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aminkorea
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June 9, 2023
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Excessive number of rejections

  • June 9, 2023
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Is anyone else experiencing an excessive number of rejections, or is it just me? By excessive I mean 60 out of 60 rejected. The last 5 uploads. 

every photo submitted rejected for "Quality issues".  Which in itself is BS.  Why can't reviewers just as easily say what those issues are?  

 

 

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    Correct answer Jill_C

    Th first image has a white balance issue, and the second image is overexposed and blurry along the left edge.

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    Abambo
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    AbamboCommunity Expert
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    June 10, 2023

     You included your shadow. You have artefacts and clipping in the highlights. The composition is bad. Well, and there are IP elements in the picture.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    daniellei4510
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    June 11, 2023

    Bye!

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      Abambo
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      June 10, 2023
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      every photo submitted rejected for "Quality issues".  Which in itself is BS.  Why can't reviewers just as easily say what those issues are?  

       

      By @aminkorea

      If moderators said what exactly your quality issues are, the moderation would need even more time. And moderators refuse on the first issue they see.

       

      Moderation is not thought to make you a better photographer, but to protect buyers from bad assets. It is assumed that you only submit correctly framed, photographed and edited pictures. If you do not know how to do that, I suggest, you take photography courses or join a local photo club.

       

       

      ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
      Jill_C
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      Jill_CCommunity Expert
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      June 9, 2023

      It's not "BS". It's a business. Moderation is costly. Moderators are required to process assets quickly, and simply do not have the time to enumerate every flaw they see. So if they see just one technical issue, they press the "Quality" button. If they had to carefully inspect every part of the image and list every flaw, the review time would grow enormously, and the backlog of images waiting for review would explode. The expectation is that Contributors are skilled at photography, or whatever asset type they're creating, and able to carefully edit and screen their own assets.

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      aminkoreaAuthor
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      June 10, 2023

      Adobe is the only stock site that doesn't take the time to justify rejections.  All it take is a check of a box.  To me they are being lazy.  It takes no longer to check the box for a valid rejection reason than it does to check the "Quality Issues" box.  This is not about being "skilled" and able to edit my own assets, it's about respecting the people providing content for your website. 

      Jill_C
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      June 10, 2023

      That might be true if there were only one issue with a rejected asset, but many assets have multiple issues. It isn't a matter of laziness, but rather a matter of maximizing the output from each Moderator. If they take twice as long to review and reject unacceptable images, the backlog of unreviewed images grows even larger... 

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      Jill_C
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      June 9, 2023

      Signs on buildings, blurred people, blownout areas...

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      Jill_C
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      June 9, 2023

      I don't need a photography lesson, and I'm not joking about the IP issues. Read the Adobe Stock help pages on Intellectual Property. 

      Jill C., Forum Volunteer
      daniellei4510
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      June 9, 2023

      OK, but as I understand it, Getty doesn't allow you to submit your images elsewhere if they were accepted by Getty. And if you don't care about making .95 off of an image, why are you posting or contributing images here? I'm not trying to be an AH, I just don't get your  reasoning.

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        AlexBoch
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        June 9, 2023

        У меня такая же проблема

        daniellei4510
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        daniellei4510Community Expert
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        June 9, 2023

        My rejection rate is .066%. We need to see examples of what is being rejected or we can't be of help.

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          Henrik Heigl
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          Henrik HeiglCommunity Expert
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          June 9, 2023

          Hello,

           

          can you please upload 1-2 example photos that you have uploaded to Adobe Stock? Are those AI generated or normal Photos?

          Before you submit, please review the submission guidelines carefully and compare your work with other Stock inventory. To be accepted, your work should be as good or better than what's already represented in your keyword category.

          https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
          https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html

          https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/photography-illustrations.html
          https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/how-to/tips-stock-image-acceptance.html
          https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/editing-dos-and-dont.html
          https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/vector-requirements.html
          https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/generative-ai-content.html

          Hope that helps.

          regards,Henrik
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          aminkoreaAuthor
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          June 10, 2023

          Here's two examples of rejected photos.  All the rejections have been photos, not AI. 

          Jill_C
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          Jill_CCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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          June 10, 2023

          Th first image has a white balance issue, and the second image is overexposed and blurry along the left edge.

          Jill C., Forum Volunteer
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