Why didn't my photos meet your quality standards?

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To get accepted, your duck should be better than what Stock is selling, and offer customers something fresh. 

The two most common reasons for refusal: 

1. “Quality/Technical” issues 
2. “Similar Content” 

Read your Stock Contributor User Guide for more details on what’s expected. 

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/submit-your-content/submit-photos/technical-legal-requirements-photo-submission.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/submit-your-content/submit-photos/photo-editing-best-practices.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/content-moderation/quality-technical-standards-reasons-content-refusal.html\\

Reviewers are not allowed to check more than one box per submission. The Review stops at problem #1.

Hope that helps.

Unfortunately, there’s a 5MB maximum, as you’ve probably learned. I usually have luck submitting jpgs with a quality level of 10.

Thank you everyone. I tried to attach some of the photos but the file sizes were too big for the forum side of things. Even some of the screenshots. I appreciate the feedback. Just trying to understand since I am new to being a contributor and really wish they would tell you what the quality issue is. That would make correcting it and resubmitting so much easier. I understand why others were rejected because they actually tell you it’s because there are already so many photos of the same “type”. Thanks again for the feedback and help.

Hi ​@jlaintn 

While it would be nice having the reviewers detailing the refusal issue, this is time consuming. Besides, it require only one issue to prompt a refusal, but your file might have multiple issues. So, Adobe sets up a structured system whereby, a community is created and selected experienced volunteers (Community Experts) critique the refused files, highlighting all the issues we find. In this case the Adobe reviewer select the relevant generic refusal note and we understand what to do. However, if you prefer checking your own file, you can do so. It only means learning and looking for all the possible issues. You need to check for correct white balance, make sure the subject is completely in focus, color is smooth, there is no blotch or grains, no color fringing, exposure is correct, perspective is correct and composition is acceptable. Sometimes contrast need to be adjusted. To check all these, you need to zoom in on the file at between 100 and 200%. There’s this reference that can help you identify what to look for. However, you could upload 1 to 3 of your photos here and we do the work, while you learn from what we all have to say.

Best wishes
Jacquelin

Adobe Stock receives thousands of images per day and if moderators took the time to provide a detailed reason (or reasons) why assets are rejected, what some would consider an already slow review process would take even longer. As mentioned, upload a couple of your rejected assets here and we can take a look.

 While feedback from other Adobe Stock Contributors is nice, they are not the ones reviewing and approving our photos. 

This is why this forum exists. The reviewers won’t give you a detailed reason why. Afterall this is not a learning platform. So, you have this forum where you can get some opinions. Some of which you may not agree with. (In this way it can be a learning platform.) There are points to be aware of though–composition, white balance, noise, artefacts tend to be the main issues.

“While feedback from other Adobe Stock Contributors is nice, they are not the ones reviewing and approving our photos.“
We can help. Here in the forum are several members who hold the title of “Community Expert”. We have been selected by Adobe to assist members like yourself because we have considerable experience in contributing assets and we understand the Adobe workflow. We can help. But, as ​@Oh.N8 said, you need to upload a refused asset here for us to review. 

​@jlaintn 
Help us, help you.
Could you provide a few images for us to look at and provide feedback on?

Cheers

Nate