I am trying to understand the theoretical reasons why some agencies accept AI generated imagery and others don�t. Meanwhile, Adobe is one of the few (and the largest platform) that does accept this type of content for sale. And then Getty (iStock), Shutterstock (Pond5), Alamy, and some others don�t accept it. Or if they do accept it then it has to be imagery created with their own native AI generators that are controlled by that platform.

The basis for not accepting and licensing the content for sale for most of them is that AI image generating models/platforms scrape millions of copyrighted images from the internet in order to source ideas and, thus the content being used to generate the AI imagery is not free from rights.

So is the reason that sites like Adobe, Dreamstime, 123RF and others do accept AI generated content is that they see the AI platforms as only gaining �creative inspiration� and taking �creative license� from all the copyright content that is being scraped by the AI image generators and thus making it a non-violation of usage rights?

I am not sure what the right answer is here, but I guess theoretically these AI models using copyright content to generate their own images would be no different than a photographer looking at an existing copyrighted photo of an apple and then photographing their own apple in the same spirit with similar lighting and composition to the copyrighted image they saw.

An interesting debate.

I just started uploading a few images to Adobe Stock and a few questions have arisen in the process. At the moment I am using the Adobe Contributor Porthole to upload and my questions are as follows:

1 - After you upload an image and it is "In Review" is there any way to edit the image keywords?

2 - After you upload an image and it is "In Review" is there any way to delete the image so you can edit keywords and resubmit before it is approved?

3 - After an image is already in your Portfolio is there any way to edit or at least change the order of the keywords?

4 - When submitting keywords, would you need to submit a keyword twice in order to cover the singular form of the keyword? Or if for example you already submitted the keyword "beaches" would you still need to submit the word "beach" separately?

5 - On other things like proper names or two-word keywords, should you submit the words separately? For example "United States" or "Prime Minister", "Barack Obama", should the keywords be submitted singularly, one at a time or as a two-word keyword?

6 - On keywords that have multiple words to refer to the same thing, do we need to submit all, including acronyms, or is the system smart enough to cover all of them on a buyer search if you just submit one? For example, do you need all of the following? united states, america, usa, united, states, united states america.

Thank you for any insight you can offer please.

I am new to video and I am just wondering about which settings I would be best to use on my DSLR if I were to start shooting some stock video? I notice my camera has the option of PAL with either 24 or 25 frames per second. Or NTSC with either 24 or 30 frames per second.

I understand that 24 frames per second would be best for a more cinematic looking effect, but if I am shooting stock video would I not want to aim for a higher frame rate of either 25 or 30 frames per second for the best quality?

Also, for stock footage is there a standard that is generally followed in terms of either being the PAL or NTSC systems?

I guess if I want to shoot at 30 frames per second my only choice would be to shoot NTSC.

Anyway, just wanting to set my camera to whatever is the industry standard for stock footage if I start shooting.

Thank you for any input you could offer please.