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Adobe Stock / Re: How to sell 3d models in Adobe Stock?
« on: July 14, 2023, 17:42 »
Old thread - new question:

Any plans to accept 3D video?  The Apple goggles will have a 3D 4K camera built in. 


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I wonder what they got for the data set?  I wonder what percentage we'll get?  AKA cost of goods sold I suppose. 

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock is an embarassment
« on: June 28, 2023, 20:24 »
My video sales are 70% below 2017...

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I would like to know what percentage of data set income that will be paid to data set contributors.  They seem to be leaving that detail out. 

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What if.. data set usage amounts to something.. someday?  If so, what would the AI machine like for breakfast?  Are there needed niches that may result in future income?

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I understand Firefly Beta is not for commercial use.  What about Photoshop Beta's new generative fill tool.  Can we use it now to expand or alter our existing photos to create commercially uploadable (Adobestock) content?  Or do we need to wait? 

This tutorial shows the technique I'm referring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvUZIm083P8

Thanks

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Or maybe they've become more interested in collecting data sets than curating a concise collection of artistic assets.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Adobe & Artpostergallery.ru
« on: May 12, 2023, 06:07 »
My catalog is also there.  I would like it removed.  I do not use Wirestock. 

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123RF / Re: Funny things happening at 123RF site mail
« on: April 24, 2023, 14:57 »
I gave up uploading to 123 last year.  If they stopped taking videos and they rarely sell anyway - I'm wondering if I should remove them.  These days dead galleries look like questionable data set distributions waiting to happen. 

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The free section of midjourney does not include commercial use.  The paid version does.
And how much do you have to pay for the paid version?

https://docs.midjourney.com/docs/plans

Did they end the free plan or just a temporary halt? I never signed up.

Don't know.  I'm waiting for Firefly's inclusion in Photoshop. 

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The free section of midjourney does not include commercial use.  The paid version does.
And how much do you have to pay for the paid version?

https://docs.midjourney.com/docs/plans

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The free section of midjourney does not include commercial use.  The paid version does. 

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A create an (AI) image button will soon be omnipresent in all creative apps and search engines.  At stock photo sites rows of "created just for you" images will be peppered into search results.  AI wont fit all needs but it will impact/reduce image sales quite a lot.   

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Midjourney vs Firefly.  Which is better?

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NFT is non fungible token.  They are traded on the Ethereum blockchain.  You can make them with a minting program like mintable.  If you do be sure to click the box where you keep the copyright and the box about getting a percentage if its resold.  You'll need a crypto-wallet.. and there will be trading fees.  Good luck with all that... I stay away from it. 

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This makes me reluctant to invest time and money creating AI images: 

No copyright protection for AI images, says US government

https://www.diyphotography.net/no-copyright-protection-for-ai-images-says-us-government/


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The issue is Getty's controlled vocabulary, which iStock uses.

There is a process for requesting additions to the vocabulary, but even in the past that was a slow thing to get done. Again, in the past, you could put in an unknown (to the CV) keyword and it would permit it although a search had to be done in quotes for it to be found. I recently started uploading to iStock again and found that accepted images with unknown terms (place names in my case as in yours) had those terms flagged:

"Keyword in red is not found. Click for suggestions, remove, or recommend a new keyword."

I had used DeepMeta to disambiguate keywords into CV-speak and while it allowed me to upload with an unknown term, there were no useful suggestions and I didn't want to go through the process of adding hundreds of placenames.

So general location information - such as California or Oregon or or Haystack Rock or Pacific Northwest - were OK but not Arch Cape, Hug Point or other town or attraction names.

If you have stamina and time, request addition of the keywords to the CV. If not, put in state names or anything else that is already there (Deep Meta will let you know up front what you can use because you can't change anything after acceptance yourself - that'd be another support ticket)

I think it's mad, but it's been mad for so long that I wouldn't expect changes in my lifetime :)

Getty's controlled vocabulary is deeply flawed.  Almost governmental in its stupidity.  Kinda shocking they don't realize it. 

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A travel magazine won't use AI generated content.
But look at AI generated food images like muffins - great images.
And this is just the beginning.
https://stock.adobe.com/de/search?filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aphoto%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aillustration%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Azip_vector%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Avideo%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Atemplate%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3A3d%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aimage%5D=1&k=muffin+ai&order=relevance&safe_search=1&limit=100&search_page=1&search_type=usertyped&acp=&aco=muffin+ai&get_facets=0&asset_id=573812777

You are right, the pictures are great. But the subject of food is something else.

For a landscape description desert dunes with mountain, the picture is perfectly ok.

But in my example, someone has put together a fantasy landscape and assigned it to a certain real place "Death Valley san pedro de atacama" - and that is simply wrong.

And if I as a travel magazine am looking for real images and have to click through a mountain of AI images, I would find that very annoying and maybe change the agency. 

I think that Adobe, as the search results now turn out, will not do itself any favors in the long run.

4682 muffin renderings feels like a lot..  Soon it will be millions or billions.  I think they'll need an exclude AI search button. 

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Mr. Rinder?
« on: March 03, 2023, 06:09 »
Jesus what a mean thread  :(

The man is about 80 years old.  Let's not use this forum to pick on elders.

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PetaPixel:  "First Ever Copyrighted AI-Generated Images Lose U.S Copyright Protection"

https://petapixel.com/2023/02/23/first-ever-copyrighted-ai-generated-images-lose-u-s-copyright-protection/

 

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Reuters reports: AI-created images lose U.S. copyrights in test for new technology

https://www.reuters.com/legal/ai-created-images-lose-us-copyrights-test-new-technology-2023-02-22/

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AI eventually will replace the photographer, the contributor and the agency. And the customer will get his/her images for free. It is matter of time.

You can already download millions (billions?) of files for free legally from many different platforms.

Why do agencies still exist?

Companies with legal departments (like Disney - ABC) require employees and contributors (often graphic designers or journalists) to have releases / permission for everything including downloaded visual content.  The unusual high royalty at Shutterstock is probably Shutterstock charging for the inconvenience of having their licensing terms expanded and re-written. 

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Microsoft is preparing to add AI content creation to Bing.  Google will follow.  Free and easy public access to synthetic image creation tools could pose a serious challenge to stock agencies business models.  If Bing and Google add usable commercial licenses terms buyers wont need shutterstock subscriptions anymore.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/23/microsoft-announces-multibillion-dollar-investment-in-chatgpt-maker-openai.html

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Seems like a quick way to get your portfolio re-posted and resold by others around the world.  I hope Alexandre does a reverse image search in a year or so to see where his shots have traveled. 


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Tony Northrup says AI will eventually replace 95% of stock photography. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VRbt8GufeY

I think he's half right.  Editorial will remain and video will endure.  When the technology is perfected synthesized photo realistic images will work for many users.  AI replacing cameras is much like drum machines replacing drums.   Cameras and drums will live on.. but making money with them will get harder.   


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