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June 29, 2023
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They don't like my moody B+W photos?

  • June 29, 2023
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I'm having trouble understanding what's happening. They've been rejected some of my photos due to unspecified quality issues, leaving me uncertain about the exact problems.

 

It appears that the criteria for determining quality are subjective and lack clear definition. Could the rejections be a result of an abundance of similar subject matter already present on Stock? Or, it is because my photos are moody, and they don't like moody photos? These are photos, not AI generated images. 

 

To facilitate a discussion and gain insights, I have attached a few of these rejected photos for my colleagues to review. I'm hopeful that your expertise and perspectives can help shed light on this matter.

 

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jia1674Author
Inspiring
July 17, 2023

Since my previous post on June 29, I've experienced a parade of rejections without a single acceptance (all of my photos, they have not attached any AI generated creations). In an effort to stay with 50 waiting images allowed at any given time, I bid farewell to some of my AI stuff, and opted to upload my own photos.

While I understand the importance of guidelines and rules for stock photo acceptance, it's perplexing how they manage to find time to reject my photo submissions but not a moment to accept them. Is there a preliminary AI scan followed by a second, possibly human, team for approval?

If anyone is familiar with their mysterious process, I would greatly appreciate some insight. Thank you kindly, fellow curious minds!

Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 17, 2023

No one is certain of Adobe's internal processes, about which they are secretive. It is the common understanding that human Moderators, as confirmed many times by Adobe employees, are used for all reviews. It takes just as long to accept as to reject an image. If you would like to receive feedback from community members as to the reasons for rejection, upload 2-3 images here at full size.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
RALPH_L
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 30, 2023

The quality guidelines are clearly defined. 

Requirements for contributing photos and illustrations to Adobe Stock

For instance, here is stated "Do not convert to black and white".

George_F
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 30, 2023

It's not about liking a photo or not, but rather determining the commercial usefulness of a photo.  Some of my favorite photos make for terrible commercial assets and vice versa.

 

Aside from having them accepted, I have a few in my portfolio and they just don't sell.  In fact, b&w images perform poorly on all of the stock platforms I submit to.

 

Good luck with your future submissions!

George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer
Davida02
Inspiring
June 30, 2023

Adobe stock no acepta fotos. que le hayan manipulado los colores, en este caso está en blanco y negro, la imagen debe estar en su color original.

Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 29, 2023

Your moody black and white images are quite nice; but Adobe's guidelines specifically preclude submitting B&W. Reading all of the help pages will improve your chances of success in Adobe Stock.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 29, 2023

Converting to black and white can be done at the customer side, so that's listed as one of the donts in the instructions. But looking into the first image, I also suspect the asset to be underexposed, which is also not allowed. 

 

Your second also exposes sensor spots: , besides not having much in focus.

 

Your third also exposes artefacts due to overprocessing: 

Post the pictures on social media, and you will get manny likes. They are not usable for commercial applications, except if you submit near flawless colour pictures.

 

If you are new to stock, you should consider these resources: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/tutorials.html
Please read the contributor user manual for more information on Adobe stock contributions: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
See here for rejection reasons: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
and especially quality and technical issues: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html

If you are a generative AI contributor, please look into these instructions and follow them by the letter: https://community.adobe.com/t5/stock-contributors-discussions/generative-ai-submission-guidelines/td-p/13549435

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer