I'm sure your strategy pays off in the short term,we need to see if it pays off in the long term.
for the moment we are still at the beginning,then we will have to see when the competition increases.
However,you may be right,maybe I waste too much time,but I like to put content on sale that I would buy myself.
I also tried a month as a pro plan with Midjourney,because given the speed with which many of you upload,I thought that the outputs of Midjourney were more correct but this is not the case,90% of the contents have generative errors,until now all AI image generators have errors,and many things to improve.
Honestly, there isn't much more to edit AI generated photos other than erasing brand logos in very rare occasions. I don't waste time tweaking extra/missing fingers or disfigured faces. Time is money. I just try to maximize my output per hour/day. And based on the number you gave me, my portfolio is making 2x more $$ per photo. So, no offense, but I know what I'm doing and it's working. If your photo isn't selling short term, why can you expect them to do well in long term? It just doesn't make sense unless you are producing seasonal materials way in advance.
And you're right about generating AI images on Midjourney. Many of the generated images aren't usable. It takes time to generate images that you want. You need to work on the prompts and hope AI will give you usable images without extra/missing fingers and limbs. That's where my time is spent regarding AI image creation.
Since you once wrote that your real photos sell better, how high is approx. the share of your weekly sold AI images?
>30%?
I currently enhance my port, it's really pain in the ass, even if one have already generated images. Hope it pays off, even if I don't believe it.
I don't know. Probably 30-35%. 40% of my port is AI. So, less than the percentage of portfolio.
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« on: March 17, 2024, 12:39 »
@blvdone
I prefer not to say the precise number but more than 7000
I'm sure your strategy pays off in the short term,we need to see if it pays off in the long term.
for the moment we are still at the beginning,then we will have to see when the competition increases.
However,you may be right,maybe I waste too much time,but I like to put content on sale that I would buy myself.
I also tried a month as a pro plan with Midjourney,because given the speed with which many of you upload,I thought that the outputs of Midjourney were more correct but this is not the case,90% of the contents have generative errors,until now all AI image generators have errors,and many things to improve.
Honestly, there isn't much more to edit AI generated photos other than erasing brand logos in very rare occasions. I don't waste time tweaking extra/missing fingers or disfigured faces. I just don't submit those bad ones and generate till I get good ones. Time is money. I just try to maximize my output per hour/day. And based on the number you gave me, my portfolio is making 2x more $$ per photo. So, no offense, but I know what I'm doing and it's working. If your photo isn't selling short term, why can you expect them to do well in long term? It just doesn't make sense unless you are producing seasonal materials way in advance. And you're right about generating AI images on Midjourney. Many of the generated images aren't usable. It takes time to generate images that you want. You need to work on the prompts and hope AI will give you usable images without extra/missing fingers and limbs. That's where my time is spent regarding AI image creation.
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« on: March 17, 2024, 09:48 »
1 good day and 4 slow days somehow kept me at good ranking this week.
My advice to newbies is to listen to people who are doing well and at least much better than you.
Also look at contributors on Top Seller list and figure out why they are doing well.
https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/en/insights/best/contributors
Just copying their bestsellers may not bring you $$ because everybody may be doing the same and the market is saturated with similar images already. It can be hit or miss and big disappointment in my own experience. So, find your niche also and come up with your original idea. Don't listen to those who never post their ranking here but keep talking crap here. They may be doing only 1/10 as good as you are. There's no point in taking any advice from them.
Wow very impressed. How many files you have?
About 2 million photos.
I produce about 1,000 AI photos everyday.
I automate the production with prompt producing AI. So, I just upload and tag. I sleep like 2hrs/day.
How many AI images can you send to Adobe per day for review?And what is your acceptance rate?
You know I was just kidding with those numbers, right? I've already gave my port size number a few times on previous posts.
yes of course,that's why I asked!
Do you have an approval rate on reviewed content?mine is about 85%,of content accepted out of the total reviewed,but I dedicate time to every single piece of AI content.
ok when I have time I will try to read everything... I never have time for anything,I'm always making content,my girlfriend is pissed off like a beast!
I don't think there's a limit for upload. I usually upload average of 50-200 AI images at a time per day when I upload. I don't upload everyday. Overall AI image approval rate for this year probably is 70% or so. I only use photo editing software for AI images if I need to remove brand logo. So, 99% of the time, I just upscale, convert to jpeg and upload.
in fact there is no limit,and this unfortunately slows down the review process a lot,as far as I know,it's not possible for reviewers to know who sent what,so it's not possible to quantify how much you're sending for reviewers.
so only upscale then convert to jpeg index and send?and don't you think that the content you send will be easily surpassed over time by content on which someone has spent more time?
in any case this is also a strategy,you go more on quantity for AI content,ok,I believe that it is not the best strategy over time,I believe that 100 contents in which you have lost at least a week are better than 1000 contents in a week.
if you want advice from someone who certainly knows less than you,because I'm sure you have more experience than me,I would advise you at this point to slow down,and focus more on quality,because you already have thousands of contents for sale,if you continue in the same way you just continue to do what you have already done! 
In general, I don't edit stock materials much. If exposure and color is good, just submit. We are providing base materials for users to edit on their own. So, for AI photos, mostly exposure and color is perfect already. I just check for extra/missing fingers, brand logos and submit. Reason for rejection probably are due to too many similar photo Adobe has already. So, I'd rather quickly increase my portfolio than slow down. My photo revenue is up 60-70% now compared to 6 months ago after adding 60-70% more photos mostly AI generated. So, my strategy is working. I pay $120/month for Midjourney. So, I better generate images fast and upload en masse while I pay that much to Midjourney.
Btw, how many images do you have in your portfolio?
Actually, what's interesting about your stats is that you increased your port by X% and your revenue went up roughly an equivalent X%. It seems that you weren't particularly impacted in a negative way by all the AI competition. This is more or less consistent with what I have seen. I have added very little AI content so far, but haven't seen much of a negative impact revenue-wise by the onslaught of all the AI submissions. Maybe the answer is that the percentage of AI content in Adobe is still a small number.
Good point. Possibly the reason may be buyers abandoned Shutterstock subscription and bought Adobe Stock subscription. Shutterstock's subscription has been going down according to their financial report.
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« on: March 17, 2024, 09:45 »
If I start doing stock videos now, I would only upload HD h.264 lower quality codec videos to Adobe Stock and Shutterstock. 4K ProRes high quality codec videos to Pond5. Maybe I won't upload to Adobe Stock at all to get 1.5x royalty on Pond5 Exclusive. 50% extra royalty income on Pond5 can potentially be more than income on Adobe Stock.
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« on: March 17, 2024, 09:41 »
I deleted all my videos on Adobe Stock last year already, but if I still had my videos there, I would definitely delete all 4k videos. I'm Pond5 Exclusive all in, but recently deleted all my 4k videos on Shutterstock to make limited HD clips available for Shutterstock because you can sell Pond5 Exclusive videos on Shutterstock as well without having to have to remove from Pond5 Exclusive and move to non-exclusive account.
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« on: March 17, 2024, 07:10 »
1 good day and 4 slow days somehow kept me at good ranking this week.
My advice to newbies is to listen to people who are doing well and at least much better than you.
Also look at contributors on Top Seller list and figure out why they are doing well.
https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/en/insights/best/contributors
Just copying their bestsellers may not bring you $$ because everybody may be doing the same and the market is saturated with similar images already. It can be hit or miss and big disappointment in my own experience. So, find your niche also and come up with your original idea. Don't listen to those who never post their ranking here but keep talking crap here. They may be doing only 1/10 as good as you are. There's no point in taking any advice from them.
Wow very impressed. How many files you have?
About 2 million photos.
I produce about 1,000 AI photos everyday.
I automate the production with prompt producing AI. So, I just upload and tag. I sleep like 2hrs/day.
How many AI images can you send to Adobe per day for review?And what is your acceptance rate?
You know I was just kidding with those numbers, right? I've already gave my port size number a few times on previous posts.
yes of course,that's why I asked!
Do you have an approval rate on reviewed content?mine is about 85%,of content accepted out of the total reviewed,but I dedicate time to every single piece of AI content.
ok when I have time I will try to read everything... I never have time for anything,I'm always making content,my girlfriend is pissed off like a beast!
I don't think there's a limit for upload. I usually upload average of 50-200 AI images at a time per day when I upload. I don't upload everyday. Overall AI image approval rate for this year probably is 70% or so. I only use photo editing software for AI images if I need to remove brand logo. So, 99% of the time, I just upscale, convert to jpeg and upload.
in fact there is no limit,and this unfortunately slows down the review process a lot,as far as I know,it's not possible for reviewers to know who sent what,so it's not possible to quantify how much you're sending for reviewers.
so only upscale then convert to jpeg index and send?and don't you think that the content you send will be easily surpassed over time by content on which someone has spent more time?
in any case this is also a strategy,you go more on quantity for AI content,ok,I believe that it is not the best strategy over time,I believe that 100 contents in which you have lost at least a week are better than 1000 contents in a week.
if you want advice from someone who certainly knows less than you,because I'm sure you have more experience than me,I would advise you at this point to slow down,and focus more on quality,because you already have thousands of contents for sale,if you continue in the same way you just continue to do what you have already done!
In general, I don't edit stock materials much. If exposure and color is good, just submit. We are providing base materials for users to edit on their own. So, for AI photos, mostly exposure and color is perfect already. I just check for extra/missing fingers, brand logos and submit. Reason for rejection probably are due to too many similar photo Adobe has already. So, I'd rather quickly increase my portfolio than slow down. My photo revenue is up 60-70% now compared to 6 months ago after adding 60-70% more photos mostly AI generated. So, my strategy is working. I pay $120/month for Midjourney. So, I better generate images fast and upload en masse while I pay that much to Midjourney. Btw, how many images do you have in your portfolio?
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« on: March 16, 2024, 17:19 »
1 good day and 4 slow days somehow kept me at good ranking this week.
My advice to newbies is to listen to people who are doing well and at least much better than you.
Also look at contributors on Top Seller list and figure out why they are doing well.
https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/en/insights/best/contributors
Just copying their bestsellers may not bring you $$ because everybody may be doing the same and the market is saturated with similar images already. It can be hit or miss and big disappointment in my own experience. So, find your niche also and come up with your original idea. Don't listen to those who never post their ranking here but keep talking crap here. They may be doing only 1/10 as good as you are. There's no point in taking any advice from them.
Wow very impressed. How many files you have?
About 2 million photos.
I produce about 1,000 AI photos everyday.
I automate the production with prompt producing AI. So, I just upload and tag. I sleep like 2hrs/day.
How many AI images can you send to Adobe per day for review?And what is your acceptance rate?
You know I was just kidding with those numbers, right? I've already gave my port size number a few times on previous posts.
yes of course,that's why I asked!
Do you have an approval rate on reviewed content?mine is about 85%,of content accepted out of the total reviewed,but I dedicate time to every single piece of AI content.
ok when I have time I will try to read everything... I never have time for anything,I'm always making content,my girlfriend is pissed off like a beast!
I don't think there's a limit for upload. I usually upload average of 50-200 AI images at a time per day when I upload. I don't upload everyday. Overall AI image approval rate for this year probably is 70% or so. I only use photo editing software for AI images if I need to remove brand logo. So, 99% of the time, I just upscale, convert to jpeg and upload.
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« on: March 16, 2024, 16:04 »
1 good day and 4 slow days somehow kept me at good ranking this week.
My advice to newbies is to listen to people who are doing well and at least much better than you.
Also look at contributors on Top Seller list and figure out why they are doing well.
https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/en/insights/best/contributors
Just copying their bestsellers may not bring you $$ because everybody may be doing the same and the market is saturated with similar images already. It can be hit or miss and big disappointment in my own experience. So, find your niche also and come up with your original idea. Don't listen to those who never post their ranking here but keep talking crap here. They may be doing only 1/10 as good as you are. There's no point in taking any advice from them.
Wow very impressed. How many files you have?
About 2 million photos.
I produce about 1,000 AI photos everyday.
I automate the production with prompt producing AI. So, I just upload and tag. I sleep like 2hrs/day.
How many AI images can you send to Adobe per day for review?And what is your acceptance rate?
You know I was just kidding with those numbers, right? I've already gave my port size number a few times on previous posts.
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« on: March 16, 2024, 11:45 »
1 good day and 4 slow days somehow kept me at good ranking this week.
My advice to newbies is to listen to people who are doing well and at least much better than you.
Also look at contributors on Top Seller list and figure out why they are doing well.
https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/en/insights/best/contributors
Just copying their bestsellers may not bring you $$ because everybody may be doing the same and the market is saturated with similar images already. It can be hit or miss and big disappointment in my own experience. So, find your niche also and come up with your original idea. Don't listen to those who never post their ranking here but keep talking crap here. They may be doing only 1/10 as good as you are. There's no point in taking any advice from them.
Wow very impressed. How many files you have?
About 2 million photos.
I produce about 1,000 AI photos everyday.
I automate the production with prompt producing AI. So, I just upload and tag. I sleep like 2hrs/day.
Dam*, sounds like you've sold your soul.
#MicrostockLife
#GetRichOrDieCryin'
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« on: March 16, 2024, 10:10 »
1 good day and 4 slow days somehow kept me at good ranking this week.
My advice to newbies is to listen to people who are doing well and at least much better than you.
Also look at contributors on Top Seller list and figure out why they are doing well.
https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/en/insights/best/contributors
Just copying their bestsellers may not bring you $$ because everybody may be doing the same and the market is saturated with similar images already. It can be hit or miss and big disappointment in my own experience. So, find your niche also and come up with your original idea. Don't listen to those who never post their ranking here but keep talking crap here. They may be doing only 1/10 as good as you are. There's no point in taking any advice from them.
Wow very impressed. How many files you have?
About 2 million photos. I produce about 1,000 AI photos everyday. I automate the production with prompt producing AI. So, I just upload and tag. I sleep like 2hrs/day.
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