Better file preview before downloading it

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August 3, 2026
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Adobe Stock is currently very difficult to use professionally because of the flooding of low-grade AI generated vector assets.
I would like to suggest a feature that would inform the user better of the actual quality of the file before deciding to download it.

For example:

Misleading thumbnail of a trashy, unusable, likely AI Generated stock asset. Note the useless filter on the left.

Upon seeing this asset I imaging I can easily select objects to hide or recolor them, include products or texts behind some of the vegetal elements.

Unfortunately upon download and inspection, the file is trash and unusable.

Removing elements creates a hole in the illustration. Selecting an element to recolor or hide it is useless, as it also selects neighboring elements that merge with it.

The Layers panels is an unfathomable sea of unlabeled elements that i do not wish to navigate.

I think that I was misled by this thumbnail and wish Adobe would offer more information about the file to prevent feeling misled and wasting users’ billable time.

Suggestion #1:

Thumbnails of assets would include a zoomed in preview of the asset, helping the user decide if the file is up to their standards.
As soon as the file is zoomed in, we can see that elements merge into each other and that is it unusable professionally:

Suggestion #2:

A wireframe preview of a vector file would help the user understand how the file was created and better decide to download or not:

The only use for this I can think of is color-by-numbers. This is not what a professional file should look like.

Suggestion #3:

Adobe provides an insight in the Layers of the object top help determine whether they are easy to use or not (this would help for both AI-Generated vectorslop as well as for actual contributor content):

This is enough for me to know that I will struggle if I dare venture into this jungle.

Suggestion #4:

Contributor ratings. If a contributor has had images removed or flagged for AI mislabeling, this should bring their rating down. Ratings help users make important life-saving decisions daily on every modern website from eBay to Uber, and it is astounding that Stock websites have not found a simple system to implement that.

The account behind the Jungle illustration. No performance or satisfaction rating was detected anywhere in the minimalist design of this page. Spoiler alert: A lot of their images seem to be AI slop.

There are maybe other ways to help Adobe Stock customers who are struggling with this issue but these seem to be easily to implement with a few UI changes and scripting.

As someone who downloads and purchases assets from various websites, I find Adobe Stock to be one of the most limited, if not the most limited, when it comes down to preview file comprehension.

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