Hi 
First time I evere tried to add a photo to AdobeStock phtos, it was rejected, but no specific reason, just a general huideline that it didn't fit. Does anyone have an idea why? Just to let you know this photo has NOT been edited in Photoshop or similar app or software.
Would very much like a qualified reply.
Thank you.
Kr
Claus
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Adobe always gives a a reason for rejection, even if it can be a little vague. For starters, I assume you submitted a model release. But that wouldn't have helped. Your highlights are blown out and the shadows lack any detail. It's much too grainy for stock, the subject matter has no commercial value, and while Adobe does at times accept black and white images, turning color images into black and white will always get them rejected, if that's what you did here.
Without looking even deeper:
- It's black and white.
- It has a lot of noise.
- Your picture is underexposed.
Given the quality issues in this asset, it seems that you probably haven't read or comprehended the submission guidelines. Be sure to read all of Adobe's guidelines before selecting any other assets for submission. You'll find those guidelines by clicking the Learn & Support link at the bottom of your Dashboard page. Also keep in mind that virtually every photo file needs at least minimal editing, so if you haven't acquired any photo editing skills, that will be a barrier.
Stock is a business, not a social media photo sharing site.
No B&W photos. Customers want full color images.
All photos require some minimal correction in Photoshop or Lightroom prior to submission. It's foolish to think otherwise.
Adobe Stock customers expect the highest visual and technical quality for use in commercial projects. Emphasis on commercial use. Printed posters, magazines, billboard ads, TV commercials, digital displays & merchandise.
Read your Stock Contributor User G
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Adobe always gives a a reason for rejection, even if it can be a little vague. For starters, I assume you submitted a model release. But that wouldn't have helped. Your highlights are blown out and the shadows lack any detail. It's much too grainy for stock, the subject matter has no commercial value, and while Adobe does at times accept black and white images, turning color images into black and white will always get them rejected, if that's what you did here.
I see - what a shame.
By @bomancreative.com
If you are in for selling art, you need to find a different place. A lot of highly quoted artistic pictures would earn a refusal here. It's just a different market.
Hi Jill_C
As many others replies, you are proberly right. I is a shame that Adobe doesn't point ot you need t be a skilled professional to submit to here.
By @bomancreative.com
Adobe has as part of their documentation many indications of what level of quality is required. Most contributors learn about those requirements by posting their refusals here. That is OK.
Hi Abambo, thanks for teh feedback, appreciate. I'm absolute beginner! 🙂 Claus
By @bomancreative.com
You're welcome. We all needed to learn the submission process, and we all went through the learning by refusal curve. 😉
Hi Nancy and all
Thank you. What I don't get in this issue is that I'm constantly bombarded by Adobe to submit to Stockphotos. I have never told Adobe I'm a professional photographer, but I have taken a photo, many people liked it (we have an 80x80 version for the wall), and then I submitted it due to teh positive feedback. Without the grain (which was not an after effect) the picture might not have made it to our wall. I should not have converted it to B/W before submitting.
with relevant comments and I understand now. However there has also been a lot of repeating replies - they are most likely done to help, but I just don't need the same answer from 10 different people.
Hi Nancy and all
Thank you. What I don't get in this issue is that I'm constantly bombarded by Adobe to submit to Stockphotos. I have never told Adobe I'm a professional photographer, but I have taken a photo, many people liked it (we have an 80x80 version for the wall), and then I submitted it due to teh positive feedback.
By @bomancreative.com
That's the difference between stock photo and art. I too, I like the picture, but I would have no use of it for my job. If you submit to stock, you should really forget about "someone liked my picture", but you should start looking at your picture as a craft, where a stool is created to sit on it, and not to look spectecular.
Many have come back to me
By @bomancreative.com
If many pdople say the same thing, it needs to be correct, no? (that's sarcastical!). Yes, we tend to comment for the same errors the same things. That's it. Accept what you want out of those comments.
Oh... ...one more thing. When there are so high demands for photo quality, then why not for vector graphics? I have paid for too many bad Illustrator files that was poorly created. On surface they look good, but close up, ends don't meet, too much dirt here and there etc.
By @bomancreative.com
We are all baffled at the low quality of some assets. But that is not our task here. You got a refusal, we tell you what you should consider for your next submission. But that does not mean, that we are OK with accepted assets.
If you licence an asset and that asset is not up to Adobe's standards, you need to denounce that asset. Sometimes, we all agree, sometimes we all disagree. And sometimes some of us agree. Why? because we are all humans, and we look at different things differently.
Assets need to be usable for the customer. If they aren't, they will get removed.
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