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« on: February 22, 2025, 07:54 »
Congrats on the video sales! Makes a real difference. I was very lucky this week with 2 video sales for $70 each - I usually only see a handful of those all year.
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« on: February 21, 2025, 10:38 »
dropping, dropping, dropping
now pos 1820 Not a good week here too... especially the friday is very slow. Some Video sales made my RpD look better...
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« on: February 20, 2025, 09:02 »
I tried to use the new one but after I entered my description, keywords, category and Illustration file type and tried to submit, most of what I had entered disappeared! I tried doing it in different orders, and saving multiple times during the process but no matter what I did I lost my inputs and couldn't submit. I ended up using the suggestion above about getting to the legacy version via the keywording tool and was able to submit that way. Can anyone advise how to use the new version successfully? Unfortunately, I have no idea how the new interface can be used in a meaningful and functional way, and it's probably not possible because it's full of bugs. But: If you go to Portfolio -> Keyword suggestions you still get to the old interface.
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« on: February 16, 2025, 11:40 »
Plus - it is strange, it seems like there is almost a 'max # of weekly downloads' per account... like - even though I did a lot more work, the downloads kind of just fluctuate within a certain range, not really going up, and not really going down overall. It seems to have been like that for about the last 1.5 years within the same 'range'. That's really interesting that you mention that. I've also been watching the figures very closely for a good 2 years and have had exactly the same thought. It's probably just a classic conspiracy thought, but whenever I exceeded 150dl per week after a while, there was always a dip to around 110dl per week. The last two spontaneous slumps were at the end of March24 and now in December24. But we will probably never understand the very complex relationships between world events, the Adobe search algorithm, internal changes and customer wishes :-) That's why I'm now dumping images into the account with the big bucket and trying to keep the quality as high as possible (the rejection rate suddenly went up from 10% to 30% a good week ago) and then I'll see what happens if I only upload camera images for a while (like 2-3 years ago). In any case, the hourly wage remains low ;-)
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« on: February 16, 2025, 10:01 »
@Cobalt: There are currently 54,500 (and about 8,000 left to upload - currently a few hundred a day). The review queue is limited to 3001, as far as I remember. AI png I also have around 1,000 images in my portfolio, but only silhouettes - real png#s are very time-consuming and I'm not a graphic designer  @SuperpPhoto: Yes, I was also under the impression that upload quantity doesn't have such a big impact, but the chance of a good seller is just bigger with more bandwidth. It's my last attempt in the field of AI images with large quantities by my standards and a wide range of topics to catch a few top sellers. I'll be using my AI picture account for the last week and then I'll be on holiday - a few days after Iceland to get the camera glowing again
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« on: February 15, 2025, 17:01 »
Since I completely changed my workflow for AI images (exactly 3 weeks ago), I have created, edited, tagged and finally scaled 9,300 images - the only thing I still do manually is select which images to remove. Otherwise such a quantity would not be feasible. This is the final attempt to get the account forward, if it doesn't work over mass, then AI is completely overcrowded - last year I lost about 30 weekly downloads, although I had about 13,000 accepted files in 2024. Now it has to go up, otherwise it's no use anymore PS: and in the meantime I already have the first downloads from the uploads of the last 3 weeks - so it could be that it works.
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« on: February 15, 2025, 10:09 »
That is why I am asking, how was it for others? In my case, the week with Valentine's Day wasn't unusual, but I don't have too much holiday material either - it doesn't work for me somehow. This week is a bit better with 143DL (25 camera images, 7 videos, 111 ai images), but I'm also producing a lot of AI content at the moment (for the last 3 weeks) (an average of 350 images per day) - it's like the last AI attempt to get a small piece of the cake.
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« on: February 12, 2025, 14:33 »
I had about 60 violations in one email today - my favourite:
3D-Illustration of a Vatican City Flag - Realistic Waving Fabric (Raster)
This content violates our policies on sexual content.
You could ask yourself whether they have information that I might not have ;-)
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« on: February 09, 2025, 05:01 »
Ah ok, thanks. So everything will be fine. That's my current assumption - at least from Panthermedia's point of view, everything seems to be in order. However, I'm not sure what will happen on the Yayimages side afterwards. I had an account there that generated between 10 and 50 sales every month until September 2023 (always for exactly $0.25 per sale), but since September I haven't had a single reported sale there. After several inquiries, Yayimages support told me briefly and succinctly that there were suddenly no more sales and that sounds neither probable nor confidence-inspiring ;-)
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« on: February 08, 2025, 17:30 »
You have really good figures - I'm delighted :-)
For me it's 118DL so far this week (still far away from the avg. 160 per week 1 year ago) - still not good, especially considering my upload volume at the moment.
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« on: February 08, 2025, 17:29 »
Yes, I also have a Panthermedia account and previously had a Yayimages account.
The outstanding money with Panther was correctly transferred to Yay and has already been paid out by Yay (I already had the tax form and ID there).
So far, Panther has kept all its promises to me.
The pictures have not yet arrived on my Yay account, but that could take up to 3 months.
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« on: February 07, 2025, 16:42 »
Applies plus 12%, Exports plus 6% - Earnings minus 18%
The use of the images is increasing, the income is decreasing every month. In addition, it has taken more than 6 months since my last pictures were accepted and the communication with the support is really a joke.
Then there is still the promotion with the December AI bonus in there, let's see how long it takes until (if ever) that is paid out.
All in all, Canva has mutated into a complete catastrophe and is at the lowest level of trust with Scop.io and Yayimages.
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« on: February 03, 2025, 16:28 »
Terrible Monday... 3 Camera, 10 AI, 0 Video (about half of a 'normal' Monday)
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« on: February 01, 2025, 11:08 »
looks like people enjoy reading and commenting and following us injustice.
at least we have sales...and want to improve our income.
others are just here to enjoy playing in politics threads. How does putting your sales and rank on the forum every day improve sales and income?
And what's the point of increasing your sales if you spend your time poking around the forum? *wink* This question might well pop into someones head ;-)
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« on: January 24, 2025, 17:44 »
just for fun - i saved a copy naming the file xxx.jpg & ran thru VM & got:
Caption
Large, round breadfruit hanging from a branch, surrounded by lush green leaves, highlights the stunning beauty of tropical flora and the richness of natural vegetation
tags
breadfruit, fruit, tree, green, leaves, nature, tropical, plant, growing, branch, food, exotic, botany, agriculture, flora, leaf, garden, organic, natural, ripe, unripe, close up, detail, texture, freshness, healthy, vegetation, rainforest, jungle, polynesia, caribbean
obviously ' polynesia, caribbean' need to be deleted & Seychelles could have been appended before the run
VM can often identify place, and even specific building Many thanks for the valuable tip - I have already flirted with VM.ai 1 or 2 times and will now give it a try. I think the result is convincing :-)
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« on: January 24, 2025, 09:38 »
Yes, things are picking up, I hope next week will be a really good.
Still at pos 2550, now 164 downloads
Today so far 18 dl, 8 ai, 10 camera Good to see things are picking up somewhere... unfortunately not for me :-) I'm currently at 9DL today and 90 this week (last year same week - 136 on Friday). So far January 25 is at 65% of January 24's level for me - no idea what AS turned here, it was bad for me anyway...
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« on: January 23, 2025, 07:15 »
@cobalt:
I'll keep the workshops in mind, so I could take a break from my actual work :-)
I'm also excited about the People AI images - I'm currently finalising my 6-week Concept and symbol images, then I'll continue with People.
@danielvisuals:
The point definitely goes to you - the image is one of my very early uploads and the title is too simple and I would also do the image itself completely differently today, much brighter and friendlier.
Unfortunately, all the old photo sins are also in the account - I started with textures and surfaces, as I actually come from the field of 3D programming and was (and still am) always looking for textures myself.
Unfortunately, there are too few customers of that kind ;-)
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« on: January 23, 2025, 06:05 »
It is probably even more important to understand what the customer is looking for and why (as you have already indicated a few times). Before I can get to work on my photography skills, I still have 2-3 intensive AI months ahead of me - I have around 4,000 AI people images planned for February and another 2,000 AI videos in March. That would give me enough material to upload for the whole of 2025 and I could get on with other things
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« on: January 23, 2025, 05:28 »
I had a look at your pictures. I also had a look at the other pictures in the collection.
Lack of sales is not surprising, your files are not competitive. In addition maybe seychelles/Iceland are very specialised and niche markets.
Many of your camera images are underexposed and have no clear composition. A simple 3 day camera workshop could easily fix that.
Maybe something to consider. Or perhaps a nice photo safari somewhere with a good coach teaching image tricks and giving good examples. I'm right there with you - my photography skills are definitely not well developed and I also lack an eye for detail when I have the camera in my hand. I am and will probably remain a technician ;-) A 3-day workshop would be like a holiday - maybe I should just do it. The idea is definitely not a bad one ^^
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« on: January 22, 2025, 19:32 »
@Jo Ann: First of all, that doesn't come across as rude at all, you don't have to worry about that :-) I also believe that the AI image market is completely oversaturated and there is definitely more than customers can buy. I expect AI image sales to decline a little further, but AI images will not disappear completely - they are now an integral part of the big picture. At least until agencies can generate AI images on the fly in response to a customer request. You can see that real photos generate much more stable sales, even over a longer period of time, and those who have good photos don't really need to worry so much - sure, AI images have taken a share of the market, but the share is already falling and real photos of real places and events will always be needed. If only to feed the AIs with current trends, because you can't successfully feed an AI with images that it has generated itself, if you do something like that, it leads to the AI washing out and the results getting worse. I've currently ramped up the production a little (through more automation) and currently have around 1,600 accepted images per month - if that's not enough, I'll look for a new corner. And as stock is only a part-time job for me, I can consider myself lucky - the last 6 years of stock have enabled me to do some travelling - I was able to go on a safari, see Iceland and was in the Seychelles from the income, surprisingly the pictures from there hardly sell at all. If I find out anything, I'll let you all know
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« on: January 22, 2025, 17:35 »
I agree with you - there should be a balance, currently it is not in balance after the Exlude AI, but it will regulate itself. The problem with my photos is probably that most of them are rather boring and past the customer, I know that too - and I don't photograph people as a matter of principle (because I don't like people) ;-) To your question about my People AI images - they are currently running let's say mediocrely, 6 of my top 20 AI images have something to do with people, the rest are more topic-related concept images (like green footprint and such topics). Which is a sobering realization for me: -> 13,500 new files accepted in one year wasn't enough to boost my downloads -> according to my calculations, I would have needed about 16,000 new files in 2024 just to keep my downloads, in 2025 it will probably have to be between 20,000 and 25,000 new files - that's really hard to do, you can't beat the flood of AI image farms But luckily my Canon R8 + 24-105 F4.0 has just arrived - I can now take decent photos again
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« on: January 22, 2025, 16:27 »
@cobalt: That looks very good after all - 8 days in the plus is good! Unfortunately, it looks the other way around for me... - in January 25 I had 322 DL so far - in January 24 (on the same day) I had 480 DL The curve shows a steady downward trend (with some ups and downs), although I have uploaded like never before. In 2024 I started with 35,675 files and on 12/31/2024 there were 49,052 - of which about 3,000 photos, 2,500 videos (AI and real mixed), 9,000 AI images. I know my photos aren't that good, I'm just not a photographer, but at least with AI images I know what I'm doing to some extent, but somehow it's not going up. The only area where I see a slight increase is videos. Overall, there have been three major changes in the last 12 months, which are probably due to changes in the search: -> there was a change on March 30, from then on a whole lot of my bestsellers disappeared into nothingness from one day to the next -> on October 8, some of these images suddenly reappeared in the sales -> at the beginning of January 25, the AI images were switched off from the customer search for 3 1/2 days (as a default state), which had a lasting effect on the ranking of some images For example, if you search for this exclude AI on the German AS site for dog or cat, only 8-10 of the first 100 images are AI (previously these were 30-40 of the first 100) - this is not intended as a rating, just an observation. So it's quite clear to see that AI is no longer so prominent and if you were to ask me off the record, that was exactly the plan of the 3 1/2 day exclusion of AI images - because if we are honest with ourselves, we all know that the interest of the platform operator is solely the customers and not the providers
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« on: January 15, 2025, 19:14 »
@RalfLiebhold:
Thanks for making me smile ;-)
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« on: January 15, 2025, 10:32 »
Hello Raul, Thank you for the information about the 2025 bonus program - it's great that it's taking place again! In my case it was close this year with 7,175 countable downloads (6,497 images / 226 videos*3) - lucky me Thanks, Michael
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« on: January 11, 2025, 13:29 »
I cannot currently imagine that this exclusion is an intentional setting, especially as all the filter settings are currently open by default.
It makes no economic sense to first bring more than 200 million AI images / AI videos onto the platform and then withhold them from paying customers, because let's be honest - most customers don't use these filters.
And yes, you can already see this default setting in fewer sales at the moment - I myself have around 30k photos and 15k AI images in my portfolio with an account in its 8th year.
I'm curious to see whether an official will perhaps comment on this in the Adobe Discord, where the topic is already being widely discussed.
Let's see...
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