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Adobe Stock / Re: What's going on!
« on: July 07, 2024, 13:27 »
I had some recent submissions reviewed within 5 days, while other files are sitting there for well over a month. All non-editorial....and the 'quick" reviews were AI.
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Adobe Stock / Re: What's going on!« on: July 07, 2024, 13:27 »
I had some recent submissions reviewed within 5 days, while other files are sitting there for well over a month. All non-editorial....and the 'quick" reviews were AI.
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Pond5 / Re: Pond5 Forcing Price Drop« on: July 02, 2024, 21:31 »
Is this the beginning of the end of the artist setting their prices on P5?
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General Stock Discussion / Re: Microstock is nosediving - time to find something else« on: July 02, 2024, 21:23 »
One question in my mind is what will be the long term impact of AI content. There is already a flood coming in. The amount being generated is so great that it has ballooned the inspection time at Adobestock. Think about that, the rate of AI submissions must be many times that of traditional submissions to cause the inspection time to go from a few days to over a month. The AI content generation will become more and more automated increasing the rate even more.
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Adobe Stock / Re: What's going on!« on: June 30, 2024, 07:11 »I think Adobe went funny on my portfolio. None of my 800 files have been reviewed and, none of images nominated and received an email saying that some of my images have been re reviewed and have been removed from the port. Probably will stop supply any images or videos to them... I still have files that are just over a month sitting in queue. 105
Adobe Stock / Problem with Adobe Creative Cloud Update Code« on: June 17, 2024, 15:29 »
Has anyone received the error below when they tried to use their Creative Cloud update code (granted by Adobe based on Adobestock sales)?
If so, how did you resolve it? Thanks. "you have exceeded the amount of redemption codes that can be redeemed for promotion" 106
Adobe Stock / Re: What's your weekly ranking and how many images?« on: June 14, 2024, 09:35 »Don't worry, I have the little troll on ignore, I only see the posts if someone quotes them. When using Firefly, people images can be tough. The results can require a lot of post work, and even then many times get rejected (after sitting in queue for many weeks) for technical reasons which can be not at all clear. 107
Adobe Stock / Re: 8 week review time for photos?!?« on: June 12, 2024, 07:47 »It seems very inconsistent from account to account. Is it editorial photo content that you are getting the quick reviews on? 108
Adobe Stock / Re: 8 week review time for photos?!?« on: June 08, 2024, 11:06 »
It seemed for a while that the review times were shrinking, but now it seems they have gotten longer again. I have images that were submitted 30 days ago and are still in queue.
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iStockPhoto.com / Re: New Stats Page - Downloads Updated Daily!« on: June 05, 2024, 08:06 »
Welcome addition...but it seems like there is not a running $$$ tally....or did I miss something?
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Adobe Stock / Re: Firefly AI rejections on Adobestock« on: May 22, 2024, 17:26 »Adobestock accepts images createdwith Firefly? Regarding Firefly people. I find that sometimes you get excellent results, many times you don't. Typically, if it's just a "headshot" results can be quite good. If you go for say fully body length not so much. Also, there is quite a large "sample to sample variation" in quality. Maybe when the servers aren't as busy they spend more time per image perhaps? 111
AI Generated Stock Photography / New Lightroom AI features and Stock Submissions« on: May 22, 2024, 08:35 »
It's great that LR has added AI based image editing, but it can get confusing in the following way.
Some agencies are okay with AI imagery being submitted and some are not. So what if you use the new AI image editing features in Lightroom? For example if you use AI to remove a number on a building, or a person in a scene? Is it legitimate to submit this image to an agency that doesn't allow AI submissions? Thoughts? 112
AI Generated Stock Photography / Importance of Image Size on Saleability of AI images« on: May 20, 2024, 21:32 »
For those that have seen success in selling AI images. How important is image size with regard to sales?
Do AI images that are of minimal size (~4Mpix) sell?...or does it make a big difference if file size is bigger, say 20MP? 113
Adobe Stock / Firefly AI rejections on Adobestock« on: May 19, 2024, 08:31 »
Is anyone else getting frustrated with the Adobestock rejection rate of Adobe Firefly AI generated images of people?
I find I am getting frustrated with the high rejection rate of Firefly v3 beta "photo" (and earlier versions for that matter) of people. The images generated are noisy so I usually do simple noise reduction and appropriate sharpening in LR. However, the majority of images get rejected for the ambiguous and unhelpful reason: "Unfortunately, this image doesn't meet our quality standards". Is anyone having a good acceptance rate with Firefly photo images with people? 114
Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock is an embarassment« on: May 15, 2024, 12:06 »Only because in other previous posts (by other stills photogs), there seemed to be a trend where US based Shutterstock contributors seemed to be complaining about dropping SS sales and contributors outside the US seemed to be happier with their SS results. Interesting. I primarily sell stills....could be that at SS video (vs. other agencies) is holding it's own and it is on the stills side where SS seems to be doing seriously worse than AS. 115
Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock is an embarassment« on: May 15, 2024, 11:25 »Just curious, are you in the USA? Only because in other previous posts (by other stills photogs), there seemed to be a trend where US based Shutterstock contributors seemed to be complaining about dropping SS sales and contributors outside the US seemed to be happier with their SS results. 116
Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock is an embarassment« on: May 15, 2024, 09:41 »So far this month, I've had almost exactly the same number of downloads at Shutterstock as at Adobe. Just curious, are you in the USA? 117
General - Top Sites / DPReview - Can't Log In« on: May 09, 2024, 08:53 »
I am unable to log-in to dpreview.com. Anyone heard anything?
I get "user does not exist" message. 118
Adobe Stock / Re: What's your weekly ranking and how many images?« on: May 08, 2024, 08:35 »Slow week so far, but weekly ranking is above average. Must be a slow week for everybody. It's possible more buyers started generating their own AI images via Midjourney etc instead of buying our images. That's my concern about near future. A valid concern, but I don't think you would see a sudden drop at this point because of AI competition. I would guess it would be more gradual. 119
AI Generated Stock Photography / What does Firefly do with Reference Images You upload?« on: May 07, 2024, 16:25 »
Is it documented anywhere what Firefly does with "reference" images a user uploads?
- Does it save them? - Is it any different than what Adobe does with contributors images relative to AI? 120
General Stock Discussion / Re: Article in the Wall Street Journal« on: May 06, 2024, 21:21 »
It would be interesting to see some kind of cost comparison analysis. It's got to take up quite a bit more time for an employee to generate their own AI images. If they use AI images generated by others on one of the AI sites, they are still paying a subscription cost to use the AI site...and are their usage charges when they used AI images generated by other people?....if not yet, I would think the AI sites will "wise up" and start charging for usage scope?
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General Stock Discussion / Re: Article in the Wall Street Journal« on: May 06, 2024, 13:59 »I have to agree with cobalt, I get what your saying regarding AI. I have about 80 AI images so far and have seen only a few downloads. Of course, I really should have an order of magnitude more images before I "complain". Using Firefly which can require a lot of post work. 122
Adobe Stock / Re: 2023 Adobe Stock contributor bonus plan details« on: May 03, 2024, 17:55 »Looks like any problems with plan overlaps have been resolved. Interesting thanks!...after initially having the "parallel plans" or "overlap" problem and then getting a new code, I have been holding off on trying it. Maybe I will give it a go! 123
General Stock Discussion / Re: Article in the Wall Street Journal« on: May 03, 2024, 09:37 »The company where my husband works has already adapted to the new realities, they have cancelled the subscription with one of the most important stock agencies they have worked with for 15 years for another subscription with mid journey for $30.00 per month. Out of curiosity do they have a feel for how much employee time is spent generating an image vs. searching a stock database for an image? 124
Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe Firefly Results Variation« on: May 01, 2024, 08:32 »
I still see variability in Firefly Version 3 Beta quality or results. For example, sometimes when rendering people you might see quite realistic results including skin and hair and other times, a person's hair may be approach a "blurry mess". It can be frustrating. I have to wonder if it comes down to how much "CPU bandwidth" is being allotted to a render at a given time. Maybe if there is a large demand on compute resources when you choose to do a render, the system just doesn't "spend as much time" on your render and you get poor results?
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