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codelesstravelled
codelesstravelled
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June 1, 2018
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Copyright metadata for composite images

  • June 1, 2018
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Hello,

I've googled and searched the forums, but can't find an answer, so I'm looking for some pointers.

Recently I’ve been creating assets for my website, some of which are stock, or stock with a minimal crop/compression - copyright and attribution for those images is relatively straightforward, I've just been referencing the Adobe Stock ID or equivalent from other platforms and giving attribution as necessary.

For composite images where I’ve used multiple stock images to create an original work, is there a guideline somewhere for how to credit the source images?  I'm assuming I should be doing this in the IPTC metadata somehow?

Here's an example hosted on my cloudinary, the original photos are all from Adobe Stock, the composition, graident, etc are mine.

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Correct answer codelesstravelled

Thanks for the feedback, I agree that this isn’t really a derivative work since I’ve only minimally transformed the originals. I found this thread specifically related to Adobe Stock images that provides more detail on how to credit photos in composite images. Each photographer is to be credited separately like so visibly using text on the composite image: “© [Yuriy Mazur] /Adobe Stock”.  I plan on concatenating all those notices and putting them in the IPCT copyright tag, something like “Original stock images c. Fred, Ethel, Lucy / Adobe Stock”

How to properly credit an Adobe stock image

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codelesstravelled
codelesstravelledAuthorCorrect answer
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June 1, 2018

Thanks for the feedback, I agree that this isn’t really a derivative work since I’ve only minimally transformed the originals. I found this thread specifically related to Adobe Stock images that provides more detail on how to credit photos in composite images. Each photographer is to be credited separately like so visibly using text on the composite image: “© [Yuriy Mazur] /Adobe Stock”.  I plan on concatenating all those notices and putting them in the IPCT copyright tag, something like “Original stock images c. Fred, Ethel, Lucy / Adobe Stock”

How to properly credit an Adobe stock image

JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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June 1, 2018

You can create metadat templates an edit metadata in Bridge and in Photoshop using menu  File>File info...

JJMack
codelesstravelled
codelesstravelledAuthor
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June 1, 2018

Thanks JJMack​.  Sorry if I wasn’t clear, I'm familiar with how to actually set metadata fields, what I’m not clear on as a content creator is what values I should be putting in my metadata, if any, to give credit to the rights owners of the individual works used in making my composite work. It's less complicated for the simple photography I’ve published before this :-)

JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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June 1, 2018

I believe what is required would be specified by the owner of the stock image in you purchase agreement. Don't really know I never purchased any.

JJMack
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