Quality rejection on AI-generated winter landscape - upscaling artifacts?

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June 10, 2026
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Hi everyone. This AI-generated image (properly flagged as AI) was rejected for "quality issues". It was generated at 1.6MP and upscaled 4x to 25MP with Real-ESRGAN before submission.

At 100% zoom I can now see the distant bamboo and light rays look slightly "painterly". Is this the likely rejection reason? Would submitting at 2x upscale (6MP) instead solve it? Any other issues you can spot?

Thanks for your feedback!

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Acceptance into Stock is based on many factors. Size alone is not the only consideration.

Stock looks at Content Quality, Commercial Value and Uniqueness.

This is the inventory you’re competing with.

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=winter+forest 9.6 million

https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=winter+forest+path 656K

Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

MegumiStockJPAuthor

Participant

Thank you so much, that makes total sense! I hadn't realized sun flares and light rays themselves are a rejection trigger. I'll remove them from my prompts and also reduce my upscaling factor. Much appreciated!

daniellei4510

Community Expert

Sun flares like this are generally refused by the moderators as they come across looking like a special effects filter has been added and Adobe recommends against using them. With the right lighting adjustments, I think the image could stand up on its own without the flare and light beams.

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

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