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Stock Media Portfolio

License original photos, illustrations and short clips on Adobe Stock. Label anything made with generative tools, and only upload files you have the rights to sell.

Tool costs

$0 - $20/mo

Ongoing time

6-12 hours per week for making, checking and submitting files.

Difficulty

Medium

How it works, step by step

1. Pick a subject that is missing (ChatGPT): Look at stock in one narrow subject and write down what is oversupplied, such as the same desk from the same angle.
2. Make a small set (Canva): Create a handful of images. Check hands, text and perspective. Delete near-duplicates.
3. Write honest keywords (Claude): Title the file for what it shows. Do not add a brand, an artist or a person you do not have a release for.
4. Submit and label (Adobe Stock Contributor): Upload to Adobe Stock. Tick the generative-AI box when a tool made or substantially changed the file.
5. Log what was accepted (Notion): Note acceptances, refusals and any license. The next batch starts from the refusals, not from a quota.

What this can become

A set of 20 labelled illustrations of home-office desks, with no brands and no real people, submitted to Adobe Stock.

Who it suits

People with a careful eye who will throw away a file that looks wrong.

How to test it

Make 10 images of one narrow subject, reject the ones with errors, label them as generative if a tool drew them, and submit only the clean ones.