Similar images already submitted!!!

[Sobhy_AI]

Hello there,

I went from a 95% acceptance rate to 20% or less. Almost all of my submissions are being rejected for the "similar image" reason.

The quality of the images is really good and doesn’t have any issues.

I am uploading at most 2 or 3 variations of each object ,PNGs only and a variety of different items across many categories. I also make sure not to upload similar content that I’ve previously submitted. I am 100% certain that my entire account doesn’t have more than three variations of any given item.

Sometimes, I upload the same object in different styles.

for example, a car in a 3D style and another version in watercolor or clay, so they are still distinct. (2 to 3 variations for each style)

Is this a general issue that will be resolved soon, or is it only affecting me?

[Towhid01]

My content was flagged for "SIMILAR IMAGE(S) ALREADY SUBMITTED)." How can I check if the files I'm uploading already exist in Adobe Stock?

Please help.

(merged with similar thread)

[daniellei4510]

By doing a search. But that doesn't necessarily mean that your asset won't be marked as similar even it's unique. It's a common complaint at the moment and I myself doubt that moderators are even being served up the images. An algorithm or AI appears to be making decisions, but it's just a guess.

[inzo_77]

Yes, you are right, an AI algorithm controls it.

[Abambo]

You can't. In most of the cases the refusal is nonsense. In our view Adobe did set up an ill configured tool to detect similar assets. Sorry for not being more helpful.

[inzo_77]

You can use this website (https://tineye.com/) to see if stock image agencies have images similar to the AI images you create

[Nancy OShea]

You can use this website (https://tineye.com/) to see if stock image agencies have images similar to the AI images you create

By @inzo_77

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Have you tested it?  What did you think of the results?

If such a tool actually works, it might help about 50% of contributors.

The rest of us will have to manually compare our work with current inventory.

[hopko]

IMO, if Adobe is comparing our new content to what is already in their inventory then we might as well give up. They have 390 million images online (and 22 million videos). Not sure there are any new ideas left. Variations on similar themes, yes. But new? I doubt it. If this is the case they may as well tell us to stop.

[Jill_C]

The total database is nearly 731 million assets. Nevertheless, I do find that some of my images from my travels are on topics and locations are are under represented in the database. 

[hopko]

Thanks for the correction!

[daniellei4510]

It's weird. Since this whole "similar" thing started, I've sold 10 of my portraits. Just bread and butter portraits of models. The same type of portraits now being summarily rejected for being too similar. Except for one, which doesn't look much different in terms of poses than the ones they've been rejecting. Or the ones that have sold. My food pics, however, are being accepted. But it's been a while since I've sold an image food. Frustrating.

[Abambo]

 My food pics, however, are being accepted. But it's been a while since I've sold an image food. Frustrating.

By @daniellei4510

No one is hungry.

[inzo_77]

Yes, it will definitely work well. I have tested it. Over the past few days, I have been working using this page. It is possible to properly check whether there are images similar to the one we are about to upload. However, there is still no answer to this image rejection issue

[lornet42765951]

Add my name to the list of people getting pictures rejected for "SIMILAR IMAGE(S) ALREADY SUBMITTED", which is obviously not true.

I've only just started uploading again. My success rate with AI-generated images previously was very high, but now they're rejecting almost everything.

Strangely, when I started uploading again, about a week ago I got a couple of pages worth of pics added to my portfolio, but now it's constant rejections, even though the pictures are completely different to what I've previously uploaded. 

I was looking forward to spending a couple of months building my portfolio up again, but it looks like it will be a pointless exercise.

[Ivan28999453u1a1]

Hello @Raul Ceron 

from all contributors here , we have a lot of questions to be answered, most likely you didn't see my message from last week , but for sure you will see this mention.
If you as an employee know what's going on , now is the right time to come here and reply.

This is pure madness.

Regards.

 

[Sobhy_AI]

Second update!
After four days of having my assets accepted, though some were still rejected for 'quality issues' at a much lower rate (15%), they're now all being rejected again for being 'too similar.'

[Esta228104281sle]

Bonjour à tous,

Même problème que ceux que vous évoquez. Un taux de rejet affolant pour photo ou l'IA pour cause de similarité (et parfois vraiment il n'y en a parfois pas du tout). 

J'espère que ce sera corrigé parce que je n'ose plus rien proposer...

[Esta228104281sle]

Bonjour à tous,

Pensez vous au ces rejets similaires puissent être liés à la nouvelle fonctionnalité du site qui permet de modifier son fichier acheté ?

[Kristina987]

Same issues here.  Initially, I supported this policy, as it made sense not to flood the Adobe database with overly similar images. But now the system has become too strict, making it risky to even submit new assets, let alone variations.

It’s incredibly discouraging to have so many rejections after investing hours of work. I genuinely believe many of the rejected files had original value and could have appealed to customers.

I can’t help but wonder how all of this will impact sales and how many contributors might end up walking away because of it. I really hope Adobe reconsiders this practice, it can't be good from the business perspective. 

[lornet42765951]

It has to be a glitch, not a proper review.

I've sent a complaint to the team, linking to this thread. I doubt I'll get anywhere, but you never know!

[hopko]

I do quite a lot of macro insect photography. Can I make a living off it? No! But do my images sell? Yes!

A specific problem that I am experiencing with the "similar image already submitted" issue is that I am getting rejections of photographs that look alike but are actually completely different. Let's say I have had 2 images of grasshoppers. Both grasshoppers are green. But they are each a different genus/species! Even though this is described in the title and keywords, one or both get rejected. Do I have a lot of grasshopper photos in my portfolio? Yes. Are they different, yes!

The same has happened with my robber fly collection. If both robber flies happen to be black, or I already have a black robber fly in my portfolio, the image gets rejected. Never mind that it is a completely different species! So, anyone looking for a specific genus or species of a particular insect may not find it in my portfolio because they have all been rejected as being "similar" to other insects I have already photographed.

This is why we need human eyes on our work, not a bot that cannot understand how images may look alike but can be completely different things. Maddening!

[daniellei4510]

Images that are NOT similar to other images are still being rejected as similar. It's happening to a lot of contributors regardless of subject. I do believe there is a poorly programed bot that is doing this, but we are all at a loss as to why. It is suspicous, though, that the too similar rejections began at or around the same time that contributors began seeing older images that were previously accepted being rejected (often for being exact duplicates, not similar). Hopefully, this is temporary.

[Nancy OShea]

@hopko,

Can you show us examples of two bugs that got rejected for being similar?

[hopko]

Argh. My bug photos are on a drive that is not currently live. But I can give you a very recent AI example. I uploaded several "African Fabric Design" images. The lion image sold almost as soon as it was accepted (and they accepted 3 variations on the lion). A giraffe was rejected for being "similar". They are different animals! They also rejected a hippo and elephant as similar! I wonder what would have sold if they had been available. 

[AmandaYuyi]

@hopko , saw your 2 example work. They are totaly 2 different art work, sorry to see these 2 work are rejected due to similarity. 

[hopko]

Thanks. The cat was accepted (actually 3 variations on the cat were accepted) but the giraffe, a hippo, and an elephant were all rejected for being "similar"! Never mind that they are all different animals!