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April 11, 2019
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Adobe rejected content published in other sites

  • April 11, 2019
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Hi there

I recently opened my account in Adobe Stock and started uploading images very confident, because the same images are already approved and published -and even sold- in sites like Shutterstock, iStock, Alamy and others... However, for my surprise, a few of said images have being rejected for different reasons (focus, light, noise, etc). What kind of parameters does Adobe use? Does Adobe detect what any other site can't see? I don't get it, and will appreciate a lot some kind of light about this. Thanks.

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Correct answer Abambo

My experience is that Adobe is very picky on quality of the pictures. Mostly, looking at the picture in detail, I find that they are right. Now to analyze the refusals, you would need to post an image with the reason, and we would be able to analyze and recommend corrections.

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Ricky336
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April 12, 2019

It seems that with Adobe Stock you do kind of need to 'pixel peep' as they say. If you do this, then you can see some flaws like chromatic aberration, focus problems, artifacts, etc, which Abode look for when examing a photo. To my mind, the other stock photo websites aren't so bothered about this (which may not be so important as the images are used for websites) whereas Adobe's clients may have a wider range of use - therefore a need to be more critical.

    jacquelingphoto2017
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    April 13, 2019

    Hi Ricky

    There are others that reviewers pixel peep as Adobe does. I'm familiar with at least one other.

    Regards

    JG

    jacquelingphoto2017
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    April 12, 2019

    Hi mauricioa

    If you zoom your image to between100 and 200% magnification there are a lot you can see. Your image need to be sharp at the edges at 100% magnification. Artifacts, grains and noise shows up at the above mentioned range of magnification also. Adobe likes images to be average lit; not over or under exposed.

    Here are some guidelines to follow:

    tagproducts_SG_STOCK-CONTRIBUTOR_i18nKeyHelppagetitle Tap on all the topics and sub-topics and read through all the information.

    Create better photos for Adobe Stock with 7 tips for success | This also you need to read through all the linked information

    As highlighted by Abambo, if you upload the rejected files to this forum, you will receive further assistance.

    Regards

    JG

      Abambo
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      AbamboCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      April 11, 2019

      My experience is that Adobe is very picky on quality of the pictures. Mostly, looking at the picture in detail, I find that they are right. Now to analyze the refusals, you would need to post an image with the reason, and we would be able to analyze and recommend corrections.

      ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
        mauricioa94305622
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        April 13, 2019

        Hi, Abambo

        Thanks for your answer (in fact, thanks to everyone who help with my question). This are some of the rejected images:

        Artifact problems

        Technical issues (I don't know what they mean with that)

        Exposure problem (Really?!)

        Thanks againg for your help.

        regards,

        Mauricio

        jacquelingphoto2017
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        April 14, 2019

        Hi mauricio

        I like your composition. I especially like the photo of the bird. I will start by commenting on the landscape/skyscape first. That image has a purple/blue overcast. It might be that it was underexposed when you took the shot, or the settings of the camera was not right for that time of day. Probably you had the white balance set to auto. Auto tend to give some weird results sometimes.  With a photo editor, making white balance adjustment reducing the blue and possibly the purple concentration should add major improvement on that image. Depending on the outcome when you make those adjustment, you might still need to increase the exposure.

        The bird, overall looks ok to me. However there is a spot in its eye that you might need to take out.

        I will look closer at the horse and comment on it later.

        In the mean time you'll find Reasons content is rejected at Adobe Stock and it's sub-links quite helpful.

        Regards

        JG

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