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April 15, 2025
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My images are getting rejected Saying 'Similar Image(s) Already Submitted'

  • April 15, 2025
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My images are getting rejected saying similar images already submitted. I did image search on my portfolio and i not find anything similar. If similar images are there in my profile, how to find that without any fail. I am uploding one of my image got rejected. Moderators please look into this issue and tell me which of my images is similar to this?

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Participating Frequently
April 15, 2025

I've been a contributor for quite some time and have been noticing the exact same thing as of late. Just out of the blue, almost all of my submissions are being rejected for nearly two weeks in a row now. I've deleted everything in my queue and have haulted any new submissions because I don't want my approval rating to get any worse as a result of this in fear of having my account banned.

 

I put a LOT of hard work into my AI generated submissions to make sure they are unique and of the highest quality. I use a lot of paid tools to create my custom/unique content and have been a graphic artist for over 25 years so am not just someone who is new to this or who doesn't understand quality or guidelines. At this time I refuse to upload anymore until Adobe makes some type of announcement regarding this or they get this sorted out. All of my images are getting rejected for "Similar Image(s) Already Submitted".

I can understand if it's due to Adobe getting flooded with AI generated images, and they are simply trying to cut costs with servers or deal with this influx in some way or whatever. However, at the same time, I don't agree with this approach because some artists (whether AI or not) or photographers are known to have certain content that belongs in a series they create. This whole "similar images already submitted" nonsens is hindering creativity if anything at least in my opinion.

 

Regardless of the reason for this, something just doesn't add up in my opinion and I really hope we hear from Adobe regarding this sooner than later because it's to the point where it's simply out of control and unwarranted at least in the scope of my understanding/reasoning.

Abambo
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August 6, 2025
ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Participant
April 15, 2025

If adobe is giving any tool to moderators for finding similar images, same tool should be given to contributors also, so that we can avoid wrong submittions, saving time and resources of both adobe and contributors. 

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 15, 2025

Moderators have a lot of tools that are not available to you. Not all tools will do good in the hands of the users, and the competition. And if thousands of contributors start checking their assets for similarities with all millions of entries, the database would get quite slow.

 

And if the tool is badly calibrated, it won't help you.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Participant
April 15, 2025

I am upto last month my rejection percentage was less than 4 and after longtime i submitted images this month  and nearly 50%  of images are rejected. If images contains quality issues, that is ok , i agree. In cases of similar images rejection , i felt like either moderator putting wrong reasons or some kind of fraud happening related to moderators. 

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 15, 2025

Why should there be some fraud related to moderators? That's non-sense. Adobe probably is using a new tool, marking many assets as similar, even if they would get a serious review, they would find no similarity. That is an ill configured tool. Period.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 15, 2025

That's a refusal that is currently very popular with the moderators. We do not really know why, but to me, it seems that Adobe has introduced a new tool for moderators that is ill configured.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer