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Canva / Magic Creator Payment is now completely zero
« on: February 12, 2024, 13:49 »
Hello everyone,

after the Magic Creator Payments are at 0 for the second month in a row, I wonder where they have gone?

They were already ridiculously low anyway, but for 2 months now there has been nothing there - not even $0.00 but just an empty field?!

Magic Creator Payment
Sept 2023 - $2.01
Oct 2023 - $2.00
Nov 2023 - $0.24
Dec 2023 - empty field
Jan 2024 - empty field
(the monthly income is at about the same level in all 5 months with increasing applies and exports)

Is it the same for you?

I wonder if we are being treated correctly here?
Or will the income perhaps still be delivered later? (please don't take this question seriously ^^)

Yes, I know that I'm talking about Canva and the phrase "being treated correctly" is a mockery anyway, but maybe it's just me and you have regular income.

Have a sunny day,
Michael

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Canva / Almost any images get rejected instantly?!
« on: October 14, 2023, 17:39 »
Hello,

I now upload photos to more than 15 stock sites and on all of them I can see why an image is rejected from time to time.

Only on Canva about 95% of my images are rejected within 2-3 seconds of appearing in the image list and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I have added a few examples in images below - different areas like background textures, silhouettes and my last Tenerife holidays :-)
(These images have been accepted 90%+ on about 15 pages).

Does anyone perhaps have a good tip as to why almost everything is rejected within a few seconds and how to get images through there?

Thank you,
Michael

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Adobe Stock / Account blocked - I need help please
« on: August 23, 2023, 14:56 »
Hello Adobe, Hello Mat,

I just found my Adobe Stock account blocked and I am not aware of doing anything wrong.

I am uploading a lot of AI images at the moment and have been trying to stick to the ever changing requirements (which boxes need to be checked/unchecked) all along.

Can anyone tell me what I can do now?
I don't know what to do - please help...

Thanks,
Michael


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Adobe Stock / Stolen Images on other account - what to do?
« on: July 17, 2023, 12:25 »
Hello Adobe, Hello Forum,

I just found a mirrored version of an image of mine on another account on AdobeStock.

Since I'm not sure where to turn, I'll try my luck here:


My original image - image index 586,900,593
- https://stock.adobe.com/de/images/a-sad-piggy-bank-with-cracks-and-a-plaster-indicates-insolvency-created-with-generative-ai-technology/586900593

The stolen image - image index 590.829.123 mirrored horizontally and scaled down from 5376px to 3000px width on another account:
- https://stock.adobe.com/de/images/a-sad-piggy-bank-with-cracks-and-a-plaster-indicates-generative-ai/590829123

Attached is a screenshot directly from my Discord midjourney channel (MPfoto71) proving my creation of the image (see below)


And another one on the same account:

My original image - image index 595.643.165
- https://stock.adobe.com/at/images/golden-spiral-digital-artwork-created-with-generative-ai-technology/595643165

The stolen image - image index 590.834.695 mirrored horizontally and scaled down from 5376px to 3072px width on another account:
- https://stock.adobe.com/de/images/golden-spiral-digital-artwork-generative-ai/590834695

Attached is another screenshot directly from my Discord midjourney channel (MPfoto71) proving my creation of the image (see below)


Just found a 3rd stolen image:

My original image - image index 597.491.021
- https://stock.adobe.com/de/stock-photo/id/597491021

The stolen image - image index 590830519 mirrored horizontally and scaled down from 5376px to 3072px width on another account:
- https://stock.adobe.com/de/stock-photo/id/590830519


Image No 4:

My original image
- https://stock.adobe.com/de/images/a-mountain-of-sweets-on-a-white-background-created-with-generative-ai-technology/592778532

The stolen image
- https://stock.adobe.com/de/images/a-mountain-of-sweets-white-background-generative-ai/590828779



I now have a few questions running through my head:

(a) Who do I have to write to in order to have this stolen image removed?

(b) If the account https://stock.adobe.com/de/contributor/211210945/paraseem is blocked, will it be blocked completely, as it is quite likely that there is more stolen material there?

(c) How can I ensure that the income generated by the stolen images goes to the original authors? Or alternatively, the income from such accounts could be donated to a good cause.


Does anyone here know how to get the stolen images offline?

Unfortunately I'm on holiday for 5 days from tomorrow morning without internet (in the wilderness) and can only continue reading here on Sunday...

Thank you,
Michael

PS: I would recommend that you also take a look to see if any of your pictures are affected - unfortunately I haven't had time to search yet, but I will of course do so.

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General - Top Sites / Are there stock sites for VR180?
« on: November 19, 2022, 19:34 »
Hello,

Is there actually a site that accepts VR180 images?
Something like the attached image.

A photographer friend of mine does a lot in this field and asked me about it - since I didn't know the answer, I thought I'd throw the question in here :-)

Alamy has a special section for 360 degree images as far as I know, but I haven't come across VR180 yet.

Greetings

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Adobe Stock / Ai creates Artwork - how to upload?
« on: July 02, 2022, 08:50 »
Hello together,

I am currently facing the question of how I should upload images generated by an AI to AdobeStock?

Brief background:
I program neural networks myself without external libraries and without external image data. These generate stylized images (see examples below).
(This is not that very nice Dall e 2-AI, it is completely my own)

Are such images photo or illustration?
Do I need a model release and where should I get it from, since there is no model?
Or a property release? I would then have to have my computer sign it...

What do you think?

And before I get into trouble, I thought I'd throw this question out there.

I would be interested in your opinion and of course an official statement, how Adobe would like it :-)

Michael

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Pond5 / Pond5 Image rejections
« on: April 05, 2022, 11:07 »
Today I had my first image rejection at Pond5 ever and they rejected 61 of 61 images - with the following text:

"Our team has finished reviewing your recent uploads. Here are the results:
Items rejected (61)

Curator comments:
Hello, thank you for the uploads. Pond5 now has over 10 million photos in the collection, therefore we're scaling back on the amount of similar images we accept - due to the very high volume of similar content already in the library. Photos of commonplace things such as clouds, flowers, countryside etc are very saturated, so it is unlikely we will accept many more unless they are very unique or of an extremely high quality. If you have any questions please contact [email protected]. Thanks"


Anyone else got this too?

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Canva / Long review time - normal?
« on: March 23, 2022, 08:28 »
Hello there,

I am new at Canva (there since 8 month) and the review of my photos suddenly stopped about 5-6 weeks ago.
Actually I have 7.000 images online and about 1.000 in the review queue, but nothing was reviewed since weeks.

I already tried to concact the support, but nothing happened - how surprising ;-)

Anyone else with this problem at Canva?

Thanks@All

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Adobe Stock / Question about the $0,36 level
« on: February 08, 2022, 08:26 »
Maybe someone of you can help me to understand how the calculation of sales works when you just got to >1000 downloads level.

Since the beginning of February I have reached 1000 downloads and since then the percentage on small sales has also increased from 0.33 to 0.36.
- for some larger sales it is now 1.06 (instead of 0.99 before), for other sales it is still 0.99?
- today an extended license came in, which was charged with 26,40 like the 0,33 rate. Shouldn't this license with the >1000 downloads account bring 28.80 (26.40 / 0.33 * 0.36)?

Or have I overlooked something here?

Thank you, Michael

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iStockPhoto.com / DeepMeta Error: Could not parse server response
« on: February 05, 2022, 15:44 »
Hello,

has anyone else recently (2 days) got the error "Could not parse server response" in DeepMeta? (see screenshot)
My login data is all correct (double checked) but due to this error I can't upload anything new....

Maybe someone has a good tip, support doesn't seem to get back to me for now - waiting a bit for response.

Thanks, Michael

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Yaymicro / Cannot reach yayimages.com
« on: May 24, 2021, 18:08 »
Hello,

i am just curious as i can't reach contributors.yayimages.com/ or www.yayimages.com/ fr more than a day now - even the ftp login dosn't work.
Anyone else with that problem?

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Adobe Stock / Flags and similar content
« on: April 13, 2021, 09:54 »
Hello,

I actually have a problem with submitting illustrations of flags to Adobe Stock...

I have done one flag illustration for each country in the world (253 different flags) and about a third of my flags have been rejected due to "similar content with other of my images". So I stopped the upload after 150 flags, as i don't want to get blocked again for similiar content.

The attached image (Sorry, it is in german) shows the rejected Iran flag as an example, which is simliar to other flags in the world but i haven't uploaded any other Iran flag.

Any ideas what i can do to get the flags accepted?

Thanks in advance

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Adobe Stock / Your account has been blocked?!
« on: October 20, 2020, 05:44 »
Nice way to start the day... today in the morning i received an Email from AdobeStock telling me "Your account has been blocked"

The original Email is in german, so here is what google translate is translating:
Hello,
your Adobe Stock / Fotolia account has been blocked. They upload content in a way that is inappropriate and may even be perceived as "spamming".
As a rule, providers should limit themselves to an average of three meaningful versions of a picture motif (unless the complexity of the advertising picture message requires an exception). Excerpts, mirrored images and duplicate videos / photos in different versions (for example the same image / video in black / white, color and with different color filters) are not permitted. Submitting files with only minimal differences, such as small detail changes, barely visible changes of perspective should also be avoided. Our many years of experience have shown that this manageable number of motifs promotes the commercial success of these files in the best possible way.
Adobe cannot relieve its providers of creating a selection of images as part of the moderation process. Please do not send us every single file of a shoot / shoot. Create a concise file selection and submit it for the moderation process.
We would like to ask you to take this into account in the future and to refrain from multiple uploads of similar files and to remove duplicate files from your portfolio. Please confirm that you have read this message and that you are willing to comply with these rules in the future to: [email protected]. A brief statement that you have understood the reasons responsible for blocking your account and that you will follow the rules outlined in the future is sufficient to unblock your account.
Failure to comply with these rules can result in a new block or termination of the member account. However, this is not important to us and we hope for your understanding in order to consolidate a successful, constructive cooperation.
Best regards,
Adobe Contributor Relations
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS MAIL


I have uploaded about 20.000 images/500 videos in the last two years and didn't change anything in the way I am selecting images for uploading, so this is kind of suprising  :o
A warning before blocking would have been nice.

Of course I already sent the confirmation Email to AdobeStock, uploading less versions of a motif would lead to less work for me too, fine :-)
Lets see how long this would take now.

My account is completely blocked to that I cannot have a look, what images/videos where the reason for this "reaction of AS".
Would be great to know which images were the reason... the red mushrooms, the video clips out of my car or the femaile washing hands?!

Just wanted to let you know, maybe something changed in the way images are accepted or lead to blocked accounts - maybe we should be more careful :-)

Michael

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Adobe Stock / Does AdobeStock take 8k videos?
« on: July 26, 2020, 08:57 »
Does anyone know if AdobeStock takes 8k Videos?

- I uploaded 10 Videos some days ago (9 of them 4k, 1 was 8k)
- the 9 video in 4k were at the "new" section to submit
- the 8k video is missing (I already tried uploading it again 3 times and it doesn't appear)
(The 8k video is a standard 8k h.264 with about 700mb size)

Sorry if this question has been asked before - if so, i didn't find it :)

Thanks

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Envato / Applying as a contributor - are they serious?!
« on: May 11, 2020, 18:04 »
Hey,

i just applied to become a contributor at Envato Elements and after some time of entering data I finally reached a site telling me:

Your Application has been submitted successfully. GoodLuck!
If you are successful you should expect an email from the team - this can take up to 5 weeks
If you are unsuccessful you won't hear from us.
We appreciate your patience!


This must be a joke... are they serious? If i didn't make it, they don't even send a f...ing email?

If I make it there, i will immadiatly close down that account... unbelievable how photographers are treated these days :)

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Hello,

i am try to open a ticket on GettyImages in the Account Management section and it doesn't work...

When i submit the ticket it say "Ticket succesfull - you will get a confirmation email" and thats it - i didn't get a single email and the ticket does not show up in the 'my tickets' section.
(Did this for the last 5 days on two different machines)

Anyone else with such problems?!

Thanks

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