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Multiple AI-Generated Images Rejected for Quality Issues – Could You Help Identify the Specific Problems?

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Hello everyone,

I'm new to submitting AI-generated images to Adobe Stock, and I'm looking for some advice from experienced contributors.

I recently submitted several AI-generated lifestyle photographs featuring Japanese people in everyday situations, including:

A middle-aged couple reviewing household finances
A family enjoying a meal at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant
A woman at the gym
A couple meeting for a first date
A young woman attending a job interview

Several of these images have been rejected for quality issues.

The rejection message mentions possible problems such as:

Exposure issues, soft focus, excessive filtering, or artifacts/noise.

Unfortunately, the message doesn't identify which specific problem applies to each image.

I would like to improve my workflow, but I'm having difficulty identifying the actual defects.

I've experimented with several AI image-generation models, including Z-Image, FLUX.2 Klein, and SDXL-based models. Some images were also upscaled to meet Adobe Stock's minimum resolution requirements.

I've attached the rejected images for reference.

I would greatly appreciate your feedback on the following questions:

Which specific quality problems can you identify in these images?
Are the problems mainly related to exposure, focus, unnatural textures, or AI-generated artifacts?
Do the images appear excessively sharpened, smoothed, or processed?
Could the upscaling process be contributing to these problems?
Based on your experience, are these issues potentially fixable through editing, or would the images need to be regenerated?

I'm particularly interested in understanding what separates an acceptable AI-generated stock photograph from one that fails the quality review.

I'm not asking for a reconsideration of Adobe's decisions. I simply want to understand the technical issues so I can produce better images in the future.

Thank you very much for your time and advice.

G

glamorous_youth3087Author

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Thank you very much for your detailed feedback.

Your comments were very helpful and gave me a much clearer idea of what to fix, especially the fingers, facial details, spreadsheet lines, and possible edit-boundary artifacts.

I’m going to simplify the compositions and regenerate the images with cleaner hands and more natural details.

I really appreciate your help. Thank you again.

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Nancy OShea

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Fingers need more definition. Weird lip color.

Personally, I would scrap this image and do it over.

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Cosmic Studio

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Hi, the photos look good and I think you're on the right track for what usually gets accepted on Stock. As for the issues, if you zoom in close enough on some of these images, you'll see sharp vertical and/or horizontal lines (rectangular areas) marking what looks like the transition between the original image and a later edit used to fix or change it.

Other issues I noticed:

Household finances: the woman's eye makeup, her fingers, and the rows and columns on the spreadsheet.
Family enjoying a meal: the boy's pinky finger, the hair on the girl's left shoulder, and the lack of food on the plates (I know it's plausible, but it could still be a problem).
Job interview: her right eye and left hand.
First date: if you zoom all the way in on the woman's eyes, you can spot the vertical and horizontal lines (or rectangular areas) I was talking about.
A woman at the gym: the problem might be the treadmill she's leaning on. It looks out of alignment with the row, and I'm not sure about its design.

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