October 1, 2025by Taras Kushnir

Which AI image generators let you legally sell on microstocks

Perhaps without surprise, most Paid commercial services grant you full ownership of the images you create, making them legally suitable for resale, provided the input prompt itself doesn’t violate any copyrights. Most Free Tiers of these same ...

July 29, 2025by Taras Kushnir

What happened when stock photography agencies started accepting AI images

Agencies on generative AI: “DO or do NOT” Agencies pulling punches Adobe Stock Wirestock Other agencies Has AI killed stock photography yet? Jevons paradox Real problems of microstocks AI slop as a sign of bad taste online What about contributors On ...

August 29, 2024by Taras Kushnir

Building AI keywording tool for microstocks yourself in under 10 minutes

In the previous blogpost about AI keywording services, there was one service, which we did not discuss. An elephant in the room, one might say. Using AI (ChatGPT/Claude) directly. Or, even better, building a whole “AI keywording service” yourself. It ...

July 28, 2024by Taras Kushnir

An unscientific test of AI keywording services for microstock contributors

The largest complaint of microstock contributors, after falling earnings, is the tediousness of filling in the metadata: Title, Description, and Keywords. Everybody wants to do only the fun part - the shooting, but everything else - editing, ...

March 29, 2023by Taras Kushnir

A guide to generative AI for microstock contributors

Curious about the use of generative AI in the microstock industry? In this blogpost, we’ll take a look at the relationship between this cutting-edge technology, agencies, and contributors. If you think that artists eventually will be replaced, you ...