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November 5, 2025
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Clarification needed: AI images rejected for “Similar content” and “Quality issues”

  • November 5, 2025
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Hi experts,

The attached images are AI-generated artworks created entirely by me. I did not use any real person’s image or any artwork created by someone else as a reference, and I also didn’t use anyone else’s prompt during the creation process. Additionally, I did not copy or even look at any titles or keywords from other creators’ images on Adobe Stock when adding metadata to my submissions — everything was written by me independently.

I’ve uploaded several other images in a similar style to Adobe Stock, and they are currently under review. Each image has a unique title, and none of them are duplicates.

However, one of the attached, which includes three vector-style images as part of a collection, was rejected as “Similar content in our collection,” while the other, which contains a single image, was rejected for “Quality issues.”

Could you please help me understand why these rejections occurred so I can improve my future submissions accordingly?

Thank you for your time and guidance!

2 replies

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 5, 2025

QUALITY:

AI makes lots & lots of mistakes. As with all machine generated content, check it carefully for visual accuracy and logical realism. Correct all defects if you can before you submit. Otherwise, discard it & start over. 

 

SIMILAR CONTENT:

You're competing with over 800 million other assets in Stock inventory. There's bound to be overlap with existing content.  Find unique subjects to submit that aren't over-represented.  Start with diseases.  See below for more details.

 

Compare your best work with current inventory to ensure that it's something Stock needs, and it's better than what they're currently selling.

 

Hope that helps. 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 5, 2025

With regard to similar content, search the forum for similar content and you'll see this has been an issue for many contributors. For the quality issue, the hands of the girl are reversed. Her thumbs should be in the foreground.

 

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