Hi everyone,I'm working on creating AI images for Adobe Stock and I'm trying to understand the exact quality standards expected by reviewers.Some of my images were rejected for quality reasons and I'd really appreciate experienced contributors taking a look.From my own analysis, possible issues could be: subtle AI artifacts unrealistic details texture inconsistencies lighting or shadow issues But since I'm still learning, I might be missing important things.Could you help by pointing out: The specific problems you notice Whether these issues are common AI artifacts What changes would make these images acceptable for stock I'm trying to improve my workflow so I can produce high-quality, consistent submissions.Thanks in advance for any feedback.

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Need feedback: What quality problems do you see in my AI images?

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March 14, 2026
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Hi everyone,

I'm working on creating AI images for Adobe Stock and I'm trying to understand the exact quality standards expected by reviewers.

Some of my images were rejected for quality reasons and I'd really appreciate experienced contributors taking a look.

From my own analysis, possible issues could be:

subtle AI artifacts
unrealistic details
texture inconsistencies
lighting or shadow issues

But since I'm still learning, I might be missing important things.

Could you help by pointing out:

The specific problems you notice
Whether these issues are common AI artifacts
What changes would make these images acceptable for stock

I'm trying to improve my workflow so I can produce high-quality, consistent submissions.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

All AI makes mistakes that require correction, removal or starting over. This varies by the services you use. Some AI generators produce better photo realism than others.

The contributor’s job is to make the content believable and as perfect as possible for commercial use. Pay close attention to details. Fix everything you can. If it’s not fixable, discard it. That’s it in a nutshell.

Unless you embed or attach an image here along with the reason for refusal, we can’t be more specific.

In the meantime, carefully read your Contributor User Manual for tips on what’s expected.

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Hey @Exciting_thinking5005

Everything that you have asked is correct.
You may want to look into udemy, linkedin, and skillshare for courses that could assist with how to edit.
There are a number of good Photoshop training channels on Youtube as well.
Essentially, Adobe and other stock sites want high quality images that people want to buy:
Who is your audience?
What type of content are they looking to buy?

How much research have you done to see what people/ businesses want or need.
Where is your audience? Are they on Adobe Stock or other sites?

Cheers

Nate

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It's giving an error when I try to send it here, even after reducing the size: Something went wrong, please check your link and try again. Sometimes after I sent it, it was rejected with the following message: Similar content in our collection. Other Quality Issues.

Cosmic Studio

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Did you try the ‘Insert image’ button in this message panel?

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Cosmic Studio

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Your images aren’t showing. You might try reducing the resolution.

Exciting_thinking5005Author

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It's giving an error when I try to send it here, even after reducing the size: Something went wrong, please check your link and try again. Sometimes after I sent it, it was rejected with the following message:: Similar content in our collection. Other Quality Issues.

daniellei4510

Community Expert

Did you mean to post some example rejected images that we can review?

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

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It's giving an error when I try to send it here,, even after reducing the size: Something went wrong, please check your link and try again. Sometimes after I sent it, it was rejected with the following message:: Similar content in our collection. Other Quality Issues.

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