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Images not approved! QUALITY PROBLEMS?

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I have had most of these discarded due to quality issues. 
I really want to know what the problem is with these photos..??

Nancy OSheaCorrect answer

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Not much more to add, except:

1) Model Releases

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/model-release.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/property-release.html

People must sign a model release form to use the image commercially. Underage models need permission from their parents/guardians. Child protection laws are very strict about that.

2) Be more selective about what you submit to Stock.

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/how-to-submit-distinct-content.html

Stock almost never accepts a whole series of similar images from the same shoot. They expect us to critique & filter content down to 1 - 3 of the very best shots. If you have more variants than that, hold them back and submit at a later date.

See your Contributor User Guide for more tips:

Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Ricky336

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Hello,

In these shots, what did you have in mind for commercial use? Snorkelling in cold water?

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M1 Mac-leonhansenfotoAuthor

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I don't think you should worry about that.. best regards

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Abambo

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I don't think you should worry about that.. best regards

By @M1 Mac-leonhansenfoto

It's a legit question, because there is a refusal for that. But generally speaking, most of those assets are getting accepted and never sell.

You should also consider @Nancy OShea's contribution here, concerning model releases (1) or database spamming (2).

As you submitted this with all those logos still in the picture, you seem to be a stock-beginner (not even an Adobe stock beginner, as the rules are the same for all microstock sites). So getting advice from experienced stock contributors may be helpful to you. (Just saying)

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ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Nancy OShea

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Not much more to add, except:

1) Model Releases

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/model-release.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/property-release.html

People must sign a model release form to use the image commercially. Underage models need permission from their parents/guardians. Child protection laws are very strict about that.

2) Be more selective about what you submit to Stock.

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/how-to-submit-distinct-content.html

Stock almost never accepts a whole series of similar images from the same shoot. They expect us to critique & filter content down to 1 - 3 of the very best shots. If you have more variants than that, hold them back and submit at a later date.

See your Contributor User Guide for more tips:

Hope that helps.

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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oleschwander

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Even the recognizable design of the bathing suit will get the images rejected if they are submitted as commercial images.

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Jill_C

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Logos need to be edited out

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Abambo

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Your first: the quality issues refusal is the exposure, as seen in the histogram:

Shadows and blacks are missing (left of the histogram). There are also artefacts in the image, probably introduced by stong noise reduction and sharpening. The logos would trigger an additional IP violation, but as the moderators refuse on the first error they see, they refused for quality.

Your second: there are also issues with the histogram:

And you have artefacts, similar to the the first one. In addition I saw chromatic aberration.

The logos also need to get edited out.

The third: the histogram is not great neither:

There is an outline around the child's head, probably because of a lot of sharpening.

In addition you see chromatic aberration. Needless to say that I have magnified a lot here, so that it is good visible, but you see the defects at 100% without any issue. I also think that all of your assets are too noisy, so even that you did noise reduction and sharpening, it has not been done correctly.

Here too, the logos need to go away.

I will stop here, as I guess all assets are the same.

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ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

RALPH_L

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The logos and names must be removed.

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MD_ZIHAD_HASAN

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If you zoom in the photos you can see it's not quite visiable & I think you should try to upscale

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Abambo

Community Expert

If you zoom in the photos you can see it's not quite visiable & I think you should try to upscale

By @MD_ZIHAD_HASAN

No, you should avoid upscaling. This is real photgraphy, not generative AI.

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ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

MD_ZIHAD_HASAN

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okay, thank you for letting me know

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yamato713108855

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If there is a logo or text in the photo, your application will be rejected.
Either remove it in Photoshop and then submit, or take a photo so that it does not appear in the photo.

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