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iStockPhoto.com / Re: September results are in - how did you do?
« on: October 17, 2024, 17:06 »
I'm having a hard time downloading the proper text document. Anyone else experiencing this issue too?

Until I get that downloaded and imported into deepmeta, I'm not really sure how I did. Although the total royalties are available, I can't seem to find how many downloads there were.

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Looks like I jumped the gun on downloading the text document. Should have waited another 20 minutes.

So, royalties were down 7% and number of sales were down 14%.

In fact, daily sales throughout all of October have been down for me.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: August statements up
« on: September 20, 2024, 06:59 »
Apparently some people got an email saying that there would be some sales from previous months in this month's Royalty Statement, and apologising for the lateness of this reporting. I didn't get the email.

Yes, I had two past sales reported, one from March and one from May of this year.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: August statements up
« on: September 20, 2024, 06:56 »
Good month ... based primarily on increased numbers of downloads. The most downloads for this year.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: July Statements Up Early
« on: August 28, 2024, 11:50 »
Nice. Out of curiosity, how many images do you have in your portfolio?

Sorry, I'm new here.  Mostly video.  I probably should have stated that.  About 5,000 clips.

Nice monthly income. Keep up the great work.


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iStockPhoto.com / Re: July Statements Up Early
« on: August 17, 2024, 15:18 »
Not bad for this new "era."  $920.45 in July, down from $1,150.59 in June, and about half of my BME, which was in December, 2019.

Nice. Out of curiosity, how many images do you have in your portfolio?

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: iStock now allows Gen. AI retouching
« on: August 13, 2024, 16:21 »
iStock now allows Generative AI retouching, see their forum and contributor portal for guidelines.

With a great number of restrictions

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: They are not reviewing my stock
« on: July 25, 2024, 08:28 »
And no, they weren't AI images that I had uploaded, but if their automatic system says this is AI, that's probably their reality.

What is it about an image that triggers "AI Image" to the reviewer ... do we know. Can we guess?

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: They are not reviewing my stock
« on: July 18, 2024, 14:56 »
I would open up a ticket and discuss this issue directly with them.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Updated content policies on Adobe Stock
« on: June 28, 2024, 11:08 »
I got one today to tell me 42 of my assets have been deleted. But there is no info about what assets they were. It would be nice to know what to avoid shooting.

Do these assets have any specific thing in common? Do you have any guesses why they are being eliminated?

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Not that relevant since Adobe offers many of us free access to all apps or to LR/PS.


 free access  ???

how

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: may numbers are up! how'd you do?
« on: June 19, 2024, 20:20 »
Quote from: The Mighty Jungle

Have you used the new website he's created ... deepmeta.creativ.zone

Yes, that's what I was referring to as improvement. And what happens with standalone monolithic DeepMeta app? ...

I still find the DeepMeta app the easiest way to upload my images.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: may numbers are up! how'd you do?
« on: June 19, 2024, 11:10 »
Deep Meta stats are large improvement, but how many man hours have gone historically into that overblown tool.  Someone has to pay for it, and guess who it is.  I'd rather have something bare bones with decent (read respectful) compensation rate.

Have you used the new website he's created ... deepmeta.creativ.zone

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: may numbers are up! how'd you do?
« on: June 18, 2024, 17:44 »
i had a good month, best month ever actually.

Congrats, yuriy, on your good month. Keep it up.

I'm down over $250 from the previous month, so a little bit disappointed.

FYI, I'm really liking the new DeepMeta. It's helping me visualize the types of images doing best on istock. Makes a difference in my output. As much as I like coming up with all new stuff, I need to focus on what sells and deliver more of that.

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Here's another article on Adobe's new terms:

Adobe's new terms of service unacceptably gives them access to all of your projects, for free

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/06/06/adobes-new-terms-of-service-unacceptably-gives-them-access-to-all-of-your-projects-for-free

And another:

Adobe joins Microsoft in admitting it's now basically spyware ... 
Updated terms give Adobe the right to access your content through both automated and manual methods. 

https://www.thestack.technology/adobe-joins-microsoft-in-admitting-its-now-basically-spyware/

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In this article ...
https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/06/change-to-adobe-terms-amp-conditions/

it states ...

A change to Adobe terms & conditions for apps like Photoshop has outraged many professional users, concerned that the company is claiming the right to access their content, use it freely, and even sub-licence it to others.

To Repeat: Adobe is claiming the right to access users' content, use it freely, and even sub-licence it to others

The company is requiring users to agree to the new terms in order to continue using their Adobe apps, locking them out until they do so

Adobe says that its new terms clarify that we may access your content through both automated and manual methods, such as for content review.

WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?




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I have two suggestions: 1) Allow us to sort by master ID. I'd like to see if my newest additions are selling and; 2) Not limit the screen to just 10 images. 100 would be better.

Today, it does look like there are more than 10 images/page.

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I really appreciate this new feature. The positive feedback I receive DAILY helps encourage me to continue creating & uploading. I now don't have to wait til the end of the month to get this data.

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Alamy.com / Re: photo on the Guardian - $0.06
« on: May 30, 2024, 07:51 »
would like to see a link to the Guardian article ...

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iStockPhoto.com / My April 2024 just went up.
« on: May 17, 2024, 16:27 »
better than expected.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: March downloads are up
« on: April 17, 2024, 10:38 »
Same in my case - this could be due to the fact that this April (March settlement) the 'Price per Image' is missing, which usually always comes in April as a 'big blue bar' in the chart.
(see image attached)

Why would they leave out 'Price per Image'?

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I just spent much of today re-upping a couple dozen or so submissions along with screenshots & comments in order to prove that I did, indeed, create each one of my submissions. Seems like whenever I add a texture to an image, I'm asked to prove that I created the texture.

Out of curiosity, I wonder how often this typically happens to other illustrators we have in this forum. How often are you asked to send screenshots to prove your works are original?

FYI -- I'm not complaining, as I understand istock needs to know our works are our own. But I'm just wondering ...




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You have to download statement, then drop into that archaic Deep Meta;  click on "Gross Royalty" column to sort ascending and negative will swim on top (see attachement)


Out of curiosity, how do you sort by just the month?

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Well, in my case, it's showing Royalties for February but NOT the Downloads. I WOULD appreciate knowing my Downloads.

Royalties were slightly better than normal.


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ps Dec was the 18th, Jan was the 18th, Feb was the 16th. Just a note for those with faulty memories, NO it's not usually reported on the 20th. From the official site: "Royalty Statements are published on the 20th of each month. You will see what you have sold and what you have earned and can download that data."

Now please IS, I'll be back soon, show me the money?

Good Post ...

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