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Hi Hello
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.
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Claus
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:
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.
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Hi danielle4510
Thank you so much for taking time to reply me. I had this photo for years and friends aroudn me liked it a lot. I am by no chance neither a pro or semi-pro photographer.
As I see it, you need much more skills to be able to upload photos here, more than I have.
Thank you again.
Claus
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Unfortunately, moderators are not your friends. š They are looking for commercially viable images that designers, bloggers, and others are willing to spend money on. Personally, I think the photo is amusing and interesting, but not stock-worthy.
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There is no space here for artistic pictures, if they are not usable for a large range of commercial applications.
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I see - what a shame. As I wrote in another reply, this picture was one of my first shote years ago when I just bought myself a DSL camera. It was late evening and a bit dark in teh room and my wif sat with our cat Bacon. It wasn't edited as such.
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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.
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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.
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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. I had my fair share of very unprofessional downloads with Illustrator files who seem to have not been given af filter. So, glad to be pointing to my attention now for my constribution,
Thanks.
Best....
Claus
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I think the many Help pages that Adobe provides regarding Stock contributions do, indeed, amplify the message that each Contributor needs to have well developed skills in their craft, whether it be photographs, vectors, videos, illustrations or Gen AI.
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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.
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Without looking even deeper:
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Hi Abambo, thanks for teh feedback, appreciate. I'm absolute beginner! š Claus
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Hi Abambo, thanks for teh feedback, appreciate. I'm absolute beginner! š Claus
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You're welcome. We all needed to learn the submission process, and we all went through the learning by refusal curve. š
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Hello,
For stock photos, this will never pass. Problems are with exposure, B&W, and film grain (doesn't work for stock photos, and in the digital world it's called noise).
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By the way, I'm assuming it's from a B&W print, and you scanned it. Was the orginal a dark, grainy picture? Back in the days of print, this would be fine, but now in the days of digital pics and stock, not so much.
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Hi ricky336 - thanks. for your feedback, appreciated. I'm new to this.
No, not a b&W print - at that time I just bought my first DSL camera and my wife was sitting with our cat Bacon. It was late night and a bit dark in the room, therefore the grains.
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If you are new to stock, you should consider these resources: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/tutorials.html
Please read the contributor user manual for more information on Adobe stock contributions: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
See here for rejection reasons: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
and especially quality and technical issues: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html
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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 Guide. It contains all you need to know about the submission reqirements. Also, images containing models must be accompanied by a signed model release. Do not submit images of people without one.
Hope that helps.
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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.
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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 mewith 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.
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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Everytime I go to Twitter/X, they ask if I want to post something.
It's not personal. It's just marketing.
When you post an image here you may receive 10 different answers, and many will overlap because we all see the same things.