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December 22, 2023
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Specific Categories

  • December 22, 2023
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Sometimes when I am not confirmed about my image's category, so I go on Adobe Stock and search about those images. Sometimes I see that the category of the image which is not available for us. Like today I was searching about Rain because I wasn't confirmed of which category will it come. So When I searched on Adobe Stock I found an image that have the category of 'Rain'. This category is not available when we uplaod our images. So how these people do it?
By the way in which category should rain come?

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Correct answer RALPH_L

The Environment. But it is not important. The category has no influence on how images are searched for or displayed.

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Jill_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 22, 2023

The category is selected automatically when you upload to Adobe, and I never give it a thought and rarely change it. As others have said here, it's irrelevant anyway. It seems to be a hold-over from the early days when Adobe acquired Fotolia. Not sure why Adobe doesn't just eliminate it, but perhaps they just don't want to invest in the programming necessary to do so.

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Abambo
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Community Expert
December 22, 2023

As I said, it's a parameter you can address in the API. There may be Adobe partners using that.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Abambo
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Community Expert
December 22, 2023

Categories are of no use except for people accessing stock via the API and selecting a specific category. Chose one that sounds good.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
daniellei4510
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Community Expert
December 22, 2023

@RALPH_L is right. don't stress over the categories and "Environment" would be close enough. If 'rain' is an important aspect of your asset, include it in your title and keywords, along with, maybe, 'weather,' 'storm,' etc. (Just guessing here...without seeing the image, 'weather' or 'storm' may not be appropriate.)

 

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RALPH_L
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RALPH_LCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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December 22, 2023

The Environment. But it is not important. The category has no influence on how images are searched for or displayed.