Quote from: MatHayward on January 26, 2021, 10:32

Quote from: SuperPhoto on January 26, 2021, 10:25

Quote from: dirkr on January 25, 2021, 11:01

Yes, they do have a new program, for 2020 it's based on number of downloads (not uploads).

Details see here: https://www.microstockgroup.com/fotolia-com/2020-adobe-stock-artist-bonus-program/

thanks, good to know. Since I did meet that threshold - do you know when he'll be sending out the licenses?

Thanks!

A redemption link will be found at the top of the contributor portal in a blue banner sometime in February so watch for that. I'll post something in MSG when they go live as a heads up.

-Mat

Okay, thanks, appreciate that.

BTW - any chance we could get the "whole" suite if we had less than 5,000 "downloads"?
I didn't realize there were two separate thresholds (one being for a 'single' application license, and one for the entire suite).

While I didn't actually use the 'entire' suite - I would use AE & PR. "Thought" about using the other apps (last year was the first year I got this) - and then all this silly nonsense with a magical virus that can count the number of people in a group, knows if someone is sitting or standing in a restaurant (sitting = safe, standing/walking = uh oh), knows if it at a protest or party (and avoids the former), etc, etc, started... and became quite the distraction. I literally think I only used the suite for 1-2 months back last January 2020, and only because of my reminder e-mail remembered - oh yeah - I had all these cool things I wanted to do with AE/PR, and just hadn't yet...

Thanks!

Do you mean can you get a code for the All Apps Creative Cloud plan for free without meeting the qualification criteria of the 2020 bonus plan? If that is what you mean, then no, that is not an option. You can purchase the plan via adobe.com however.

Thanks,

-Mat

Quote from: chrisbradshaw on February 01, 2021, 11:22

I opted in for electronic 1099s in early January.  It said they would be available after 1/31 but I can't see anyway to obtain them using the link https://236230.invoiceinfo.com/get1099.html.  It just keep opting me in, but I'm not able to view my 1099.  Have anyone been able to retrieve their 1099 electronically?

I'm checking on this and will update here as soon as possible.

Thanks,

Mat

It looks like everything is up and running properly now. You should be able to access your 1099 electronically if you registered in time. It's important to note that if you have multiple accounts with the same SSN associated (such as those with a Premium collection account and a Standard collection account), the 1099 you receive electronically is a combined total of all accounts.

Please let me know if you are still having trouble accessing the form.

Thanks,

Mat

I am using Adobe Illustrator and I always edit file info of my vectors. Shutterstock and 123RF pull all metadata, but Adobe Stock pulls out just a title and then he just suggests keywords.
How can I resolve this?
It's not really big trouble for me to copy/paste keywords from SS or 123, but I'm thinking of adding more agencies (Alamy, Dreamstime, Vectorstock...) and I understand things get more complicated if you don't use metadata.

I checked on this for you and confirmed that you need to embed your keywords in a jpg file add it to a .zip folder with the vector for your submission to have the system read the keywords. Otherwise, copy/paste as you noted or a CSV file will be your best alternative.

-Mat

This past September, I hosted an Adobe Stock webinar with Ian Shive who is the Founder and CEO of Tandem Stock. I am very impressed with their collection and had a great conversation with Ian you may want to check out.

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/tandemstock?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=profile_web&utm_campaign=profile

-Mat

Quote from: MatHayward on December 21, 2020, 13:28

Quote from: Reimar on December 21, 2020, 12:04

Mat, you appear to be saying that any keyword in the top 10 has the same weight.  Given the color coding, I would have thought the first 5 are weighted in order of appearance, the next 5 are all the same weight, but lower than 1-5, and the keywords after 10 have a lower weight than that.
Since Pete is correct, you are saying that:
dog, poodle, running, chase, winter, snow, ball, pet, black, basketball
will give the same search result as:
basketball, black, pet, ball, snow, winter, chase, running, poodle, dog.

Please tell me that is not so.  I just finished annotating my 8800 images so it is too late for me.  But it would be good to know going forward.

As far as I know, the first word has more weight than the second which has more weight than the third, etc. The top ten in general have the most impact. As a best practice, I list the most important/relevant keyword first and do my best to keep all relevant keywords in the top ten. You really don't need much more than 15-25 keywords tops per asset.

-Mat

You folks didn't say that in ether the keywords or the search webinar. Can you get a confirmation?

And yes, I already do that, but just because it looks pretty.  OCD people do things like that, in order, even if it doesn't matter.

Quote from: Reimar on December 21, 2020, 12:04

Mat, you appear to be saying that any keyword in the top 10 has the same weight.  Given the color coding, I would have thought the first 5 are weighted in order of appearance, the next 5 are all the same weight, but lower than 1-5, and the keywords after 10 have a lower weight than that.
Since Pete is correct, you are saying that:
dog, poodle, running, chase, winter, snow, ball, pet, black, basketball
will give the same search result as:
basketball, black, pet, ball, snow, winter, chase, running, poodle, dog.

Please tell me that is not so.  I just finished annotating my 8800 images so it is too late for me.  But it would be good to know going forward.

Yes, there used to be that confusion (Before Mat!) We had been told the top 7 or the top 9 and the colors didn't match the theories. So when the lady (I forget her name now) said it was the top ten, I believed that was enough to convince me it's ten.  So I haven't even noticed there's any colors anymore. Are there?

I'll wait for the definitive answer from Mat on the rank of the first ten words. That could change things, but since I usually did put them in order anyway, I will just make sure for the future.

One more note from both of the webinars, which I watched at least twice and took notes... after 30 days, the effect of changing the keyword order is very little. By then your images have been ranked.

However (this comes from me and others, a logical consideration) adding words that were left out, could help the images in future searches by buyers. But the image rank won't change. It can't hurt to add better words or words that are missing.

@Pete, I have confirmed that as of this moment in time, yes...keyword 1 has slightly more weight than keyword 2, which has more weight than 3 and so on...I'm told this is not something you should obsess on when indexing as the advantage within the top ten over one another is negligible. Just be sure you are putting the most important words in the top ten and you should be good to go.

-Mat

Mat, how do keyword combinations or keyphrases work on Adobe?

It depends on the context. If the word combination would be found in the dictionary then yes, it's appropriate for a compound keyword. For example, an image of an Arctic Fox, you would use the keywords "arctic fox" and "fox" but not "Arctic." "Golden Gate Bridge" you would use all three words as one keyword in addition to "Bridge" but you wouldn't' use "gate" for example since that's irrelevant.

However, words like "Red Dress" should not be used as a compound keyword but instead separated into two different keywords.

Hope that helps,

Mat

Too which Email address you will send out this code, I�m afraid that I don�t have access to the email I once registered 16years ago, and how to change that I missed the bonus program last year so this time I wanna make sure that I don�t miss it. Thanks in advance!

It should go to the same email you are receiving your sales notifications. If you are uncertain, please write to [email protected] and we'll let you know.

Thanks,

Mat

Hey Mat, there is no bonus program for year 2021?

Do you mean 2020? If so, codes for qualified contributors will be distributed in February. The details can be read here: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/royalty-details.html

If you do in fact mean 2021, I don't have an answer to that question at this time.

Thanks,

Mat

Hi everyone,

I'm not able to look into this right now as we are currently in the middle of the annual winter shutdown at Adobe. I'll follow up first thing after January 4 and will provide an update here when I have one.

Thank you for your patience,

Mat

Hi Everyone,

I have confirmed this email is legitimate and did come from us, you can safely click and sign up if that is of interest to you. I'll be sure to share your feedback for future communication from our team. Thanks for your patience and Happy New Year!

-Mat Hayward

Let's say I earn $100 in December 2020 on Adobe Stock but don't receive the payout for this income until 2021. Does Adobe still report this as earned income on the 1099 for 2020, or does it only report what has been paid out to me in 2020?

I'm just wondering because, for audit purposes, I have been keeping track of all payments I have received from them, not platform-specific earnings. That won't do me much good if the 1099 reports the income based on when it is put into my account versus when I actually receive the payment since they wouldn't line up.

Your 1099 from Adobe Stock is based on earnings in 2020, not payment requests.

-Mat

Ok thanks 

Yes I know that the first keywords are the most important, and also that I should keep in mind what could the buyer search.
My question was a little bit more specific... maybe not so relevant who knows 

For example:
I have a series of images of cars, luxury sport supercars, illustrative editorial. Images style is the same, cars are different
I could use the same ten keywords for all:

car, supercar, luxury, rich, shiny, powerful, touring, exclusive... and so on
But I could also put more specific
Ferrari / Porsche / european / american...

My question is not which are the important keywords, but where should I put the specific ones versus the general ones
Better to put Ferrari at first place, because there are of course less images of Ferrari than cars?
Or better to have car, and then Ferrari, to reach a larger audience?

I know it's maybe a silly question  but looking at the results, I really cannot understand which strategy is the best

Thanks!

This is going to depend on the context of the brand in the image. If the shot is really specific to Ferrari, with the logo prominently displayed, I would list Ferrari as my number one keyword. If it's a more general car shot that happens to be a Ford, then the brand wouldn't be the top keyword. It's all about context and it will vary from image to image.

-Mat

Quote from: derby on December 20, 2020, 18:06

I'm still wondering which is the best strategy for keywording images in Adobe stock: the first seven, maybe ten words, have best impact to search engine, and this is confirmed by Mat.

But the problem is: what is better to put in the first keywords?
The most generic, or the most specific ones?
Or may be a mix?

I ask this because I see no clear signal.
For example: I have a series of really different images produced in the same set and the risk is to put always the same keywords to the top for better description, but it should be a nice job to create something different for each one.
How to do this?
Generic ones at the top, and specific ones after 5 or 6 position?
Or maybe the specific ones on top, and the the generic ones?

I had different results so I can't understand which is the better strategy.
If you would like to share yours it could be really helpful.
Also Mat, if you like to clarify this point
Thanks for any thought

The first ten are given more weight, I don't know that 1-10 makes any difference and they don't mention that in the webinar on rank or keywords. A word in the title and the keywords has more weight than just in one of the other.

Have you watched both webinars on the subject?

I'll wait for Mat to give the answer to the first ten words question, if I'm wrong, but the way I understood it was, 1-10 are stronger and then all the rest 11-49 the same, but lower, - do not include 50 or all words are the same rank.

Seems pretty straight forward?

By the way, what all the people in the webinars said, is what I have always used as best keyword strategy. "If you were looking for this image, what words would you enter in the search" also "What words would you use to describe this image?" That and only use related words that are actually describing or what's in the actual image. Don't use irrelevant words or extras that aren't honest.

I couldn't have said it better myself Pete. Never max out your keywords at 50. Put the most relevant keywords in the top 10. Which keywords are the most relevant? You need to put yourself into the mind of a customer that wants to buy your image. What words would you use to find it? If it's a picture of a dog and there happens to be a basketball far off in the background, the keyword "dog" is much more relevant than "basketball."

Good luck!

Mat Hayward

Quote from: DallasP on December 15, 2020, 10:18

I know you old people value the forum format but, again, the AS discord is always popping. https://discord.gg/gsDXsrbcpf

Edit: Also. Mat, your dog is cuter than poop.

When I click your link, it has a referral-type message saying I was invited by you. What do you get out of signing people up? Why wouldn�t the link just go to the adobe site?

The Discord channel is not at an Adobe site. It's an independent site and requires an invitation to join. I'd love to see you all there. Thanks for the plug Dallas and Hudson thanks you for your compliment.

-Mat