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How to properly label material if it's real photos but upscaled using AI

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 23, 2025
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Hello everyone. The other day, I found a lot of photos on my phone and decided to upload them to Adobe, but I noticed that some of them were smaller than the required size. I upscaled them twice using Topaz AI and submitted them for review, marking them as "photos." However, I recently read in a chat that if a photo is real but upscaled, it should be marked as AI. Is this true? Should I delete the photos, even though they are real? Or should I leave them as they are, and they’ll just get rejected? I’d really like them to be accepted as photos because friends told me that real photos sell better than AI-generated ones when marked as such.

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RALPH_L

Community Expert

I often upscale photos with Topaz Photo AI that I have cropped down really small. Topaz does a good job and the acceptance rate remains high.

Jill_C

Community Expert

If your camera sensor is so small that the images don't meet the minimum size requirement in Adobe Stock, they're unlikely to be accepted, and as @Nancy OShea said, upscaling isn't all that useful on small images. If it's a real photo, it can still be uploaded as a photograph, unless you have used editing tools to add some element that wasn't there in the original image. Then it does have to be declared as AI.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Upscaling low resolution images can backfire spectacularly. It's not typically recommended.

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/editing-dos-and-dont.html

But since you already did it, you'll have to wait & see what the reviewers decide.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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oleschwander

Legend

Out of topic - but I just saw this odd rule; Don’t: Add sunrays or flares. Can't be true ...

daniellei4510

Community Expert

It's true. Will such assets be accepted? They might be, if the moderator wasn't trained properly. But sometimes I think the rules aren't rules, but well intended suggestions. We've certainly seen many examples of similars that aren't supposed to be accepted. The point of that rule in particular is that the buyer might want to add such embellishments on their own if they see fit.

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daniellei4510

Community Expert

"However, I recently read in a chat that if a photo is real but upscaled, it should be marked as AI. Is this true?"

Not at all true.

Adobe Community Expert | If you can't fix it, hide it; if you can't hide it, delete it.

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Andry987Author

Participant

So, is there nothing wrong with upscaling a real photo using AI? and marked it as a real photo?

daniellei4510

Community Expert

I believe that's what I said. 🙂 Someone on chat is either misinformed or pulling your leg.

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