Quality Issues -- what's wrong with my images?

Forum|Forum|9 months ago
May 22, 2025
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I'm trying to find out why my most recent submissions have been rejected due to "Quality Issues" -- I've submitted plenty of these type of images before with success. No noise or bluriness present. Any idea what's going on?

Contributor critique

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

It is discolored & dog-eared. And there's no string or background to give it much context.

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Abambo

Community Expert

I would agree with the moderators. Did you do cutout work? The exposure doesn't look right, and the shadows are weird.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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bcollerAuthor

Participant

No, these images were not clipped, and the shadows present are natural.

I have plenty of similar images that were approved and doing well...so I'm stumped. Just trying to figure out how I can resume uploading without immediately getting flagged.

daniellei4510

Community Expert

Many of us are in the same boat. I submit a lot of portraits. Some get accepted, some get rejected for being too similar, but then are accepted after making some minor edits and revisiting my choices of keywords, or rejected a second time. It's the new normal on Adobe Stock, seemingly very random, and I hope eventually it improves a bit going forward. Adobe's latest announcement regarding minimizing the number of submissions based on certain criteria may be a step in that direction.

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Jill_C

Community Expert

I don't see any quality issues in these, but I do think it would better to submit them as PNG's with a transparent background.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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oleschwander

Legend

Yes but that's not a 'Quality Issue' problem.

Jill_C

Community Expert

I didn't say that it was...

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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Gerald267260046ck9

Participant

Yes, I've begun experiencing the same thing. Previously, probably 95% or more of my photos have been accepted, but recently a number of photos that seem perfectly OK have been rejected. Adobe, could you please tell us what's going on?