In the quest to create space for verified handmade, it means that the imagery accepted here matters.
What is generative-ai imagery?
Put simply, it is imagery that has been created by ai.
👉🏽 You gave an Ai tool (eg Chat GPT) instructions to create an image for you.
You may have started with an image of your product that you have taken yourself and then uploaded and asked ai to 'Add a background' or 'Clean up the image to look sharp and professional'.
That is generative-ai imagery.
Here are some examples:
What about using ai to edit images?
This is an important distinction, you can use ai to edit your images.
If you've taken a photograph of your own product and use software to:
👉🏽 Sharpen it
👉🏽 Adjust lighting
👉🏽 Adjust colours
👉🏽 Clean up the image (eg clean a smudge on the wall)
👉🏽 Resize or prepare the image to use
that's very different from asking AI to create new imagery for you.
What we don't accept.
Fake backgrounds.
Fake people in images.
Your images polished beyond their natural form to look computer generated.
Your handmade creations deserve more.
Why does it matter?
Madeit exists because we believe handmade matters.
When we start allowing ai-imagery it casts a shadow of doubt.
Your customers start to think 'Is it real?'
'Why aren't they using real images?'
'Is it really handmade?'
Building trust and connection is at the heart of everything we do here and that starts with what we show customers.
We're building a handmade marketplace in a world that's changing incredibly quickly.
It's a challenge.
But it's one we're pretty excited to take on. 💛
