Account Cancellation as a Contributor

Photographs have always been "edited" even in the times of film cameras or even with the very first cameras. This was called developing and if you did not do that, the laboratory did it for you. A lot of the tools used in Photoshop are simulating this editing.

And today the situation is similar. In camera processing develops your pictures. But the decisions the camera takes are not always suitable. That's why photographers use computer programs like Lightroom and Photoshop to process the pictures.

Stock photography requires pictures that are good for being used for a wide range of applications. That's why Stock needs neutral processing. But still, very often, some areas of a picture are to dark or too light, there is dust, or there are other disturbing elements. Also, there are some legal requirements to edit pictures, like visible logos.

BTW: I have probably very few pictures that get distributed without some minor adjustments. Even when I'm taking pictures of an event, I need to process the pictures to make them look best. Most of it are easy adjustments with seconds of my time spend, but some require more time.

This said, if you really want to cancel your contributor account, you need to contact Adobe stock contributor support: Need help? (stock contributor support)