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Messages - Brasilnut
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« on: October 02, 2022, 04:53 »
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« on: September 21, 2022, 17:10 »
Getty AI doesn't recognize AI = fail
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« on: September 21, 2022, 08:02 »
Only makes sense to advertise Print on Demand ports, imo
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« on: September 18, 2022, 07:12 »
Love the missing fingertips, I wonder what the AI backstory for that would be?
"proud, overweight woman, posing, full length wearing tight clothes, feminist
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« on: September 18, 2022, 06:50 »
I've uploaded this particular AI image created by DALLE2 throughout and testing the results.
Quality is pretty bad (particularly after up-sizing) so I suspect that it will be rejected by all, but interesting to see either way.
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« on: September 16, 2022, 07:59 »
depressing...glad I've got off that sinking ship (or at least devoting much less time there).
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« on: September 12, 2022, 09:37 »
I miss the SS forum, until today I still can't understand why they took it down
Hi brasilnut!
I think it was for too much negative comments when SSTK start with the reset button in January and new levels system. But to be honest i don't miss it.
Um abrao from Portugal
Yea, and all that posts about blatant thieving going on. You'd think that an IPO-listed company would have enough resources to go after them. Abs!
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« on: September 12, 2022, 07:42 »
I miss the SS forum, until today I still can't understand why they took it down
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« on: September 03, 2022, 06:44 »
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« on: September 02, 2022, 05:11 »
Wow, it's like looking in the mirror 
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« on: August 24, 2022, 05:16 »
SS is using AI to review images and has been doing so for about 3 years.
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« on: August 15, 2022, 10:08 »
My average return per download has been dropping steadily for the past 4 years.
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« on: August 08, 2022, 07:50 »
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« on: August 06, 2022, 12:09 »
Earned $1,450 for this book cover (Paris background only) - various RM licenses
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« on: August 06, 2022, 06:13 »
Interesting topic, Raul, thanks for posting. Imo, it's far from dead, at least for those who are in the top 5%. For instance, Kaspars Grinvalds, a lifestyle photographer, is pulling in $4k/month with his port of 9,622 images on SS and similar amounts in AS, iStock etc. Link to his SS port: https://www.shutterstock.com/g/grinvaldsBut boy does he work hard and his concepts are trendy and well-executed. I interviewed him for my blog a few months back and would be interesting to catch up with him in a few years to see if his earnings have decreased substantially. Link to the interview: https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2022/01/10/interview-with-kaspars-grinvalds-lifestyle-microstock-photographer/As for the rest of us mere mortals, including myself, it's difficult as we're shooting more generic stuff which perhaps doesn't rank so well. I'm relying on "old" pics that have maintained a high ranking. The new stuff just seems to be buried in the SEs and doesn't help that when they do sell it's for small amounts, including at Alamy. For newbies, no chance, take literally any traditional job and will pay more per hour. Or you've tapped into a niche that few others can compete.
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« on: July 22, 2022, 13:09 »
Irony of microstock is that having invested $500 on a tilt-shift lens, a $90 sale at SS just popped in for this distorted junk shot that I uploaded in 2017! Stupid buyers!
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« on: July 18, 2022, 15:22 »
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« on: July 15, 2022, 05:08 »
I'm seeing a 35% drop 2022 vs 2019 on average download commissions at SS.
Note: Also includes video sales.
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« on: July 13, 2022, 03:53 »
Looks interesting. But is this effect not something you can create in photoshop?
Maybe it is a stupid question, architecture is not my forte.
Not a stupid question at all. With all the perspective adjustments and then twisting and distortion adjustments (and final cropping) the pixels get stretched which often leads to a loss of quality in the final image. There's also the time it takes to make all these adjustments, imagine a shoot you have 50 images and you have to go one by one. To get a final product that is close to the final version at 24mm is pretty cool. 19mm would have been better but the least expensive lens I saw for that price was $2k and beyond my budget. As for the tilt-shift effect, sure you can try to create on PS/LR but also not the same as the blurs may be too obvious as digital. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdbMSHoAwWs
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« on: July 01, 2022, 05:25 »
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