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August 19, 2026
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I have these high quality images that were rejected for "Quality Issues". Any advice? They're super sharp, hires, professional looking… This has happened with a bunch of my images, so I can’t quite figure it out. Thanks!

  • August 19, 2026
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I have these high quality images that were rejected for "Quality Issues". Any advice? They're super sharp, hires, professional looking… This has happened with a bunch of my images, so I can’t quite figure it out.

 

Thanks!

    13 replies

    Participating Frequently
    August 20, 2026

    High resolution is probably making the weaknesses easier to see, not proving the files are high quality.

    Copy space only helps after the subject looks commercially usable. In these sets, hard side light creates heavy shadows, the pink/turquoise backgrounds contaminate the food color, and several crops make the subject feel accidental. For food, buyers need appetizing texture and controlled highlights.

    Take one frame and rebuild it: diffuse the light, neutralize the color cast, clean crumbs and edges, and leave intentional space around the food. Then judge it at thumbnail size first. If it does not look appetizing before zooming in, more pixels will not rescue it.

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2026

    Your bread shots lack much aesthetic appeal or visual interest.

    https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=loaves  11 million results

    Food photography is an advanced sub-specialty that takes lots & lots of practice. 

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2026

    This is what you’re competing with in Stock inventory. To get accepted, yours should meet or exceed current quality & visual standards.

    https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=cake 11.5 million results

    https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=birthday+cake

    https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=wedding+cake

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Ricky336
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2026

    I think the composition could be improved. There is a problem as well with the lighting - it’s causing harsh shadows; the background is also throwing the white balance off (in my view). So ‘high quality’ in this case just may be subjective. 

    Legend
    August 19, 2026

    Lighting, colors, shadows ...

    Jill_C
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2026

    It’s really not possible to judge the quality of your images from these small thumbnails.

    Jill C., Forum Volunteer
    Participant
    August 19, 2026

    well, the original images are 9mb and this forum won’t let me upload more than 5mb lol

    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2026

    Make a copy and reduce to the 5MB limit.

    Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.
    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2026

    Then also submit the bread as pngs. In any event, the third image of the bread is cropped too tightly.

    Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.
    daniellei4510
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2026

    Quality issues go beyond resolution, sharpness, etc. Here is your competition for homemade bread, for example:
    https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=homemade+bread&search_type=usertyped

    Your cake images may be better suited for pngs with transparency.

    Adobe Community Expert | If you aren't submitting your assets in sRGB, you probably didn't read the rules.
    Participant
    August 19, 2026

    Yeah but in the home made bread category there is not one single studio minimal photography style shot with copy space… the rejection makes no sense to me.