My png images often rejected recently? Any new rules of PNG images?

Forum|Forum|20 days ago
May 20, 2026
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I haven’t uploaded photos for a while, and when I recently started uploading again, I noticed that the approval rate for my cutout PNG images has becomes much lower, even though they used to be approved very easily. Have there been any new rules changes? Also, is it better for PNGs to have a slight shadow now, or no shadow at all?

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Show us a couple of rejected PNGs. Full sized if possible.

PNG Requirements

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/png-with-transparency.html

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Naige28933759vj2uAuthor

Inspiring

To save space, I deleted all the rejected images from my PC. However, I’ll probably still have rejected images in the future, so I’ll upload them then and hope you can help me take a look. I also just read through the guidelines and will make some adjustments accordingly. Thank you so much!

daniellei4510

Community Expert

I would say without shadows. Buyers can add them more easily than remove them.

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

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Naige28933759vj2uAuthor

Inspiring

I used to add very subtle shadows to make the objects look slightly more 3 dimensional, and the acceptance rate was still quite high. But recently, almost all of my PNGs have been rejected, and I’m not sure if the shadows are the issue. Anyway, I’ll try removing the shadows, and see how it goes. Thank you!

daniellei4510

Community Expert

A very high number of contributors appear to be having a higher number of rejections. Then there will be an occasional post on other forums of someone having a slew of assets accepted at once. In any event, the standards for acceptance do appear to be more strict than they were in the past.

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

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