Film photos not accepted?

Hello,

You will have a few problems when you scan print from film. The reasons will be to do with quality and scanning.

I am assuming you scanned these prints. By scanning you introduce a few more problems like artifacts - noise in this case.

It would be better to scan the negative, using a film scanner, and then use Photoshop to make a digital image/print. This would give you a better option to correct the colour cast and have less noise.

As it stands, these images won't pass due to the quality issue.

And then another thing you have to consider is its commercial use. How can they be used commercially? 

Besides the fact that they need colour correction, they are not as sharp as you would expect frommdigital images today. You also have a lot of grain, which is typical for film, but which is no more accepted today. You are 20 to 40 years late with those assets. 

You didn't give the Rejection Reason but I assume it was for Quality / Technical reasons.  See screenshots from Histogram panel in Photoshop.  There is noticeable clipping on both ends of the spectrum.

Adobe Stock customers are looking for highest picture quality for commercial use. Aside from the technical & commercial value, you're at the mercy of degrading film & faded colors. I assume you scanned these which adds its own set of problems. It will take a lot of tedious manual work to make these commercial-ready.  And I'm not sure if it's worth the additional effort to you.

Read these links for more insights:

• 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/user-guide.html/stock/contributor/help/photography-illustrations.ug.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/how-to/tips-stock-image-acceptance.html
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Hope that helps.

Hi @Kevin25385164g31w ,

They are all noisy - both luminance and chromatic noise.

Here are two examples:

You need to zoom in on the files to look for issues such as noise and correct these using a photo editor such as photoshop.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

Also, what was the reason listed for the rejections?  Quality Issues?  Non-Compliance?  Just tell us the headline, most of us are very familiar with them.  Wouldn't want to steer you in the wrong direction on this, if they rejected them for IP issues for instance.

The text included with the rejection is just some examples and the examples may not apply to your photo.

The thing that stands out to me the most looking through these is the grain/noise and the exposure.  If you zoom in on many of the skies and shadow areas there is noticeable noise there.  It's always recommended to view your submissions zoomed in to 100% to check for the presence of noise and check the sharpness levels.  But these look sharp enough to me.

I think these photos definitely have a faded film look to them, and I would expect that with photos taken with film!  But I also think they are lacking contrast which may not be ideal of stock use.  The Histograms reflects this I think, that's always a great thing to check as you are getting ready to submit assets.  You could try some exposure adjustments to see if the contrast is able to be adjusted. 

I made a few quick attempts to see what might be possible, but in each case of adjusting the contrast it made the noise more visible.  Along with @daniellei4510, I wonder what you used for film.

I'm not sure the faded look has so much to do with film, but maybe the time of day they were taken.  Try taking some of these in a softer light scenario instead of the harsh light of the mid-day sun.

Hope this helps!

84920033.jpg - image is noisy and black background is revealed on the right side

84920015.jpg - faded, blurry, noisy; billboard presents IP issues 

84920003.jpg - noisy and somewhat overexposed 

84920032.jpg - noisy, blurry and overexposed 

All of these film scans would still need to be edited prior to upload in order to meet Adobe's quality standards.

A number of these appear to have an extremely subdued color cast. No bright blue water, no bright blue skies, palm trees appear muddied instead of bright green, etc. What kind of film did you use? If the reason for rejection mentioned filters, these do come across that way due to the color cast.

That said, the image of the building...could be an IP issue...but that dark line on the right-hand side should have been removed. The very first one is poorly composed. Breaking the image in half with an equal amount of sky and water breaks the rule of thirds law.

Anyway, just some general comments.