we found that it's similar to another image(s) you've already uploaded- what is similar here?

[FaithFocus Imaging]

[ricky336]

Hello,

It is similar, a similar theme, that is what is meant by 'similar'. Besides, there are quality problems with these two photos.

There is banding in the sky:

...and too much haze and the overall tone isn't that good.

Similar can also mean what is in the database of Adobe Stock.

Adobe's definition of 'similar' is ambiguous.  

[FaithFocus Imaging]

You should see that I uploaded an resized picture( under 1mb) so here is youre banding .

The second one was accepted and the first one rejected because it was similar with the second one! No other similar pictures in my acccount ! Pictures were shot with an Olympus OM-D 10 II

Thank you!

[Abambo]

If you modify the asset, we will not be able to judge the quality. I would guess that the moderator did hit the wrong button, except if this is the third or fourth image of this kind that you uploaded.

[ricky336]

So, don't reduce the actual quality of the photo, because then you won't get answers like you have been receiving. You can reduce the pixel size to fit in with the parameters. 

As I said, the 'Similar' uploaded rejection reason is ambiguous.

[daniellei4510]

The "similar to other images" rejection has often confused many of us here and it does not necessarily refer to similar images that YOU submitted but to what others have submitted to the database in general. But I think the moderator may have selected the wrong reason for rejection. The first image lacks contrast (no deep blacks or bright highlights) and thus appears washed out. I'm not even sure if it's salvagable after some editing. The second image, however, might  be saved with a boost in contrast and some "dehazing" within Photoshop's or Lightroom's dehazing feature applied to the upper most portion of the mountain and sky. The blue sky, for example, appears "dirty" for lack of a better term, and could be brightened up quite a bit.

[FaithFocus Imaging]

You are wrong : ''during our review we found that it's similar to another image(s) you've already uploaded ''

So it refer to what I uploaded not what others uploaded!

The second one was accepted and the first one rejected because it was similar with the second one! No other similar pictures in my acccount ! Pictures were shot with an Olympus OM-D 10 II

Thank you!

[Abambo]

He is right. The similar images is also used against other images in overcrowded topics. The text is stock text and the moderator refuses by error type. 1=Quality, 2=IP, 3=Similar, .... very effective, but sometimes confusing to the contributor.

[jacquelingphoto2017]

Please note, the refusal said it's made against his own. That is the relevance here.

[Abambo]

Please note, the refusal said it's made against his own. That is the relevance here.

By @jacquelingphoto2017

That's stock text. That's irrelevant. The moderator chooses what they think is good.

[jacquelingphoto2017]

Hi @FaithFocus Imaging ,

This do happen sometimes. The similar refusal is made based on the moderators discretion. Sometimes they error. in looking on the overall image rather than looking for the differences. I had three instances of similar refusal which was not similar.  I believe this refusal was based on that it's two images of mountain range and not that it's two different mountain range. Also with this significant difference, you should have been allowed at leas 3 submissions. If I were buying, I would not be confused by these images, I would have a clear choice of two different image.

As was highlighted, the files are lacking contrast. The first one, which I suspect is the one refused, is noisy and lacking definition.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

[jacquelingphoto2017]

No refusal is done based on what another contributor has on the platform. Think of it, If that were so for most of us most of our files would be refused for similar, especially those of us who submit animals and other nature images.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

[Abambo]

No refusal is done based on what another contributor has on the platform. Think of it, If that were so for most of us most of our files would be refused for similar, especially those of us who submit animals and other nature images.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

By @jacquelingphoto2017

That's precisely when the “similar-refusal” strikes very often.

[Jill_C]

It seems that the Moderator selected the wrong rejection code. These should have been rejected based on quakity. The first is quite noisy and hazy and lacking contrast. The second has chroma noise in the sky.

[FaithFocus Imaging]

The second one was accepted and the first one rejected because it was similar with the second one! No other similar pictures in my acccount ! Pictures were shot with an Olympus OM-D 10 II

Thank you!

[Abambo]

The second one was accepted and the first one rejected because it was similar with the second one! No other similar pictures in my acccount ! Pictures were shot with an Olympus OM-D 10 II

Thank you!

By @FaithFocus Imaging

The camera is irrelevant. There are two explanations for this refusal:

1. The moderator did select the wrong reason. They don't write the text. The text is stock text, and is always the same. So if the moderator selected “similar” instead of “quality” you get a “similar” refusal and wonder how the two can be similar, or how the asset can be similar to any of your content.
2. The moderator did select, in their eyes, the correct refusal reason because the whole day they saw this type of asset, or because they got averted that hundreds of thousands of other assets in the database are similar.

We strongly assume that the real reason is “quality issues” and that the moderator simply did hit the wrong button. Quality issues would be a logical refusal, as there are quality issues in the first asset.

Look at the histogram of your assets.

First image:

The histogram shows blacks and part of the shadows missing (left) and it shows missing whites (right). This gives the picture a contrast poor look. A correct histogram shows values distributed over the full spectrum.

If you look at the histogram of your second image, you see a more equilibrated graph:

If there are no other major defects then this asset has been accepted correctly, the first one has been refused correctly, but with the wrong reason.

[jacquelingphoto2017]

Hi @FaithFocus Imaging ,

Similar are files that are exactly looking alike or a file that looks close to another. You should not be submitting multiple images with minimal differences.  You are allowed similar if your files clearly have additional features that will benefit the buyer and are limited to up to six of these. For example a truck - the front, back, top and a side. You include the other side if there is something different about the other side, for example an asphalt concrete distributing truck with a thermometer on one side.

These images you show us here, together they might not be similar enough for refusal, but similar to another in the batch you submitted that one or more has already been accepted. Normally the moderator would accept one or more of what could be considered similar and refuses others.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

[Nancy OShea]

Duplicate means your image is too similar to other Stock inventory.  They don't need another one.