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August 31, 2025
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Adobe Stock Photos Not Accepted

  • August 31, 2025
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I wonder if anyone can help me. I've had a handful of photos rejected for Adobe Stock photos, but Adobe only gives generic "sorry it doesn't meet quality standards", and gives no other explanation(s). I also had a few rejected because they said they're "missing the generative AI flag", and gave the explanation, "During our review, we found that it is likely to be generated by AI and not labelled as such. We can't accept your image into our collection without the label declaring it is a generative AI image." However, the photos of mine that they've rejected because of that reason are my own, real photographs, not generated by AI. So they've totally mislabled my photos and dismissed them as AI, which is frustrating.

How do I submit something to Adobe for them to reconsider all my photos, and look at them for real, instead of just being so generic in their rejection of photos?

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Inspiring
August 31, 2025

I've had photos rejected also for no AI label when ironically were shot on film. I've come to accept this is a problem of a business model that has become a behemoth system mostly driven by automation.

You will need to develop a Very critical eye on your work, I'd say that 90% of the posts in this community are  assets that clearly had issues and had to be rejected.

 

Take a closer look, perhaps you can reduce contrast, saturations and even exposure issues. Then try resubmitting.... DO NOT RESUBMIT the same files without changes.

Next time share samples of what got rejected, chances are you are not looking closely 

Francisco ZALEZPHOTO
Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 31, 2025

Check your photograph's metadata for any AI signatures that could have triggered the AI flag.

 

Quality & Technical issues covers a lot of territory, from lighting and composition to camera settings and post-processing. If you post one or two rejected images here (full sized), we can usually identify the problems.

 

Also read your Stock Contributor User Guide.  It contains useful information.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 31, 2025

As for your assets being viewed as AI, try submitting them again. For quality issues, post a couple here and we can take a look.

Adobe Community Expert | If you can't fix it, hide it; if you can't hide it, delete it.
Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 31, 2025

There is no avenue for you to dispute the findings of the Adobe Moderators. You can re-edit and resubmit your images to address any of the issues; however, if they're rejected again, just move on.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer