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Sep 12, 2026 12:20 AM UTC
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How can I earn money from Adobe Stock Contributor using AI? No using photoshop and illustrator.

How can I earn money from Adobe Stock Contributor using AI? No using photoshop and illustrator.

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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
Sep 12, 2026 7:30 PM UTC

If you think you can do everything needed with GenAI alone, you’re wrong. It’s impossible to create commercial quality content without proper software, training and editing skills. Find another hobby.

 

Perhaps you have a camera you can use to capture some nice photographs for Stock. Or if you can draw, make some nice drawings, painting or illustrations for Stock. There are lots of ways to be creative without GenAI. 

 

 

 

 

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Legend
Sep 12, 2026 4:17 PM UTC

You don’t have to use Illustrator or Photoshop - even though they are the best. But you have to use some kind of editing software.

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Participant
Sep 12, 2026 12:30 AM UTC

What do you mean image editing software?  

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daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
Sep 12, 2026 1:01 AM UTC

Like Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop is image editing software.

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daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
Sep 12, 2026 12:26 AM UTC

There was a time, obviously, given the amount of AI slop that Adobe moderators used to accept. But those days are essentially over. And it depends what you plan to generate. But 99.99% of everything AI produces is going to require some degree of editing, so you’ll need some kind of image editing software if you hope to have anything accepted on a regular bases. Bottom line, you can’t sell it if it doesn’t get accepted.

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