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?

[Abambo]

Check the discussions here on this forum. I will indeed merge your post with a huge ongoing discussion of the same theme.

[Abambo]

Maybe Adobe Stock has gone crazy. I uploaded 33 images to Adobe Stock 2 days ago, and out of those, 4 images were not approved.

By @GraphiC KinG

BTW: You should say that yor assets have been refused. Having images not approved could simply mean that they are still waiting for aproval.

[GraphiC KinG]

Hi, I am facing a big problem. I uploaded some images to my Adobe Stock contributor account 10 days ago, but today they haven't been approved. They are saying that I have uploaded similar images before, which surprises me because I have never uploaded such images before.

(moderator merged this to a thread of the same topic)

[RALPH_L]

This is a problem that has been reported several times here in this forum. Several contributors are expierincing the same problem. We have no answer.

[daniellei4510]

This is a common and confusing issue at the present time. For the first time in over a week, I finally had 6 assets accepted, and only one rejected as being too similar. Surprisingly, three of the images accepted were of backgrounds/wallpapers, which we normally recommend not to submit, since there are millions of them already available. Another was of a loose meat sandwich, versions of which I have previously submitted (although loose meat sandwiches are under-represented in the database at the moment compared to other types of sandwiches). The remaining two were OK, but not personal favorites (a head of lettuce and empty water bottles). Clearly, one needs the mind of the Great Kreskin to know in advance what will and won't be accepted under the present circumstances. (Sorry for the obscure reference. Most people over 60 will probably get it).

[Jill_C]

Read some of the other recent posts here in the forum. Many Contributors are reporting an unusual level of "similars" rejections. Unfortunately there's nothing we can do to dispute the findings of the Moderators.

[hopko]

I have gone from 90-95% acceptance rate to about 5%. I am sure these rejections are all AI generated (Similar Image Already Submitted). I am no longer submitting to Adobe until I hear that this issue has been resolved.

[daniellei4510]

AI would probably do a better job. I suspect an algorithm that is looking at titles and keywords. The too similar rejection is not new. We've seen it before, but it was extremely rare. I think the algorithm has been poorly tweaked and is overly sensitive.  Just guessing.

[hopko]

I am very careful to have different titles and keywords, and in fact use an AI program so that these both vary a lot. After titles and keywords are applied by my AI program, I go back and tweak to make sure they are ok. So I know my images are not being rejected for that reason. I have a portfolio of close to 7,000 images and have been submitting to Adobe for a number of years. I have never had images rejected for being "similar" until these last 2 batches. 

[daniellei4510]

Hard to say. Whatever it is, it needs fixing. In my case, I submit a lot of people pics. They are being summarily rejected. Wallpapers and backgrounds are (usually) being accepted.

[Abambo]

You got answers here, why starting a new thread again, with the same topic. I'll merge this too.

[larisai87497822]

Hello, 8 photos were rejected as similar images. Every travel photo is unique with different descriptions from different places. The problem is that I have never uploaded such photos before. It's a mistake. What should I do?

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[Jill_C]

Unfortunately, there is no recourse to dispute the findings of the Moderators. Many other Contributors are reporting unjustified rejections based on "similars". I have the same problem with my travel images. They are most definitely not similars. I have decided to stop submitting new assets for now until Adobe provides some clarity on this situation.

[Nancy OShea]

Hello, 8 photos were rejected as similar images. The problem is that I have never uploaded such photos before.

By @larisai87497822

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Maybe you haven't, but other Contributors may have.

Did you check yours against current Stock inventory? 

[larisai87497822]

Why should I check other contributors? The reason of rejection is "it's similar to another image(s) you've already uploaded, so we can't accept it into our collection".  But I've not uploaded such a similar image. Never. Nobody can make absolutely the same travel image. We have different angles and post-production.

[daniellei4510]

It supposedly applies to other assets available in the database as well (though not necessarily). This is happening to a number of contributors. Email contributor support and express your concerns. 

[Sergei37432802f12q]

This is a standard response, differing only by the name at the beginning.  If enough complaints like this are generated, maybe someone from the marketing or accounting department will pay attention.
Definitely not the programmers.

[Sakateka]

I also have the same problem - "a similar image has already been sent by YOU"! And it clearly says that "YOU" - and not in the entire database from other participants. But this is just a template answer! Since similar in topic, they can be completely different and unique in their own way. There is no understanding here. For example, for five days in a row, they deleted ONE work at a time, until there was nothing left under consideration. It was even kind of funny, because it could be done in one go... But still, I think that after changing some rules of Adobe itself, some kind of glitch appeared and until it is fixed, it is not worth sending the image!

[Abambo]

I also have the same problem - "a similar image has already been sent by YOU"! And it clearly says that "YOU" - and not in the entire database from other participants.

By @Sakateka

Sure, but an Adobe employee once confirmed that it could also be checked against the whole database. But at that time, that was for assets that were submitted abundantly: flowers, sunsets, sunrises, dogs and cats.

[AmandaYuyi]

So means it is extremely tough to become a contributor now. Even different
art works will be treated as similar images and get rejected immediately by
AI algorithms. We have to think about if should keep investing time on
creating work to submit to Adobe Stock.

[daniellei4510]

I've slowed down, but I still submit, if only because I still get one or two acceptance per day along, with rejections for being too similar. I'm putting the rejections aside for now, with the assumption that this issue is related to a glitch and not a change in policy.

[stanislava_5223]

The updates from my side: 
1. I keep getting my images rejected. Some of them are 100% non-similar to anything, neither in my portfolio nor on Adobe Catalog.
2. My acceptance rate went down from 92% to something around 50%. 
3. Some of the images were rejected BEFORE the acceptance of ones I consider similar.
4. The color variations mean nothing anymore. I uploaded two similar backgrounds with the same idea but completely different colors. The first one was rejected because of "similarity", the second one stuck on a review.

[stanislava_5223]

Let's keep playing Sherlock games together because things are getting more and more interesting (and crazy).
Yesterday, I intentionally uploaded 3 backgrounds, which are very similar to ~6 of the existing ones in my portfolio. These 3 images were just lying in some folder for a long time because I considered them too common, simple, and boring.
ALL THREE were accepted in less than 10 minutes.
Today, 3 other images (non-similar to absolutely anything in my portfolio and to each other) were rejected for the "similarity" reason. There is no sense or human logic in all this.

[daniellei4510]

Me, too, with backgrounds being accepted.

[Nancy OShea]

Different Reviewers. 

Maybe some Stock Reviewers are testing automated tools while others are performing assessments manually.