THE VERGE Wednesday April 3, 2024
TikTok wants its app to be used like a search engine, notes The Verge: Creators making money on the platform will now be paid based in part on how well their content meets what other users are searching for. TikTok calls this metric “search value,” and it’s one of four core elements in determining creator payouts. TikTok announced the change as part of its new monetization program called Creator Rewards. The playform encourages creators to use a new tool called Creator Search Insights to research trending searches.
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World Nature Photography Awards Wednesday April 3, 2024
British photographer Tracey Lund is the top prize winner in the 2024 World Nature Photography Awards for her image of pair of gannets swimming off the coast of the Shetland Islands. “Thousands of gannets were in the sky above us and then started to dive into the sea after locally-caught fish. An unbelievable spectacle to witness, let alone photograph,” notes Lund, who shot the photo with a rented DSLR in an underwater housing attached to a polecam system. “I took 1,800 images on that day but only had 2 that I could use,” she adds.
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Mashable Wednesday April 3, 2024
If your AI-generated image needs a tweak here and there, you can now fix it. OpenAI has released an editor interface tool that lets users make edits by describing changes in a text prompts. There are two main ways of editing images: The first is by highlighting a part of the image and giving specific instructions for that area, and the second is by making overall changes to the image in the chat sidebar. With AI-generated images becoming increasingly prevalent, it’s probably a good move to make them more editable, says Mashable.
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Wonderful Machine Wednesday April 3, 2024
Chris Bennett of Poland, Maine, is no stranger to the backcountry. One of his recent assignments, for the Trust for Public Land, took him deep into the native lands of the Penobscot Nation, after the
return of 31,367 acres of unceded indigenous territory taken in the 19th century. Bennett's "dream project," focusing on aerial drone photography, required him to spend several days shooting the … Read the full Story >>
