Adobe announces the new Customize experience on Adobe Stock

[Raul Ceron]

 Hello!

Today, we are introducing Customize, an Adobe Stock feature that enables customers to search and discover unique, high-quality content and then refine it quickly using generative AI. 

We are excited about the ways that Customize will help customers quickly and effectively get the right asset for their project. But we also want to make sure that Customize helps Adobe Stock contributors as well. Contributors are compensated anytime their Stock asset is used as a generative reference or in an edit in Customize and then the result is downloaded, creating the potential to increase contributors' earnings. 

Start exploring Customize today on Adobe Stock. 

[lidiaspringer]

But if someone edits my photos using AI using "Customize" will I get the normal rate as if someone bought a license for my photo?

[daniellei4510]

All indicators point to absolutely you will.

[simonv39073999]

On what factual basis do you conclude this?

[Nancy OShea]

Refer to the Stock Contributor User Guide

When someone purchases a license, you receive a royalty fee. 

What the customer does after purchase is irrelevant. 

• Royalty Fees: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/royalty-details.html
• Getting Paid: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/getting-paid.html

[Jill_C]

Yes, it is my understanding that if someone customizes and licenses your image, you receive your usual royalty.

[simonv39073999]

On what factual basis do you conclude this, Jill?

[thibaultr20691496]

the only new experience is : rejection for similarity

[Jill_C]

"Customize" refers to the stock Buyer portal, not the Stock Contributor interface.

[Ektala]

Absolutely stunned by the number of rejected unique pictures – truly didn’t expect that!

I honestly don’t know what principle to follow when creating 'unique' images if the rejected ones share no similarities: color combinations, subject, or concept.

[daniellei4510]

It is very frustrating for numerous contributors, if not all to one extent or another. This particular reason was put into effect only a couple of months ago and many feel that it is over-zealous in its decisions ("it" perhaps being a newly introduced algorithm or AI, and a poorly implemented one at that). 

[Jill_C]

Many Contributors have either reduced or halted their submissions for now due to the very high rejection rate. We're hoping that Adobe alters or loosens it's definition of "similar images", but there's no certainty that they will do so. 

[daniellei4510]

For what it's worth, I've had two out of two previously rejected "similar" assets accepted after I did the following:

1. (Optional): Resave the image with an entirely different file name.

2. Give it a new title. It should still be relevant to the asset, but be creative and ask, "Does my title put it apart from other similar images in the database?"

3. Use new but still relevant keywords and put them at the top of the list. Again, be creative, while making sure they aren't so unique that a buyer might not think to use them is their search string. Your original keywords should then be placed near the bottom or discarded entirely if they aren't particularly strong.

Finally, Siri, Alexa, or ChatGPT are your friends when it comes to asking for synonyms for over-used keywords.

Will it work all the time? Heck if I know. But it's worked twice so far, while re-submitting a couple of assets without following these steps resulted in them once again being rejected as too similar. Also, I would suggest only doing this periodically, one or two assets at a time, with images that you are convinced are under-represented in the database. 

[Ektala]

Thank you   daniellei4510 I'll try it.

[stephenh93839327]

Photography is art and your criteria for selection is an dry accountants view of art. Blurriness, compression and artifacts are all just part of the creative process. That's what differentiates the photographer from the more expressive and creative photographer. 

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[Jill_C]

Stop using that pejorative term here in the community or you will be banned !

[Nancy OShea]

Blurriness, compression and artifacts are all just part of the creative process.

By @stephenh93839327

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Three solid reasons for refusal.  If accepted, they would invite customer complaints & refund requests. Not good for Adobe or the Contributor who submits them.

If you wish to immerse yourself in creative expression, that's fine. But submit it to an art gallery, not Stock.  

Mistakes, intentional or not, won't be tolerated in commercial projects.