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Rejection of similar content is excessive

Forum|Forum|5 months ago
September 16, 2025
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Of the last 100 AI images reviewed, 98 were rejected on the grounds of similar content. Is there such a thing as a truly unique image in the world? Every image has a counterpart; are we looking for undiscovered places, undiscovered creatures?

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Nancy OShea

Community Expert

This is what Stock has to say about 'similar content.'

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/how-to-submit-distinct-content.html

Compare yours with available Stock inventory.

Use less common synonyms for common keywords & titles.

Find subjects with little or no representation -- whooping cough, polio, measles... Those are 3 off the top of my head. I'm sure you can think of more.

Good luck.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Dreamy_Songbird5E23

Participant

All these images were created with AI technology.

Abambo

Community Expert

All these images were created with AI technology.

By @Dreamy_Songbird5E23

And what does that mean?

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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Neo-Arts

Participant

Why shouldn't be there verities and different styles of same content so the
buyer can have more options to select from..

Jill_C

Community Expert

There are more than 800 million assets in Adobe's database, so, indeed, there are already many varieties of almost every theme you can imagine.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

ivank11134774

Inspiring

Funny enough. At some sites where I submit I see search terms that people used to find my images, and often these are scientific names of animals. Recently Adobe rejected as similars some my images with animals that are completely absent in their collection. Indeed, common names repeat in some their parts (e.g. jewel longhorn beetle, western crested guinea fowl) but neither scientific names nor physical appearance of these critters. My attempt to talk to the contributor support ended with their mention that they have no interactions with moderator team, and all they could recommend was to share regrets in this forum.

Abambo

Community Expert

As I do not see your images, I can't say if the refusals are exessive, but it may be some consolation to know that all contributors suffer from this rejection, and no one currently has a proper concept. Some say that metadata has an influence here.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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Geoff79

Participating Frequently

Yeah, as noted above, definitely not saying my photos are great and it's criminal for them to have been rejected. It's purely for the fact that I can say with 100% confidence that if I uploaded these photos 6 months ago, most, if not all, would have been accepted.

The 100% blanket rejection - I am not going to lie - also has me questioning whether or not I have uploaded my last photo to Adobe? If these were all rejected, this is just what I do. I take my landscape shots for the love of it, and as a sidenote, outside of Footy season, I upload the better ones to stock sites. My next batch won't be any better quality, or of outlandishly different content, so I assume they'll all be barred too? Will see how much wasted time I spend before deciding whether or not I continue bothering with Adobe or just concentrate on the sites that still accept the photos they've always accepted.

Abambo

Community Expert

It's Adobe's choice to refuse all of your assets, it's your choice to prioritize other databases. We all keep somehow Adobe, because we are making more money here than elsewhere. 🥳

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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Geoff79

Participating Frequently

I was just coming here to ask something similar, and will probably mention the same on similar threads, but what's happened with Adobe Stock? Has there been some massive change, and is it publicised? I never even bother checking my uploads as over 99% have always been accepted and the few that don't is fair enough... but I recently uploaded 14 shots and all 14 were rejected on quality issues, or similar content.

I know full well that these photos are no (better or) worse than every single photo that has been accepted in the past, so what changed? The photos were, of course, accepted by every single other agency I uploaded them to.

So what on earth happened to Adobe?

Jill_C

Community Expert

About 6 months ago, Adobe altered their reviewing practices which caused a significant increase in rejections for similars and quality issues, some of which are unwarranted. These seem to be putting the brakes on growing the database as fast as they have in the last few years.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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Geoff79

Participating Frequently

Funnily enough, the last time I uploaded (and yes, that was without any issues at all) was about 6 months ago. Crazy shift from what it was like 6 months ago. I'm not even saying that I'd have been surprised if a few of these had been rejected, on the grounds of similar content more than quality issues, but to have 100% of uploads rejected was a surprise.

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