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« 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.
102
« 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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« 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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« 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 just got my latest upload from June 22nd reviewed today. Only about a week for them to review. Is it normal these days?
I still have files that are just over a month sitting in queue.
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« 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"
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« 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.
I am really impressed with people images. They take quite a while to start selling, but then sell very consistently.
Really wish I had done that sooner. Only have around 700 now and trying to add at least 3-5 every day. I probably need at least 3000 to see a real impact.
Looks like most of the top producers have people ports, whether normal photo or ai.
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.
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« on: June 12, 2024, 07:47 »
It seems very inconsistent from account to account.
For whatever reason, my stuff is being reviewed in 2-3 days (photo and video) and still is. Not a boast, im doing nothing special at all but for whatever random reason i dont seem to have the review delays as of yet.
Is it editorial photo content that you are getting the quick reviews on?
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« 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.
109
« 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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« on: May 22, 2024, 17:26 »
Adobestock accepts images createdwith Firefly?
Yes.
I have both AI MJ and AI Firefly in my portfolio,you can also use version 3 of Firefly which is in beta,commercial uses are allowed
I also have people made with Firefly which in my opinion are even better than some of MJ's,the Firefly people seem more natural and real to me.
at the moment I'm working on some AI content, but in reality I don't want to waste too much time on it,I created 20 in a couple of hours,for me it's a record,because before I wasted much more time on it.
in my opinion the strategy to adopt on AI is more on quantity,because you have to consider rejections and then also that it is not easy to sell them,so wasting too much time and producing less,I don't know if it's really a good idea,maybe it can be sometimes,not always.
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?
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« 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
« 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?
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« 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
« 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.
Just to be clear, I only sell video. Stills is a waste of time.
Nevertheless, I am also experiencing fewer sales and lower revenue at Shutterstock. On the other hand, Adobe is slowly rising, but still not as good as Shutterstock by total dollar volume or per-clip revenue.
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.
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« on: May 15, 2024, 11:25 »
Just curious, are you in the USA?
Yes, why do you ask?
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.
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« 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.
The average sale at Adobe has been $11.60
The average sale at Shutterstock has been $16.47
That's about 40% more income for the same number of sales. Shutterstock isn't what it used to be, but it is still king.
Just curious, are you in the USA?
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« 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.
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« 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.
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« 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
« 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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« on: May 06, 2024, 13:59 »
I have to agree with cobalt,
I've been shooting stock since 2005, and because my sales had been dropping and Getty ended up being no better that the microstocs, I stopped in 2019 to start selling fine art prints on Etsy. Then six months ago i started playing around in MidJourney and set up a second Etsy shop to sell AI generated art, (using the term art here very loosely.) I'm amazed what MidJourney can do, and more amazed by what it CAN'T do. $30 a month but hours and hours of time spent by designers, I don't think so. Most of my AI designs end up taking hours to fix in MidJourney and then in photoshop. Maybe 10% or less come out perfect or close to perfect from one prompt. Groups of people, lots of mangled looking faces and hands, oh the hands. Three legs, heads on backwards, weird looking eyes, and did I mention the hands? I have uploaded some AI stock to Adobe and none have been licensed yet after three months. Not expecting much. I don't know, I see the possibilities, the potential of AI art, but we are still pretty far from perfection. There are SO many non AI stock images, seems hard to believe most companies can't find what they're looking for already.
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.
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« on: May 03, 2024, 17:55 »
Looks like any problems with plan overlaps have been resolved.
My prepaid bonus Photography plan from last year ended on April 28, 2024. I didn't wan't to forget so instead of worrying about losing a few days, I used this year's bonus code on April 24 and the extra days were added automatically, with my plan ending on April 28, 2025 now.
Thanks again Mat & Adobe!
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!
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« 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.
They are saving thousands of dollars a year with this move.
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?
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« 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?
125
« on: April 24, 2024, 13:19 »
Thanks.
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