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ImaRetiredTeacher
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June 15, 2023
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Illustrative Editorial

  • June 15, 2023
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Hello all,

I am wondering why the box for Illustrative Editorial is not available for me to check?

Thanks in advance for your time and replies =}

Annette

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    Correct answer Jill_C

    You won't see that check box until you've sold at least 100 images. 

    https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/illustrative-editorial-content.html

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 16, 2023

    Illustrative Editorial has a very special purpose.  It's mainly used by journalists & news reporters to illustrate name brands like Apple, Coke, Pepsie, BMW or Mercedes.  The images have limited use and can't be used commercially which can effect sales.  

     

    Signed release forms are still necessary for assets containing people and/or private property.


    Model/Property Releases:
    https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/model-release.html
    https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/property-release.html

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      Jill_C
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      Jill_CCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 16, 2023

      Adobe does not accept images with people for Illustrative Editorial:

      "For illustrative editorial, we don’t accept:

      • Images that feature recognizable people"
      Jill C., Forum Volunteer
        Jill_C
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        Jill_CCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
        Community Expert
        June 15, 2023

        You won't see that check box until you've sold at least 100 images. 

        https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/illustrative-editorial-content.html

        Jill C., Forum Volunteer
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          June 15, 2023

          You have to be an established contributor. How many accepted images do you have?

          ImaRetiredTeacher
          ImaRetiredTeacherAuthor
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          June 16, 2023

          I was wondering if it had something to do with that. Thank you 😃

          Honestly, I haven't been doing much, yet and have had nothing accepted. I wish there was a more detailed critique, at least until a newbie catches on. I am converting from my 40 year ago film training to digital, right now. I have limited equipment and don't really like the shutter button on my Canon. My Nikon was superior, by far.

          I have not mastered LRC yet, that's for sure. I also have Rheumatoid Arthritis and didn't realize how weak it had made my upper body. Just taking a clear shot is tough so I'm trying to build my muscles, lol. I'm also still trying to figure out exactly what they want. I didn't really want to look through other photogs accounts because I don't want what I see to influence me in any way, but I broke that rule last night. It appears that everyone kind of shoots the same types of images, all the time? I want to do a little of this and a little of that. Is that going to stop me from being successful on here? Any advice or guidance would be awesome.

          Thanks to you, in advance!

           

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          Legend
          June 16, 2023

          Shooting a varied portfolio is a really good idea. You also need to look at the existing stock catalog if you want to make images that sell. Not to copy ideas but

          - to see how many images there already are. For example, if you see a really great opportunity to photograph a pink flower,  search for "pink flower". When you see there already nearly 8 million pink flower images in the database, you know that adding more is pointless.

          - to see the standard of the popular shots 

          - to see what treatments of a subject are overdone

          - to check out keywords and what they bring up. This is how customers will find your work. You can see whether the keywords that you THINK are good lead to the right stuff. For example if you are thinking of photographing a cute red fort in your neice's yard, a search for RED FORT will show you that Adobe's customers who choose that are probably looking for images of THE Red Fort (historical building in Delhi) and this will swamp your pictures.

          Good luck!

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