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Most of my uploads are being rejected

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July 3, 2026
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I've been contributing to Adobe Stock for quite a while now and have always tried to follow the guidelines and submit quality content.

Lately though, every single upload has been getting rejected. At first, I thought it was because I was uploading GenAI content, so I started creating more unique images with different angles, perspectives, and compositions. But the rejections keep coming, even for images that I genuinely feel are better than some of my previously accepted work.

Has anyone else experienced this recently? Any idea what might be causing it or what I should change? I'd really appreciate any advice.

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Correct answer daniellei4510

Well...we would need to see the full-sized images to really be of help, but again, many are plagued with the similar content rejections. As for the hamburger and fries, a search for same yields over 2 million 500 thousand, so those would most likely get a similar content rejection. Man meditating is fairly well covered at over 800,000. I’m seeing a couple of near duplicates (the dandelion, the heart, the raised hands). Were these edited and resubmitted?

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MDW1313

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Everything I upload is rejected -- even though all the same photos were accepted by Getty Images.

I think Adobe simply has too many photos, so they’re rejecting everything unless it’s staged photos of paid models performing mundane tasks.

I do NOT like taking all the time to label and keyword every photo, which takes hours, then uploading and finding out two days later that 30 out of 30 were rejected for “Quality Issues” which are never specified.

yamato713108855

Community Expert

If the issue concerns quality, I think it would be best to identify the cause.
If you post the actual asset to the community, you can have it reviewed.

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MDW1313

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It’s not the quality.

I submitted 30 photos to Getty Images -- all of them were accepted and published for licensing.

I submitted the exact same photos to Adobe and all 30 were rejected for “quality issues,” and none of the possible causes are discernible in my photos.

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Oh.N8

Regarding the feet, people like to see the feet clearly.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

GenAI has trouble rendering feet & hands accurately. Check work at 100-300% magnification.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Oh.N8

Looking at the Dandelion image it’s super cropped in: remember to provide space for copy and text.
Before submitting your images, you may want to submit an unedited version of your image before editing it. see how many images are already in the Adobe Stock.

Cheers

Nate

adiwarman

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Hello Adobe Stock Team,

For about six months, I have not been able to submit any photos to Adobe Stock.

I understand that some of my earlier submissions were rejected, but many of my photos were also accepted. However, since then, my account has not allowed me to submit any new content, and I have not received any explanation for this issue.

I believe six months is an unusually long time to be unable to upload new submissions, especially considering that only some of my previous files were rejected.

Could you please review my account and let me know why I am unable to submit photos? I would appreciate any information or assistance you can provide.

Contributor ID: 213094155

Thank you for your time and support.

Kind regards,
Adi

daniellei4510

Community Expert

You need to contact contributor support. Adobe staff members do not participate in this forum. The contact link is at the bottom of your dashboard.

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

Nancy OShea

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You’re not competing with yourself as much as you are with almost 1 billion assets in Stock inventory.

Use Stock’s Reverse Image Search and check your keywords against current content. Ideally, you should selectively curate work for Stock before submission. Use AI to refine your style & theme.

Example:

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=barefeet - 800K results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=barefeet+grass - 65K results

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=barefeet+grass+soccer - 869 results (US)

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=barefeet+grass+football - 728 results (UK)

Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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KhRakibAuthor

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Thanks

daniellei4510

Community Expert

No photo to be seen. Of course, if they’re similar content rejections as opposed to quality rejections, we’re more limited on what advice we can give.

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

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KhRakibAuthor

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daniellei4510

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Well...we would need to see the full-sized images to really be of help, but again, many are plagued with the similar content rejections. As for the hamburger and fries, a search for same yields over 2 million 500 thousand, so those would most likely get a similar content rejection. Man meditating is fairly well covered at over 800,000. I’m seeing a couple of near duplicates (the dandelion, the heart, the raised hands). Were these edited and resubmitted?

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

Jill_C

Community Expert

The issue of increasing rejection rates has been happening for nearly 1.5 years. Many of the rejections appear to be unjustified, and have lead some of us to curtail our uploads. It’s just too time consuming to edit, upload, title and keyword images just to have them rejected for no good reason,,,,

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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KhRakibAuthor

Participating Frequently

Yes I was getting similar content rejection nearly 1.5 years but recently it increased too much.

daniellei4510

Community Expert

Best we can tell you is to upload a couple of the rejected assets here. We can take a look and maybe be of assistance. But yes, some contributors have been experiencing more rejections than usual.

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

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KhRakibAuthor

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Thanks for the reply, Just attached a photo.

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