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May 11, 2023
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The reviewing pictures is too long

  • May 11, 2023
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Currently, it is 13 days in reviewing state. It is a long time.

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

Long is relative term. 

Q: How long is a piece of string?

A: As long as it takes.  🙂

 

On average, Photos & Vector Graphics are reviewed in 5 - 15 business days.
Illustrations & Generative AI could take 1 - 3 months due to an immense backlog of AI submissions.

 

You're under no obligation to submit assets to Stock.  There are other microstock agencies you can submit to.  But they all operate in much the same way.  You submit and then wait... as long as it takes.  Wait times vary depending on how many assets came in before yours.

 

For faster turnarounds, focus on quality instead of quantity.

 

 

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
May 11, 2023

Long is relative term. 

Q: How long is a piece of string?

A: As long as it takes.  🙂

 

On average, Photos & Vector Graphics are reviewed in 5 - 15 business days.
Illustrations & Generative AI could take 1 - 3 months due to an immense backlog of AI submissions.

 

You're under no obligation to submit assets to Stock.  There are other microstock agencies you can submit to.  But they all operate in much the same way.  You submit and then wait... as long as it takes.  Wait times vary depending on how many assets came in before yours.

 

For faster turnarounds, focus on quality instead of quantity.

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Jill_C
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May 11, 2023

Welcome to the Community Forum. It appears that this is your first visit. While you're here, take some time to read some of the other recent posts, and you'll see that this is a frequent topic of discussion here. Due to the huge influx of Generative AI assets from contributors submitting hundreds, or even thousands at a time, the backlog has grown to 1-2 months or even more. Visiting the Forum from time to time will also help keep you informed on other developments and policy changes for Adobe Stock Contributors.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
Abambo
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May 11, 2023

Basically, it is not relevant whether an asset gets moderated today or tomorrow. If it gets accepted, it will be open for sales. That's all. It's only relevant if you submit seasonal assets. The illustration's queue currently takes the longest, count with up to 3 months. This can, however, come down now, as Adobe limits the number of assets that contributors can have waiting in their moderation queue. This has been instated because of generative AI contributors submitting thousands of assets in one batch, creating that extraordinary backlog.

 

For each queue, submissions get moderated in the order as submitted. There is no way to accelerate this.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Ricky336
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May 11, 2023

Hello,

These days reviewing just takes a while, a lot longer than in the past. You have to be patient! There are just tons of people who are submitting stuff!