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?

[Jill_C]

We can only speculate, as Adobe is notoriously close-mouthed regarding any changes to their internal business processes. The current reviewing algorithm, whether it's entirely human, entirely AI, or some combination of the two, is rejecting perfectly useful images. If slowing down the flow of new assets to be reviewed is Adobe's intent, they could simply reduce the submission queue for everyone to a much smaller number, rather than the current limit of 3,001. It simply doesn't make sense to spend system and human resources to review assets, then arbitrarily reject them.

[Vanessa_contributor]

I rarely get rejections, but recently I was also rejected due to “Similar Image(s) Already Submitted,” even though I’ve never uploaded any similar images. It’s really frustrating.

[Photo Rowson]

How do I solve it?

[Jill_C]

There is no known solution. Many Contributors have decided to cease or diminish new submissions since such a high percentage of them are being rejected.

[THEPRZ]

I used to have a ratio of 1 image rejected for "Quality Issues" out of 10 submitted, i.e. 9 were accepted. Since a month or so, out of 10 submitted images, 6 get rejected for "Similar Image(s) Already Submitted" reason. And there are not even similar! This is crazy! What happens?!

[Abambo]

This is a common issue and abundantly discussed in this forum. Nobody knows exactly what happened, but apparently, Adobe is using a new tool that leads to massive refusals for similar assets. Contact contributor support to get answers to this. (you will get a stock answer, but when many are complaining...).

Please contact stock contributor support for this.: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/Need-Help-Contact-Us.html

[Doris29946646fvw0]

Hallo, es werden in letzter Zeit Bilder wegen Ähnlichkeit abgelehnt obwohl es mit Sicherheit weder eine Inhaltliche noch eine optische Ähnlichkeit mit einem vorhandenen Bild gibt. Ich denke die Beurteiler verstehen nicht um was es sich handelt. In diesem Fall um das Schadbild der Weißdornblattlaus. Hat man irgendeine Möglichkeit das zu korrigieren?

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[Abambo]

Wenn Du die Diskussionen hier verfolgst, dann stellst Du fest, dass diese Ablehnung derzeit sehr heiß hier diskutiert wird. Es gibt keine Möglichkeit ablehnungen zu revidieren. Du könntest das Bild neu einreichen. Das ist alles.

[ольга_0655]

Good day. Recently, works are often rejected because similar ones have already been uploaded, but this is not true. I upload completely new pictures on new topics and they still write that similar works have already been uploaded. Please help me figure this out. Why is the work rejected if I apparently did not upload it?

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[Abambo]

If you follow the discussions here in this forum, you will see, that this is an ongoing theme since a while. Apparently, Adobe has introduced a new tool that allows them to detect similar assets in their whole database. You can complain unsing the contributor support link. 

Please contact stock contributor support for this.: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/Need-Help-Contact-Us.html

[ольга_0655]

Thank you very much 

[Abambo]

You're welcome.

[LuckCharm]

I just posted about this because I didn't see this post at the time. Yes, I'm having similar issues yet I have some photos that are very similar that are approved. It doesn't make sense. Going to follow this topic. Thanks for posting it.

[Юрий253727338kk3]

Also effecting me

[lornet42765951]

I chased this up today...

Hi,

I am still waiting for a reply re this.

Since my email last week, your Stock Contributor's Discussion Board has been swamped with uploaders all facing the same issue.

There is something not right with your approval system currently, as the majority of complaints come from people, like me, with a previous good record of approvals.

This needs to be looked at by someone, as it just doesn't make sense.

Again, a rote reply is of no use to me and the community. Please take a moment to visit the discussion board, and you will see that the majority of new posts come from people all facing the same issue.

This will not change or be looked at unless EVERYBODY mails 

contributor-support@adobe.com

putting strong emphasis on how it's affecting multiple contributors and not just yourself. You will be sent a rote reply, but complain again, asking them to listen to you, visit the board and see for themselves.

[Юрий253727338kk3]

I think that there is Adobe's way of saying no, because they are lack of storage for those all AI images that are uploading faster thatn decade before. 700 millions now. 2 years ago was 400 millions

[daniellei4510]

Storage is not the issue. I'm sure Facebook is richer than Adobe, but the number of assets on the latter would pale in comparison.

[Юрий253727338kk3]

But how can you explain this email I got. They deleted 98 of my previously accepted assets

[daniellei4510]

Adobe announced weeks ago that they were going to remove duplicates. This might also include similar assets or assets that no longer apply to any changes in their terms and conditions, or they found errors in the images. 

[Jill_C]

You'll find these rejected images in the "not accepted" tab on your account. You'll have to click on them ine at a time to find the removed images since they are displayed in the sequence in which they were originally uploaded.

[Doris29946646fvw0]

After receiving also the automated response, I sent an email requesting a review. 

They continue to claim that my photo (I never use AI) is similar to existing photos on Adobe. Whole adobe. 

It seems that the decision is based only on visual criteria, not content. I photograph nature and macro insects. 

It looks similar, but it's something completely different. Because of this new guidelines, 
I can't upload anything else because I already know everything will be rejected. How will you handle this in the future?

[serendipitous_dream0401]

Many contributors face this challenge these days. I invested a lot of time last month, but at the end I had to face "similar image rejection." I tried to investigate what the algorithm likes to approve. So far, it seems to accept the vector files without any issues.

[Markus32543998qvh0]

Talking of spamming, just one of 100s examples:
https://stock.adobe.com/de/search/images?filters%5Bcontent_type%3A3d%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aa...

[daniellei4510]

Hopefully, it's just a matter of time before whatever is crawling the database looking for similars will find this.

[Юрий253727338kk3]

Agree! They should re-review the old hundreds of duplicates in portfolio of the authors to free up some space, but not banning the new. I'm sure that only 1-2 of those 300 sold. other just as ballast