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Messages - erik trikowich
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« on: October 20, 2023, 12:31 »
Wow, that's an interesting viewpoint. I had never considered that. I didn't opt in for the free downloads either, but I can't remember when this became a thing. Did they start it recently or years ago?
About four months ago I was offered for $5 to buy from me some photos selected by Adobe itself for free downloading. I refused, just like when they offered me about a year ago. Before this, my acceptance rate was 95-100%. Then it became 80%, then 60, 40, 10. And now the last 2.5 months - 0%. Moreover, the refusal was for the most incredible reasons. Works are checked for 2-3 months. Well, it doesnt take much intelligence to guess that you are not welcome here. I stopped uploading work. I don't see the point in this. I think that this is a deliberate squeezing out of small animals that get underfoot. My son works as a designer in one of the manufacturing companies. Yes, they download a very small number of stock photos, mostly from Shutter. But they swear at him a lot. Incorrect delivery, a lot of spam, a lot of similar ones. Finding the right photo takes a lot of time. They even take pictures themselves, using an iPhone. But if they are working on a serious project, they hire a photographer, and he works under their guidance. Many photo stocks have closed their forums, the support is simply disgusting, some have completely fallen under artificial intelligence (BigStock). In a word, the authors were given big and thick... And whats most monstrous is that the authors themselves are to blame for this. Stupidity and greed played a role. Im simply amazed at how much you have to disrespect yourself in order to give your works for free download, or upload numerous sets of vector graphics in one file. If someone thinks that by mastering artificial intelligence he grabbed God by the beard, then I laugh at that.  Very soon you too will be kicked in the butt with a heavy boot!
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« on: October 20, 2023, 10:49 »
As a high volume seller with a rather small portfolio I put a lot of work into each image, and Adobe (or rather Fotolia) used to appreciate that, but nowadays it's getting ridiculous.
I'm in a completely similar situation to yours! In one of the topics I wrote that they began to ignore me 100% after I refused to give my works for free download. Have you noticed this trend in yourself? In the near future, IMHO, Adobe will only have artificial intelligence, large studios and stocker teams churning out photos like a conveyor belt. Small stockers will be reset to zero, since they take up a lot of time and are of little use. And what kind of equipment do you have, how much does it cost and how much money do you spend on getting high-quality photography - they dont give a * about that! If the buyer is frivolous and unprepossessing, he will choose artificial intelligence. And such buyers, IMHO, are in the majority. And even if you dance with a shamans tambourine, nothing will change.
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« on: October 18, 2023, 13:27 »
All messages are missing the key phrase enter your Adobe Stock ID and username in the address bar. https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/contributornumber/contributorname?&filters%5Bgentech%5D=onlyBut there's one more thing I don't understand. Why is it that when I log into my account - then I go to the author's account - then in View my public profile and there is no bookmark to apply the filter "Generative AI only". Why isn't there a "Filters" tab on the author's public profile?
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« on: October 17, 2023, 17:12 »
In that link you need to replace contributornumber with your contributor number, and contributorname with your contributer name.
Via Sign in?
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« on: October 17, 2023, 17:07 »
Yes, people will continue to take photos.
Undoubtedly! But only those who, instead of one of their eyes, are implanted with an artificial one with a built-in high-resolution camera with the ability to connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi. Paper books vs. digital books, and vinyl vs. digital formats is not the same as drawings/ photography by human beings vs. drawings/ photography by AI. In the first case the medium is changed but the author is the same, you can continue writing books and music and selling them in digital format, with art/ photography your input is replaced.
With the help of artificial intelligence, not only books are written, but doctoral dissertations are written. Artificial intelligence will show everyone where crayfish spend the winter, dont flatter yourself.
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« on: October 17, 2023, 02:24 »
I am also from Germany and I can confirm. So, can you confirm, Im very interested. I didnt deny that there are gourmets who adore vintage things. A friend of mine drives a 1939 BMW. And what? And metal fans swear that they just sound so much better than CDs Well, yes, well, yes... And the gramophone sounds even better. But I do not think that this concept can be applied well to the AI vs. real photos discussion, because the problem here is that in many cases you cannot tell them apart. I mean, I think I still can in many cases, but I have seen people fall for AI images online, thinking they were real, that looked so obviously AI generated to me. So many people can't tell the difference, probably especially people who have never taken real photos other than with their phones and have never generated AI images. But I think as AI images will advance further, it will become more and more difficult to tell them apart from real photos, even to the trained eye. And then the comparison to vinyls or books just doesn't work anymore, because you can obviously easily tell these apart from their modern digital counterparts. But how do you chose between an AI image and a real photo as a customer when you just do not know which one is which? Absolutely right! And the camera will become a cool trinket from the past. But there will be gourmets who will continue to take photographs. And it's sad and wonderful at the same time.
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« on: October 16, 2023, 12:53 »
Of all the things you listed, the one that seems to be surviving is paper books. For some reason, people still enjoy a good book, rather than a computer screen. All the rest have been made obsolete by newer technology that does a better job. I'm not convinced that AI/Machine Learning does a better job. I'm not hoping that it does for a while.
A computer can do some things, that humans have taught or programmed, but it can't reason or know function, or why. That's why 3 arms, 7 toes, or mechanical things, just get mashed into flawed and often impossible combinations. So the newspapers are still preserved. The point is not that they have been preserved - but in their quantity. When we have elections, the number of newspapers increases sharply. This is how candidates fight for the votes of pensioners  I specifically go around the city and collect newspapers for a collection. The elections are over - newspapers are reduced to a minimum. Don't criticize artificial intelligence - it just started elementary school. When he graduates, then well see what he can do. I would like to add to Pete's contribution that for about 10 years, at least in Germany, sales of vinyl records and players have been growing steadily. Wow, wow! And who produces them? My old supply of radio tubes was sold out, and the buyers almost tore my arms off. And they asked again - but I dont have any more lamps Is some factory producing radio tubes now?
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« on: October 16, 2023, 10:16 »
9 Million+ AI generated photos - Stock Photography coming to end Unfortunately, yes! Just like film photography, vinyl record players, tape recorders, paper books and newspapers, corded telephones, optical discs and much more. And stock photography is killed by production studios, united teams of stockers, and even single stockers because of their own greed and stupidity. It doesnt matter that artificial intelligence still takes clumsy pictures. It won't be long before he learns. And we will be "the last of the Mohicans." And yes, indeed, we will have to carry lawn mowers. But, however, this is only if by that time the lawns are not mowed by biorobots.
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« on: October 14, 2023, 17:05 »
I'm shocked!
Every second topic in the "Recent Microstock Industry Discussion" relates to AdobeStock in one way or another. Can someone simply and clearly explain why they are digging their own grave?
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« on: October 14, 2023, 16:14 »
Obviously they hired at least 10 more moderators.
I doubt it very much! And if they were hired, they were completely brainless. They wrote on my illustrated collage - POSSIBLY made with the help of artificial intelligence. They've all gone crazy with this artificial intelligence.
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« on: October 13, 2023, 15:52 »
My work was being reviewed for almost 3 months. A couple of days ago they were finally checked - and they were all rejected  )) For completely stupid and far-fetched reasons. All these photos and one illustrated collage were accepted by absolutely all photo stocks with which I collaborate, including Shutterstock. As I noticed, such outrages began for me after I refused to post my works for free downloading. Okay, I wont upload my works to AdobeStock for now. Let them gouge their chump this artificial intelligence!
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