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Adobe Inc single handed is responsible more than any other company for the positive transformation of the photography industry. While Getty Images in my head remains the gold standard for stock, and I appreciate them selling my work, the fact is they were forced to merge down to stay relevant in the future. And for all the… bitching we read here in the contributor forum about Adobe’s rejections and creators ranting about taking their work else where, one thing I just don’t worry about is Adobe Stock’s long term survival.https://www.diyphotography.net/eyeem-files-bankruptcy-goes-bust/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=personalized-push

Dieses Foto wurde aus Qualitätsgründen abgelehnt. Warum

Hello, My Adobe Stock Contributor account () has been deactivated without any prior notice or explanation. I am an established contributor with over 20,000 active assets in my portfolio and a pending balance of $900 USD. I have always respected the submission guidelines and terms of service. I already opened a support case and my case number is ADB-46400961-B1W8, but I have not received a human response yet. Could an Adobe Employee or Moderator please help me escalate this case to the Contributor Relations team for a manual review? Thank you for your time and assistance. Kind regards, Diego

Hi There,My logo was rejected for being "too similar" to existing Adobe Stock content. However, I searched using multiple keywords before submitting and couldn't find any logo that closely matches this design.This logo was created entirely from scratch and is not copied or traced from any existing artwork. It has also been accepted on Shutterstock & others which made me even more curious about what Adobe considers too similar.Could anyone point me to the similar logo if you've seen one? I'd really appreciate any feedback on what makes this design appear too similar and how I can improve it for resubmission. Best Regards  

My account was suspended in May, it took 6 weeks for the appeal to be looked at and it was then reinstated.Adobe made it clear that fraudulent downloads was the issue ($24 worth) which I had no involvement in, knowledge of or ability to prevent. So I lost 6 weeks of income because of someone else’s actions. My account has a perfect record over the last 6 years.My account has been live again for 3 weeks, I’ve been watching the downloads like a hawk and have seen nothing unusual. I received exactly the same ‘account blocked for suspicious activities’ this morning. Has anyone else had this happen?I’ve filed a support ticket and appeal form again but don’t know if I’ve got it in me to keep going round like this. It feels very helpless to have no control over why your account is blocked, especially when they made it clear I’d done nothing wrong. Mods, thanks for everything you do but I’m looking for other contributors who have had the same thing happen. I’ve filed a ticket and appeal throug

Liebe Community. Ich habe meine ersten Fotos (Serie Alphütte) hochgeladen, doch sie wurden alle abgelehnt. Ohne konkreten Grund, natürlich würde ich gerne lernen was ich genau falsch gemacht habe. Herzlichen Dank für Eure Hilfe.  

I have uploaded photos some like this, in my perspective are ok but Adobe keeps on rejecting due “Quality Issues” am I missing something? please help

Please give me advice to fix this rejection. so i can fix and resubmit it again. i think my vector file doesn’t contains raster/bitmap image. This is the rejection reason: QUALITY ISSUESYour file has one or more of these issues:Your vector file contains a raster/bitmap image, and vector files must not contain raster elements. Your JPEG preview file has been compressed too much, so textural problems have occurred in the file. Your JPEG preview resolution must not be less than 5,000 X 3,000 (15 million pixels) You didn't use anti-aliasing when exporting your vector file to JPEG, so there are problems with lines on the JPEG file Thank you

I usually create drawings using oil, watercolor, gouache, and pencil brushes to add texture to my artwork. However, my submissions are often rejected due to quality issues. What can I do to get them accepted? Even when I add solid lines around the edges, they still get rejected. And does submitting them as transparent PNGs without a background also lead to rejection?

Shot using a Sony a6700 with a Sigma 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 lens. Edited in Lightroom. 

Hi everyone,I’m reaching out to this community in hopes of getting some clarity regarding my contributor account, which was deactivated back on September 11, 2025.To be completely honest, I’m at a loss. My account was deactivated right after a spike in sales, and I never received any email explanation—checked my spam folder repeatedly, nothing.Here is what I’ve done so far: I contacted support through the form on my deactivated account page. I submitted a formal appeal (Case ID 00453399) on October 30, 2025. Since then, it has been over 7 months without a single update or response. I want to stress that I have always followed the rules: I have never uploaded AI-generated content, never used spammy keywords or excessive similarity, and I have never been involved in any fraudulent activity.I am currently working on other projects, but it is deeply painful to lose an account I put so much work into. I know that creating new support tickets is discouraged, so I am just sharing my story h

More customer backlash is forming in the Stock forum. The posts range from requesting the ability to create “blacklists” to filter “bad” contributors from web searches to a “comments & ratings system” for flagging poor-quality assets so that other customers don’t get “ripped off.”  The underlying tone of these requests is frustration and disappointment at a lack of quality control. Buyers should never be disappointed with their Stock purchases. That’s a clear sign that some Contributors are taking lazy shortcuts and not ensuring that their work meets customer expectations.  The worst culprits are auto-traced GenAI-slop packaged as editable vector graphics that customers can neither use nor edit in Illustrator. Customers feel cheated, and rightfully so. If customers get their wish (it could happen), there will be a lot of weeping & wailing by Contributors who have been cancelled by their customers. Don’t say you weren’t warned. 

 What is the reason behind mass rejections lately? I’ve already fixed the quality and removed all the noise. The standard automated rejection messages Adobe Stock don't explain anything. Everything used to be fine before. Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Buongiorno, devo caricare delle liberatorie di Modelli. la foto è in revisione, non capisco come caricare la liberatoria collegata a una foto. non c’è nessun link.Grazie

Hello,This is my first Adobe Stock payout.The payout of USD 25.22 has been stuck in Pending since July 21, 2026.My PayPal email is correct, and I have already completed the W-8BEN tax form.Could someone from Adobe please check the status of my payout?Thank you.

My Adobe account was deactivated due to inactivity on my part for a long period. I actually was not sure about the type of content I would upload back then. But since I gained confidence in terms of the content that i would submit to Adobe, unfortunately my account was deactivatedc.Subsequently, I sent emails to Adobe requesting for my account to be re instaterd.I unfortunately have not heard from Adobe to date!I request the team at Adobe to relook into my request and reinstate my account as I am eager to contribute to Adobe.Look forward to an early resolution.Warm Regards Rakesh Raina[PPI removed by moderator.]

Hi, I have a photo in portal, when i click to submit, everything goes as a normal, website ask me to double accept terms etc but photo removes from new tab and is not moving to the Review tab; it just disappears completely. It has been happening for 1 month. Submit limit not reached

I would love and really appreciate some feedback on why this wasn’t accepted :). I’m new to photography and could really use some tips for uploading

Buongiorno, come fare quando viene chiesta una liberatoria se ci sono persone NON visibili in volto o molto molto lontane e NON riconoscibili? Grazie

Reasons it was rejected: Common issues that can impact the technical quality of images include exposure issues, soft focus, excessive filtering or artifacts/noise. 

Hello,My Adobe Stock contributor account has been locked as "Inactive" for a long time. I would like to start uploading photos again.I tried to contact support using the internal contact form, but I keep getting a red error message: "Je nám líto, ale při odesílání vašeho případu došlo k chybě." The Virtual Assistant bot on the help page also refuses to connect me to a live agent because I do not have a paid subscription.Could an Adobe Staff member please look into this and manually forward my request to the Stock support team? Thank you very much for your help.

Hi, I have a question regarding my photos. They are being rejected due to quality issues; other stock sites have accepted them, but here I’m having trouble with almost every other image. I don’t have much experience with stock photography, so I’d appreciate your feedback on what to improve and what to look out for. Thanks for the reply. 

I have been using Adobe Stock for vector graphics for many years, but over the last months I have noticed a significant decline in the quality of many vector assets.More and more often I download files that appear perfectly fine in the preview, only to discover after opening them in Illustrator that they are poorly constructed. Typical issues include unnecessary anchor points, messy paths, overlapping objects, poorly drawn curves, and vectors that require extensive cleanup before they can actually be used.What is even more frustrating is that some of these files look very much like AI-generated vectors, yet they are not labeled as AI-generated content. As a customer, I expect to know whether an asset has been created by a human or generated with AI, especially when the resulting vector file does not meet the quality standards that Adobe Stock was known for.Downloading an asset only to find out afterwards that it is unusable is a waste of time and credits. The preview image often does n