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zelalbd
zelalbd
Participant
June 16, 2026
Question

How is this video a similar content in Adobe Stock's collection?

  • June 16, 2026
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Hello everyone,

I am a new contributor in Adobe Stock. However, I already faced a lot of rejection showing the reason of similarity in content. Eventually, I stopped contributing images/vectors. I have started to concentrate on videos (motion graphics). Recently, I submitted a looping motion graphics video as attached/linked herewith. But it was also rejected on similarity issue. Creating a motion graphics work involves a lot of efforts and works. But, this is frustrating to have the work rejected showing “similarity in collection”.

Video I Submitted

Could you please show me how this content is too similar and repetitive in Adobe Stock collection?

Looking forward to your kind responses.

 

Regards

4 replies

ZALEZPHOTO
ZALEZPHOTO
Inspiring
June 16, 2026

Great animation for video introduction, credits… I don’t mean to discourage you or keep you away from creating these animations. The problem you could be facing is that anyone who needs animations knows that in YouTube we can find lots of great royalty free animations for download, and Adobe Stock is also aware of that.

Adobe Inc. is facing lots of stress from the AI disruption, and in that process AI content creation has gotten out of control. Your work is great, like others have mentioned, titles and keywords are imperative, I suppose buyers don’t want to spend too much time going over videos trying to find what they like, and these animations forces them to it.

I strongly encourage you to use your skills shooting short videos in 4k iPhones have amazing anti shake features that give great quality. You just have to be curious and get clean shots. Just be very mindful of signage or anything that brands people, locations or equipment.

Best to you!

ZALEZPHOTO
yamato713108855
Community Expert
yamato713108855Community Expert
Community Expert
June 16, 2026

Your assets are fantastic.
However, they won't be purchased unless they appear high in search results.
There's no point in registering a large number of assets that won't sell.

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/submit-your-content/submit-distinct-content/distinct-content-submission-best-practices.html

RALPH_L
Community Expert
RALPH_LCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 16, 2026

Nice work. As we have been stating for over a year now, we have no way of knowing exactly what the rejection reason “similar content” is based on.

What we do know, is that it could be one of the following:

  1. too many similar assets in the database
  2. too many similar assets in your portfolio
  3. too many similar assets in your submission
  4. metadata is similar to several assets in the database
  5. metadata is similar to several assets in your portfolio
  6. the moderator clicked the wrong rejection reason
    zelalbd
    zelalbdAuthor
    Participant
    June 16, 2026

    Unfortunately, we have no clue what actually happened. They just show a generic similarity reason and provide a link to their guideline. Instead of showing/telling the tailored, narrowed-down and specific cause of rejection, they expect people will sit with a magnifying glass and thoroughly scan their guidelines to find out which sin he/she had committed by submitting his work.

    yamato713108855
    Community Expert
    yamato713108855Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 16, 2026

    While assets themselves may be similar, assets with similar titles or keywords will also be rejected.
    If a large number of assets with similar titles and keywords are registered, it will be difficult for your asset to appear in search results.
    You need to correctly set titles and keywords that match the content of your asset.
    Furthermore, if your theme is common, you need to create a work with a unique theme.

    zelalbd
    zelalbdAuthor
    Participant
    June 16, 2026
    1. What do you mean by “common theme”? Also, can works not be under the umbrella of a common theme? Why is not Adobe Stock letting the customer choose what is good in his/her point of view?
    2. I do NOT think that I incorrectly set titles and keywords. I did not choose any wording in title or keywords which is/are out of scope/context. I think that Adobe should not do policing on the title and keywords. Why are not they implementing automated titling and keywording system. This is the era of AI and implementing such a system is not that difficult in this time.
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