hi guys,lockdown is over?Has Leaf paid the rent? 

sales are going bad, I'm probably having a bug with Adobe,something is happening that has never happened before,6 whole days without even a single sale.

I haven't sold anything since Saturday.

Niente questa settimana? Cosa � successo amico mio?

Just ignore selfStroker and superDummy.   These are trolls, maybe even the same retard with 2 different accounts, that keep spamming the board.  It is quite unreal crap like this is not moderated and these 2 still allowed to post bs.

Ignore the retards.  End of story

That collage is quite telling Jo Ann.  My situation is quite similar to yours, although I keep my rather modest submission rate (5 - 10/week)

I have a question if someone can please enlighten me.  The following image was rejected as RF,  only to be accepted as Illustrative Editorial



Why???  Aerial view of Malaga, Spain.  Yes in the centre is Corrida (Bullfight Arena), so what?   There are several examples at Adobe Stock library that are not Illustrative Editorial where Corrida is much better seen:

https://as2.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/11/84/02/33/1000_F_1184023369_K4DCbs3kn6MqpYUXWkHPIOgrf7zi5pvG.jpg

https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/00/51/79/08/1000_F_51790812_VwiOapK6j66qFQ43uEojh0bxXqv5m328.jpg

... and many more ...

Any comments?

Everybody should ignore selfStroker, if you are not already doing so.  It is quite amazing this kind of Trolling is tolerated

Spamming every topic , he should finally be banned.

There is no moderation.   Just ignore SelfStroker and SuperDummy Trolls.

A lot of the so-called "wildfires" are actually paid arsonists (some govt, others hired via things like craigslist) trying to promote the 'climate change' narrative, among other things. Also to try and "move" certain populations into the city (because people are being 'coralled' like cattle into cities - easier to "manage").

This is such an immense stupidity;  it is quite hard to believe someone would have such a low IQ to actually believe this.  Please go away

I upload 150 - 200 / year, so not likely it will break any limit, lol

Here's something interesting for the community, related to similars policy.  Yesterday I cycled to world famous Moraine Lake in Banff National Park (Road is closed to vehicles, so it's perfect for cycling - 11km each way).  Lake was once on Canadian 20 dollar bill, and photographed to death.   Search on Adobe stock for term "Moraine Lake" yields 28,666  (!!!) results.   https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=moraine+lake&search_type=usertyped

I took few shots, for myself really.  Good light, turned quite well. So last night I upload to AS;  100% certain it will end up rejected as "This content already exists on Adobe Stock".   But





Accepted overnight.  Yes, they are good shots, but definitely content that has abundant supply.   Will I get any download? Not likely, but here they are

Congrats on the good sale as well as the photo, I do love the color of glacial lakes.

I certainly have plenty of mountain photos taken from places that are not that easily accessible. I have even sold a few on Alamy for decent amounts which I appreciate greatly.

I have some issues with how Alamy does things and some of the changes they have made in the last few years, but many months they are my top earner - not this one though unless some big sales come through. Returns do seem to be going down there, but not as fast as they have at some of the other sites.

Thanks Tom.  I lived in your neck of the woods and did some hiking, but probably nowhere as much as you.   My 4 digit Alamy sale is actually trailhead photo of Iron Mtn in Poway, San Diego county.    Wish I explored Sierra much more.  Biggest regret is I didn't do Whitney.  Human congestion is much harder to deal with compared to Canada though. 

My suggestion to Adobe: Have a few different inspection queues similar at Istock does. Tick a box for submission and send the content to editors trained for each submission. For example AI, Photo, Video, and Illustration.

That might be a good idea, but is never going to happen.  Adobe inspections are done by AI which is "trained" at looking at binary footprint, and nothing else.  We might complain, rightfully so, as much as we want - but AI is direction they decided to take, both for content creation and inspection.  Even Mat Hayward was replaced by Raul.AiBot - that should explain everything.

Whether Mat was our friend, and what happened to him after he moved on is separate discussion. But things were infinitely better while he was here.  Most will probably agree with this. 

For you Adobe haters, it's still the site that pays best and makes the most for me. If the fans of dimes and 15% are going to keep cheering, just pay attention to best percentages and most pay, which of the three, SS, IS and AS, Adobe still wins.

Wins perhaps at the moment, but for how long?  Even now, it doesn't win Alamy - at least not for me.

Everyone will always have their preferred agency, as well as agency they "hate", and that is ok.  This discussion is really about how honest contributors are being treated by current AS review process.   This is a fact, not personal preference.

My rejection rate in the last 1-2 weeks is 100% due to similarity. I usually upload content, which is better quality than let's say 95% of similar content by other contributors. This strategy still generates a lot of sales for me. Now Adobe rejects higher quality content, because they already got similar content in lower quality - that's surely great for their customers 

Mike - right on. I have now stopped uploading high end content to AS; why bother and feel disrespected.   This whole nonsense will mark beginning of AS downfall; You simply can not turn against contributors how they are doing right now.   

Injustice for all might want to start singing "The rise and Fall of Adobe Stock and Firefly from Mars"

Congratulations!
Splendid image, you deserve it 
As far as my experience, Alamy is the only agency where I have 3 digits sales  .

Thank you as usual for kind words Luisa!  Same here, I had once 3 digit license on Shutterstock, but Alamy is the only place where this happens with some level of regularity.  Even had 4-digit sale once.  They also treat you fair, none of this what's been going on with Adobe lately.