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February 17, 2026
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Please help my understand image rejection and improving my content

  • February 17, 2026
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Since using  alot of stock images myself for years, about 10-20 per week, I decided I give it a try myself, regarding that I’ve been successfully experimenting with AI over the last months. Worth a shot.

So over the weekend I generated 400 images and refined about 140 and uploaded them. Today I’ve seen that about 90% of them got rejected because of the infamous quality issues I’ve read a lot about here.

But I can’t quite figure out what the problem is with my images? Especially since I believe the quality is better than most of the ai slop I downloaded myself only to find out the’yre unusable after viewing them at 100%… I’ve double checked for artifacts and inconsitencies. Resoluion is native 4k. Is overall sharpness the problem? Or do you guys see something i’ve missed?

 

Thank you for any kind of feedback and critique!

 

 

      Correct answer daniellei4510

      Yep, a lot of AI slop was accepted early on (and still is on rare occasions), but the quality standards are stricter now. 

       

       

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      b_heinAuthor
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      February 18, 2026

      Yep, a lot of AI slop was accepted early on (and still is on rare occasions), but the quality standards are stricter now. 

       

       

       

       

      That’s the baseline now? Wow. Allright, that’s strict. Thank you for taking the time to have a look at my images. Just hoping this applies to everyone. From our monthly 100-200 stock images we get on adobe stock (ad agency) about 25% goes right into the trash bin after opening in photoshop. Not only AI, also real imagery. So I am all for stricter rules. As a regular customer I want the best quality possible. So I am somewhat glad that I got denied. Will work on improving.

      The blurred hand was intended funnily enough. Our art director was looking for more a more candid and authentic “righ in the scene” feel...

        daniellei4510
        Community Expert
        daniellei4510Community Expert
        Community Expert
        February 18, 2026

        If you purchase bad assets, you can always request a credit refund here by including the asset number(s) and Adobe can investigate further. 

        Adobe Community Expert | If you can't fix it, hide it; if you can't hide it, delete it.
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        b_heinAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        February 18, 2026

        Thank you. Might give it a try next time. Is it also possible to just report bad quality or errors so adobe takes a look at the asset (the report button just states copyright issues. )without the hassle of a refund process? If it takes more than 15 min to get sorted, my time is more valuable than the refund is what my boss says 😁

        Nancy OShea
        Community Expert
        Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 18, 2026

        The texture of her knitted sweater is very strange.  It looks less like knitted stitches and more like animal fur. The devil’s in the details.

         

        All AI is imperfect. It’s the Contributor’s job to check for accuracy and & ensure that the image makes sense visually.  Fix the errors if you can, or discard it and start over. 

         

        Good luck.

         

         

        Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
          jodij28273193
          jodij28273193
          Inspiring
          February 17, 2026

          Real people have hair out of place. Adobe seems to prefer robot pictures over good concepts! That is why I am uploading very little. Customers want concepts, not a little hair out of place where it would naturally be.

            Jill_C
            Community Expert
            Jill_CCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            February 17, 2026

            It’s not that hair is out of,p place but that it’s floating in space, not attached to her head….

            Jill C., Forum Volunteer
            daniellei4510
            Community Expert
            daniellei4510Community ExpertCorrect answer
            Community Expert
            February 17, 2026

            Yep, a lot of AI slop was accepted early on (and still is on rare occasions), but the quality standards are stricter now. 

             

             

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