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September 9, 2024
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Long Delay in Review of Stock Images

  • September 9, 2024
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Can anyone tell me why the images I submit for review on Adobe Stock take a very very long time? 

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daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 15, 2024

Here's what I believe is the problem and how it might be fixed. There seems to be at least anecdotal evidence that people submitting AI are submitting hundreds of assets at a time, and having those same hundreds of assets accepted within a day or two. In the end, it shouldn't really matter how many assets are submitted, but how many are moderated by a single contributor per day. 

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Participant
September 10, 2024

It has gotten really slow in the past few months in my experience as well - used to take a few days, then weeks and now months for approval. I'd wager a guess that they are being flooded with AI generated content given how lenient they are compared to the other major platforms who strictly ban AI submissions. Kinda sad really as Adobe Stock used to be the best, now it looks like polluted AI wasteland.

Participant
November 15, 2024

I totally agree with your opinion, and I hope one day or maybe soon AdobeStock changes their policy by issuing a strict ban on submitting AI images or remove all AI Images on their data base like other platforms. Because in my opinion AI images are like garbage that is scattered everywhere right now, please check on Social media, even almost all digital media today looks like garbage that forces the eyes, AI images are really not beautiful at all.

daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 15, 2024

That ain't gonna happen. Granted, there are garbage AI assets scattered about but I think things have improved from nearly two years ago when Adobe began accepting AI. And I believe things will improve even more going forward.

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Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 9, 2024

Many of us are experiencing long delays in content moderation, and no one knows why. We can only speculate that there are perhaps fewer moderators on staff now, or Adobe continues to receive a flood of submissions, or some combination of reasons. I do know that they are adding between 500,000 and 1,000,000 assets to the database every day.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 9, 2024

1. Review times can vary from 1 - 3 months depending on the season & how many other assets are ahead of yours in the wait queue.

2. Stock receives thousands of submissions per week.  They have a limited number of Reviewers available to examine them all.

3. Be patient & work on other projects. Everyone must wait their turn.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
daniellei4510
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 9, 2024

A large number of contributors are waiting 2 to 3 months for their assets to be reviewed. Your only option at this time is to continue being patient.

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davescm
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 9, 2024

Hi , I've moved your post from the Photoshop forum to the Stock Contributors forum where you are more likely to get answers relevant to your question.

 

Dave