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May 23, 2023

P: Generated images violate user guidelines

 

So as you can see, it's a PG-13 relatively inoffensive image of a woman in a bunny outfit. The top worked fine, and I was able to complete the top ear, which is cool. When I tried to extend the bottom with generative fill, though, I got this warning. They're just a pair of legs wearing stockings, and I wanted to extend it.

It feels like a false flag - though I could be wrong? I find myself thinking it would do the same for women in swimsuits.

Figured I'd share here.

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daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 2, 2023

It's not the user violating the guidelines. It's the naughty bot. Since this has happened to me even on totally random objects (for example, I was attempting to remove a feeding tube taped to the cheek of a newborn because the mother wanted some images of her baby without it), I'm sure it's a bug that will eventually get worked out. But, in the meantime, Adobe should adjust the wording of the violation warning to assure us the issue is on their end, not ours. P.S. I did finally get the feeding tube removed with some creative selecting.

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Known Participant
June 2, 2023

Hello, i can't use Generative Fill ... i can make all process but when the progress is done i get an error msg, something about Violate User Guidelines ... 
Im not using any prompt.

 

Im trying fill the background 


I dont know why...


Update: If i use a prompt, it work.  

Mike Cassidy
Participant
June 2, 2023

As a professional boudoir and womans portrait photographer, imagine how excited I was to try out the new Generative Fill to help with my work. What an amazing tool! --And boy, it only took a short time for this excitement to turn to complete frustration.  Like others, I was rewarded with nothing but notices that my images "violated user guidelines." I can't begin to state how exasperating this can be-- knowing you are going to be locked out of such an amazing tool.  Forget about trying to change the color/style of a woman's outfit, lingerie, or using the word "bra"... I even mean trying to change/edit backgrounds, or other aspects of an image that contain a woman in lingerie. I understand this is a new tool, but as software that serves a massive community of artists and creators-- removing this ability to create based on some crippling draconian AI censorship is a step backwards. I seriously hope this changes.  The creatives of the world aren't just people removing telephone lines from a landscape photo. Shouldn't I be able to determine my own level of safety?..at leat to some degree? Somehow I feel that I should be able to locally set my threshold of what I feel is OK.. being the work is on my private work PC.  

Participating Frequently
June 1, 2023

When everyone was complaining about how the generative fill text box was greyed out a month back, we eventually determined it was due to a requirement that adobe restrict this new feature to users, under 18 years. Without planning how that sort of thing would actually work, they inadvertantly restricted the feature from anyone who started with creative cloud, prior to age verification. No biggie, sign into behance and document your age. Problem solved. 

 

However, this gives the impression that those over the age of 18 will not have restrictions placed on them.

As many of your users have likely discovered by this point, this is not the case. As far as I can tell, the same range of words are restricted for children, as they are for adults.

 

This begs the question, if everything's going to be G-rated, for all users, regardless of age, what's the point of having an age verification process, at all? And more importantly, why would a company which provides artisitic tools to users dabble in censorship? There's already a way to verifiy who the adults are, so why would you regulate adults? especially in the art world? I understand that if the software is meant for a corporate environment, that you don't want your employees producing imagry that can potentially make their work colleagues uncomfortable, feel harrassed, etc... but that can easiliy be handled through a corporate-controlled admin toggle. Why regulate the types of imagery adult artists, in the private sector, can generate? It presents itself as fascist. What business does a software company have censoring adults? Nudes have always been a major aspect of art and illustration. The human body can teach you invaluable lessons in line, form and composition. Why censor that? It sets an outlandish precedent. 

Adobe, you abosolutely should protect children from violence, nudity, sex, etc... parents should decide how to present these realities to their children, at a pace that's comfortable to them, but stop playing morality-police to you adult user base. Concentrate on providing us with a product, and leave your prudish life philosophies out of it. You're not our mothers. 

Participant
June 6, 2023

Agreed.

MaikeulP
Participant
June 1, 2023

I'm not sure if this is a bug or by design, but when I try to extend a suit to generatively fill in a frame, I get a notification of being in violation of the rules. 

Is it his questionable fashion sense that violates the rules to fill in the white area at the bottom. This has happened with multiple photos. Just letting you know.  

HematitaAuthor
Participant
June 1, 2023

Just want to say I love that piece 😄

Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 1, 2023

Hi @Mukatsuku try entering a prompt "extend background"

Participant
June 1, 2023

Mine was when I was trying to extend a picture of a cat in a church 😄 

Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 1, 2023

Hi @Graham24508943nobd try entering a prompt.

Graham24508943nobd
Known Participant
June 1, 2023

I had one of my own pictures up taken last week. I tried to remove people by generating with a blank field. Had to give up as i was violting guidelines ? What ???