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Why was this photo rejected by AdobeStock photos?

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April 21, 2024
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Hi Hello

First time I evere tried to add a photo to AdobeStock phtos, it was rejected, but no specific reason, just a general huideline that it didn't fit. Does anyone have an idea why? Just to let you know this photo has NOT been edited in Photoshop or similar app or software.

Would very much like a qualified reply.

Thank you.

Kr

Claus

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

Stock is a business, not a social media photo sharing site.

No B&W photos. Customers want full color images.

All photos require some minimal correction in Photoshop or Lightroom prior to submission. It's foolish to think otherwise.

Adobe Stock customers expect the highest visual and technical quality for use in commercial projects. Emphasis on commercial use. Printed posters, magazines, billboard ads, TV commercials, digital displays & merchandise.

Read your Stock Contributor User Guide. It contains all you need to know about the submission reqirements. Also, images containing models must be accompanied by a signed model release. Do not submit images of people without one.

Hope that helps.

Nancy OShea

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Stock is a business, not a social media photo sharing site.

No B&W photos. Customers want full color images.

All photos require some minimal correction in Photoshop or Lightroom prior to submission. It's foolish to think otherwise.

Adobe Stock customers expect the highest visual and technical quality for use in commercial projects. Emphasis on commercial use. Printed posters, magazines, billboard ads, TV commercials, digital displays & merchandise.

Read your Stock Contributor User Guide. It contains all you need to know about the submission reqirements. Also, images containing models must be accompanied by a signed model release. Do not submit images of people without one.

Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

bomancreative.comAuthor

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Hi Nancy and all

Thank you. What I don't get in this issue is that I'm constantly bombarded by Adobe to submit to Stockphotos. I have never told Adobe I'm a professional photographer, but I have taken a photo, many people liked it (we have an 80x80 version for the wall), and then I submitted it due to teh positive feedback. Without the grain (which was not an after effect) the picture might not have made it to our wall. I should not have converted it to B/W before submitting.

I believe Adobe should communicate a bit more clearly here.

Many have come back to me

with relevant comments and I understand now. However there has also been a lot of repeating replies - they are most likely done to help, but I just don't need the same answer from 10 different people.

Over and out, I won't submit more photos.

Oh... ...one more thing. When there are so high demands for photo quality, then why not for vector graphics? I have paid for too many bad Illustrator files that was poorly created. On surface they look good, but close up, ends don't meet, too much dirt here and there etc.

Abambo

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Hi Nancy and all

Thank you. What I don't get in this issue is that I'm constantly bombarded by Adobe to submit to Stockphotos. I have never told Adobe I'm a professional photographer, but I have taken a photo, many people liked it (we have an 80x80 version for the wall), and then I submitted it due to teh positive feedback.

By @bomancreative.com

That's the difference between stock photo and art. I too, I like the picture, but I would have no use of it for my job. If you submit to stock, you should really forget about "someone liked my picture", but you should start looking at your picture as a craft, where a stool is created to sit on it, and not to look spectecular.

Many have come back to mewith relevant comments and I understand now. However there has also been a lot of repeating replies - they are most likely done to help, but I just don't need the same answer from 10 different people.

By @bomancreative.com

If many pdople say the same thing, it needs to be correct, no? (that's sarcastical!). Yes, we tend to comment for the same errors the same things. That's it. Accept what you want out of those comments.

Oh... ...one more thing. When there are so high demands for photo quality, then why not for vector graphics? I have paid for too many bad Illustrator files that was poorly created. On surface they look good, but close up, ends don't meet, too much dirt here and there etc.

By @bomancreative.com

We are all baffled at the low quality of some assets. But that is not our task here. You got a refusal, we tell you what you should consider for your next submission. But that does not mean, that we are OK with accepted assets.

If you licence an asset and that asset is not up to Adobe's standards, you need to denounce that asset. Sometimes, we all agree, sometimes we all disagree. And sometimes some of us agree. Why? because we are all humans, and we look at different things differently.

Assets need to be usable for the customer. If they aren't, they will get removed.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Abambo

Community Expert

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

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Ricky336

Community Expert

Hello,

For stock photos, this will never pass. Problems are with exposure, B&W, and film grain (doesn't work for stock photos, and in the digital world it's called noise).

Ricky336

Community Expert

By the way, I'm assuming it's from a B&W print, and you scanned it. Was the orginal a dark, grainy picture? Back in the days of print, this would be fine, but now in the days of digital pics and stock, not so much.

bomancreative.comAuthor

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Hi ricky336 - thanks. for your feedback, appreciated. I'm new to this.

No, not a b&W print - at that time I just bought my first DSL camera and my wife was sitting with our cat Bacon. It was late night and a bit dark in the room, therefore the grains.

🙂

Claus

Abambo

Community Expert

Without looking even deeper:

It's black and white.
It has a lot of noise.
Your picture is underexposed.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

bomancreative.comAuthor

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Hi Abambo, thanks for teh feedback, appreciate. I'm absolute beginner! 🙂 Claus

Abambo

Community Expert

Hi Abambo, thanks for teh feedback, appreciate. I'm absolute beginner! 🙂 Claus

By @bomancreative.com

You're welcome. We all needed to learn the submission process, and we all went through the learning by refusal curve. 😉

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

daniellei4510

Community Expert

Adobe always gives a a reason for rejection, even if it can be a little vague. For starters, I assume you submitted a model release. But that wouldn't have helped. Your highlights are blown out and the shadows lack any detail. It's much too grainy for stock, the subject matter has no commercial value, and while Adobe does at times accept black and white images, turning color images into black and white will always get them rejected, if that's what you did here.

Adobe Community Expert | If you can't fix it, hide it; if you can't hide it, delete it.

bomancreative.comAuthor

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Hi danielle4510

Thank you so much for taking time to reply me. I had this photo for years and friends aroudn me liked it a lot. I am by no chance neither a pro or semi-pro photographer.

As I see it, you need much more skills to be able to upload photos here, more than I have.

Thank you again.

Claus

daniellei4510

Community Expert

Unfortunately, moderators are not your friends. 🙂 They are looking for commercially viable images that designers, bloggers, and others are willing to spend money on. Personally, I think the photo is amusing and interesting, but not stock-worthy.

Adobe Community Expert | If you can't fix it, hide it; if you can't hide it, delete it.

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